In which I understand why “The Haunting of Hill House” by Shirley Jackson is considered one of the best ghost stories of the 20th Century.
I picked up this book after I watched both the 1999 film “The Haunting” and the more recent Netflix TV adaptation, and:
Failed to imagine how the two screen adaptations could be even connected.
Based on what I saw in the TV adaptation, I wanted to know how important Nell's isolation was in the original book.
As a skeptic, found interesting how the book was inspired by the story of a real-life “paranormal investigation”, of which the author noticed the flaws.
Some notes on the novel “Let the Right one In” by John Ajvide Lindqvist
I have been traveling a lot the past couple of weeks, but thanks to my long commutes, I was still able to finish Let the Right one In (this might be the only perk of train commutes), which I found to be intensely creepy in a good way.
My thoughts on the novel “Ishmael” by Daniel Quinn
I used to be an avid reader, but my life has been so hectic recently, and filled with not-so-good events, that I abandoned reading for quite a long time now.
I have been blogging for ages, my first blog being on LiveJournal back in the days it was not only the popular option, but the only option.
After LiveJournal, I moved to Tumblr, then Wordpress, Medium, then back to a more basic blogging platform with GitHub Pages.
However, I've never really blogged consistently, even though I have set that as a goal for myself every year (and failed every single time).
So many things have happened in my life since I last blogged, that I would need to write a separate post just for that, and I might be doing it, but right now I am taking advantage of my newly found stability (well, “kind of” stability, since I am currently without a home of my own), to pick up blogging again, and really make it a habit this time.