Joyce Carol Oates – The Fireside Chats

January 15, 2022

20 Short Novels To Stay Up All Night Reading

I found this article describing these 20 novels that’ll have you up all night reading (link can be found at the bottom of this article). I’ve only read one novel on this list and it’s the book by Shirley Jackson. I do want to read the book “Visitation” by Jenny Erpenbeck. They way they describe…

“High Crime Area: Tales of Darkness and Dread” by Joyce Carol Oates

In this book, there are eight tales……”The Home at Craigmillnar”, “High”, “Toad-Baby”, “Demon”, “Lorelei”, “The Rescuer”, “The Last Man of Letters” and “High Crime Area”. I’m not sure which story I liked the best, each story stands out about the same in my eyes. This book was one of those that I found in the…

Latest haul!

I made a visit to the local bookstore today. I received a gift card to the local bookstore for my birthday and I got to spend it earlier. You’ll see below what I purchased with said gift card. I always enjoy shopping at my local bookstore. I can always find what I’m looking for and…