CiernaMacka rated The War of the Worlds: 4 stars
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the aliens traverse the …
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CiernaMacka rated The Valley of Fear (Complete Classics): 3 stars
The Valley of Fear (Complete Classics) by Arthur Conan Doyle
Even Sherlock Holmes, well-accustomed to the bizarre, finds the elements of this case unusual; the scene of the crime, a …
CiernaMacka rated Mrs. Dalloway: 5 stars
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf’s novel chronicles a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a politician’s wife in 1920s London, as she …
CiernaMacka rated Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales: 3 stars
CiernaMacka rated Kolyma stories: 5 stars
Kolyma stories by Varlam Shalamov
In 1936, Varlam Shalamov, a journalist and writer, was arrested for counterrevolutionary activities and sent to the Soviet Gulag. Kolyma …
CiernaMacka rated Something New: 3 stars
Something New by P. G. Wodehouse
'You don't analyse such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour.' Stephen Fry A Blandings novelThis is …
CiernaMacka rated The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: 4 stars
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the …
CiernaMacka rated Konkláve: 2 stars
Miroslav Hanuš: Konkláve (Czech language, 1994, Ivo Železný)
Konkláve by Miroslav Hanuš (Česká knihovna)
CiernaMacka rated Cards on the Table: 4 stars
Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot, #14)
It was the match-up of the century: four sleuths--Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard; Mrs. Ariadne Oliver, famed writer of detective …
CiernaMacka rated Burial rites: 5 stars
Burial rites by Hannah Kent
Set against Iceland's stark landscape, this story evokes a dramatic existence in a distant tme and place. Here the author …
CiernaMacka rated The Wise Man’s Fear: 4 stars
The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)
“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger …
CiernaMacka rated The Odyssey (Bantam Literature): 3 stars
The Odyssey (Bantam Literature) by Homer (Bantam Literature)
Jane Austen: Mansfield Park / Jane Austen / World Literature Classics / Illustrated with Doodles (2021, Independently Published)
Mansfield Park / Jane Austen / World Literature Classics / Illustrated with Doodles by Jane Austen
Fanny Price is born to a poor family, but is sent to her mother's rich relations to be brought up …