So, watcha' reading?

[Scatter]

Well Scatter,
You're going to think I'm weird.  It's a biography that is about a 5th grade level.  There is a series of bios from a company called DK Books.  Eleanor Roosevelt was in the same series.  I also read about Helen Keller and Marie Curie from this series.  They don't get into the same depth as the adult level reading books, but at least I'm learning about these people.  I don't seem to have a long enough attention span for thicker books and these are quicker.  Maybe I should read short stories.  I do like biographies, though.     

Hey Dr G!
This company makes those cool picture books, too!

My secret's out!  I'm only in 5th grade!

It's no more "weird" than my practice of reading an encyclopedia biography of someone who intrigues me, both so I can at least familiarize myself with the person and so I can determine whether or not I want to delve more deeply into their story.

I'm not keen on spending what comparatively little reading time I'm afforded perusing a 700 page volume on someone I'm going to discover doesn't really interest me 300 pages in.

Getting a thumbnail sketch is an intelligent means of making yourself familiar with a broad range of people, events, and ideas. Good for you.

[Scary Terry]

Terry, what's the name of the Bio on Addams? 

BK

Charles Addams: A Cartoonist's Life by Linda H. Davis

[ChattyLMS]

Good for you.

Thank you, Scatter!
Reading is reading whether it's 5th grade level or adult level.  We're learning something, or learning about a person, or fueling our imaginations etc.  It's good exercise for our brains.

[coughcool]

I just picked up The Strain & 13 Bullets. I plan on starting on on of these books soon.

[Penny Dreadful]

I just finished Gothic (The New Critical Idiom) by Fred Botting - "Like all of the NCI series, this title is an introduction designed not only to define modern terms of lit crit but also to stimulate discussion and encourage a deeper knowledge of the subject. Traces the history of the gothic and cultural significance of the form, from its beginnings in the 18th cent. to modern times."  It was a little dry at times but I enjoyed it.

I'm very eager to start in on a nice collection of ghost stories by MR James and that'll be the next one I tackle.

Meanwhile I'm part of the way through: The Vampire Hunter's Guide to New England by Christopher Rhondina, Berta Daniels and Chuck Durang, Shudders, Shivers, Quivers & Quakes; A Reader of Horror and Dark Fantasy (volume 1) edited by Mathias Geretschlaeger & Dani Gelman, How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater which I started reading awhile back and never got around to finishing - it is quite fun however.  I also read The Bible though I can't directly touch it and usually need a lot of Visine afterwards.  

Hexoxo,
Penny Dreadful

[Halloween Jeff]

     I finished reading "The Strain" 3-4 weeks ago - you'll love it...


Bizarro Jeff

[typhooforme]

Penny, M.R. James' work is generally my top pick for a perfect ghost story.  I hope you like them.  "Martin's Close", "The Ash Tree", "O Whistle and I'll Come to You", "The Mezzotint"--they have such great creeping, hobbling, lurking, crawling moments!

[Street Worm]

too hot for roofing, today-

hid out in the AC & reread all my Elephantmen comics~ 

[Illoman]

Finished the bio of Charles Addams, and am now onto a collection of short stories by Flannery O'Connor. Great, gothic and grotesque!!

Mike

[packy120353]

Just started reading Battle Circle by Piers Anthony for about the tenth time.

[gracebuster]

Working on a new project and I have been catching up on my Edgar Allan Poe.

[raycastile]

Working on a new project and I have been catching up on my Edgar Allan Poe.

Don't let him outrun you.

[Street Worm]

Brandy new in the mail today!

[Scatter]

 

Just finished The Secret Life Of Houdini. An EXCELLENT read.



Just now delving into David McCullough's "1776".

[Illoman]

Just got the new biography of Flannery O'Connor from the library. I was lucky enough to find a paperback collection of all her short stories at Half Price Books relatively cheap.

Mike