My current holiday read. So far I find it intriguing. I can't wait to see how the story progresses. I haven't been this interested in a book in awhile. The only other books I've read by Hill is The Fireman and the Locke and Key series, and I loved both. I do see a bit of his father's influence in this. Something about it does have a Stephen King feel to it, but better. I've never really been a King fan. Hopefully this will be a great journey. ❄️🎄
pickI enjoyed this book a lot more than I thought I would. I'm not super into Christmas or Christmas stuff, but this year I've been more into than usual. I have always liked A Christmas Carol and I like that this plays on that. The ending was also interesting. I thought I knew how it was going to end, but it threw me bit of a curve ball. I liked the actual ending more then my predicted one. I was expecting a boring disappointment of an ending.
A few weeks ago I shared some depressing and outrageous articles about books in prisons. Well here is a nice one to give us some hope. It is about the benefits of book clubs in prisons.
https://www.texasobserver.org/why-i-started-a-book-club-in-the-harris-county-jai...
so-soThis book takes place in December, so I'm counting it as a Christmas story. ☃️??
Overall, the book was alright. It didn't have the "what's going to happen next" factor that would have kept me interested. Could have used more of a mystery element. It wasn't so boring that I didn't want to finish it. I'm a sucker for Lovecraftian horror and Sherlock Holmes. I might still read the sequels at some point.
https://www.npr.org/2019/11/30/781374759/we-wanted-our-patrons-back-public-libra...
I found this article interesting. I never realized the impact library fines could have on someone. I think it's really great libraries are doing what they can to benefit the community they're part of.
I also find it nuts they spent more money trying to collect fines than the fines were worth.
I wasn't aware there is an Edward Gorey documentary coming out. Super excited to hear that. This link is some of Gorey's narratives as he told them to the documentary film maker https://boingboing.net/2019/07/29/goreytelling.html?fbclid=IwAR1YJOfBY3d4uEXjNhn...
This link is more information on the documentary itself https://edwardgoreyfilm.com/edward-gorey
For any HP Lovecraft fans here are some Christmas carols inspired by his works. I found them amusing
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1RUS3vUFz3BS-AWQE7lrnPKwiez_22MS
I don't have a computer right now, so I don't know if it's any good. But once I get my computer working I'd like to try it. Link for the extension in case anyone else is interested
https://www.libraryextension.com/
so-soI was a bit letdown by this. It has several short stories that are all slightly connected. The stories themselves were alright for the most part, but I didn't like the endings to any of them. Or how they were connected. I think that could have been done a bit better and in a more interesting way. But the stories do have the weirdness you expect from Gaiman. Felt a little bit darker than usual though. Overall it was kind of meh.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-illinois-prison-books-removed-inmate-educ...
Another depressing prison library story.
This one involved racially motivated censorship. Bullshit. Absolute bullshit. The prison removed several books including Frederick Douglass' memoire and The Souls of Black Folk. They even went as far as tearing the pages out of some books. I mean come on.
https://reason.com/2019/11/22/west-virginia-inmates-will-be-charged-by-the-minut...
Charging by the minute? I find it disgusting. Private prisons should be illegal. They try to squeeze every cent out of prisoners they can. Why punish them for trying to broaden their minds? Prison libraries are lacking enough as it is. Ebooks should be utilized.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/11/05/tufts-student-may-have-found-secret...
I like it. Has bit of a Dan Brown feel to it. I wonder if it's hiding anymore secrets...🤔
so-soI didn't really know what to expect with this book, but I kept hearing good things about it. It has a slasher film feel to it, which isn't really my thing, but I did enjoy it for the most part. It's a nice little short book if that's what you're into. It's not super gorey, but there is some. I found it interesting, and I do hope there will be a sequel if there isn't already.
I just saw this on Facebook. Barnes and nobles is having a sale for educators. 🍎🍎🍎
Not book related, but it's Crookshanks' first birthday! 🐈🎂🎉
To make it book related I had him pose with my book of cat poems. I'm not a big fan of poetry, but some of the poems are nice.
I've been seeing a lot of Alice in Wonderland posts. My personal favorite is the 150th anniversary edition illustrated by Salvador Dali.
pickI can't recommend this book enough. The documentary is streaming on Hulu I think. They both pretty much say the same thing word for word.
It goes into detail on the death of "the American dream" and the concentration of wealth and power to the 1%. Chomsky discusses the 10 ways he thinks they maintain and gain more power by manipulating the masses into allowing their own suppression. It will make you angry, but I found the information important.
https://storytimefromspace.com
Astronauts reading kids stories from the ISS.
