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The Poems of John Dryden ... | John Dryden

#PoetryMatters Day 10: #Vow

TheSpineView

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TheSpineView

Seneca in English | Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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#Seneca

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Teresereading

Everyone Is Still Alive | Cathy Rentzenbrink

Roadtrip read. Quirky/sad.
Book no. 141 of my 140 challenge, so I have updated my GR target to 144 🤞

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AllDebooks

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage | George Gordon 1788- Byron

#NaturaLitsy

This is imprinted on my mind, body, and soul 💚

What nature poems speak to you?

dabbe My two biggies are Wordsworth's “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud“ and Shelley's “Ode to the West Wind.“ Love me some Byron, too! Romantics all the way! 🤩 2mo

AllDebooks @dabbe oh yes 💚 2mo

Kimzey @dabbe Yes! I also love Wordsworth's “There Was a Boy.“ Sad, but beautiful.
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AllDebooks @Kimzey 💚 2mo

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BarbaraJean

The Haunted and the Haunters | Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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Another #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMAdjacent pick from October—I wanted to read this because L.M. Montgomery highly recommended it in her journals. LMM loved ghost stories, so when she described this one in particular, I hunted it down and added it to our list. I‘m a coward about scary stories, so I read it in broad daylight—and didn‘t find it particularly scary. Then the night after I read it, I woke up in the middle of the night, ⤵️

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) …was convinced I heard a voice speaking in my ear, couldn‘t stop thinking about this story, and was a leeetle scared of going back to sleep. The story itself was fascinating. I loved the setup: the logical/skeptical/scientifically-minded narrator wants to stay in an actual haunted house, and he REALLY gets what he asked for! Although it gets a little too explain-y in parts, it ends up being an interesting combo of supernatural and not. 2mo

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Nicos

William Blake. A Selection of Poems and Letters. Edited with an Introduction by J. Bronowski | William Blake, Franciszek BRONOWSKI

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Challenging at times without explanatory notes but interesting nonetheless especially with some of his letters for context.

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BarbaraJean

The Haunted and the Haunters | Edward Bulwer-Lytton

#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMAdjacent

Do you enjoy reading scary stories?

What types of stories are scariest to you—ghost stories, thriller, horror…?

Did you find this story particularly scary?

rubyslippersreads, JenlovesJT47, lauraisntwilder, TheAromaofBooks, julieclair

BarbaraJean I definitely don‘t read horror, and I‘m kind of a coward about scary stories. I do like to read spooky-ish books in October, but definitely spooky lite! I don‘t mind “thriller” stories, but horror is too much for me. And supernatural/demon possession stuff freaks me right the heck out. This one pushed the line for me as far as scary. Funny story: I read it during the day, because I didn‘t want to end up like LMM—too scared to turn out the light!⤵️ (edited) 3mo

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) I thought it was creepy, but not TOO scary, until I woke up in the middle of the night that night convinced I heard a voice speaking in my ear… 😱 3mo

TheAromaofBooks I am not really into scary stories. I enjoy thrillers as long as they aren't too graphic - I'm not a horror fan, but more because I don't like blood and gore. I'm not sure how much I would enjoy reading scary stories if I lived by myself (or with just an elderly grandma like LMM!). I didn't think this one was super scary, but like you I read it in broad daylight 😂 I can picture LMM reading it by lamplight in an old, creaky house and that sounds⬇ 3mo

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) much scarier! 3mo

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Hahaha—I hadn‘t thought about reading it in an old creaky house!! 😱 3mo

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