I read nonfiction only for years. Now, I'm getting back into fiction.
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The year is 1969. In the state of Kerala, on the southernmost tip of India, a skyblue Plymouth with chrome …
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (German: Das Parfum: Die Geschichte eines Mörders; pronounced [das paʁˈfɛ̃ː diː ɡəˈʃɪçtə ˈaɪ̯nəs ˈmœʁdɐs] …
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (German: Das Parfum: Die Geschichte eines Mörders; pronounced [das …
A very good book. Probably even better in its original German. It's emotionally tough material.
But the ending. Oh, my. Just spectacular.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (German: Das Parfum: Die Geschichte eines Mörders; pronounced [das paʁˈfɛ̃ː diː ɡəˈʃɪçtə ˈaɪ̯nəs ˈmœʁdɐs] …
This is the best book cover ever. What made the book, was that she mentioned the cover. What made it even better is that the cover picture is of a real taxidermied racoon (minus the sparkles)!
It's all in the book.
"I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day …
I cannot recommend the BBC audio book. I shall try the physical one.
I read a good article that said readers should read the book not perform it. This was exactly the problem. Let the words do their job.
"I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day of January 1960; and then …
Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each …
Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an …
You should have no regrets about life after this one. Affirming yet tough and true.
A bit of a warning, if you've ever been depressed, this book can make you touch very difficult feelings. But it's worth the struggle.
Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each …
The Owens family has been cursed in matters of love for over three-hundred years but …
I'm sure there's more stories that could be told in the Owens' universe, but this one seems as a great end to four wonderful books.
The Owens family has been cursed in matters of love for over three-hundred years but all of that is about …
The Owens family has been cursed in matters of love for over three-hundred years but all of that is about …
