Catching up after much too long ...
I've loved Josephine Tey's books for a long time. She created some interesting situations and characters. I think my favorite was "To Love And Be Wise".
In regard to Ray Bradbury, one of the stories in "The Toynbee Convector" is set in San Francisco, if I remember correctly. "The Laurel and Hardy Love Affair" ... all I remember clearly is a conversation taking place on one of those really long staircases.
I've read some Shirley Jackson, but it was a long time ago. The original "The Haunting" was seriously scary. The remake ... really kind of a waste of talent. It always irks me when someone takes somethng and remakes it so that it gets changed all out of any resemblence to the original. And some of the changes seem to be for no purpose other than to be different. huh ... we're having problems with the publishers of our magazine doing that exact thing - rewriting stuff to put their "stamp" on it and inserting incorrect information in the process.
I finished Something Wicked This Way Comes while the electricity was out. I really enjoyed it. Although, I think I liked the opening few chapters the best; they were so atmospheric. Now what to read next?
I'm about halfway through SWtWC. I'll be reading a bit more tonight.
Maybe I'll go back to Night Circus. I was reading it before the move, and then I misplaced it and found it when I was looking for something else recently.
I'm reading Libba Bray's new novel, The Diviners. It's creepy and apt for this time of year.
I finished Duma Key today! The exciting last third totally made up for the often-boring first two-thirds.
Back when I was teaching high school English in Malaysia, I had the students each select a poem to do a bunch of work with, including read aloud. A Japanese boy with a very strong Japanese accent chose "The Bells."
And now I can't unhear his version.
Every so often, when it seems that everyone's sent their bill at once, I think I hear "the tintinnabulation of the bills". sigh ....
Didn't you love Elizabeth, P-C? And Wireman...I'd like to sit down and have some margaritas with him.
