Here we are at the beginning of November…with all sorts of things happening today!
It’s the third anniversary of Tales of the Marvelous. Thank you to all of you for making blogging so much fun for the last three years!
It’s the beginning of NaNoWriMo (that’s National Novel Writing Month). I participated for the last two years, but I’m skipping this year, so that I can concentrate on publishing (!) and because I need to work on revising existing drafts for a while, instead of starting new ones! Huge good luck to all the intrepid writers going on the NaNo journey this year. Sending lots of good writing vibes!
And it’s time to wrap-up the Readers Imbibing Peril experience! It’s been a fun two months of shadowy reads and especially of shadowy movies.
I read most of the books I planned on, although I never got to Doyle and Christie–but I did get a couple other spooky reads off my TBR list.
The surprise of the event was movies. I didn’t have any plans along those lines, but I watched Sunset Boulevard on a whim near the beginning of September…which put me in a Hitchcock mood (even though it isn’t Hitchcock) and then I found myself on a Hitchcock/film noir kick!
So here’s what I wound up with:
- Reread: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland and The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland by Catherynne M. Valente (review of both)
- Shadows by Robin McKinley
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
- Doll Bones by Holly Black
- A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Peril on Screen:
- Spellbound
- Strangers on a Train
- Rope
- Sunset Boulevard
- Round-up: Dark Passage, To Catch a Thief, Double Indemnity, Rear Window
Did you enjoy some shadowy reading or viewing this year? I’d love to hear about it!
And meanwhile, I’ll be starting to stack up my sci fi for January’s* Science Fiction Experience… 🙂 See you there!
Wow you watched a lot of movies. A lot of older ones too. I want to see Dark Passage, and I watched Rear Window last year for RIP. This reminds me to re-watch Strangers on a Train. It has been a long time for that one.
Congratulations on year three for your blog!
I do have a fondness for old movies…and I got on a roll with Hitchcock this season! I hope you enjoy Strangers on a Train. 🙂
Congratulations on 3 years Cheryl here’s to many more years to come 🙂 Also well done I think you’ve done really well for the R.I.P event especially with watching all those films! As you know I took part too and really enjoyed it. My round-up post is scheduled for Wednesday. I’ve never took part in the Science Fiction event before but will be considering it for next year.
Aww, thanks! And thank you for reading!
Great to hear you enjoyed R.I.P.! I’ve done the Sci Fi Experience for a couple years now, and I’ve really enjoyed that one too. Same laid-back feel and engaged participants…and sci fi is more one of my regular genres, except that I don’t read it enough. So it’s a good push in that direction for me! I hope you decide to join in. 🙂
I haven’t read some Sci-Fi in ages but do have several classic Sci-Fi on my Classics Club list so might be a match made in heaven to join the two events up.
Sounds perfect! You could also join the Vintage Sci Fi Challenge LittleRedReviewer puts on in January.
Awesome job on your reading and watching! I loved Ocean at the End of the Lane! I really need to pick up Shadows, especially after reading your review.
I think you did a lot better than I did! I was probably over ambitious – particularly given the size of some of the books – like The Shining! A great event though. Looking forward to Scifi next.
Lynn 😀
But ambition gives us something to shoot for!
Three years of blogging — congratulations! I always enjoy your blog; you write well. Good job on the R.I.P. thingy, too!
Aww… *requisite blush* Thank you!
Congrats on three years! 🙂
Thanks for participating. You did get to some good stuff. Mentioning Hitchcock I forgot to add that I also watched the recently updated version of The Lady Vanishes when they showed in on PBS in September. I liked it, though I think I like the old black and white version better.
Hitchcock is always a good choice.
I don’t think I’ve seen The Lady Vanishes. I’m always hunting for new good Hitchcock to watch, so I’ll keep that one in mind!
Congratulations on three years of blogging. I am impressed with how consistently you have written new posts. There are no long gaps where you didn’t write or recycles of old posts (except very sparingly). That is quite an accomplishment. I hope you will continue to blog for a long time to come.
Thank you for your very consistent reading too!