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Started December 10, 2020 by @SupernaturalSyGuyIsTIred group

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I'll be leaving my in-the-moment thoughts to books that I'm reading here. I'm probably just going to do books that I own, but I might open this up to recommendations.

KINDLE BOOKS

• Dracula by Bram Stocker Pages 3-6
• Oz: The Complete Collection by L. Frank Baum
• Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Collection by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Singularity by Kathryn Casey
• The Soulkeepers by G. P. Ching Page 6
• The Sight by David Clement-Davies

BOOKSHELF BOOKS
(My approach for these will be a bit different from how I'm handling the books on my Kindle. I'm going to read a chapter, do a brief summary/critique of the chapter, continue in that manner. I will be using spoiler tags for these.)

• Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
• The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub
• Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub
• Eragon by Christopher Paolini
• Eldest by Christopher Paolini
• Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
• Cell by Stephen King
• Cujo by Stephen King
• Divergent by Veronica Roth
• Duma Key by Stephen King
• Everville by Clive Barker
• Fell by David Clement-Davies
• Freedom Crossing by Margaret Clark
• Goosebumps: The Campfire Collection by R. L. Stine
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. k. Rowling
• Holes by Louis Sachar
• Imajica by Clive Barker
• In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
• A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler)
• Never Look Back by Ridley Pearson
• Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
• Revival by Stephen King
• Sacrament by Clive Barker
• Salem's Lot by Stephen King
• Shadow Account by Stephen Frey
• The 7th Victim by Alan Jacobson
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
• The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (I've been thinking about making another thread for when I read this.)
• The Dark Tower 1: The Gunslinger by Stephen King
• The Dark Tower 5: Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
• The Highway by C. J. Box
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
• The Institute by Stephen King
• The Never List by Koethi Zan
• The Pallbearers by Stephen J. Cannell
• Under the Dome by Stephen King
• Whispers by Lisa Jackson

Going to start with A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, which I haven't read before. I'm choosing this classic tale due to it being December and the fact that Christmas is coming upon us.

A Christmas Carol Stave 1: Marley's Ghost

as dead as a door-nail.

I know that this is a simile, but how is a door-nail dead?

And even Scrooge was not so dreadfully cut up by the sad event, but that he was an excellent man of business on the very day of the funeral, and solemnised it with an undoubted bargain.

A literary legend wrote a run-on sentence….

Scrooge never painted out Old Marley’s name. There it stood, years afterwards, above the warehouse door: Scrooge and Marley. The firm was known as Scrooge and Marley.

That's a very fair and valid point.

What right have you to be merry?

Why do I feel like this is 2020 saying this? 🤔 Lol

This year I can relate to Scrooge; neither of us have much to be happy about.

I feel like his nephew would be a morning person.

Dang Scrooge, that was dark; I like it!

“Why did you get married?” said Scrooge.
“Because I fell in love.”

Fair point.

Again with Scrooge's dark comments!

I get that Scrooge, at this point is supposed to be a dick, but…. Man, he's such a dick!

Another run-on sentence.

Lumber room? Did Scrooge use this room to store wood in? The heck is a lumber room anyway???

Lumber room? Did Scrooge use this to room to store wood in? The heck is a lumber room anyway???

Looked it up. A lumber room is a place to store unneeded but wanted furniture; in essence it's a storage room.

(Temporarily lost internet….)

Scrooge searching room by room for ghosts is humorous!

Scrooge had often heard it said that Marley had no bowels, but he had never believed it until now.

😆

“It is required of every man,” the Ghost returned, “that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellowmen, and travel far and wide; and if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death. It is doomed to wander through the world— oh, woe is me!—and witness what it cannot share, but might have shared on earth, and turned to happiness!”

That's a great quote!

Whose job is it to enforce the rules of ghosts in A Christmas Carol? 🤔

A Christmas Carol Stave 2: The First of the Three Spirits

“Why, it isn’t possible,” said Scrooge, “that I can have slept through a whole day and far into another night. It isn’t possible that anything has happened to the sun, and this is twelve at noon!”

It's okay Scrooge, lots of people these days tend to oversleep.

The part where Scrooge grabs onto the Ghost of Christmas Past makes me think of Peter Pan.

I feel sorry for younger, school-boy Scrooge…. Left alone to read in the school all by himself. Yet I'm also a bit envious; he's well read.

His little sister is cute.

The Fezziwigs sure know how to throw a party!

That was a little confusing….

A Christmas Carol Stave Three: The Second of the Three Spirits