Virginia Hamilton's House of Dies Drear Illus. Eros Keith Macmillan, 1968 Hard to imagine a house with a more troubled past, historically speaking. For years I have confused Virginia Hamilton's award-winning novel with John Bellair's The House with the Clock in its Walls (which is also, by the way, a
Sherman Alexie's Reservation Blues Warner Books, 1996. Thomas tried to hide the salmon behind his back, but the guitar saw it. "We're plannin' on burnin' me up?" the guitar asked. "Yeah," Thomas said. He could not lie. The guitar laughed."That's all right," the guitar said. "You eat your fish. I'll
Best new reader's find in September: Michael Crummey Best old reader's find in September: Giles Blunt Biggest Book - The Corrections Smallest (and furriest) Book - The School Mouse New Challenge: joined the RIP V challenge Old Challenges: read towards six challenges, including (finally!) an X for the authors' portion
Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall's Ghosted Random House 2010 Reasons (Not necessarily good ones) that I didn’t expect to like Ghosted: 1. These words on the flyleaf: gangster, hotdogs, suicide, heroin-smoking, tragedies (bit redundant, eh); 2. Ray Robertson’s blurb beginning with “Lean and mean and...” (though ending “with a surprising amount of heart”);
Good Fiction Guide, Ed. Jane Rogers 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2005. Supernatural by Michael Cox (12 titles) 1. J.S. LeFanu Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery 1851 2. Bram Stoker Dracula 1897 3. M.R. James Ghost Stories of an Antiquary 1904 4. Algernon Blackwood The Listener 1907 5. H.R.
