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The King in Yellow is a collection of short stories written in the 1890s by the author & painter Robert W. Chambers. It is divided in two halves; the first half is a series of horror stories connected to each other by the idea of a fictional play, "The King in Yellow", the simple reading of which causes insanity; the second half is ( Read more... )

"We Have Always Lived in the Castle" is a short novel - 130 pages in my edition - about two sisters who live as pariahs in a small New England hamlet. The last scions of an old and wealthy family, they live alone with their senile Uncle Julian in the family mansion. All the rest of their immediate family died six years ago, poisoned by arsenic ( Read more... )

Book: A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman
Recommended?: Strongly

Before starting, I should warn you that I finished this book two weeks ago, so it is not terribly fresh in my mind. I've been putting off writing this review for a while now, but I've got some down time, so...let's go!

I acquired a copy of A Natural History of the ( Read more... )

Okay, so here's a new feature on my LiveJournal. In addition to my semi-regularly scheduled Trees of the Designated Time Period Which Usually is Either One or Two Weeks But Which Will Extend To A Month When I Go To Maine In The Fall Because I'll Be Spending A Lot of Time Doing School Work, I'm also going to try to post at the least short reviews of ( Read more... )