The thought of Halloween invokes the image of children dressed in costumes resembling vampires, ghosts and witches. The entire holiday of Halloween stems from All Hallows Eve, a Christianized version of Samhain. Considering Halloween is my favourite holiday ever, I wanted to share the history of vampires in literature. How did these frightening creatures come to be? What was their evolution and what ideas are still being developed by today’s popular culture? 1819 - The Vampyre – John Polidori The original vampire novel that transformed folklore into literature. The ... Continue Reading...
Archives for October 2015
Review: Seize The Night
Every once in a while I feel it’s a great idea to read an anthology on your favourite genres because it opens you up to not only new authors, but also new ways of looking at a particular story type. Christopher Golden’s Seize The Night definitely delivers a great mix of horror with focus on the vampire legends. We read about insect inspired vampires, classic vampire types and even vampire books utilized by Nazi’s for power. I really enjoyed taking a break from the usual romanticized version of vampires and returning to the base, fear inducing instincts of the ... Continue Reading...
Thursday Bookish Updates #10
Thursday Bookish Updates is a weekly post here at Silk&Serif devoted to anything book related. The main goal of this posting is to keep readers up to date on what's going on in the community and get a taste of future posts. I will provide information on some community events I am participating in and blurbs on newly acquired titles to be reviewed at a later date. I might even slip in a few surprises here and there. I was inspired by a post I read by Kelsye at Wise Ink Blog Ultimate Bloggers Guide to Growing Your Readership. Her list of ways to increase traffic ... Continue Reading...
Being Alone on The Holidays: It’s Okay!
If you haven't heard its Thanksgiving in Canada and with it comes the turkey, family and times of celebration. I've always struggled with all holidays, from Thanksgiving to Christmas, because they always filled me with fear and inevitability of pain and violence. As a child Christmas approaching meant taking on an acting role in a movie that didn't pay particularly well, developing a knack for pretending to be happy and over joyed for the gifts I received, but never really desired. Failure meant more bruises to hide and more lies to tell classmates. Thanksgiving was a ... Continue Reading...
Most Anticipated TBR Books of 2016!
With only only a little under three months left of the 2015 year I have been unwittingly developing my 2016 To Be Read List. My TBR List for the first few months of 2016 are as follows: Kali Wallace January 26th, 2016 For fans of Holly Black and Nova Ren Suma, a gripping, hauntingly atmospheric novel about murder, revenge, and a world where monsters—human and otherwise—lurk at the fringes. When seventeen-year-old Breezy Lin wakes up in a shallow grave one year after her death, she doesn’t remember who killed her or why. All she knows is that she’s somehow ... Continue Reading...