source: personal copy
title: Berenice
author: Edgar Allan Poe
published: 1835
first line: MISERY is manifold.
My thoughts:
Berenice is a favorite short story by the master of macabre, Edgar Allan Poe.
How is it that from beauty I have derived a type of unloveliness? – from the covenant of peace, a simile of sorrow? But as, in ethics, evil is a consequence of good, so, in fact, out of joy is sorrow born.
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title: The Visit
genre: thriller/comedy
released: September 8, 2015 U.S.
rated: 5 out of 5 for thrills and even a few laughs
My thoughts:
When I saw that M. Night Shyamalan had a new film out I wanted to see it right away. He has produced gems like The Sixth Sense, Signs and The Village and I am a fan of his work. He tends to infuse heart and soul into his films.
Teen siblings Rebecca and Tyler are going to stay for one week at their grandparents remote farm-house. Their mom Loretta has been estranged from her parents for 15 years so the children have never met their grandparents. Loretta sets up the arrangement via phone and send the kids off on a train where their grandparents will pick them up from the station.
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The awesome Carl over @ Stainless Steel Droppings hosts R.I.P. which is in its tenth year now. This is one of the reading events I have participated in since I began blogging years ago. Now with my new blog I knew I would be taking part again because along with my favorite time of year, comes my favorite reading challenge.
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