On the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein,comes a riveting biography of its author, Mary Shelley, whose life reads like a dark gothic novel, filled with scandal, death, drama, and one of the strangest love stories in literary history…… Read More Mary Shelley: The Strange True Tale of Frankenstein’s Creator by Catherine Reef (ARC Review)
The story of the girl behind one of the most well-known novels — and monsters — ever, perfectly timed for the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein.… Read More Mary, Who Wrote Frankenstein by Linda Bailey and Júlia Sardà (Review)
Weird fiction wouldn’t exist without the women who created it. Meet the female authors who defied convention to craft some of literature’s strangest tales. And find out why their own stories are equally intriguing. Everyone knows about Mary Shelley, creator of Frankenstein; but have you heard of Margaret Cavendish, who wrote a science-fiction epic 150 years earlier? Have you read the psychological hauntings of Violet Paget, who was openly involved in long-term romantic relationships with women in the Victorian era?… Read More Monster She Wrote by Lisa Kröger & Melanie R. Anderson (ARC Review)
Hey everyone! And happy Wednesday! This week, for Waiting on Wednesday, I’m featuring a nonfiction book that I’m very excited about! Those of you following me for longer will know how much I love horror. And since I love Mary Shelley, Daphne du Maurier, and (more recently because of the Netflix original TV adaptation of The… Read More Waiting on Wednesday #18: Monster, She Wrote by Lisa Kröger & Melanie R. Anderson
With both Halloween and National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) coming up, I have decided to partner up with Invaluable to bring you an epic infographic! For those of you planning on writing a novel that’s more on the spooky side, the below infographic depicts and explains the 10 main elements found in Gothic literature!
Welcome to my monthly TBR pile post. This month, I will not be featuring a tentative TBR because (as you will see) I have plenty of ARCs to get through over the course of the month. I’m also super excited about the coming of autumn, and autumn-y things like pumpkin scents (I featured my favourite… Read More September 2018 TBR
I’m doing so well with keeping up on these weekly memes! Mind you, it’s probably because I haven’t started work yet. Which reminds me that I should tell you guys that I found contract and freelance work and I’m so relieved and happy! This also means that there will be a giveaway very soon to… Read More Top Ten Tuesday (#8): Top Ten Classic Novels to Buy Someone Who Really Wants to Get Into Reading More Classics
Elizabeth Lavenza hasn’t had a proper meal in weeks. Her thin arms are covered with bruises from her “caregiver,” and she is on the verge of being thrown into the streets . . . until she is brought to the home of Victor Frankenstein, an unsmiling, solitary boy who has everything–except a friend.… Read More The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White (ARC Review)
September and October are 2 of my favourite months! October has something special about it though, because the trees are finally starting to change colour, temperatures are dropping, and of course there is Halloween! It’s one of my favourite holidays, if not my absolute favourite, and that GIF is literally footage of me getting ready… Read More Monthly Wrap-Up (September 2018)
Happy Tuesday, and happy Top Ten Tuesday day, everyone! Well, I spoke too soon last week. Temperatures ended up falling the other day, and we’re expected to get around 10 cm of snow hahaha. I try not to get sick of snow, because I know that a lot of people don’t get snow where they… Read More Top Ten Tuesday #43: My Top Ten Quotable Authors