Clover's Blog – October 2010 Archive (6)

November sees the biggest writing event of the year - National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo. Professional writers, amateur writers, anyone can join. The goal? To finish a 50,000 word novel within the 30 days of November, not worrying too much at this stage about quality - just write all the words down in November and stress about editing and whipping it into shape another time.



I've always sort of wanted to take part, it sounds like such… Continue

I love Halloween. (At least here in the Northern hemisphere) The days are getting shorter and things get darker earlier, colder. With the leaves turning and the wind howling, it's the perfect time to curl up with a blanket and read a really scary book. Here are some spooky suggestions for what to read around Halloween. For me, books about Halloween says ghosts. and monsters. and zombies. There is obviously a big resurgence of paranormal books on the market at the moment involving vampires and… Continue

Do you believe in ghosts? Would you be willing to spend the night in a haunted house?*



I don't believe or not believe in ghosts. But ghost stories creep me

out. My brother used to try to tell them to me to see my reactions when I was younger and

they'd always give me nightmares. Scary movies do the same thing. I'm… Continue

Before we begin, I would just like to remind everyone that this month's Blurbing Book Club selection is The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. You still have a few weeks to read the book, join the discussion, and blurb the book! And as always, if you have any suggestions for what you'd like to see in these weekly posts, please do leave me a comment or message!



So, I feel like we're still getting to know… Continue

I am absolutely kicking myself for not mentioned Banned Books week in last week's post. Every year, people celebrate our freedom to read by reading banned books. This year, this celebration took place last week between 25 September - 2 October. So, I just missed it. Even so, we should always be appreciative and show our support by reading banned books. Nobody should have that right to censor what we are able to read. Most books are banned for explicit language or sexual content. Some are banned… Continue

I saw this on someone else's blog and thought it

looked like fun. The top ten books that I can't believe I haven't read

yet. I decided to limit the list to books that I've had on my TBR

shelves for ages and haven't yet read instead of the ten out of every

book available.



In no particular order -



1. Any book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, but especially Love in the Time of Cholera and Hundred Years of Solitude - can't tell… Continue