Posted on September 13, 2007 by Chris
While we’re not getting a direct hit from tropical storm Humberto here in New Orleans, we are getting a good bit of rain from it, and that makes me happy! It’s been pretty dry down here lately. We’ve had the occasional Summer shower here and there, but nothing substantial. We’re supposed to have rain for [...]
Filed under: buddy, dracula, four legged friends challenge, humberto, reading, the historian | 27 Comments »
Posted on September 10, 2007 by Chris
I went into this book not expecting too much to be honest. I knew that it was a spin-off of Dracula focusing on Renfield, of course, and imagined it to be some sort of horrific, crazed lunatic badly done insult to Bram Stoker that I would read anyway just for fun….at least the cover was [...]
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Posted on September 8, 2007 by Chris
So…Kathrin at Crazy Cozy Murders is hosting a series challenge which is running from December 1st through May 31st, and well, I couldn’t resist. This is a good one to get some more books off of my TBR shelf, and it will fit in with other challenges The goal of this challenge is [...]
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Posted on September 7, 2007 by Chris
Books like Bram Stoker’s Dracula become so ingrained into our culture that we often let them slip by without ever reading them, assuming that we know what they’re all about. There are many books that I’ve done this with. I’m guilty of making a comment on Nymeth’s recent review of Dr. Jekkyl and Mr. Hyde [...]
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Posted on September 4, 2007 by Chris
It’s been a few days since I’ve posted here, so I figured it’s time for an update! My weekend with Megan was great We made the most of it and managed to make a 2 day trip feel like much more. I think we got a total of about 6 hours of [...]
Filed under: 10:4 challenge, halloween, job, megan, purple poppets, rip challenge, rip5 challenge, short story sunday | 22 Comments »