La casa degli anni scomparsi. Ediz. illustrata

"The great grey beast February had eaten Harvey Swick alive." Harvey Swick is a 10-year-old boy who is bored with his life - he's tired of school, homework and the winter months. That is, until a creature tells him all about a place called the Holiday House, where you can have anything you wish for a Leggi tutto

Sooooooooo, I mentioned that I had sworn off Mr. Clive Barker yeeeeeeeears ago- due to squeamishness- Ms. Stepheny called me on it- and said, "PLEASE... PLEASE...PLEASE- read THE THIEF OF ALWAYS before making your final judgement on allllllllll of his work". Okay, Stepheny, I stand corrected- not al Leggi tutto

"De ahora en adelante, el tiempo sería precioso. Desde luego, haría tic-tac, como siempre, pero Harvey estaba convencido de que no lo malgastaría en suspiros y quejas. Llenaría cada momento con las estaciones que encontrara en su corazón. Esperanzas como pájaros en una rama de primavera; felicidad c Leggi tutto

Always a no spoiler/no plot detail review... I wish I would have read this book when I was like 12 or 13, what a very powerful book this would have been to me. But, sadly I only just read it now at age 41 but since I'm still a huge lover of children's fiction (especially dark children's fiction) I st Leggi tutto

“...I'm in love with a fairytale Even though it hurts Cause I don't care if I lose my mind I'm already cursed” Άπειρες φορές και ατελείωτους καιρούς πριν και μετά υπήρχαν μαγεμένες αποδράσεις απο την καθημερινή ζωή και τη ρουτίνα της πραγματικότητας μέσα σε ατέλειωτους κόσμους θαυμάτων. Κόσμους άχρονους, Leggi tutto

Oh, you’re a horror fan? Read Clive Barker. Steph, check out Clive Barker. You’ll love him. Have you read any Barker? He’s brilliant! These are all things that were being said to me for the last few years. I took note. Then I saw Stephen King saying that Clive Barker is the future of the horror genre. Leggi tutto

This story felt ... old. Not in a bad way (like a story that aged badly) but as in how the story was structured, what it was about etc. It felt like a classic children's story. Maybe it should be. One dreary February day, there is Harvey, a boy bored half out of his mind - which explains why he isn't Leggi tutto

Great book to read on a rainy day. What I liked the most (apart from story) are the illustrations. They were really creepy, and reminded me of Neil Gaiman's Coraline, which is one of my favorite books. The story is also similar to Coraline, but it does have its twists. Really fun and fast read, and