Synopsis: From the New York Times bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring comes the fifth installment in the Hogarth Shakespeare series, a modern retelling of Othello set in a suburban schoolyard Arriving at his fifth school in as many years, a diplomat's son, Osei Kokote, knows he needs an ally if he … Continue reading New Boy by Tracy Chevalier
Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and … Continue reading Audiobook Review: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, narrated by Tim Robbins
Synopsis: Bill Masen, bandages over his wounded eyes, misses the most spectacular meteorite shower England has ever seen. Removing his bandages the next morning, he finds masses of sightless people wandering the city. He soon meets Josella, another lucky person who has retained her sight, and together they leave the city, aware that the safe, … Continue reading Review: The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
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