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365 Books: ESP, Hauntings, and Poltergeists by Loyd Auerbach
This doorstop of a mass market is awesome! The author, Loyd Auerbach, Wikipedia tells me "has described himself akin to a psychiatrist who deals with psychic phenomena, stating that most ghosts and poltergeists are not real entities, but rather psychic phenomena." and that makes sense, given the approach of this book. In it, Aurebach helps …
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365 Books: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
I am so glad that Lewis Carroll wrote back when he did because, I have to say that he would sure get canceled now, and I love these books so much! If you've only seen one of the movies, shame on you! Read the book. I wrote a one-woman play1 once in which the main …
365 Books: The Yellow Room by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Do these Reddit AITA compilations ever sneak into your newsfeed? They're not news, but sometimes they're fun to read because you can think to yourself, "At least my life isn't that bad!" This book could fit right in there. "AITA: My mother wants me to open our summer house in Maine so my brother can …
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365 Books: Overture to Death by Ngaio Marsh
As those of you who have read my posts about Marsh's other books, her detective, Alleyn, sometimes comes off stiff and stuffy, lecturing people and showing off his polysyllabic vocabulary and convoluted sentence structure. I had thought this was a function of experience, that she loosened up, the more books she had written. This book …
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