Jacksprat Gets Lost in Fiction

Ratings of October Reads The Dream Thieves by: Maggie Stiefvater  ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Dark Half by: Stephen King ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Vanishing Game by: Kate Kae Myers ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Upside of Unrequited by: Becky Albertalli ⭐⭐⭐ The Dark Witch by: Nora Roberts ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Many passions and dreams discovered. Deciding which road to take is difficult. Do you take the left or right road? Do you take the high or low road? Two souls connect in love, trust, respect, and friendship. The connection between two sisters is rocky, but tough. No matter how far we travel it will always be there. For us to cry on, to rely on, to live on And to believe in. Many people come into your life: friends, loves, teachers, and many others. They come and go but some do not stay forever and always. Don't give-up on them and don't lose faith. No matter how hard it may seem. The sword of knowledge is an important one to grasp. but it must be taken. Look beyond the pages of simplicity and go beyond what you see. Follow your heart and believe in yourself and you will go so far in life.

I think I'm too ambitious with my TBR, but it's hard to decide which books to read each month.  I'm also in a situation where I broke one of my rules and borrow books from the library that are over 500 pages.  I know I can just recheck them out, but I feel guilty, so to speak, and I feel pressured.  I have only finished 3 books so far, but I did start Dark Witch by Nora Roberts hoping for this to be my fourth finished book. Books Finished --The Dark Half by Stephen King ★★★★ --The Vanishing Game by Kate Kae Myers ★★★★★ -- The Boston Girl by Anita diamond ★★★★★ Reading -- IT by Stephen King -- Four Past Midnight: Secret Window, Secret Garden by Stephen King -- East of Eden by John Steinbeck (library book) -- The Secret History by Donna Tartt (library book) --Dark Witch by Nora Roberts I think I'm going to limit myself to four books for each month.

Review of IT—The First Chapter (Movie) & Comparison to the 1990 Mini-Series By: Stephen King For book worms, there is always that fear that the screen adaptation will not be as good as the book, and from past adaptations it is justifiable.   The first adaptation of IT was pretty good, but the second screen adaptation of IT was fantastic.   Like most adaptations it was not perfect, but no adaptation ever is. In case you have never read the original novel or have seen the 1990 made for television movie, the plot centers around 7 outcasts that become friends in a small town while they face an entity that haunts their town of Derry, Maine.   The entity feeds on the fear of the residents, especially the town’s children by taking on whatever form they’re afraid of, and returns every 27 years to do this.   These friends: Bill Denbrough, Ben Hanscom, Mike Hanlon, Richie Tozier, Eddie Kaspbrack, Beverly March, and Stan Uris face the monster as children after Bill’s...

Top 5 Wednesday: Creepy Settings 1.      Almost all of Stephen King’s novels take place in Maine, and making the state of Maine creepy in itself.   He usually looks at the small town and the people in small towns.     Something horrible usually happens to the people in the town.   He looks at the isolation of a small and to me that is what makes it creepy is the isolation. 2.      I would not want to live at Thornfield Hall in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte.   It is too big and there’s a crazy woman in the attic, but if Rochester was there on a regular basis I would be okay.   The bigness and darkness of the house is creepy. 3.      The castle, Milder Castle in The Distant Hours is another creepy house setting.   In the present, the castle is moldering and falling apart, and the three Blythe sisters, who are old ladies now, are still living there.   The book is about why they have l...

Top 5 Witch Books 1.   Caster Chronicles by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl.   I finished this series up at the end of 2016, but had read the first book years ago.   I really enjoyed this series, and liked that it was in Gatlin, South Carolina.   First, I have family in Charleston, and second there aren’t many witch novels set in the South. Small town southern charm mixed with witchcraft makes a great combination in my book.   I also appreciated that it was a young adult novel that wasn’t from the female perspective, thought we get Lena’s narration in Beautiful Redemption.   I also liked the concept of the conflict in the plot. 2. The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe.   I don’t remember everything about this plot, but that a woman, Connie Goodwin discovers a Book of Shadows that belonged to her ancestor.   She learns about her connection to the Salem Witch Trials.   I remember loving the writing style and feeling it wa...