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It Was a Dark and Stormy Night - Chapter 11 book list
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The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova -*book club selection may contain spoilers*
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last updated May 16, 2010 01:23PM
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I'm ashamed to admit to having seen the movie(s) before reading the book itself.
My mother has a yearly tradition, begun when I was very small, that for almost holiday, we'd watch the old black and white classics for that season. We watched A Miracle on 34th St, and It's a Wonderful Life (among others) every Christmas, A Walton Family Thanksgiving on thanksgiving, and the b-horror classics of the 40s through 60s every Halloween. I grew up on black and white classic monster cinema, with Lon Chane ...more
My mother has a yearly tradition, begun when I was very small, that for almost holiday, we'd watch the old black and white classics for that season. We watched A Miracle on 34th St, and It's a Wonderful Life (among others) every Christmas, A Walton Family Thanksgiving on thanksgiving, and the b-horror classics of the 40s through 60s every Halloween. I grew up on black and white classic monster cinema, with Lon Chane ...more
"Hill house, not sane, stood by itself against it's hills holding darkness within"
This was my first ever time reading any book by Shirley Jackson. I loved this book because it was creepy without being gory. It was psychological and it was perfect for Halloween. I thought she did a good job of creating the characters and the creepiness of this old house. it centered around four characters and this house. Eleanor, Theodora Luke who will inherit this house one day and Dr. Montague. I highly recomm ...more
This was my first ever time reading any book by Shirley Jackson. I loved this book because it was creepy without being gory. It was psychological and it was perfect for Halloween. I thought she did a good job of creating the characters and the creepiness of this old house. it centered around four characters and this house. Eleanor, Theodora Luke who will inherit this house one day and Dr. Montague. I highly recomm ...more
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