by Madeleine Rose Jones | Jun 28, 2021 | Book Recommendations, Book Reviews, literature
Slade House, a 2015 novel by the genre-blending David Mitchell, is a terrific delight. Wrapped with mystery, gothic themes, notions of life and death and thrills, Slade House is a fantastic read. Here’s my Goodreads review: ” Slade House is a fantastic...
by Madeleine Rose Jones | Dec 16, 2020 | Book Recommendations, literature
Out of all the gothic novels I have read, one stands out. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. It’s a terrific book, and in this post, I will hopefully convince others to read it. “I wondered how many people there were in the world who suffered, and continued to...
by Madeleine Rose Jones | Dec 4, 2020 | Book Recommendations, literature
Note: This post does not contain spoilers. Have you taken a risk recently with your reading? Picked a book based on its cover or premise? I did, and the novel is called Utopian Man. It won the Vogel Prize in 2009, an award for first time authors in Australia. The...
by Madeleine Rose Jones | Nov 24, 2020 | Book Recommendations, literature
What are the gothic fiction novels that you must read? The best gothic fiction fuses romantic ideals with horrific realities. Whether it’s suburban gothic, or a mediation on medieval life, gothic literature reminds us that things aren’t always what they...
by Madeleine Rose Jones | Jul 30, 2020 | Book Recommendations, literature, Philosophy
The Little Prince is a fantastic work of fiction, particularly in the genre of children’s literature. Through the illustrations and apt descriptions of the French aviator, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the reader discovers that the most valuable things in life rarely take...
by Madeleine Rose Jones | Jun 11, 2020 | Book Recommendations, Book Reviews, literature
The Snow Collectors by Tina May Hall is a 2020 novel published by Dzanc Books. This review does not contain spoilers. With beautiful imagery and lush prose, Tina May Hall takes the reader into a world where history merges with mystery. In her 2020 novel, we follow the...