Happy Halloween, bookworms! I hope you’re doing something appropriately spooky today or tomorrow. I plan on having a marathon viewing session of Clue, the greatest Halloween movie ever (in my humble opinion), but first, I have to work an event today. Fear not, though, for I’m still offering up this week’s book news. There’s a [...]
Monthly Archives — October 2010
Frightening Fictional Characters
In honor of the upcoming Halloween holiday, I thought I’d prep myself for the ghosts and goblins coming my way by listing the literary characters who scare the bejeezus out of me. Fictional or not, these people still bring the scare. Lady Macbeth (Macbeth) – Maybe it was the hand-wringing. Maybe it was the whole [...]
Books Can Open Doors
I like books. I like reading. And I like sharing my love of books and reading with others. So once a week or so, I make my way to a church in the center of my town and volunteer for a program called the Prison Book Program. The PBP is an all-volunteer, grassroots organization started [...]
