tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post327025529681017729..comments2023-10-15T11:42:21.659-04:00Comments on pages turned: Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the CastleSFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-49184820233520979392010-04-24T10:51:45.316-04:002010-04-24T10:51:45.316-04:00I love that phrase, "my Shirley Jackson year!...I love that phrase, "my Shirley Jackson year!" Mine was back in 1974-75. I've never read a biography of her, though.<br /><br />Your review is great! I'm definitely going to have to reread Jackson's books soon!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775836987596716063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-46149509822502138842010-04-24T08:54:06.207-04:002010-04-24T08:54:06.207-04:00I loved this novella years ago. You've made me...I loved this novella years ago. You've made me want to re-read it ASAP! I also remember an odd but enjoyable movie based on it.Sarah at SmallWorldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15306137253094526922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-11676712403126404282010-04-22T14:11:11.579-04:002010-04-22T14:11:11.579-04:00I thought I'd read this. But the bits you quo...I thought I'd read this. But the bits you quote don't ring a bell, so I'll have to turn up my old copy and see if I just wasn't paying attention to the bits you were.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-64653902138825823722010-04-21T14:53:17.039-04:002010-04-21T14:53:17.039-04:00Jackson is such a gem. I read this one for the fir...Jackson is such a gem. I read this one for the first time a couple years ago and like it quite a lot. One of these days I'll get around to the biographies.Stefaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943596258182968212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-88807496326988095122010-04-20T22:41:04.148-04:002010-04-20T22:41:04.148-04:00I think my Shirley Jackson year was maybe '89 ...I think my Shirley Jackson year was maybe '89 or '90. <br />Possibly '91. It was after I read Oppenheimer's biography of her. Castle is my favorite novel of hers, and second favorite is Hangsaman.<br /><br />I probably would've recoiled in horror at that person's comment about Bombeck and Jackson. Maybe not. Definitely a WTF? look.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-51347113743209357782010-04-20T19:27:40.652-04:002010-04-20T19:27:40.652-04:00I love Shirley Jackson. Were the biographies worth...I love Shirley Jackson. Were the biographies worth reading?Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251983804060081813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-41363070469031412302010-04-20T18:45:05.220-04:002010-04-20T18:45:05.220-04:00I've never seen that cover...the No Trespassin...I've never seen that cover...the No Trespassing sign gives it a bit of a cartoonish feel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-33183046456944803932010-04-20T18:03:08.529-04:002010-04-20T18:03:08.529-04:00I am still awaiting my Shirley Jackson year, but I...I am still awaiting my Shirley Jackson year, but I crave its arrival. :-) Your post has only whetted my appetite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861486.post-87078535258273014422010-04-20T15:19:47.605-04:002010-04-20T15:19:47.605-04:00I read We Have Always Lived in the Castle for the ...I read We Have Always Lived in the Castle for the first time over 30 years ago. Each time I read it I am deliciously frightened@Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739982274914536036noreply@blogger.com