From their about us: Story Time from Space is a project of the Global Space Education Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit education foundation.
We send children‘s books to the International Space Station.
While in space, astronauts are videotaping themselves reading these books to the children of Earth.
I don't have kids, but I think it's nice.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2019/09/25/banned-books-week-...
Banned book week is making me a little homesick for my native Indianapolis. If anyone lives in that area visit the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library on my behalf, please. They usually have all sorts of stuff going on for banned book week.
First day of fall! (Where I live). This is going to be my first fall in a new location. I loved fall in the area I grew up, but now I live in a completely new climate. Interested to see the difference.
What sorts of books are you guys hoping to read this fall? I have a hand full of vampire and zombie books I'd like to get read as well as Halloween Party by Agatha Christie.
Litten Librarians, what are some weird items you've found in your books?
https://bookriot.com/2017/08/15/things-librarians-find-in-books/
Neil Gaiman is doing an AMA on Reddit. I'm not sure if he's still answering questions*, but it's an interesting read none the less. He also provided a link to his best Porridge Recipe. Yum 😊
Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/d6g5a5/hullo_reddit_hullo_people_of_rboo...
*He's not
pickIt's an ARC, but I didn't get it until a few days after the book was out 😆 I got from a grab bag thing at a bookstore. It's not the kind of book I usually read, but I was seeing such good reviews of it on here I was curious about it.
I'm very glad I read it. I think it's a very important book. It's like a coming of age story for adults and it covers so many topics such as race, feminism, and the stigma of mental illness. It was a fanastic read.
They never do ☹️☹️☹️☹️
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My Nokia and my Sony Ericson were both indestructible. Voldemort would still be running around.
Seven of the biggest names in publishing filed a lawsuit against Audible on Friday, arguing that its recently announced AI-generated captions feature breaks copyright law.
https://gizmodo.com/is-captioning-an-audiobook-illegal-major-publishers-sa-18375...
Uh oh.
Personally I find the whole thing kind of pointless.
pickI didn't really enjoy The Cuckoo's Calling all that much, so I was a bit iffy on reading this one. Good thing I really enjoyed it. I'm excited to read the rest of the series.
Added to my ever growing TBR mountain at the Barnes and Noble book sale. Glad I showed restraint by only getting enough books for the free tote. Super excited about them though.
#bookhaul #tbr
pickSaw this on Libby. I am a huge Bob's Burgers fan, so I knew I had to get it. No regrets. Poor guy has been through some very awkward and embarrassing moments in his life, but at least he can laugh at himself and invite his readers to laugh with him.
Stole from Reddit.
Link to thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalHumor/comments/ctjkjo/trump_supporters_in_a_nu...
Stole this from Reddit. It's funny cause it's true 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭
Originally posted by @bookish_wookish
I'm just reposting to make sure everyone knows, because I didn't know.
I wish litsy had a share type thing like Facebook does for moments like this.
I saw this on Facebook 😂
pickTook awhile and I had to renew the loan a few times, but I finally finished it.
It wasn't too different from the podcast. It had a few small changes here and there. I was hoping it would add more to the lore than it did. The audiobook is read by the same person who does the podcast, which made me happy.
Overall, it's just as good as the podcast. I enjoyed it.
I was hoping to be able to finish my ebook (tagged), but he tuckered himself out playing that cat fishing game for cats. I don't want to risk waking the beast.
Whenever I'm on my tablet he paws at it wanting to play with it. I've created a monster.
pickI just finished the Harry Potter Kindle in motion edition. I don't know why I'm such a sucker for Kindle in motion books.
I really enjoyed the artwork. I'm assuming it's the same artwork as in the illustrated editions. I hope the other books are made into Kindle in motion. In a way it's kind of nice since the pictures in the wizarding world move 😋
pickI really enjoyed this book. It might be one of my favorites. I'm excited to know a sequel is coming out in January and I have already pre-ordered it.
Kitty looked super sweet, but then moved when I tried to take a picture. Every time...
I love old books. I got this one from the library book sale.
Or sometimes longer 😩
pickI love this podcast and I really enjoyed the book. I was super excited to find the audiobook on Libby. I really wanted to listen to the audiobook because it's read by who else, but the Voice of Night Vale. Libby also has the second book, but not as an audiobook.
The good news is I've recently moved to a new location, so maybe the new library will have it. If not I will settle for reading it, but probably still in Cecil's voice.
I got Shirtless Florida man travels to Myrtle Beach to head bang during Hurricane Florence
🤘🤘🤘
@Seekingtardis
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