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June 14, 2019
Review ~ The History of Soul 2065
This book was provided to me by Mythic Delirium Books via NetGalley for review consideration. The History of Soul 2065 by Barbara Krasnoff Months before World War I breaks out, two young Jewish girls just on the edge of adolescence—one from a bustling Russian city, the other from a German estate—meet in an eerie, magical … Continue reading Review ~ The History of Soul 2065
June 9, 2019
Sunday Salon, 6/9/19
Read & Reading Didn’t do a lot of reading this week. I’m continuing on with The Count of Monte Cristo and started the June 1896 issue of The Black Cat. I should be further along in reading The History of Soul 2065 by Barbara Krasnoff but I should still have it finished in time for … Continue reading Sunday Salon, 6/9/19
June 6, 2019
Down the TBR Hole 20
This is a meme started by Lia at Lost in a Story. The “rules” are: Go to your Goodreads to-read shelf. Order on ascending date added. Take the first 5 (or 10 (or even more!) if you’re feeling adventurous) books. Of course, if you do this weekly, you start where you left off the last … Continue reading Down the TBR Hole 20
June 2, 2019
Sunday Salon, 6/2/19
Reading I’m setting those library books up and knocking them down! (Okay, not really…) Finished Poe: A Life Cut Short and Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters last week. I’ve already reviewed the first and I have the second queued up for later in the coming week. Deal Me In: This week I pulled … Continue reading Sunday Salon, 6/2/19
May 31, 2019
The Black Cat, No. 8, May 1896
Welcome to the 8th issue of The Black Cat and the Black Cat Project! When reading stories that are 122 years old, I expect that a few of them will challenge my modern sensibilities. In the first 7 issues of The Black Cat, usually one story a month has had some questionable element, often in … Continue reading The Black Cat, No. 8, May 1896
May 28, 2019
Review ~ Poe: A Life Cut Short
Poe: A Life Cut Short by Peter Ackroyd Edgar Allan Poe served as a soldier and began his literary career composing verses modeled on Byron; soon he was trying out his ‘prose-tales’—often horror melodramas such as The Fall of the House of Usher. As editor of the Literary Messenger he was influential among critics and … Continue reading Review ~ Poe: A Life Cut Short
May 26, 2019
Sunday Salon, 5/26
Reading I didn’t finish reading anything in the past week. I went to the library on Tuesday, swearing that I wouldn’t check out any books since I still had two out. Yeah, like that happened… Deal Me In: I read “The Other Hangman” by John Dickson Carr after pulling 8♣. Set in an unnamed Western … Continue reading Sunday Salon, 5/26
May 23, 2019
Down the TBR Hole 19
This is a meme started by Lia at Lost in a Story. The “rules” are: Go to your Goodreads to-read shelf. Order on ascending date added. Take the first 5 (or 10 (or even more!) if you’re feeling adventurous) books. Of course, if you do this weekly, you start where you left off the last … Continue reading Down the TBR Hole 19
May 19, 2019
Sunday Salon, 5/19/19
Read Finished reading Life Moves Pretty Fast by Hadley Freeman. I reviewed it on Thursday. I enjoyed it, but I almost feel like I should post a list of post-2000 movies that I’ve enjoyed. There are good movies made after 1989! Deal Me In: I pulled 10♦ which was “Cargo” by Sean Logan from New … Continue reading Sunday Salon, 5/19/19
May 16, 2019
Review ~ Life Moves Pretty Fast
Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned from Eighties Movies (and Why We Don’t Learn Them from Movies Anymore) by Hadley Freeman For Hadley Freeman, movies of the 1980s have simply got it all. Comedy in Three Men and a Baby, Hannah and Her Sisters, Ghostbusters, and Back to the Future; all a teenager … Continue reading Review ~ Life Moves Pretty Fast
