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Flash Review: The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro

4 years ago Sharon Browning

The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro Alfred A. Knopf Release Date: March 3, 2015 ISBN 978-0-307-27103-7 It's the dusk of Arthurian...

Gimbling in the Wabe – A Remarkable Possibility

6 years ago Sharon Browning

Due to my participation in NaNoWriMo, I again beg your indulgence in allowing me to revisit a Gimbling that first...

LitStack Review: A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson

6 years ago Sharon Browning

A God in Ruins Kate Atkinson Little, Brown and Company Release Date: May 5, 2015 ISBN 978-0-316-17653-8 According to her...

Birthdays

On this day, July 30, in 1818, Emily Brontë was born in the village of Thornton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. The middle child of the three literary Brontë sisters, Emily was extremely shy and had very few friends or acquaintances beyond her family, often leaving the household only to go to church or to take walks in the surrounding countryside. Her only novel was Wuthering Heights, a surprisingly passionate book to have been written by such a shy and retiring soul. She never was able to realize the success of her book, for she died of tuberculosis a year after its publication, at age 30.