RIP 2008!
I first joined Carl's super spectacular reading challenges this spring with the Once Upon a Time Challenge. What I really love about reading with Carl and his buds is that it's simply all about having a whole lot of fun. Couldn't we all use a bit more fun in our lives? Carl has great give-aways, fun book reviews, a fantastic blog, and he's really just a nice guy (creepy book fetish notwithstanding). I simply can't recommend his romp through some fun and unusual reads highly enough. Stop by Stainless Steel Droppings and see that book-blogoshpere is buzzing about!
(oh and for those of you who popped over here from the RIP-blog, yes I am retarded and did not link correctly, and you can't go BACK and fix a Mr. Linky--sigh)
Without further ado....My RIP Challenges
Colleen Gleason's Gardella Vampire Chronicals ( Rises the Night, The rest Falls away) - because I would never pick them up on my own, but Carl insists they ROCK
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman - because Carl recommended him, and by gum I ADORED my first Gaiman read this spring.
- Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susannah Clarke - who DOESN'T need to read a 28 lb book in the fall?
- A Portrait of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde - for a touch of classic gothic horror
A series of Short Stories:
"William Wilson" by Edgar Allan Poe
http://tinyurl.com/2al5ca
"An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier
Street" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
http://tinyurl.com/34ehjt
"A Haunted Island" by Algernon Blackwood
http://tinyurl.com/2q9584
"The Screaming Skull" by F. Marion Crawford
http://tinyurl.com/2xb2wn
Sounds like a great list! I'm reading The Rest Falls Away for the same reason as you. Definitely not my normal fare, but everyone sure is raving over them. Hope you enjoy!
Posted by: Debi | October 17, 2007 at 09:48 AM
Sounds like a great list! I'm reading The Rest Falls Away for the same reason as you. Definitely not my normal fare, but everyone sure is raving over them. Hope you enjoy!
Posted by: Debi | October 17, 2007 at 09:48 AM
Sounds like a great list! I'm reading The Rest Falls Away for the same reason as you. Definitely not my normal fare, but everyone sure is raving over them. Hope you enjoy!
Posted by: Debi | October 17, 2007 at 09:47 AM
Gleason's books are awesome!
Posted by: Nicola | October 06, 2007 at 04:31 PM
The Rest Falls Away is terrific.
Posted by: Nancy, aka Bookfool | September 27, 2007 at 06:04 PM
Nah, you're not retarded - just slow. Hahaha. Okay, I got that from reading Lottery by Patricia Wood. I confess. I'm not original.
Posted by: Nancy, aka Bookfool | September 27, 2007 at 06:03 PM
I LOVE LOVE LOVE The Portrait of Dorian Grey.
But then I am a HUGE fan of the gothic and horror genres ;)
Posted by: Rachel | September 04, 2007 at 10:10 AM
That is one thing I really hate about the Mr. Linky thing...easy to make a mistake, impossible to correct.
Good book choices. I really should pick up and finish Jonathan Strange myself. I consider myself a Clarke fan just on the first 250 pages alone! Maybe if I get Glass Books of the Dream Eaters finished...another weighty tome that is Wonderful...I'll dive back into Strange.
Posted by: Carl V. | September 02, 2007 at 10:22 AM
The Jonathan Strange book is on my list too. Isn't it like 900 pages or something? I am also going to read The Rest Falls Away, for the same reason as you (oh, and to try to win that cool contest Carl's got going on). Happy reading.
Posted by: Stephanie | September 01, 2007 at 09:28 PM
I have read "The Rest Falls Away" and "Neverwhere." I really enjoyed them both and am looking forward to more of both authors.
I hope you enjoy them too.
Posted by: Amy(The Sleepy Reader) | September 01, 2007 at 05:14 PM