Question... has anyone here ever read We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson? Rec it?
Yes, I prefer the story of Hill House but the characters of Castle.
First of all, 'Posse?' Passé
Cordelia ,'Potential'
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megan walker - Oct 22, 2012 5:25:38 pm PDT #19973 of 28344
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Atropa - Oct 22, 2012 5:36:26 pm PDT #19974 of 28344
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Question... has anyone here ever read We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson? Rec it?
It's great. Very atmospheric and subtly creepy.
Yes, I prefer the story of Hill House but the characters of Castle.
I love the story of Hill House, but I can't reread it very often, because it freaks me out every damn time.
Dana - Oct 22, 2012 5:38:03 pm PDT #19975 of 28344
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yeah, Hill House is the one that concerns me. Because, you know, my house might be insane. I'm not so worried about the events of Castle.
Pix - Oct 22, 2012 6:26:09 pm PDT #19976 of 28344
The status is NOT quo.
I just taught the heartbreaking Bradbury short story "All Summer in a Day" to my 6th graders. Inspired such great conversations!
DebetEsse - Oct 22, 2012 6:31:40 pm PDT #19977 of 28344
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I love using that story. I refer to it as "Children Are Bastards"
Kat - Oct 22, 2012 6:32:16 pm PDT #19978 of 28344
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I love that short story.
Oh man, I just finished the book Wonder by R.J. Palacio. I started at the gym and kept reading it after the kids went to bed. What a great book. Made me cry because it's sort of a Gracie-kinda-story. Except the kids at Grace's school love her.
Pix - Oct 22, 2012 7:42:51 pm PDT #19979 of 28344
The status is NOT quo.
I refer to it as "Children Are Bastards"
Bwah! Love that. So true.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 23, 2012 5:56:12 am PDT #19980 of 28344
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Question... has anyone here ever read We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson? Rec it?
What everyone else said. I loved it and Hill House tons.
I also recommend The Sundial by Jackson if you can find it (I think it's long out of print). Really strange, odd book.
Strix - Oct 23, 2012 6:48:06 am PDT #19981 of 28344
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Hill House consistently gives me the wiggins, and I've read it probably 20 times. It's pitch-perfect.
DavidS - Oct 23, 2012 7:03:26 am PDT #19982 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It has one of the best first paragraphs ever:
No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. 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 shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.