#literaturee

[john-oloughlin]

[crucifiedlovers]

What I really wanted to say was that a monster is not such a terrible thing to be. From the Latin root monstrum, a divine messenger of catastrophe, then adapted by the Old French to mean an animal of myriad origins: centaur, griffin, satyr. To be a monster is to be a hybrid signal, a lighthouse: both shelter and warning at once.

Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous 

[lifewriter20]

Reading and Writing

While we want people to read what we write, we must promote the importance in reading in what we write!

Passion, zeal, and tenacity are all hallmarks of the writer within!

Let’s encourage all to read and some to write–their life stories, their testimonies, their gift of imagination, and their ability to entertain.

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[eichbaum]

Books have always shaped the people who shape our world. New Zealand Book Council​ reminds people of the power of the written word with the goal of changing how digital natives view great pieces of literature in an online world.

Brilliant!

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[umovanje]

All Quiet On The Western Front

"It is strange that all the memories that come have these two qualities. They are always completely calm, that is predominant in them; and even if they are not really calm, they become so. They are soundless apparitions that speak to me, with looks and gestures silently, without any word-and it is the alarm of their silence that forces me to lay hold of my sleeve and my rifle lest I should abandon myself to liberation and allurement in which my body would dilate and gently pass away into the still forces that lie behind these things."  Erich Maria Remarque

[carlasbookcase]

Poison Study by Maria V. Synder

It has been an awfully long time since I've given a review. I've been back at University, So I haven't had time to read books for fun. But I've sneakly been trying to do so around my revision, and this book made me want to plunge into my fantasy world of books again.

Poison Study is the first of this trilogy about Yelena, who becomes the Commander's poison tasters instead of execution for being found straddled to the dead body of a General's son. Her new life as the poison tasters brings so much more in opportunities, and we divulge into new beginnings, future and the dark hauntings past that continue to haunt Yelena. But, Yelena slowly begins to discover that she has magic, forbidden in Ixan under the rule of the Commander. As Yelena studies in being a poison taster with Valek, the Commander's number one confidant and assassin, there is more troubling matters to unfold which could put the country of Ixan in danger both domestic and from their neighbours who use magic.

An exciting and passionate beginning to this trilogy. I've re-read it twice and love ever second of it. Yelena is so entertaining, and Valek is so smooth and expressive in his own way that reading these to characters is so beautiful. 

This is a must read for those who love a good fantasy, and a brilliant romance. But with all the excitement and thrills of a brilliant story of action.