It is winter. That means cold. That means viruses. And if your child appears in any daycare building… Do you know what daycare truly is? It is a biohazard area where every kind of sickness dwells like a mythological beast. And it jumps on your child. And then on you. It feasts. And it attacks every other human being around.
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Shut your windows. Draw your curtains. Lit a candle and let the pages suck you in. This is a gritty chilling, and dark story. So, let’s cross the bridge. Or maybe stay sitting where we are?
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Rating: 4/5
Find some nice river or meadow sounds record and let it accompany you as you open this book. A dystopian future with a bit of hope awaits you.
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Rating: 5/5
Make a pot of some herbal tea before opening this book. Or boil wine with cloves and cinnamon. These pages will make you crave something warm and fragrant. Open the book, adventure in cold snow is calling! Seasoned soldiers with hidden aching wounds in their hearts will guide you.
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Rating: 3/5
Imagine the soft sound a fresh loaf of bread makes when you squeeze it. Or the bitter taste of dark chocolate on the palate. And a gunshot and smells of war. Ruin, smoke, rotting corpses… And flickering hope of new beginnings. That is the core of this book.
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The recent rains made me wish for a good ghost story. Something following the standard formula: a person ends up somewhere and strange things happen there. And so I tried this self-published book by Astrid Addams and… ladies and gentlemen, this wasn’t a mistake! Do you hear the clocks ticking? Get used to that sound, it will haunt you even after finishing this book.
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This reading journey marked with rereading this book over the years is a journey of personal growing up, maturing, and watching the life of my own pets. And it is a journey of disappointment.
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There is something… the taste of fresh creek water in mouth. The earthy smell of moss and forest flowers. The remains of the snow on the leaves of the last year… the rust spreading on a forgotten blade… This book simply feels like a gulp of beautiful nature, dark haunted ruins, and eerie magic. It will make you wish for a long walk among ancient trees and smell a lily of the valley.
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I was waiting for this book since the first announcement of the Witness trilogy. And I was not disappointed. This is not a beautiful book. But when I want to read something beautiful I go and read about Anne Shirley*. The story is a lot simpler than the Malazan Book of the Fallen. The world of Malaz has changed. We can taste it in the kelyk. We can see it in the brand new characters staring at us from the pages. Still, the book feels very familiar because the old stories, places, and characters are mentioned in small remarks and the new grows on strong roots of what was. This novel mixes fun and tragedy in balance. As usual, the characters have to make extremely hard and complicated decisions and the plot does not revolve around black and white winning heroes and losing evil lords. Philosophy that provides food for thought does not fail to fill a few decent pages.
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Dear struggling writer, listen to the children of the night while you despair over your feeble manuscript. Let not the echoes of doubt and erased pages crush your will to write. Embrace the darkness in your writing space and succumb to the lure of inspiration…
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