Author Sue Ann Jaffarian offers meanderings from an often muddled and exhausted mind.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Haunted By Books
On Criminal Minds today, I'm listing books that haunt me. For better or for worse, no matter how many years go by, I just can't get something about them out of my mind.
Two books stick in my mind. "Rebecca," by Daphne DuMaurier - because of Mrs Danvers' hateful character, and the description of Manderly itself. I think I've read the book at least 5 times, plus listened to it on audio books several more times.
The second book is "The Chrysalids," by John Wyndham. This vision of a post-apocalypse world is truly gripping and scary at the same time. It's even better to listen to the audio book - you'll be hooked and won't want to do anything else until the book is finished.
I've found your blog stimulating and thought-provoking...
I would say I start my day with a cup of 'joe' and your blog but truth is: a. I start my day whining about having to get up early (anytime before noon is early... and I have to be to work by 8AM!) b. I don't drink 'joe' (or coffee or any variation designed and distributed by Starbucks) and finally c. your blog need not be saddled with a cup of 'joe' to have a morning 'jolt' (even at noon!)
great job, Sue Ann!... but 'scuse me for now... it's 9AM and I gotta go whine to somebody... anybody!
"A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving is a book I have read numerous times. Every time I finish it, I look forward to starting it again. SO much meaning!
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Two books stick in my mind. "Rebecca," by Daphne DuMaurier - because of Mrs Danvers' hateful character, and the description of Manderly itself. I think I've read the book at least 5 times, plus listened to it on audio books several more times.
The second book is "The Chrysalids," by John Wyndham. This vision of a post-apocalypse world is truly gripping and scary at the same time. It's even better to listen to the audio book - you'll be hooked and won't want to do anything else until the book is finished.
I've found your blog stimulating and thought-provoking...
I would say I start my day with a cup of 'joe' and your blog but truth is: a. I start my day whining about having to get up early (anytime before noon is early... and I have to be to work by 8AM!) b. I don't drink 'joe' (or coffee or any variation designed and distributed by Starbucks) and finally c. your blog need not be saddled with a cup of 'joe' to have a morning 'jolt' (even at noon!)
great job, Sue Ann!... but 'scuse me for now... it's 9AM and I gotta go whine to somebody... anybody!
THE DESCENT - Jeff Long, a horror book about the discovery of Hell. SO good, but I had to read it in the daytime. And it has stayed with me.
NO ONE HERE GETS OUT ALIVE: The Biography of Jim Morrison - Danny Sugarman and Jerry Hopkins. A well written biography of a haunted man.
"A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving is a book I have read numerous times. Every time I finish it, I look forward to starting it again. SO much meaning!
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