Archive for October, 2008

Suggested Halloween Reading

Friday, October 31st, 2008

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.  [...]

BTT: Ideal Conditions

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

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 [...]

Capote in Kansas - Book Review and Blog Tour

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

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 [...]

Alive in Necropolis Winners, Book Funk Update

Monday, October 27th, 2008

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 [...]

FYI

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Thanks to my co-worker Megan for brightening my day!
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Reading Funk, Part II

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

I think that I should post about the reading funk and the book-ban, but I don’t feel like it.  So there.  =P
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The Reading Funk

Monday, October 20th, 2008

On Saturday during the read-athon, I finished two books, Stephenie Meyers’s “Breaking Dawn” and Jane Yolen’s “Briar Rose.”  I was within 25 pages of hitting 1,000 pages that day, but I just couldn’t do more.  Since then I’ve read maybe 80 pages of “Capote in Kansas” by Kim Powers.  Although I’m enjoying “Capote in Kansas,” [...]

Read-athon - Somewhere between hours 13 and 14

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

I took a fairly long break after finishing “Breaking Dawn” around 2 and have only now finally finished my much shorter book, “Briar Rose” by Jane Yolen, another 224 pages.  

I really should read another 25 pages of something at least, so I can get to a full 1,000.  I don’t think I’m going to [...]

Read-athon - End of Hour 7

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

If I’m not mistaken, the 7th hour of the read-athon just ended.  Since my last update I took a little nap and a couple of breaks, but I also just finished the whole 750+ pages of Stephenie Meyer’s “Breaking Dawn.”  I’m not totally sure what I am going to read next, but I think I [...]

Read-athon, end of hour 4

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

I’m starting to think I have a cursed relationship with the read-athon.  Last time I was having issues with my blog, having just switched over from Wordpress to self-hosting, and couldn’t post at times.  Now my whole internet keeps going out.  With my last post I even had to restart it a second time just [...]