RIP Challenge
TSS: Catching up on Books Read & TV Shows Watched
Before I get into the actual commentaries, I wanted to welcome my brother to my blog. I ended up showing him my previous post (“Learning to Pay Attention to the Stereotypes“) because he wanted to know why I wasn’t watching Stargate Universe. Now I’m trying to get him to do at lest one guest post [...]
"Skin Folk" by Nalo Hopkinson
“Skin Folk” by Nalo Hopkinson
Publication Date: May 2008
ISBN: 9780446678032
Number of Pages: 272
The title “Skin Folk” comes from folkore. Throughout the Caribbean there are stories about people who aren’t what they seem. Skin gives these folk their human shape. Peel it off, and their true selves emerge. They take on the shapes of animals, of fantastical [...]
TSS: Challenges and Short Stories
One of the options for Carl of Stainless Steel Droppings’ Readers Imbibing Peril (RIP) Challenge is to read short stories that fit into one of the following genres: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Dark Fantasy, Gothic, Horror, or Supernatural. While searching for novels to read for the challenge I’ve ended up with two books of short stories:
The [...]
"The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
“The Graveyard Book” by Neil Gaiman
Publication Date: September 2008
ISBN: 9780060530921
Number of Pages: 320
Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn’t live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the [...]
The R.I.P Challenge
I’ve joined Carl of Stainless Steel Droppings’ Readers Imbibing Peril (RIP) Challenge. It’s actually the fourth time he has done the challenge, but my first time participating. It runs from September 1st to October 31st and the goal is to read a set number of books in any of the following sub-genres: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, [...]
