BW39: Book News

Kitties, kids, kitchens, kisses, kings, keys, keepsakes and foolish thinkers who wants to install speakers in kayaks are all on my mind this week which is why I am bringing you the wonderful world of babbling book news.   Guess what we are learning this week?  *grin*


The Humbug:  Edgar Allan Poe and the economy of Horror

Happy birthday, Truman Capote - Interview in Paris Review  (spr/sum 97 issue)

My son has been insisting I watch Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator which is why Charlie Chaplin's Scandalous Life and Boundless Artistry caught my eye.

Letters of Note:   Kurt Vonnegut, a private during WWII was captured and became a prisoner of war. He wrote a letter to his family letting them know he was alive and ready to come home. 

Ten Things You Should Know about H.P. Lovecraft 

The Dark and Starry Eyes of Ray Bradbury 

Have you figured out the theme yet?  As if you didn't guess, we are heading into October and our Spooktacular Reading Month which will begin next Sunday on October 4th.   If you haven't read the staples of the genre - Frankenstein or Dracula, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Picture of Dorian Grey or Something Wicked This Way Comes - now is your chance.  Put away your expectations, because you just may be surprised when they don't turn out how you suspect they will.  Start looking through your shelves and pull out those spooky stories you've been meaning to read and get ready for a thrilling month.

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History of the Medieval World 

Chapter 46 - The Kailasa of the South pp  351 - 356

Chapter 47 Purifications  pp 357 - 362 

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