Bitter Tea and Mystery: We Have Always Lived in the Castle: Shirley Jackson

Bitter Tea and Mystery: We Have Always Lived in the Castle: Shirley Jackson:   This is the first paragraph of We Have Always Lived in the Castle . It establishes the narrator and tells us a good bit about her.  “My na...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: Mama Makes Up Her Mind, The Water Is Wide, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Real Queer America

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: Mama Makes Up Her Mind, The Water Is W...:   Reported by Garry   Mama Makes Up Her Mind: And Other Dangers of Southern Living by Bailey White is the hilarious and heartfelt colle...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Staff Picks!

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Staff Picks!:   With Rhythm and Roots upcoming we decided that instead of our usual display only featuring books about music that we would poll the staff ...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Chillers for the Season

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Chillers for the Season:  Selections by Jeanne I’m not normally a horror reader.   Oh, I used to be, years ago, but that was before Richard Matheson’s He...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay: Reviewed by Christy H.               Schizophrenia is a mental disorder with symptoms that may include hearing voices, persec...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jack...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jack...: Reviewed by Christy H. Mary Katherine and Constance Blackwood are sisters. They live in a large, secluded house with their disable...