When I first watched Pan’s Labyrinth, I became a Guillermo del Toro fan. Sure, I had already watched Mimic and Blade II, as well as immensely enjoyed Hellboy by then, but Pan’s Labyrinth was a different kind of special. It’s mix of historical fiction and fantasy that swept me away and left me with wonder…
Tag: Fiction
Read | The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
In as much as I think that I could live only reading fantasy and sci-fi, I do get the occasional urge to read something in a different genre. I think it’s my way of avoiding genre fatigue, but sometimes you just want a good mystery. Especially when it’s so hot, the weather puts you off…
Read | Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire
When I started listening to audiobooks, I was a little intimidated by the length of some of the titles offered in the Scribd subscription I just signed up for at the time. This is why I specifically selected shorter books, which included the Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire. We’ve all read fictional stories about…
Read | The Devil’s Thief by Lisa Maxwell
Given the chance, I would choose to read the sequel in a book series right after the previous volume. Details are still fresh, so there’s less of a struggle to remember characters or events. And it’s such a relief when the previous installment ended on a cliffhanger, just like The Last Magician. Betrayed by the…
Read | The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell
When I attended the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale in 2019, I found a hardbound copy of The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell on the fantasy table. I decided not to get it because I had planned on only getting paperback books on account of limited shelf space. A few days later, I watched booktuber…
Read | A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
Just a warning… if you’re in the midst of reading the Shades of Magic series by V.E. Schwab and will be starting or are currently in the middle of its second book, A Gathering of Shadows, I suggest you make sure that you have A Conjuring of Light on hand. Because, holy hell, does V.E….
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