Click image for the Challenge Site Thanks again to Carl for hosting this creepy challenge. My plans weren't that far off; I didn't read the annotated version of Dracula (the smaller pocket-friendly version was more comfortable) and I only read two Daphne duMaurier books, but the only one I missed was
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) Signet-Penguin, 1992 In Dracula, you might expect to find a traditional tale of fright, narrated by the guy sitting next to the campfire, who's holding the end of the flashlight (er, torch) so that his face is illuminated in the spookiest way possible. But, no. Bram
8am: Started reading Pippi Longstocking, my first Read-A-Thon read. 8:15: Taking break (hoping this isn't indicative of day's attention span). This is my first Read-A-Thon. The wee BIPs are not home for the weekend (but I'm sure they'll want to participate in the next R-A-T). We'll be taking notes, mentally
Image Links to Challenge Site Margaret Peterson Haddix's Running out of Time (1995) Aladdin - Simon&Schuster, 1997 The Hunger Games meets "Little House on the Prairie" The Giver meets "The Truman Show" Yup, if I'd met Jessie Keyser in the pages of Running Out of Time when I
Daphne duMaurier's Flight of the Falcon (1965) Penguin, 1969 Virago Modern Classic No. 516 Did you notice that I was complaining about the female characters (and their complete and utter uselessness/sexlessness/vixenishness) in The Birds last week? Oh, I admit, that made me a bit nervous. I was really wondering if
