Sunday 13 October 2024

The Tales of Beedle the Bard [#books #reviews]

by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Library


There was once a kindly old wizard who used his magic generously and wisely for the benefit of his neighbours.
[incipit]

Monday 1 July 2024

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Other Poems [#books #reviews]

by T.S. Eliot


There will be time, there will be time
[...]
And time yet for a hundred indecisions,
And for a hundred visions and revisions,
Before the taking of a toast and tea.
(Page 5)

Friday 31 May 2024

Pyramids [#books #reviews]

by Terry Pratchett

Discworld
Wyrd Sisters
Guards! Guards!


And then the world went mad.
All right, madder.
(Page 199)

Sunday 31 March 2024

Shōgun [#books #reviews]

by James Clavell


Only by living at the edge of death can you understand the indescribable joy of life.
Mariko

Saturday 23 March 2024

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner [#books #reviews]

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge


At lenght did cross an Albatross,
Thorough the fog it came [...].
(Page 21)

The Tales of Beedle the Bard [#books #reviews]

by J.K. Rowling Harry Potter: Hogwarts Library Rating: 7.5 /10 There was once a kindly old wizard who used his magic generously a...