Taken at the Flood [#books #reviews]

by Agatha Christie

Poirot
← The Hollow
Mrs McGinty's Dead →

Rating: 7/10

They were all, it seemed, under the sway of this absurd little man with the big moustaches.

(Page 265)

Vader's little princess [#books #reviews]

by Jeffrey Brown

Star Wars: Darth Vader and Son
← Darth Vader and Son
Goodnight Darth Vader →

Rating: 9/10

The Princess and Curdie [#books #reviews]

by George MacDonald

Princess Irene and Curdie
← The Princess and the Goblin

Rating: 8/10

There is this difference between the growth of some human beings and that of others: in the one case it is a continuous dying, in the other a continuous resurrection.

(Page 13)

My Brilliant Friend [#books #reviews]

by Elena Ferrante

Neapolitan Novels
The Story of a New Name →

Rating: 9/10

Tutto era bello e pauroso, allora.

Everything was beautiful and scary, back then.

(Page 19)

Sparkling Cyanide [#books #reviews]

by Agatha Christie

Rating: 7/10

Iris Marle was thinking about her sister, Rosemary.
For nearly a year she had deliberately tried to put the thought of Rosemary away from her. She hadn't wanted to remember.

[incipit]

The Watcher [#books #reviews]

by Italo Calvino

Rating: 7/10

Death Comes as the End [#books #reviews]

by Agatha Christie

Rating: 9/10

She might be safer unknowing, but no human creature could be content to have it that way. She wanted to know.

(Page 231)