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📚Currently reading:
📕Fire & Blood
📕Akechi Kogoro
📙The Witness for the Dead
Progress:
Didn't listen to a lot of F&B last week due to the construction noise of our roof, but I did manage to finish one book. I hope to jump back into F&B this week.
pickDefinitely an interesting read, but like Jackson's other work seems to be that I've read, it's very bare bones in terms of plot, even for a short book. I feel as if it gave us a bit more it would have been far more interesting. What I mean is instead of developing the plot points, the author leaves them as statements. The atmosphere was chilling and the character study was fascinating. I found myself wanting to read it more.
Catch up from yesterday #AboutABook
Starting to think about fall & the spooky season & these are two books I‘ve reread & think I might read them again in October. #YouveReRead
pickThis novel is...bizarre, which is, at times, delightful and, at other times, very disconcerting. Pretty much what I expected from Shirley Jackson.
#WondrousWednesday not been on Litsy for a while, ever since the Android app was removed! I still find the website very fiddly! @eggs
Another Jackson title on sale for 99 cents today.
pick4-/5 ⭐️
Una lettura molto piacevole, nonostante parlasse di una famiglia nella quale la maggior parte dei membri sono morti avvelenati
pickThis was a weird and engrossing tale, the dynamics between characters was fascinating and right now this audiobook is included with my Audible membership!
@Yuki_Onna #SundayFunday
I don‘t usually! But there are a select few that I do enjoy 😊 and a few that I would definitely consider rereading/plan to!🐰💕
“They are the children of the strangers,I told her. They have no faces. They have eyes.
Pretend they are birds. They cant see us. They don't know it yet. they don't want to believe it, but they wont ever see us again.”
#HauntedHouse
#StorySettings
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
pickMy second Shirley Jackson and this one was even better than The Haunting of Hill House. The Blackwood girls live with their uncle in their big, family home, shunned by the town because of suspicions of poisoning the rest of their family. Their lives revolve around mealtimes and ritual. Told from the perspective of the youngest sister, Merricat, she is methodical, has a unique view of the world, and protects the house and her sister (👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻)
“I was pretending that I did not speak their language; on the moon we spoke a soft, liquid tongue, and sang in the starlight, looking down on the dead dried world.”
Honored to share a birthday with Shirley Jackson. Remembering her today.
pickThis was an interesting read. The story wasn‘t mind-blowing by any means, but I was entertained no less.
pickA cautious pick - as weird as people say but not nearly as spooky as I was expecting. More like intense melancholia.
1. I connect literary references. I color coordinate without thinking about it ?♀️. Mom mentioned I take two hours long bathes. I don‘t think that‘s all that quirky. 2. The above and anything by Angela Carter. #two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
pickThis is a reread for me, and I think I loved it more this time around.
Shirley Jackson is a goddess of her craft, and the way she spins a story, building the atmosphere and suspense, is pure perfection.
The dysfunction of this family and the relationship between the sisters makes this a great read that will mess with your head in all the best ways.
so-soCould only be described as creepy in a whimsical way. Kinda boring and I did expect something scarier or spookier to happen bc of the creepy cover. But I liked the relationship between the sisters, it redeemed the book for me
pickThis is a great read, quite creepy and chilling. The sisters Constance and Mary Katherine are both great characters. From reading it feels like Mary Katherine is 12 or 13, but she is 18, I think. The sinister feelings of the villagers to the Blackwood family are great, and the cover really tells you all you need to know about it. This is my second Shirley Jackson book and definitely will read more.
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I think Jackson is becoming a favorite author; her stories never let me down!
pickWhat a perfect start to the year with a perfect little book. This was fabulous! Even better that I only picked it up a few days ago at a secondhand book shop for $3. It‘s been on my tbr list for sooooooo long.
I loved everything about this one and was so relieved that Jonas was not harmed, anything but that! 🐈⬛
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pickPerfect Halloween reading. Great writing ensures a sense of something sinister on its way, a constant building of ominous energy. The ending was unexpected but it wasn‘t the explosive conclusion I think it deserved. 7/10
pickAnother haunting story where the house is an integral part (character) of the story. Merricat and Constance are bigger introverts than I am! #whoknew And, to top it off, one's a murderer! Or is she? The stuff that hauntings are made for.“
Favorite Quote: “I'm going to put death in all their food and watch them die.“
Time for the annual rereading of this unsettling gem by Shirley Jackson, one of my favorites.
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pickThis was my first time reading this classic horror. It was very creepy and atmospheric. Merricat's narration is unnerving as she describes the life she lives with her sister and uncle after the rest of her family was poisoned years ago and the villager's reaction to their presence.
#Scarathlon2022 #TeamMonsterMash @StayCurious #31by31 @Catsandbooks #Spookoween2022 @TheSpineView #Pointsathon @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES #AutumnAtoZ W @Texreader
This strange gem of a book, one of my favorites, features a sugar bowl one should avoid! #poison #scarathalon22 #photoprompt #TeamSlaughter
#OminousOctober #Day13 #Orange A creepy family story in a classic Penguin edition. #Scarathlon #TeamSlaughter 6pts
🦇 These are my top picks of must read books for spooky season. What would you add? 🦇
One of my favorites (and a perfect October read, in my opinion). I love the cover art on this edition with Merricat holding Jonas. 🐈⬛
#OminousOctober #Cat
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
My September #2022ReadingBracket pick @chasjjlee -
Moving on to October reads now -
Make a great day everyone 🎃
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was my second time reading this favorite! I read the Penguin Vitae edition this time. Just an amazing story about small town communities and a major insight into the two halves of Shirley Jackson‘s own personality. Very much recommend this one!
so-so🌟🌟 I have always loved Shirley Jackson‘s style is dark and atmospheric much like her other books. I found Merricat an interesting character study in someone who suffers from mental health from abuse. The reactions from the townsfolk who were really the true monsters here was appalling. That‘s is where the true horror lies in this reading.
However this one didn‘t drop the jaw as her other books have for me.
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#ReadSpooky2022 @teebe
Perfectly written story. There was a tension throughout the story (what will happen next) and a creepiness, not scary but creepy - Merricat and Constance and Uncle are a family that loves one another but must work around each others psychological issues (see below for the rest)
#BFC2022
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@wanderinglynn @TheAromaofBooks
Make a great day everyone 😎
Here is my #BookSpinBingo for the month - thanks for hosting @TheAromaofBooks
I don't re-read often - some Stephen King, Harry Potter series (but one re-read of this will be enough) and occasionally a classic (one that I haven't read since high school or college - like Jane Eyre or To Kill a Mockingbird) - #littenswanttoknow Thanks for the tag @Eggs
Make a great day everyone 🙂
