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Moon Forest by Patricia MacCarthy - review 'The book has some very expressive and fairly dramatic illustrations'This is a beautiful but also rather frightening story about survival: set during night time in a dark forest, the book shows all sorts of animals and how they are linked to each other, m
The Guardian | 1 hour, 57 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Ghost Ships, Murders, Bird Attacks: Stories To Keep You Awake Author Ethan Rutherford started reading Daphne du Maurier's collection of stories, Don't Look Now, while it was still light out and didn't move from his chair until dark. Each one features characters who endure the strange and the extreme, and who are for
NPR.org | 1 hour, 57 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Three-Minute Fiction: 'Ten Ring Fingers' And 'Ghost Words' NPR's Bob Mondello and Susan Stamberg read excerpts of two of the best submissions for Round 11 of our short story contest. They read Ten Ring Fingers by Tamara Breuer of Washington, D.C., and Ghost Words by Matheus Macedo of Winthrop, Mass.
NPR.org | 2 hours, 3 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Ten Ring Fingers She found the first ring on a night that smelled of body odor and beer. The bar's last customers had finally given up hope of taking her to bed and staggered away, leaving her to clean the stains of their desperation.
NPR.org | 2 hours, 15 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Ghost Words The letter smelled of lavender and vanilla, like she couldn't decide which perfume to use so she used both. Her hand-writing had been drawn with the careful precision only seventh-grade girls in love have patience for.
NPR.org | 2 hours, 16 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Siblings' Separation Haunts In 'Kite Runner' Author's Latest Khaled Hosseini's new novel, like his two earlier works, is set partly in Afghanistan but this time, political turmoil isn't a major element of the plot. Instead, And The Mountains Echoed is a story of a family's loss that spans decades and continents.
NPR.org | 3 hours, 16 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
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Room by Emma Donaghue- review 'It is easy to read and really makes you care about what happens to these characters'The book opens in the voice of our author, Jack, who is five and lives with his Mum in a room that measures 11ft. Jack has never existed outside of this room and thinks t
The Guardian | 4 hours, 57 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist review Reading on mobile? See the trailer hereRelations between east and west, and the experience of the subcontinent diaspora in Britain and North America, have been the predominant concern of Mira Nair. Her perceptive, generous, inquiring films have pursued is
The Guardian | 13 hours, 51 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
Three-Minute Fiction Reading: 'Plum Baby' NPR's Susan Stamberg reads an excerpt of one of the best submissions for Round 11 of our short story contest. She reads Plum Baby by Carmiel Banasky of Portland, Ore.
NPR.org | 16 hours, 16 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
'Waiting To Be Heard' No More, Amanda Knox Speaks Out Less than two months into her study abroad program in Italy, Amanda Knox was accused and eventually convicted of murdering her roommate, Meredith Kercher. After her conviction was overturned, Knox returned home to Seattle and now faces a potential retrial
NPR.org | 16 hours, 16 minutes ago | comment? | recommend
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