#7booksin7days

[generallygothic]

#7booksin7days 📚 Day 6 | Book 6: It's all sounding rather biblical now (hail Satan), but on the 6th day I giveth unto thee the Southern Gothic, of Urban Gothic, which is itself weighty with the religious tradition & history of the American south. Following the Romantics, the Victorians, the early Americans, and the Urban Gothic (which is temporally located within, and there for a subset of, Victorian Gothic), the Southern Gothic is an American Gothic subgenre directly influenced by the trends of the European Urban Gothic. The terror is firmly rooted within the land, the home, the family, the blood... There are no monsters of myth, just the horrors and hardships of brutal reality. Today's specific title is an absolute favourite of mine (as it is tradition to share for the #7booksin7days challenge), that I unfortunately did not have to hand. Instead I took 2 different books (1 novel, 1 collection of short stories) by the same author for a walk through the cemetery - a pastime I now know many of you share with me 🖤 (thanks to so many of you for voting on my recent story!). Writing from the 1920s until his death, master of the Southern Gothic, William Faulkner (1897-1962), was particularly prolific during the 30s. I've discussed the particular text on the Generally Gothic blog before, and the title is included in the list of works in the second image (👉), along with clues pertaining to the plot in both images. 🕵️: Any guesses? Which Faulkner text do the surroundings point to? 🔗: Link to Faulkner blog post in bio! As always I'd love to hear your thoughts if you read it! 🏷️: @_diary_dear_diary_ and @axe_for_frozen_sea, would you like to join in and share - or simply think about - #7booksin7days (no worries if not!)? . #generallygothic #gothic #thetraditionofterror #terror #horror #gothicliterature #gothicnovel #gothicfiction #americanliterature #englishliterature #williamfaulkner #faulkner #southerngothic #southerngothicliterature #gothicgenre #cemetery #cemeteryphotography #autumn #fall #books #bookstagram #booknerd #academic #spookynerd #blogger #bookworm #religion #hailsatan #americansouth https://www.instagram.com/p/B3aqZ7fggYl/?igshid=1q54qjzx38rf3

[writingsandfandoms]

I was tagged by the amazing @went4word for the 7 books in 7 days challenge. This is book #4. No explanations. Just covers. If you have read this one, let me know. I’ll tag @breathwords today. • • #onearthwerebrieflygorgeous #oceanvuong #7booksin7days #bookstagram #bookworm #reading #gettoknowyourfollowers #goodread #novel https://www.instagram.com/p/B2rwPjilD7y/?igshid=1ek709i5hj1il

[alirock97]

Tomorrow is the start of the Reading Rush! I’m so excited to just sit and read all week (hopefully). This is my TBR and what challenge each book is for (hoping to read 7 books in 7 days this year!): • Book the color of my birthstone: Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson (dark blue like a September sapphire) • Starts with the word “the”: The Secret by Charlotte Brontë • Book I’ve never read but seen the movie of: Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie • First book you touched (did this “pin the tail on the donkey” style): Odd One Out by Nic Stone • Read a book outdoors: Witchy by Ariel Slamet Ries • Least read genre (poetry): Love Poems (a collection) by Pablo Neruda • Set on a different continent: Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (I believe this is set in Asia) — #bookstagram #readingrush #readingrushtbr #tbr #readathon #7booksin7days #yabooks #classics #graphicnovel https://www.instagram.com/p/CC1X6POAsvl/?igshid=ou4ijps605ej

[becadroit]

Day 7 Challenged by @anemone.symphony #7booksin7days . . (Or posts ish) 📚 📚 📚 📚. #bookcovers #books #covers #disturbthisbook #redactedpoetry #reading https://www.instagram.com/p/B30w-2CF4ta/?igshid=1oepks2m0ocie

[bullock-bits]

I know I’ve been terrible at actually doing this everyday, but here’s another #7booksin7days #endersgame https://www.instagram.com/p/BoXDCFDH0N-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1kozend1swmho

[jayashreemegan]

7 days of my favorite childhood books... 2/7 is a book that I kept checking out from the library on a weekly basis. Then, I found out it was book 4 of a series, and finally got a copy of my own. I love it! Fantastic fantasy book, and one if my favorite authors! 😀📚💜 #read #books #reading #readwomen #booklover #bookstagram #PatriciaCWrede #TalkingtoDragons #7booksin7days #kidslit #fantasy #adventure #dragons #wizards #princess

[bookmark-lit]

#7booksin7days Recap and Learnings

#7booksin7days Recap and Learnings

I decided in mid-August to try to read 7 books in 7 days. Here’s a quick recap of my approach and reasoning: I’ve been inspired lately to try to get back into reading and on track with my book life since I’ve been watching a lot more booktube. (I’m sure most people expected me to say booktok since that’s all the rage but honestly it makes me mad seeing every 3rd video on there recommending…

[cj82487]

7 books in 7 days: I was tagged (on FB) to post my favorite 7 books without an explanation. . Day 1: Fahrenheit 451 . . #books #bookstagram #Fahrenheit451 #favoritebook #7booksin7days

[naturallyscattered]

Book #2 of my #7booksin7days challenge: Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat

Reading about what's been going on in Haiti, makes me want to hop on a plane and help someone. This book painted an image that I won't forget. It reminded me that my great-grandfather went into a coma as a result of the earthquake (Jan 2010).

Such a great read. Hell, I didn't even use a bookmark.

