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Book Review – We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)

February 20, 2019March 4, 2019 Shyla Fairfax-Owen

Their tongues will burn, I thought, as though they had eaten fire. Their throats will burn when the words come out and in their bellies they will feel a torment hotter than a thousand fires.

Tagged 60s, book reviews, Bookish, books, books I like, Classic Stories, classics, gothic, horror, literature, mental health, Shirley Jackson2 Comments
Reviews and Essays, Seasonal

Book Tag – Halloween

October 31, 2018November 1, 2018 Shyla Fairfax-Owen

Books!... And HALLOWEEN

Tagged book reviews, Book tag, books, children's literature, Classic Stories, gothic, Halloween, horror, nostalgia, YALeave a comment
Reviews and Essays, Seasonal

Spooktober Book Essentials!

October 8, 2018November 1, 2018 Shyla Fairfax-Owen

If October Chills was a crash course that I was teaching, this would be my Required Reading List.

Tagged Book Review, books, Classic Stories, comic books, gothic, Halloween, horror, mystery stories, YA4 Comments
Reviews and Essays

Book Review: Kindred (Octavia Butler)

September 5, 2018October 16, 2018 Shyla Fairfax-Owen

Kindred was published in 1979, the first science fiction novel to be published by a black woman. It holds a rating of 4.22 on Goodreads.

Tagged African-American Literature, Black Lit, Book Review, Classic Stories, Octavia Butler, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Slavery, Time TravelLeave a comment
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