Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead (2005-2010)

2014-03-09T19:28:23-04:00

Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead Image Comics (2005-2011) As if I didn't have enough trouble managing my excessive library loans, I came upon this series when I was looking for graphic novels that I thought might entertain Mister B.I.P., when we were Read-a-Thon-ing on Thanksgiving weekend, and after he got

Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead (2005-2010)2014-03-09T19:28:23-04:00

Surprised by Dracula

2014-03-09T19:13:22-04:00

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

Surprised by Dracula2014-03-09T19:13:22-04:00

Margaret Peterson Haddix’s Running out of Time (1995)

2014-03-09T19:07:16-04:00

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

Margaret Peterson Haddix’s Running out of Time (1995)2014-03-09T19:07:16-04:00

Daphne duMaurier’s Flight of the Falcon (1965)

2014-03-09T19:02:07-04:00

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

Daphne duMaurier’s Flight of the Falcon (1965)2014-03-09T19:02:07-04:00

The oh-so-spooky House of Dies Drear

2021-01-12T15:12:51-05:00

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

The oh-so-spooky House of Dies Drear2021-01-12T15:12:51-05:00
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