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Review: ‘Oops!’ by Darrell Bain
Title: Oops! Darrell Bain’s Latest Collection of Short Stories Author: Darrell Bain Published: LL-Publications, 2010, pp. 207 Genre: Short stories Blurb: Oops! is the third collection of stories by...
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Review: ‘Fireworks’ by Angela Carter
Title: Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces Author: Angela Carter Published: Penguin, 1987, pp. 133. Originally published 1974 Genre: Short stories Blurb: In each of these mesmerising tales is a search for...
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Review: ‘The Christmas Fox I: Ghost Writer’ by Tim Mackintosh-Smith
Title: The Christmas Fox I: Ghost Writer Author: Tim Mackintosh-Smith Published: Slightly Foxed, 2005, pp. 31. First edition Genre: Short story Blurb: Speaking via its ghost-writer, Tim...
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Review: ‘The Quiet Little Woman’ by Louisa May Alcott
Title: The Quiet Little Woman: A Christmas Story Author: Louisa May Alcott Published: Honor Books, 1999, pp. 122. Originally published 1870s Genre: Children’s short stories Blurb: “If someone would...
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‘More English Fairy Tales’ by Joseph Jacobs
I’ve spoken before on this blog about how much I love folk tales and fairy stories and I think that what the Victorian collectors such as Andrew Lang, Jeremiah Curtin and Joseph Jacobs did is amazing....
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Penguin Mini Modern Classics: Saki
Although I may have no resolve at all when faced with a second hand bookshop, usually I have a will of iron in the face of one selling new books which are far beyond my comfortable price range at the...
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‘American Ghosts and Old World Wonders’ by Angela Carter
Sometimes reading books can be a bit like following the clues to a treasure hunt, one book leading you on to find the next, and that’s exactly what happened to me with this book. Reading Bill...
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‘The Salzburg Tales’ by Christina Stead
Well, it’s finally happened: the honeymoon period is over. I suppose the day had to come when I encountered a Virago Modern Classic for which I didn’t particularly care, and it seems that that day is...
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Review: ‘The Pigeon’ by Patrick Suskind
Patrick Suskind is an author better known for his book Perfume (one which I have on my shelves but have not yet managed to read). Although I’m trying not to buy books by authors I already have on the...
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Review: ‘Country of the Pointed Firs’ by Sarah Orne Jewett
Back in January I wrote a bit about Sarah Orne Jewett, author of The Country of the Pointed Firs. She was such an interesting woman that I almost feel a bit guilty for not liking this book more than I...
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