Posts made in June, 2016
Books Read in June 2016
The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood — YA contemporary with a sci-fi twist. I first heard about this book before it even had a publishing deal, and have wanted to read it ever since! I managed to get my copy signed by the lovely Harriet on this month’s #thisiswhoIam book tour. Very well written, and perfectly evocative of hazy summer days. The physics / time travel part of the story confused me a tad, though. The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell — Adult fantasy. My first David Mitchell book. I listened on audio and really enjoyed it. Would like to pick up Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas...
#2016ClassicsChallenge: FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley
At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of committed science student Victor Frankenstein. Obsessed with discovering the cause of generation and life and bestowing animation upon lifeless matter, Frankenstein assembles a human being from stolen body parts but; upon bringing it to life, he recoils in horror at the creature’s hideousness. Tormented by isolation and loneliness, the once-innocent creature turns to evil and unleashes a campaign of murderous revenge against his creator, Frankenstein. Frankenstein, an instant bestseller and an important ancestor of...
Society6 Bookish Designs Addiction
I came across Society6 while browsing Laini Taylor’s blog for writing posts, then getting completely distracted by pictures of her beautiful and quirky home. (I’ve become a bit of a Laini Taylor fangirl.) She recommended Society6, so I clicked through, and then spent approximately one million hours browsing all the beautiful bookish designs, which can be printed onto mugs, cushion covers, tote bags — you name it. Browsing the site has become a bit of an addiction. I have a thing about mugs, and could open my own coffee shop with all the designs I’ve been coveting. So far, I’ve only let myself buy one: a Daughter of Smoke and Bone quote...
#2016ClassicsChallenge: GREAT TALES OF HORROR by H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft wrote horror stories like no other author before of after him. In the pages of Weird Tales and other pulp-fiction magazines of the 1920s and ’30s, Lovecraft pioneered a new type of story that fused the thrills of supernatural horror with the visionary concepts of science fiction. His unique style of cosmic horror revolutionized the modern horror tale through its depiction of a vast universe indifferent to human existence and populated by incomprehensibly alien monsters. This volume collects twenty of Lovecraft’s best-known horror stories, including several that laid the foundation for the Cthulhu Mythos, a pattern of myth and lore...
Glimpse
Inspired by Alfred Noyes’ poem 'The Highwayman', Glimpse is a ghost story, a love story, and a story of overcoming trauma.
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About Kendra Leighton
I’m a YA writer and chocolatier. Glimpse, my debut novel, was inspired by Alfred Noyes' poem 'The Highwayman'. It was published in 2014.Read more...
