Gothic Fiction

#184 ~ The Angel’s Game

The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón As a lover of Gothic fiction, I was over the moon to have been selected to snag a copy of The Angel’s Game from LibraryThing‘s Early Reviewers program. I was far from disappointed. Despite a vague sense that the novel was long, I loved the story and quickly [...]

Filed Under: book review, fiction, Gothic Fiction, LibraryThing, male author Tagged With: Andreas Corelli, Angel Game, Barcelona, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game

#171 ~ My Cousin Rachel

10 Jun By Jennifer 13 Comments

My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier Philip Ashley, orphaned at an early age, was raised unconventionally by his older bachelor cousin Ambrose. Ambrose owns the estate and 500 acres on which they live. Ambrose did not care to have women around, so Philip’s exposure to the fairer sex was quite minimal. He only regularly [...]

Filed Under: book review, female author, fiction, Gothic Fiction Tagged With: Cornwall, Daphne Du Maurier, Daphne DuMaurier, Frenchman's Creek, Rebecca, relationships

Tuesday Thingers ~ Genre Junkies

24 Feb By Jennifer 12 Comments

Today’s question: Do you have a specialized blog where you only review a certain genre or type of book? If so, what is your favorite thing about that type of book? If not, what is/are your favorite genre(s)? What makes that genre(s) a favorite? These are some great questions this week. Wendi, I can’t tell [...]

Filed Under: Classic Literature, fiction, Gothic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Tuesday Thingers Tagged With: favorite genre, genre junky

BBT Evolving Tastes in Books

5 Jun By Literate Housewife 15 Comments

Have your book-tastes changed over the years? More fiction? Less? Books that are darker and more serious? Lighter and more frivolous? Challenging? Easy? How-to books over novels? Mysteries over Romance? Since I started this blog at the beginning of 2007, the biggest change I’ve noticed in my taste has been my almost glutenous love for [...]

Filed Under: Books, Gothic Fiction, Guilty Pleasure, Historical Fiction, LIfe, My Life with Books, Reading Tagged With: Booking Through Thursday, BTT, taste in books

#72 ~ Trauma

23 May By Literate Housewife 6 Comments

Trauma by Patrick McGrath Trauma tells the story of Charlie, a divorced psychiatrist who specializes in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Charlie has spent his life taking care of his mentally ill mother and a brother-in-law who suffered from PTSD as a result of his tours of duty in Vietnam. After his brother-in-law dies, he ends [...]

Filed Under: Books, Family, Gothic Fiction, Reading Tagged With: Asylum, mother issues, New York City, Patrick McGrath, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, psychiatrist, PTSD, Trauma, Vietnam War

Seriously, WTF?

7 May By Literate Housewife 10 Comments

I am not a fan of Ellen Page. Although I’m in the minority, I didn’t find her performance in Juno very realistic or endearing (I hate that I have even just linked to it’s Wikipedia page…). People at work have attributed this to my age. I thought perhaps my experience of adoption colored my views [...]

Filed Under: Adoption, Books, Culture, entertainment, Film, Gothic Fiction Tagged With: A&E, BBC Films, Elizabeth Taylor, Ellen Page, Jane Eyre, Joan Fontaine, Juno, Mr. Rochester, Orson Welles, Pop Candy, Samantha Morton, Smart People

It’s Almost Here!

31 Jan By Literate Housewife 2 Comments

The Monsters of Templeton, the first novel written by Lauren Groff, will be released on Tuesday, February 5. For those of you who did not get an opportunity to read this as part of Barnes and Noble’s First Look Book Club, I highly suggest that you go out and get yourself a copy. You won’t [...]

Filed Under: Barnes & Noble, Books, First Look Book Club, Gothic Fiction, The Monsters of Templeton Tagged With: lauren groff, Monsters of Templeton

#41 ~ The Monsters of Templeton

16 Oct By Literate Housewife 15 Comments

The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff There is something spectacular about a book whose first line lures you into its spell like a siphon and never lets you go. In my 36 years of reading, there has only been two books whose first lines I’ve memorized and cannot forget: “Call me Ishmael.” Moby Dick [...]

Filed Under: Amazing Narrator, Barnes & Noble, Books, Childhood Memories, Culture, Exercise, First Look Book Club, Free, Gothic Fiction, LIfe, Margaret Mitchell, My Life with Books, Parenting Dilemmas, Pre-Release Sneak Peak, Reading, Religion, Secrets and Lies, The Monsters of Templeton Tagged With: Auntie Em, Glinda, Gone with the Wind, hippy, lake monster, lauren groff, memorable first sentences, Moby Dick, Monsters of Templeton, mother-daughter relationship, Scarlett O'Hara, single motherhood, The Monsters of Templeton, The Wizard of Oz

#22 ~ The Thirteenth Tale

12 May By Literate Housewife 6 Comments

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield It took me a while to read this book, but that is not because it wasn’t interesting and delightful. Suffice to say that sometimes work gets in the way of life. I completely enjoyed reading a Gothic ghost story once again. I keep forgetting how much I enjoy them. [...]