[ SECRET POST #2216 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2216 ⌋

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 05 pages, 120 secrets from Secret Submission Post #317.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - personal attack ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: hey nonnies

[caecilia]

I don't think there's any point in forcing yourself to read something you're not enjoying. When I read books, I pretty much have to spend several hours at a time on it, and finish it within a couple of days. So when I'm in the mood for a certain book I need it right then. And if I don't know what I'm in the mood for, I go to a bookstore or a library and I look around until something catches my eye and I feel like it's what I need.

That said, I enjoyed the first couple of Haruki Murakami books I read, but he does tend to use repetitive themes so I got tired of him. And I also really love Shirley Jackson.

Short story collections are excellent, especially anthologies with multiple authors. I'm also fond of Nightmare Magazine. E-magazines are great because they're published works, but still free (or cheap) and on the internet.

Re: hey nonnies

[(Anonymous)]

Off-topic, but I really like your icon! Where is it from?

Re: hey nonnies

[caecilia]

It's a Pokemon fanart, but I can't seem to find the original pic. The link to the icon post is in my info, though.

Re: hey nonnies

[lunabee34]

Love Shirley Jackson. Haunting of Hill House is a fantastic, fantastic book.

Re: hey nonnies

[caecilia]

The scariest part for me was the way Eleanor's sister and brother-in-law were treating her. It was very real and horrifying and Jackson is so good at that. Hits you right in the heart. (I also liked the bonus queer subtext.)

I remember thinking the ending was a bit weird when I first got to it. I guess it just wasn't what I was expecting but after two days of being totally engrossed in it I got to last page and was just like "...h u h..." Though I love it, I like We Have Always Lived in the Castle more. But I think I'm in the minority.

Re: hey nonnies

[lunabee34]

Yes! Eleanor's helplessness and the time she spends in the thankless role of caregiver is really well done in this book.

The queer subtext is fantastic, and there's quite a few Yuletide fics that explore that dynamic on AO3 if you wanna check them out.

I like the ending, partly because it reminds me of Ethan Frome and partly because I see it as another example of Eleanor trying to turn her fantasy narratives into reality.

I have not read anything else by her besides "The Lottery." I should probably remedy that.

Re: hey nonnies

[caecilia]

Oooh. It never occurred to me to look up fanfic.

Heh. I loathed Ethan Frome in high school. So maybe that explains that.

Re: hey nonnies

[lunabee34]

LOL

I get ya. :)

http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Haunting%20of%20Hill%20House%20-%20Shirley%20Jackson/works

http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/fandom_shirley_jackson__we_have_always_lived_in_the_castle.html

I had remembered more fic than this. :/ Sorry.