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Tag Archives: Challenges
2010 Reads
It was a good reading year here at Bookish Dark. I completed most of my reading challenge commitments, although the TBR got derailed by Adams and the wide world of ebooks. I did pretty well with the goal of giving … Continue reading
RIP V: Epilogue
Another Readers Imbibing Peril Challenge has come and gone, handily retaining its place as my favorite reading challenge of the year. Honestly, it doesn’t even have close competition; I look forward to RIP all year long, and it never disappoints! … Continue reading
Fox Evil
Evil has come to sleepy Shenstead Village. The lady of the manor, Ailsa Lockyer-Fox, has died under mysterious circumstances. Her husband is tried and acquitted of murder–if indeed, it was murder–and has been the victim of a vicious harrassment campaign … Continue reading
House of Wax
Professor Henry Jarrod is a gifted sculptor who pours his passion into creating marvelously life-like wax models of historical figures. He doesn’t mind that his sober little wax museum only draws a couple hundred visitors on a good day; he’s … Continue reading
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Merricat Blackwood has lived in seclusion with her sister Constance and uncle Julian since someone poisoned the rest of the Blackwood family six years ago. The family was felled by arsenic in the sugar bowl, and Constance was the natural … Continue reading
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Dr. Anton Phibes has it all. He’s a spectacularly talented man–a medical doctor, a trained theologian, a renowned concert organist, and a mechanical inventor of considerable ingenuity. Better, he has the love of a beautiful young wife whom he worships … Continue reading
The Haunting
To follow on from my review of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, I thought I’d talk a bit about my inspiration for reading it, the 1963 movie adaptation starring Julie Harris. I first tried to watch the movie … Continue reading
Theater of Blood
Edward Lionheart is one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of his generation–in his own estimation, at least. He has given the theater his heart and soul, but never achieved the recognition he feels he deserves. He has withstood years of … Continue reading
The Haunting of Hill House
Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly … Continue reading
An Interlude
It’s hard to believe RIP V is half over already, but October 1st marked the exact half-way point: thirty days behind us and thirty days ahead. We’re also right in the middle of Saturdays with Vincent, and the milestone inspired … Continue reading