Heart of Glass

"Maybe there's a trapdoor under my chair, and I'll just disappear."
- J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

The Glass family stories shall remain with me and inspire me always.

Farewell to one of the last greats of contemporary literature.

You leave behind a literary legacy that will be loved forever.

Song of the day.

Nouvelle Vague - Heart of Glass

Wicked!

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, is a parallel novel published in 1995, written by Gregory Maguire. Based upon the writings of L. Frank Baum, it is a revisionist look at the land and characters of Oz, best known from Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.

The novel is a political, social, and ethical commentary on what good and evil really are. It takes place in The Land of Oz, in the years leading to Dorothy's arrival. The story centers on Elphaba, the misunderstood green-skinned girl who grows up to become the notorious Wicked Witch of the West.

I read this book last summer and absolutely adored it!
It's got all that fantastic and magical elements that we loved as children, combined with everything needed to tingle an adult's fancy.

Who could have known that one day, you could come to love the Wicked Witch of the West.

Love - Which Witch Is Which

Tales Of The Unexpected

Sixteen tales, each with a startling twist, told by the grand master of the short story, Roald Dahl.

Inside these covers you will meet the man prepared to wager his daughter's hand in marriage over the breed and vintage of a bottle of wine; the traveller who throws himself overboard on a cruise liner just to win a bet; the innocuous seeming landlady whose guests stay for longer than they intended; and Edward who takes on a deeply mysterious cat.

One of my all time favorite books.

Roald Dahl filled my childhood with so many wonderful stories, I was so glad to continue loving him as I grew up.

(Though that doesn't mean that from time to time I don't enjoy revisiting my childhood classics...)

Lost Girls

is an erotic graphic novel depicting the sexual adventures of three important female fictional characters: Alice Fairchild from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Dorothy Gale from The Wizard of Oz and Wendy Darling from Peter Pan.

They meet as adults in 1913, and describe and share some of their erotic adventures with each other.

The story is written by Alan Moore, an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels V for Vendetta and From Hell.

And drawn by Melinda Gebbie.

Lost Girls has been the source of massive controversy due to the nature of it's content.

I, personally, have the first editions in three parts. 

That's how much I loved it.

xx.

Moon Palace

Marco Stanley Fogg is an orphan, a child of the sixties, a quester tirelessly seeking the key to his past, the answer to the ultimate riddle of his fate. As Marco journeys from the canyons of Manhattan to the deserts of Utah, he encounters a gallery of characters and a series of events as rich and surprising as any in modern fiction.

Beginning during the summer that men first walked on the moon, and moving backward and forward in time to span three generations, Moon Palace is propelled by coincidence and memory, marked by tragedy and redemption, and illuminated by marvelous flights of lyricism and wit. Here is the most entertaining and moving novel yet from an author well known for his breathtaking imagination.