“Welcome back to Six Degrees of Separation: a monthly meme in which you’re invited to link six books in a chain, with connections as logical or crazy as you like. This month, to celebrate the launch of her speculative-fiction novel The Ark, Emma and Annabel chose to begin the chain with George Orwell’s speculative fiction classic,Continue reading “Six Degrees of Separation: 1984”
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If You Like Gilmore Girls, Read…
Just under one week from today, it will be October 1st. And do you know what happens on October 1st? All seven seasons on Gilmore Girls become available for streaming on Netflix. So…you know what I’ll be doing next Wednesday (I’ll also be ordering Chinese take-out). In the meantime, before you can catch up withContinue reading “If You Like Gilmore Girls, Read…”
One Hit Wonders: A Top Ten List
Quite possibly the only way to avoid a sophomore slump is to avoid the possibility altogether, Harper Lee did it, as did Margaret Mitchell. In a bit of a twist on today’s top ten list – as hosted by The Broke and the Bookish – here are ten authors that only wrote (or have written) one novel,Continue reading “One Hit Wonders: A Top Ten List”
If You Liked ‘Salem’s Lot, Read This…
As King said in 1983, “In ‘Salem’s Lot, the thing that really scared me was not vampires, but the town in the daytime, the town that was empty, knowing that there were things in closets, that there were people tucked under beds, under the concrete pilings of all those trailers. And all the time I wasContinue reading “If You Liked ‘Salem’s Lot, Read This…”
Dinner Party: A Guest List
*Fair warning: My dinner parties never look like this.* So…dinner parties. I like them. While I’m not fond of hosting parties, I do like attending them (assuming the food is good). Good food is essential. In a perfect world, fictional characters would be just as likely to attend as family and friends (and in someContinue reading “Dinner Party: A Guest List”
So you don’t read Stephen King…?
Okay, so since you are reading here, I’m just going to assume that you’re human and live on planet earth and know have read adore love worship Stephen King. If you don’t, you need to take a good, long look in the mirror and ask yourself what you’re doing with your life. And then commitContinue reading “So you don’t read Stephen King…?”
Miscellaneous Movies To Watch: A Top Ten List
In all honestly, I had no intention of writing a list this week, as the topic is top ten favorite things other than books. And books are my thing. But yesterday…was not a good day. It was an exasperating, stress inducing, tear-filled kind of day. This resulted in eating pizza, ice cream, and watching a favoriteContinue reading “Miscellaneous Movies To Watch: A Top Ten List”
Confessions: A Top Ten List
Subtitle: What happens when you realize you may actually be a hipster. By the mainstream cultural standard only, of course. Let me be clear, I am not a hipster. Hipster is a term that now describes a sub-culture that was initially intended to value independent thought and progressive politics, but instead describes intentional mainstream “obscurism”.Continue reading “Confessions: A Top Ten List”
Reading the Classics: A Top Ten List
Classics have gotten a bit of a bad reputation (feel free to hum “I don’t give a damn about my bad reputation…”). They are often referred to as boring, stuffy, and hard to understand. This can be true, for me it’s books like Ulysses and Moby Dick. The first I find hard to understand (stillContinue reading “Reading the Classics: A Top Ten List”
A True Detective Reading Guide
As of late, the Southern Gothic genre has experienced a resurgence. In my opinion, this is in large part due to the fabulous True Detective. However, this particular genre has long been a favorite of mine – in television, film, and fiction. So, if you’re like me and missing one of the best shows onContinue reading “A True Detective Reading Guide”
flannel and folklore 