The asylum January is sent to seems to be inspired by the Brattleboro Retreat in Vermont. In 1887, patients built a lookout tower as part of their treatment, but later, many tragically jumped from the top. The tower was eventually sealed off, but eerie stories about it & the surrounding areas still persist.
#WhereAreYouMonday #librarybooks #fantasy #uncommon #biblionphile #funfact
November 4th #DayDevotedTo Candy 🍬 I'm not a Candy person, but I love butterscotch Candy as they don't stick to my teeth. It was invented in 1817. @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
A vivid, satisfying coming of age story about a gay, mixed-race English boy building his identity. I'm not a fan of novels “in verse“ that really aren't, but this was so readable I liked it anyway... and there are some excellent poems included.
#QueerBC #HauntedShelf #FrightClub #31By31 #Spookoween
#bookishpeople #funfact #SylviaPlathsGravestone #controversy
“ There‘s a society here of women who still think the name Hughes should be removed from Sylvia Plath‘s headstone—I‘m sure you‘ve heard about that, how they are always trying to etch it off the stone…
https://sylviaplathinfo.blogspot.com/2021/10/sylvia-plaths-grave.html?m=1
I had no clue about this very real controversy!
#WeeklyForecast late edition
I actually finished Camp Murderface before bed last night, but I had already made the graphic. 🙂
I hope to read Kill Creek pretty quickly as it‘s due back at the library soon and others are waiting for it.
Interrupting my reading plans to start this biography of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. I just learned that her first official public service post was on the San Francisco Library Commission. #FunFact
Happy Mean Girls Day! Did you know that Tina Fey adapted the concept for Mean Girls from Queen Bees and Wannabes? I'm so glad she did - it was ambitious and it paid off, this is still one of my favourite films of all time! #October #MeanGirls #Trivia #FunFact
