In case you missed Shirley Jackson Week, about which I admit I was rather slapdash, I’ve put together a lovely round-up of the posts we were treated to last week! We Have Always Lived in the Castle Words for Worms Harriet Devine A Striped Armchair The Sundial (my fave!) Desperate Reader Emerald City Book Review Gaskella Life among the Savages & Raising Demons Shiny New Books The Road through the Wall Stuck in a Book Short stories! a gallimaufry on “Paranoia” ChrisBookarama on “The Daemon Lover” things mean a lot on “The Daemon Lover” The Cheap Reader on The Lottery…
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Shirley Jackson Reading Week (a round-up)
Published 14 Jul 2015
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Gin Jenny
I read Hangsaman for Shirley Jackson Reading Week, you guys, and I feel like I did not understand one single thing about it. ?Cultural differences? So instead of reviewing that this week, I’ll be writing about “The Lottery” on Thursday (inshallah). Anyway! It’s Shirley Jackson Reading Week around these parts, and people are writing awesome posts: Words for Worms on We Have Always Lived in the Castle. Helen of a gallimaufry on the short story “Paranoia.” Desperate Reader on The Sundial (my fave!). Emerald City Book Review on The Sundial (my fave!!). I will round up more later in the…
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Published 10 Jun 2015
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Gin Jenny
Get pumped, you aficionados of the weird and creepy! This July 13th through 18th is going to be Shirley Jackson Reading Week, a time to revisit everyone’s favorite spooky-ass author or, if you’ve never read one of her books, meet her for the first time! Simon of Stuck in a Book, Ana of Things Mean a Lot, and I are the co-hosts for this event, and we hope you’ll join us! Lucky for you, the good folks at Penguin have put all of Jackson’s books back into print, so you’ll have the pick of the litter. If this is your first time out,…
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