Will You Not Eat Your Words?

By the Hopeful Hoplites of Hammurabi indeed!  I don’t recall the first book I wanted to eat but Alex Lencicki says his choice would have been one of John’s.

Book Alert: The Whistle, the Grave, and the Ghost

A summary of The Whistle, the Grave and the Ghost:

In the woods near his home in Michigan, thirteen-year-old Lewis Barnavelt stumbles upon an ancient grave and silver whistle that draw him, his best friend Rose Rita Pottinger, his uncle Jonathan, and their friend Mrs. Zimmermann into a battle with an ancient evil.

Remembrances: Brian Kenny

Recent comments from Brian Kenny:

I was at the University of Chicago from 1963 to 1967 working on a Ph.D. in theoretical physics. There I met a number of people through Calvert House, a place where Catholic Chaplains lived. While there I started a group which met in the homes of various people to discuss theology and have Mass in their homes.

Book Alert: The Whistle, the Grave, and the Ghost

Brad Strickland, writing at the Compleat Bellairs:

"I've seen the new cover [for The Whistle, the Grave, and the Ghost], and alas, it is not a wraparound, though it strikes me as very good. Nice color scheme and nice 'Gorey' feel to it!

"The proposals are in...and a new non-supernatural Anthony Monday is among them. Let's see what Dial says now."