A book too shocking for its time: ‘Matilda’ by Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley is known primarily for writing Frankenstein. Many even believe it was the only book she wrote. But she created a number of other works; including historical novels, travel diaries, poetry, biographies and political books. In this post, I’d like to focus on one of her novellas: Matilda. Written under a particularly tough time

Some week-end reading

Finished this novel today. It’s pretty good. Not particularly scary and not one of King’s best works. But to be fair, I read The Outsider right before reading this one so my expectations may have been too high since that was probably the best book Stephen King has released in the last decade. I’d give The