By Madeline Miller ‘The funeral pyres burn through the night, their greasy smoke smeared across the moon. I try not to think how everyone is a man I know. Knew.’ –The Song of Achilles It has been a very long time since I last wrote a book review, […]
By Homer “And then darkness covered their eyes…” So was it nighttime? By MoonlightWalnut aka Elayne Snowhawk The Iliad-beautiful and devastating, lovely and tragic-this is probably how I would sum it up. This classic poem by Homer, (not from The Simpsons, mind you) written in Ancient Greek, […]
By MoonlightWalnut A Book Review Tells you never to judge a book by its cover If you never listen to anything I ever write, at least read this book. The Wheel of Time series first book; The Eye of the World was of course the first book I […]
The White Princess By Philippa Gregory -NOT PART OF TRIP TIME CHINA- The White Princess is the next book in the awe-inspiring series, The Cousins’ War about the dark and hidden depths of Tudor history. Delving deep into a secret world of lies, prejudice and mystery, The White […]
To the Edge of the Sky By Anhua Gao Sometimes, it’s the little things that matter more than most. Just like this book clearly shows. To the Edge of the Sky is a not very well known book about the life of Anhua Gao, a girl growing up […]