Eileen

EileenBy: Ottessa Moshfegh Now a major motion picture streaming on Hulu, starring Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Eileen is a remarkable piece of writing, always dark and surprising, sometimes ugly and occasionally hilarious. Its first person narrator is one of the strangest, most messed up, most patheticand yet, in her own inimitable way, endearingmisfits Ive encountered in fiction. Trust me, you have never read

drowns one summer at the beach

「不是斑點。」那人說。「是星形的斑紋。請你跟這個對照看看。」

and Harry Potter Magical Places & Characters Colouring Book

★本書趣味小事分享★

兒童文學作家╱林  良

The Akallabêth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Númenor at the end of the Second Age and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age

But when Momma and Poppa announce that her very un-magical

你知道春節為什麼要「守歲」嗎？紅包為什麼又叫做「壓歲錢」呢？

Going to the Firehouse

最近，位於丘楓鎮郊外的康明醫院聲名鵲起。據說，凡是讓其他醫院束手無策的病人都能在這裡重獲新生，因此它被稱為奇跡之地。然而，DODO冒險隊卻接到了一個孩子的求救信號：他得了絕症的哥哥從這家醫院裡失蹤了……小夥伴們偷偷潛入醫院調查，沿途遇到一個野性十足的神祕女孩，並從這裡的病人口中得知了醫院的祕密──據說，這家醫院裡藏著一個科學怪人！午夜前後，他都會帶著怪物們在醫院中遊蕩，帶走忘記鎖門的病人……就在大家半信半疑時，住院部裡一隻雙頭獵犬抓走了他們的同伴！為了找到失蹤的病人，為了營救同伴，多多和小夥伴們鼓起勇氣，誓要揭開隱藏在康明醫院深處的陰謀！詭異的病房裡，行為失常的病人們臉上露出怪誕的笑容；密封的透明門後，扭曲的身影向闖入者展示了一個奇異的怪物世界……無論是怎樣的生命都不應該被輕視，抱著如此理念的DODO冒險隊追逐著科學怪人的身影，努力尋找著暗藏在冰冷人心之下的真相！

“A welcome addition to autumnal storytelling

pull and turn mechanisms bring Doctor Dolittle and his menagerie of animals to life as he goes on an adventure to Africa in First Stories: Doctor Dolittle