Witches of Ash and Ruin by E. Latimer Goodreads Rating: 3.62 My Rating: 4/5 Tongue and eye, hand and foot. Blood and bone, ash and soot. E. Latimer combines modern witchcraft with Celtic folklore in this gripping story about two opposing covens who must come together in the deeply religious Irish town of Carman toContinue reading “Witches of Ash and Ruin by E. Latimer *Book Review*”
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The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa *Book Review*
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder Goodreads rating: 3.87 My rating: 4/5 A young, unnamed novelist lives on an unnamed island where, one by one, things are disappearing. It’s not too bad at first when things like birds and harmonicas are stripped from everyone’s memory. But as time goes on, moreContinue reading “The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa *Book Review*”
Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages by Jack Hartnell *Book Review*
Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages by Jack Hartnell Goodreads rating: 4.04 My rating: 4/5 Hartnell treats us to a fascinating and surprisingly in-depth look at life in the Middle Ages from the perspective of the human body. The book is arranged in sections from head to toe, including everything in between. TheContinue reading “Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages by Jack Hartnell *Book Review*”