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Bringing a little magic into my life

A Pocketful of Crows by Joanne M. Harris

May 18, 2019 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

This year has not been the best for me reading wise – I seem to have little to no attention span at the moment, and for the past month I’ve been slogging though a book on magic (don’t judge me) that has actually been a far from magical experience. And so, looking for something a little lighter, I stumbled upon A Pocketful of Crows. This one had the magic I had been looking for.  A nameless girl lives in the forest. Keeping apart from others, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: fairytale, Fiction, Joanne Harris

TheShitWizard's CBR11 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: fairytale, Fiction, Joanne Harris ·
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“Some people spend the whole of their lives sitting waiting for one train, only to find that they never even made it to the station.”

August 29, 2016 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

Peaches for Monsieur le Curé is the third novel in Joanne Harris’s Chocolat series, but you really don’t need to read the first two to understand what’s happening here (although I recommend you do!). Like the other two novels, very little happens in the way of plot, but you’ll be so wrapped up in all the French and the food that you won’t really care. “Those people who say that words have no power know nothing of the nature of words. Words, well placed, can end […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: badkittyuno, Joanne Harris

badkittyuno's CBR8 Review No:170 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: badkittyuno, Joanne Harris ·
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