tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post2466394765249445202..comments2024-03-28T22:42:54.810-07:00Comments on Bitter Tea and Mystery: Bookshelf Traveling for HalloweenTracyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-17389947342476737302020-11-30T21:22:59.813-08:002020-11-30T21:22:59.813-08:00There are a few on these shelves I would not mind ...There are a few on these shelves I would not mind trying, Col, but I already have too many books. Maybe someday.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-64567605168612157972020-11-30T03:12:07.074-08:002020-11-30T03:12:07.074-08:00Nice copies, but nothing that really grabs me.Nice copies, but nothing that really grabs me.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-86994293255143935302020-11-16T14:00:56.142-08:002020-11-16T14:00:56.142-08:00Moira, I am fond of all of those ornaments on that...Moira, I am fond of all of those ornaments on that shelf. Seems like every Halloween (except this one) we pick up a few.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-10330722081367356282020-11-15T12:58:07.523-08:002020-11-15T12:58:07.523-08:00Great collections Tracy, and I particularly like a...Great collections Tracy, and I particularly like all the little objets in front of the travel books.Clothes in Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00058207970686573597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-16298771295105183442020-11-02T13:34:16.371-08:002020-11-02T13:34:16.371-08:00That is a great idea, Prashant. That way you alway...That is a great idea, Prashant. That way you always know what you have and where it is.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-18061820595385395352020-11-02T09:16:42.414-08:002020-11-02T09:16:42.414-08:00Tracy, book covers and bookshelves are a joy to be...Tracy, book covers and bookshelves are a joy to behold. I derive joy in merely rearranging my modest collection every few weeks.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-79119797620351238762020-11-01T10:40:14.406-08:002020-11-01T10:40:14.406-08:00Yvonne, my husband does read mysteries but reads m...Yvonne, my husband does read mysteries but reads much more non-fiction than I do, and he keeps all the books he enjoyed so we have lots of shelves of nonfiction books. I would like to read more nonfiction but I can only read so much, and mysteries and other fiction are my main love.<br /><br />We haven't done much for Halloween for years, but I do like the decorations, skulls, black cats, and day of the dead ornaments. Regardless of the status of the shutdown of businesses here, which goes up and down, we are pretty much staying at home except for grocery store visits and the occasional necessary appointment.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-64450854890048899362020-11-01T09:40:32.242-08:002020-11-01T09:40:32.242-08:00Hi Tracy,
If you were to check out my bookshelves...Hi Tracy,<br /><br />If you were to check out my bookshelves and those of my husband, you would find them to be totally different.<br /><br />I have very eclectic reading tastes, with the possible exceptions of most fantasy and all science fiction. However all my books will fall within the wider genre of fiction.<br /><br />My husband, on the other hand, finds fiction a complete waste of time and will only countenance text books or non-fiction as his way of relaxing! he always maintains that you don't learn anything from reading fiction and no matter how many examples I can lay my hands on, he remains unconvinced!<br /><br />I used to enjoy a good horror story, however I can't recall a good ghost story I might have read, so this is obviously a genre I dust off and brush-up on.<br /><br />Halloween was pretty much cancelled, here in the UK, and in fact we are heading back into another month long national lockdown from Thursday, along with most other European countries.<br /><br />Stay Safe :)<br /><br />Yvonne xxYvonne @ Fiction Books Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14821114534056290177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-3959711034270710752020-10-31T17:05:34.409-07:002020-10-31T17:05:34.409-07:00I have not read many ghost stories either, Katrina...I have not read many ghost stories either, Katrina. A few years ago I read a novella by Susan Hill, The Man in the Picture, for Readers Imbibing Peril. It is a ghost story but did not do anything for me at all, which did not encourage me to continue. But I realize that each story is different so I plan to try more of them over time, by various authors, and see what I think.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-1090984669499526682020-10-31T15:54:24.200-07:002020-10-31T15:54:24.200-07:00I've read hardly any ghost stories over the ye...I've read hardly any ghost stories over the years and now I can only remember reading The Turn of the Screw. Maybe I should give some more a go. This has been a strange Hallowe'en, just a few houses nearby bothered to decorate and today the wind has been so wild all those cobwebs, spiders and skeletons must have blown away. We've had no 'guisers' visiting at all. I'll link to this tomorrow, when I get around to doing my own insane travelling.Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138715309807238198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-39846272641131551042020-10-31T15:40:37.949-07:002020-10-31T15:40:37.949-07:00Cath, I am not surprised you have some overlap wit...Cath, I am not surprised you have some overlap with Glen's books, as you both like ghost stories. I have never tried anything by Lovecraft although I am planning to try some stories sometime soon.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-48443795531126843462020-10-31T15:36:06.151-07:002020-10-31T15:36:06.151-07:00I have the Victorian ghost story collection and th...I have the Victorian ghost story collection and the English, both excellent anthologies. And that's a nice shelf of Lovecraft. Years since I read him and then moved on to Brian Lumley's Cthulhu stories which I liked just as much. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371069000185280668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-77837964551432577212020-10-31T15:21:37.290-07:002020-10-31T15:21:37.290-07:00I agree, Rick. I might try it again next year, als...I agree, Rick. I might try it again next year, also.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-15805178135947200542020-10-31T13:46:06.659-07:002020-10-31T13:46:06.659-07:00I miss Reading in Peril. Maybe next year...I miss Reading in Peril. Maybe next year...Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-38046108236279000232020-10-31T12:52:27.605-07:002020-10-31T12:52:27.605-07:00Constance, it seems like I should remember John Be...Constance, it seems like I should remember John Bellairs. I guess he was writing when I wasn't reading that kind of book. <br /><br />You have reminded me of my childhood trick-or-treating. I really only remember it when I was getting close to my teens years and usually just trick-or-treated for UNICEF or something like that. But Halloween was so different back then, at least in my neighborhood. Almost everyone gave out candy, some people did really special treats, but no big deal decorations. In more recent years, my sister would take the younger kids of family and friends to a neighborhood that decorated, then bring them back to my mother's house for a party.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-22426284217466790372020-10-31T11:59:38.978-07:002020-10-31T11:59:38.978-07:00A nice assortment! I remember reading the first J...A nice assortment! I remember reading the first John Bellairs long ago but oddly have no recollection of the remainder of the series. It used to be that box-sets and omnibus editions like the one you show were very popular; then bookstores refused to provide the space except at holidays, and except for an HP or Hunger Games set I haven't seen any for years. <br /><br />Happy Halloween! I bought even more candy today but my neighbor says she doubts anyone will come. She is taking her three to some special parade in a park so they can show off their costumes. I guess that is better than nothing but the candy was usually as important to me as the costume - particularly if I had made a literary costume no one could guess!CLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03595294217111602231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-35674444632895668212020-10-31T10:21:08.043-07:002020-10-31T10:21:08.043-07:00Those are lovely covers, Margot. Glen has lots mor...Those are lovely covers, Margot. Glen has lots more ghost stories on the Kindle. He will never run out. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-20713540687274968552020-10-31T10:19:05.918-07:002020-10-31T10:19:05.918-07:00Thanks, Rick. Happy Halloween to you, too. I used ...Thanks, Rick. Happy Halloween to you, too. I used to celebrate it by joining in on the Reading in Peril events at Stainless Steel Droppings.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-6926240945437998142020-10-31T10:17:02.294-07:002020-10-31T10:17:02.294-07:00Patti, since my husband has so many ghost story bo...Patti, since my husband has so many ghost story books, I plan to try a few by different authors myself. In the past I have found that they are not scary to me and that I don't really get into the right mood for it. <br /><br />Glen is planning to buy a book of ghost stories by Muriel Spark.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-62459618625248247042020-10-31T09:37:32.253-07:002020-10-31T09:37:32.253-07:00Those covers are fantastic, Tracy! and I have to s...Those covers are fantastic, Tracy! and I have to say, a good ghost story can be chilling (in a good way). It looks like your husband has a fine collection of them.Margot Kinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599589137890528065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-4073452893026390132020-10-31T09:18:13.160-07:002020-10-31T09:18:13.160-07:00Happy Halloween, Tracy!Happy Halloween, Tracy!Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-58174756688688271812020-10-31T07:13:05.535-07:002020-10-31T07:13:05.535-07:00Halloween or ghost stories are hard to pull off. I...Halloween or ghost stories are hard to pull off. I just read two by Muriel Spark. One I just didn't understand. The second was pretty ordinary. Of course, the writing is excellent so I guess we should put too much emphasize on being scared. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com