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July Book

Book: We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Author: Shirley Jackson
Genre: Horror, Fiction, Classics
Published: September 1962

Description:  Shirley Jackson’s beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family’s dark secret.

Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate. 

Above description from Penguin Random House

My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. I am eighteen years old, and I live with my sister Constance. I have often thought that with any luck at all I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same length, but I have had to be content with what I had. I dislike washing myself, and dogs, and noise, I like my sister Constance, and Richard Plantagenet, and Amanita phalloides, the death-cap mushroom. Everyone else in my family is dead…

Above description and photo courtesy of Goodreads

Quote of the Month

“I remember that I stood on the library steps holding my books and looking for a minute at the soft hinted green in the branches against the sky and wishing, as I always did, that I could walk home across the sky instead of through the village.” 

– Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Who We Are

Jacquie burckley

Co-Founder and Co-Host of RBTV

Jacquie, a 24 year old goddess who is obtaining her MA in Criminology from the University of South Florida. I wear a lot of hats in order to pay the bills, but I make time to do the important things, like watering the garden, experimenting with new curry recipes, and drinking lots of coffee. I live in Tampa, FL with too few cats and lots of beautiful kitchen appliances (thanks, Alexa). Oh, you want some fast facts? I will oblige:

Favorite Book (right now): Ann Rule’s The Stranger Beside Me (Thanks Chrissy, you get me.)
Favorite Poet: Edgar Allen Poe
Pet: sigh, please don’t tempt me
House: Ravenclaw with a dash of Slytherin
Something I’m Proud Of: Obtaining my skydiving license
New Years Resolution: Finish podcast books before the day of recording

Chrissy Schreiber

Co-Founder and Co-Host of RBTV

Chrissy, a 24 year old hobbit who doesn’t know how to say no to literally anything. I am an MBA candidate at the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College. I live for music, my boyfriend Adam, and my cat Bug. He is a butthead. I am constantly overbooking myself because I love learning new things and collecting information. I am a a data hoarder (thanks, Megan). In my free time (???), I like doing crosswords with my dad, watching the Marvel movies chronologically, and building wall art – yep, that’s a new one. Fast facts, ready, set, GO:

Favorite Book (right now): Sounds Like Me by Sara Bareilles
Favorite Poet: Simon Armitage
Pet: Bugaboo, Bugglebutt, Babyboo, Tunnel Man (my cat Bug, duh). . . but also probably maybe eventually a dog.
House: Ravenclaw with a sprinkle of Hufflepuff
Something I’m Proud Of: Learning to use my emotional nature in a healthy way.
New Year’s Resolution: STOP OVERBOOKING YOURSELF. It’s called BALANCE.

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