Devourer of Books

The following are some of the books I have read so far this year that might make for good Halloween reading tonight.  Click on the titles to see my reviews.

General Halloween Night Reads:

Alive in Necropolis not only has a great storyline, but part of the story includes unruly ghosts harassing one another in a graveyard.  How can you go wrong for Halloween?

The Gargoyle isn’t a Halloween story, but the beginning is absolutely horrific.  Besides, the whole plot is a bit eerie: were they or were they not actually lovers 500 years ago?  Has the narrator really been horribly

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Are you a spine breaker? Or a dog-earer? Do you expect to keep your books in pristine condition even after you have read them? Does watching other readers bend the cover all the way round make you flinch or squeal in pain?

I used to be a HUGE dog-earer and occasional spine breaker.  I’m much better about these things now, but I definitely do not keep my books in pristine condition.  I throw them into purses and backpacks; use whatever I can find to hold them open so I can read while eating or knitting; take them into the bathtub.  When I do all these things, I attempt to keep from

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Capote in Kansas: A Ghost Story by Kim Powers

Truman Capote and Harper Lee were childhood friends.  Truman inspired Harper’s character Dill in “To Kill A Mockingbird” and Harper, called Nelle by friends and family, went with Truman to Kansas to help him research the Clutter murders for his book “In Cold Blood.”  

Powers picks up the story of Truman and Nelle late in their life, as Truman begins to imagine that he is haunted by the ghost of Nancy Clutter, the murdered teenager.  In his fear he calls Nelle in the middle of the night.  He decides he must find a way to make amends both with the Clutters

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We have selected the two winners for the “Alive in Necropolis” contest.  Ti of Book Chatter and Other Stuff was the winner chosen by random.org and Doug chose Riva’s epitaph as his favorite.  The winning epitaph read:

Jane Doe
1956 – 2050

There was always
Just One More Book

Ladies, I’ll be getting your addresses and Doug will be sending you your books.

As for my book funk, this last week was a nice little vacation.  Boomshine was a huge favorite at the beginning of the week (thanks Nicki!).  Later in the week, though, I took to watching things on my laptop instead of on the tv.  I had to ditch boomshine at that point because there didn’t seem to be a way to turn the sound off.  At that point I

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Thanks to my co-worker Megan for brightening

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