by stacia | Nov 8, 2019 | monthly wrap-up, poe-tober, reading
Poe-tober wasn’t as jam-packed with creepy media and events as I would’ve liked (unless you count the horror story taking place across the river in DC), but I still want to report on my efforts. Books: Frankenstein (Mary Shelley) – 2*Haunting of Hill...
by stacia | Nov 5, 2019 | monthly wrap-up
October goal: I’m setting a goal of 5 books for this month, plus so many other things that go bump in the night. Later this week, I’ll post my Poe-tober report. What I read: (Link to my Goodreads 2019 Reading Challenge A Perilous...
by stacia | Nov 1, 2019 | weekly wrap-up
(Oops – this was supposed to post Friday, Nov. 1) Next week, look for October’s wrap-up and my report on Poe-tober. Finished: 25 Icelandic Ghost Stories—Jón R. Hjálmarsson—2* (Oct 31) I bought this book on a trip to Iceland. The people there are really...
by stacia | Oct 25, 2019 | weekly wrap-up
Finished: Frankenstein—Mary Shelley—2* (Oct 23) The story of Frankenstein has become a common cultural reference, but I’d never read the source material. Still, I had high hopes for creepiness. Instead, the scariest part of the book was how it took so long to...
by stacia | Oct 11, 2019 | weekly wrap-up
Finished: A Perilous Undertaking(Veronica Speedwell #2) — Deanna Raybourn — 3.75* (Oct 9) I loved the first book in this series so much that the second installment was destined to fall short of my expectations. The story was still very enjoyable and the main...
by stacia | Oct 4, 2019 | weekly wrap-up
Finished: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told — Megan Mullally & Nick Offerman—3.5* (Sept 15) (This book was a September read but I finished it after I completed my last Friday Reads post so here’s the review) This is the first audiobook I’ve ever listened to...
