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Dark Tales (Part One) | Reading Shirley Jackson
After another reread, I’m bringing forth my thoughts on each of Shirley Jackson’s Dark Tales. These rapid fire reviews are split up into two parts: the first eight stories are featured here, and the final nine will be in the second post. I hope you enjoy, and also look forward to hearing your thoughts on any of these stories, or Shirley Jackson’s storytelling, in the comments below. SYNOPSIS For the first time in one volume, a collection of Shirley Jackson’s Scariest stories, with a foreward by PEN/Hemingway Award winner Ottessa Moshfegh. After her short story “The Lottery” was published in The New Yorker in 1948, Shirley Jackson quickly established a reputation…
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From My (E)Bookshelf: Ayiti, Light, Scarborough
For the third time, I’m featuring three digital titles From My (E)Bookshelf. These are recent downloads (Scribd) that happen to cover three categories of books: poetry, short story, and fiction. Let’s get right into it.
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Stories (by Katherine Mansfield) | 20 Books of Summer
The 20 Books of Summer Reading Challenge was created and is hosted by Cathy at 746 Books. You can find my full TBR here, and keep reading for my thoughts on Stories by Katherine Mansfield.
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Book Review: A House is a Body
A House is a Body Shruti Swamy A House is a Body was published on August 11th, 2020. I received an eARC from the publisher, but as always, all thoughts are my own.
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What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky | 2020 Reading Challenge
“Girls with fire in their bellies will be forced to drink from a well of correction till the flames die out. But my tongue stirred anyway. I stepped into view and threw something of my own.”
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From My Bookshelf: Ending, Ravens, Dark
In honor of October and the spooky portion of fall, the three books I’ve pulled From My Bookshelf this month have dark and troubling themes, and take their readers on different degrees of horrifying journeys. The two novels are I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid and Ravens Gathering by Graeme Cumming, plus Dark Tales, a short story collection by Shirley Jackson.
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