The Haunted Palace

Carla. Older than you think. Writer. Bluestocking, therapist, wife, paranormal investigator with TAPS Family. Episcopalian, meaning this kind of Christian.

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Carla's bookshelf: read

Marrying the Hangman: A True Story of Privilege, Marriage and Murder

Live Through This: A Mother's Memoir of Runaway Daughters and Reclaimed Love

Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places

Carla's favorite books »

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Stephen King on his son Owen’s debut novel, DOUBLE FEATURE: ”If you are in the mood to laugh your ass off, Double Feature will perform that surgery and painlessly. I am proud of my son, Owen, and in awe of his talent.”

Read an excerpt here.

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Cover Revealed for DOCTOR SLEEP, Stephen King’s Sequel to THE SHINING!

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#heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere’s cosette

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Specific reading goals for 2012

haunted-palace:

Updated 11/17/12

done! 11/22/63 * Stephen King
done! The Help * Kathryn Stockett
done! The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo * Stieg Larsson
done! Miss Peregrine’s School for Peculiar Children * Ransom Riggs (Christmas present from Mom)
done!—read the entire series begin the Sherlock Holmes series
next two Oz books—done! #4 and #5: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, and The Road to Oz (43Things goal)
done!: The Empty House and Other Stories read some Algernon Blackwood
done! Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Pt. 1 and Pt 2 read some M. R. James
currently reading Les Miserables * Victor Hugo
done! remainder of The Giver series: Gathering Blue and The Messenger
Bleak House * Charles Dickens
The Beautiful and the Damned * F. Scott Fitzgerald
The End of the Affair * Graham Greene
done! Room * Emma Donoghue
done! NF book about the Stuart family (found out this year that I’m King James’ great x 8 granddaughter, through one of his mistresses!) I chose Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens * Jane Dunn
The Wars of the Roses * Alison Weir (ditto)
The Children of Henry VIII * Alison Weir (ditto)
done! The Great God Pan read some Arthur Machen
My Antonia * Willa Cather
done! The Age of Innocence * Edith Wharton
Persuasion * Jane Austen
done! read some G. K. Chesterton—I chose Eugenics and Other Evils.
Anna Karenina * Leo Tolstoy
Life on the Mississippi, or The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg * Mark Twain
done! Rebecca * Daphne du Maurier

So, final stretch…

The Road to Oz
currently reading Les Miserables * Victor Hugo
Bleak House * Charles Dickens
The Beautiful and the Damned * F. Scott Fitzgerald
The End of the Affair * Graham Greene
The Wars of the Roses * Alison Weir
The Children of Henry VIII * Alison Weir
My Antonia * Willa Cather
Persuasion * Jane Austen
currently reading Anna Karenina * Leo Tolstoy

scribnerbooks:

30 pieces of wisdom from Stephen King novels.

My Halloween recommendations, all in one tidy, spooky place:
R. L. Stine, Superstitious
Ed. John Pelan and Michael Reaves, Shadows Over Baker Street
Joan Aiken, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (The Wolves Chronicles #1)
Scott Smith, The Ruins
John Passarella, Wither (Wither #1)
Joe Hill and Stephen King, In the Tall Grass
E. L. Konisgburg, Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and me, Elizabeth
John Knowles, The Collector
Susie Moloney, The Dwelling

My Halloween recommendations, all in one tidy, spooky place:

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Check out the new trailer for “Carrie” based on the novel by Stephen King — in theaters in March 2013.

I’m always excited for a horror movie, and Stephen King remakes are always pretty amazing. So, yes, I’m psyched. But Piper Laurie will always be Carrie’s mom to me. Kids of the ‘70’s, represent!

A $3.99 Stephen King and Joe Hill ebook original?

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You don’t say!

Welcoming in October with some chunky knitting (beret!) and the perfect autumnal horror movie. #movies #horror #knitting (Taken with Instagram)

Ravelry: http://ravel.me/CarlaYarn/67414

The Haunted Palace: Specific reading goals for 2012

12 goals completed out of 25, 1 in progress…

haunted-palace:

Updated 8/12/12

done! 11/22/63 * Stephen King

done! The Help * Kathryn Stockett

done! The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo * Stieg Larsson

done! Miss Peregrine’s School for Peculiar Children * Ransom Riggs (Christmas present from Mom)

done!—read the entire series begin the…

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We’re excited to announce A FACE IN THE CROWD, a new ebook original from Stephen King and Stewart O’Nan coming August 21st!

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A flowchart of Stephen King’s universe.