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May 21, 2020
Down the TBR Hole 30
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 …
May 17, 2020
Sunday Salon, 5/17
Reading Been doing Bout of Books this week. I haven’t read as much as I hoped I might, but it’s still been a good week. I started The Beetle by Richard Marsh, which is my Classics Club Spin book. It’s…not at all what I expected. I’ll probably finish it up today/tomorrow. This past week, I …
May 12, 2020
{Book} Lovecraft Country
Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff Chicago, 1954. When his father Montrose goes missing, twenty-two year old Army veteran Atticus Turner embarks on a road trip to New England to find him, accompanied by his Uncle George—publisher of The Safe Negro Travel Guide—and his childhood friend Letitia. On their journey to the manor of Mr. Braithwhite—heir …
May 10, 2020
Bout of Books 28
The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 11th and runs through Sunday, May 17th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are daily challenges, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For …
May 7, 2020
Down the TBR Hole 29
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 …
May 5, 2020
{Books} The Vampyre & Dracula
The Vampyre: A Tale by John William Polidori A young English gentleman of means, Aubrey is immediately intrigued by Lord Ruthven, the mysterious newcomer among society’s elite. His unknown origin and curious behavior tantalizes Aubrey’s imagination. But the young man soon discovers a sinister character hidden behind his new friend’s glamorous facade. (via Goodreads) Legend …
May 3, 2020
Sunday Salon, 5/3
Reading Most of my reading this past week has already been summed up in my April post. I’ve been reading Westmark a chapter at a time in the morning, In the Garden of Beasts in the afternoon, and I added Matt Ruff’s Lovecraft Country for evening reading. Watching Free from my Horror A to Z …
May 1, 2020
April Wrap-Up and May TBR
I don’t feel like April was a very good reading month for me. I read in dribs and drabs and floundered about, resulting in 3 DNFs. But, I read 1890 pages for #pageathon and cleared up some challenge books. April The Book of the Damned by Charles Fort – This was my February Classics Club …
April 29, 2020
Horror Films A to Z ~ (Why is there no Y?)
John Dies at the End Year: 2012 Runtime: 1h 39m Director: Don Coscarelli Writer: Don Coscarelli, David Wong Stars: Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti A new street drug that sends its users across time and dimensions has one drawback: some people return no longer human. Can two college drop-outs save humanity from this silent, …
April 28, 2020
Horror Films A to Z ~ XX
XX Year: 2017 Runtime: 1h 20m Director: Roxanne Benjamin, Karyn Kusama, St. Vincent, Jovanka Vuckovic Writer: Jovanka Vuckovic, Jack Ketchum (based on a story by), Roxanne Benjamin, St. Vincent, Karyn Kusama Stars: Natalie Brown, Jonathan Watton, Peter DaCunha Four short horror films that are directed and written by women. Initial: Not a ton of choices …
