This could not have been a more perfect weekend. I took Friday off to attend Half-Price books 20% off sale, do some much needed birthday shopping for a friend (Happy Birthday Scott!!!), and have lunch with my dear friend Pat.
The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson (R.I.P. Challenge book 3)
House on the Borderland is a book that I have had for some time and thankfully the challenge of reading books for R.I.P. encouraged me to pick this up and enjoy it.
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe (R.I.P. Challenge book 2)
Bram Stoker, Neil Gaiman, and Edgar Allan Poe…three authors whose works I can scarcely go through a few months without reading. In the case of Poe, this time of year always results in the digestion of several of his tales and poems in addition to my Poe shrine that goes up closer to Halloween.
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Coraline by Neil Gaiman (R.I.P. Challenge Book 1)
This is my second reading of Neil Gaiman’s haunting young adult book, Coraline, but I have to admit that I enjoyed it much more than the first time. Perhaps it was because my expectations weren’t at a fever pitch like they are whenever a new Neil Gaiman novel comes out or perhaps it was the fact that I was reading the story under a dull gray September sky. I enjoyed it the first time; I reveled in it this time.
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The Illusionist
Illusion, magic, trickery, sleight of hand….these are at the very heart of film, the phrase “movie magic” is not a misnomer. The Illusionist, Writer-Director Neil Burger’s lastest conjuring, is based in part on Steven Millhauser’s short story “Eisenheim the Illusionist” and plays up this aspect of film-making throughout its almost 2 hour run time. Is anything what it seems?