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The Story of the Middle Ages Box Set : The Making of the Middle Ages ; The Birth of the Middle Ages ; The Crucible of… (1998) 162 copies
Bingo Boys & Poodle-Fakers: A Curious Compendium of Historical Slang Collected from the Best Authorities (2007) 56 copies
The Folio Book of Children's Poetry 7 copies
The Folio Diary 2015 7 copies
The Folio Diary 2018 5 copies
Folio Society Olive Fairy Book 4 copies
The Folio Diary 2017 4 copies
Folio Diary 2019 4 copies
Folio Diary 2020 4 copies
The Folio Diary 2023 3 copies
The Book of Common Prayer 3 copies
The Folio Diary 2020 2 copies
The Folio Diary 2021 2 copies
Folio Diary 2021 2 copies
Folio Diary 2 copies
London The Folio Society - Set - The Monks of War / The Great Fire of London / The Great Plague (The Folio Society) (2001) 2 copies
Folio Diary 2015 1 copy
Spring: A Folio Anthology 1 copy
The Grand Tour 1592-1796 1 copy
Folio Diary 2021 1 copy
The Folio Diary 2019 1 copy
Folio Diary 2017 1 copy
Folio Diary 2020 1 copy
Folio Diary 2022 1 copy
The Folio Diary 1994 1 copy
Folio Diary 2018 1 copy
Folio Magazine Autumn 2022 1 copy
Folio Diary 2020 1 copy
Fifty Love Poems 1 copy
Folio Diary 2019 1 copy
French Short Stories 1 copy
The Dead Sea Scrolls 1 copy
THOMAS BECKET Folio Society 1 copy
Famous Trials. 1 copy
A Booklover's Companion 1 copy
The Folio Society Diary 2019 1 copy
The Folio book of humour 1 copy
Lives of the Later Caesars 1 copy
The Folio Society Diary 2007 1 copy
Medieval Art (Folio Society) 1 copy
Into the Unknown. 1 copy
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Last night I read The Kit Bag by Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) right before I went to bed, giving me extra points in the Stupid Things to Do category. This short but undeniably creepy story brought to my mind the scarier X-Files and Dr. Who episodes I've seen. It relied on what you don't see, or only see out of the corner of your eye, to scare the bejeezus out the reader and for this sissified reader, it worked perfectly.
2021:
I re-read three stories for this Christmas season:
Afterward by Edith Wharton: I’m not actually sure why this story is included; it must take place during Christmas, but the holiday is not even a bit player in drama. But it is a great ghost story; the subtle kind that creeps up on both the characters and the reader, so that it isn’t until Afterward that you know you’ve been haunted at all.
When Satan Goes Home for Christmas by Robertson Davies: Not quite a ghost story but come on, it’s Satan. And it’s a funny and oddly touching story in the most unexpected ways.
The Shop of Ghosts by G.K. Chesterton: This is a short one that starts off rather heartbreakingly, but ends not only with hope, but left me chuckling as well. A masterful reminder that there truly is nothing new under the sun.
There are so many others I’d like to re-read this season, and I might, but with my to-do list being as long as anyone else’s this time of year, I’m calling it read and again recommend this for anyone who would enjoy an excellent collection of ghostly holiday cheer.… (more)