"Every boy in the village was in love with Victoria Forester. And many a sedate gentleman, quietly married with grey in his beard, would stare at her as she walked down the street, becoming, for a few moments, a boy once more, in the spring of his years with a spring in his step."
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Petar Toushkov commented on Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Petar Toushkov commented on Stardust by Neil Gaiman
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"‘The use and function of these flowers is chiefly decorative and recreational; they bring pleasure; they can be given to a loved one as a token of admiration and affection, and the sound they make is pleasing to the ear. Also, they catch the light most delightfully.’ She held a bluebell up to the light; and Dunstan could not but observe that the colour of sunlight glittering through the purple crystal was inferior in both hue and shade to that of her eyes.
‘I see,’ said Dunstan."
Petar Toushkov rated The Kaiju Preservation Society: 4 stars
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That …
Petar Toushkov rated Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: 4 stars
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter #1
When mysterious letters start arriving on his doorstep, Harry Potter has never heard of Hogwarts School of …
Petar Toushkov rated The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Reporter: 5 stars
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Reporter by Daniela Tomova
A reporter travels to the Norwegian Arctic to cover an unusual sled race with the undead leading the living into …
Petar Toushkov rated All Systems Red: 5 stars
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved …
Petar Toushkov rated The Islanders: 5 stars
The Islanders by Christopher Priest
Reality is illusory and magical in the stunning new literary SF novel from the multiple award-winning author of The Prestige—for …
Petar Toushkov rated Stars in my pocket like grains of sand: 5 stars
Stars in my pocket like grains of sand by Samuel R. Delany
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (1984) is a science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany. It is …
Petar Toushkov rated Jack Glass: 4 stars
Petar Toushkov rated Rashomon and Other Stories: 5 stars
Rashomon and Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
The story recounts the encounter between a servant and an old woman in the dilapidated Rashōmon, the southern gate of …
Petar Toushkov rated The warren: 4 stars
The warren by Brian Evenson
"The Warren is a tense, thoughtful exploration of a battle for survival between two beings with competing claims to humanity."--Publisher's …
Petar Toushkov rated The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: 5 stars
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
In the beginning the universe was created...this made a lot of people angry and has been widely regarded as a …
Petar Toushkov rated Masters of Doom: 4 stars
Masters of Doom by David Kushner
"To my taste, the greatest American myth of cosmogenesis features the maladjusted, antisocial, genius teenage boy who, in the insular …
Petar Toushkov rated Ready Player Two: 4 stars
Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (Ready Player, #2)
Días después de ganar la competición de James Halliday, el fundador de OASIS, Wade Watts hace un descubrimiento que lo …