We Have Always Lived In The Castle

[ryanitenebrae]

Mm.  It's been four years since I read any Shirley Jackson.  I missed her!

Shirley Jackson, known for the short story "The Lottery" was basically my obsession at fourteen, both her short stories, and her life - I read her biography, and the collections Come Along With Me, The Lottery and Just An Ordinary Day, but never any of her novels until today

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[tathrin]

Ooh, I loved "The Lottery!" I shall have to add this book to my list, it sounds pretty awesome. And I never think it's a bad thing seeing oneself in characters; I was pleasantly shocked last semester while reading Terry Pratchett to discover myself within the pages. Granted, I was an iron-fisted, manipulative, heartless, ruthless dictator. But I was a delightfully elegant and cunning one! ;)

[tathrin]

Of course, this is also me.

[ryanitenebrae]

HA! You know, that's 100% how I always felt about raking the leaves, although that was combined with, "But but but the leaves look so NICE in the yard! Why do we need to throw them away?"

[tathrin]

Besides, leaves are for jumping!