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The Darkness Within: Shirley Jackson’s Tales
For my last spooky read of the year (it’s almost Christmas!) I chose an author I’m familiar with. I’ve been a fan of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle because they really scared me, although not in a way that most horror books do. Shirley Jackson’s […]
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Spooky Reads for October
Basically a list of the scariest things I have read so far. Happy reading! Ghost Story, Peter Straub I devoured this disturbing book in like two days. It is a real page turner that manages to keep the tension for almost 500 pages. Stephen King has co-writen a book with Peter Straub and generally praises […]
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Our Ghosts: A History Drawn by Roger Clarke
As you might have guessed by now, I am a huge fan of anything ghost-related. I love ghost stories and scary movies, I have a deep curiosity for old buildings and family histories. But I often find myself disappointed by both books and cinema on the subject. Other than the classics —M.R. James, Shirley Jackson, […]
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What I’ve Been Reading
Ghosts and spirits, basically.
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Why Do We Remember?: Svetlana Alexievich’s History of the Soul
War’s Unwomanly Face and Voices from Chernobyl
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Flickers of Light: The Goldfinch
“A self one does not want. A heart one cannot help”
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Back to blogging
The past week has proven everything can change in the blink of an eye. In less than five days I’ve had to close my coffee shop, cancel all traveling plans and postpone indefinitely a publishing workshop I’d been working on with several independent publishing houses. On the other hand, an academic article I wrote in […]
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Best Reads of 2019
Quite late for this but…
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Embracing Uncertainty: Rebecca Solnit’s Field Guide to Getting Lost
“It’s not about being lost but about trying to lose yourself”
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“Mad, bad and dangerous”: Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley’s Lives
Badass.
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Men and Gods: The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Secret History by Donna Tartt has been on my radar for a while now. I’ve heard many people praise it and as many hate it, which really made me want to read it. One of the reviews on the back of the book says, “a thriller for thinking people”, which I took as a […]
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24 Books That Marked Me
One for each year lived.
flowers in the library 