[becadroit]

Day 5 #wutheringheights Challenged by @anemone.symphony #7booksin7days . . 📚 📚 📚 📚. #bookcovers #books #covers #disturbthisbook #redactedpoetry https://www.instagram.com/p/B3pmlkAF-f8/?igshid=66daaa551z4p

[generallygothic]

I posted about Horace Walpole's 'The Castle of Ortanto' (1764) for last month's 👻Glimpses of Ghosts👻 theme. I've therefore excluded the semimal Gothic text from 🎃The Tradition of Terror🎃 posts (& throughout the #7booksin7days challenge) on the assumption that it's still fresh in your minds; remember the Monty Python-esque illustrations (👉 link in stories)? Along with that post I asked, in stories, if you'd like to see the real Castle of Otranto. Everyone who responded - thank you, all, it's way more fun when you reply! - replied in the affirmative, so here it is! 🏰: Is it what you expected?! Sitting proudly atop the beautiful, hilly coastal town of Otranto in Puglia, Italy, the castle was built following an Ottoman invasion, which lead to the massacre of roughly 12,000 local inhabitants, in 1480. It may not be the imposing, arched castle of the gothic imagination, but it certainly has a terror-filled history all its own... Walpole himself did not visit Otranto (as far as I've read, not before writing the novel, at least), selecting the name from a map & working with an illustration of the castle. How strange to consider that I have been to the setting of the first gothic novel, but its author has not... 🤔: Which generally gothic literary spot(s) would you love to visit? Can you think of any other real locations featured in fiction that the authors never visited themselves? 📆: Tomorrow I will explain the relevance of castles more directly in relation to this month's theme: 🎃The Tradition of Terror🎃. . #generallygothic #gothic #thetraditionofterror #terror #castle #thecastleofotranto #horacewalpole #gothicfiction #gothicnovel #gothicliterature #englishliterature #horror #otranto #italy #puglia #italia #italian #medieval #history #medievalcastle #ottoman #massacre #academic #bookstagram #bookish #spookynerd #books #bookworm #gothicist  https://www.instagram.com/p/B3oFW7mAZfy/?igshid=190xphasljbax

[becadroit]

Day 4 #thehistoryoflove #nicolekrauss Challenged by @anemone.symphony #7booksin7days . . 📚 📚 📚 📚. #bookcovers #books #covers #disturbthisbook #redactedpoetry https://www.instagram.com/p/B3kcHual03G/?igshid=f3hb7dud4rf6

[becadroit]

Day 2. #windinthewillows Challenged by @anemone.symphony #7booksin7days . 📚 📚 📚 📚 #bookcovers #books #covers #umbertoeco #disturbthisbook #redactedpoetry https://www.instagram.com/p/B3fwYtSFfdG/?igshid=1x7twe54bc856

[generallygothic]

#7booksin7days 📚 Day 7 | Book 7: Having highlighted the general history of the gothic literary tradition over the last 6 "days"*, I will end this challenge with my current read: 'Suttree' (1979), by Cormac McCarthy. Born in 1933 in America, McCarthy writes across genres including Western, post-apocalyptic, and Southern Gothic. 'Suttree' was selected for a group buddy read, organised by @axe_for_frozen_sea, so I'm ~actually~ not going to say anything specific about it - for fear of spoiling it and for lack of knowledge so early on in the narrative. All I will say is that it is pure poetry; McCarthy twists, turns, breaks, and reappropriates language, creating images beautiful, bleak, and unsettling in their proximity to what we're used to reading. I'd read that 'Suttree' is semi-autobiographical, and Southern Gothic, but the latter is clear from the very first paragraph (pictured above; I'll add a close up in stories). 🍂: As we creep ever closer to Halloween, a personal tradition of mine is to gather natural objects & bring outdoor autumn in (as evidenced by the multitudinous pinecones gathering round to see what I'm reading) 🌍💚. 🤔: What are you doing to prepare? (* I've broken pretty much all the rules - I've not always posted covers, I added full-length captions and, I know, I took more than 7 days... Thanks for bearing with! If you fancy playing along, whether I've specifically invited you or not - all are welcome! - I encourage you to break whichever rules make it more fun, or manageable, to join in, too.) . #generallygothic #gothic #thetradtionofterror #terror #horror #gothicfiction #gothicliterature #englishliterature #americanliterature #cormacmccarthy #suttree #southerngothic #southerngothicliterature #buddyread #readinggroup #academic #spookynerd #halloween #tradition #fall #autumn #nature #pinecone #kindle #bookstagram #books #bookquote #literary #bookworm https://www.instagram.com/p/B3dbjBbAUvc/?igshid=3hny58js6x9m

[becadroit]

Day 1. Challenged by @anemone.symphony #7booksin7days 📚 📚 📚 📚 #bookcovers #books #covers #umbertoeco #disturbthisbook #redactedpoetry https://www.instagram.com/p/B3cvhaVFIez/?igshid=8ncrkomf01kl

[generallygothic]

#7booksin7days * 📚 Day 4 | Book 4 Died this day, 1849 (b. 1809) the first true author of the American Gothic, Edgar Allan Poe. The book pictured is actually a collection of essays by H. P. Lovecraft; in terms of Poe's most influential or seminal Gothic text... I'm torn! It's impossible to ignore the place of 'The Raven' (1845) within the history of poetry, or 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' (1841) as the birth of the detective story, or 'The Fall of the House of Usher' (1839), or 'The Masque of the Red Death' (1842)...! But my very first taste of the Gothic, around the age of 7, was 'The Tell-Tale Heart' (1943); it forever holds a place in my own, and it really is incredibly good. 🔗: I have 3 blog posts on Poe at generallygothic.com/blog - 'A Brief and Tragic Biography', 'Dissecting The Tell-Tale Heart', and 'Gustave Doré’s Illustrated Poe'. There's a link to the last(, which contains links to the first two at the end) in my bio. 👉: Head to stories to read what Lovecraft wrote about our dearly beloved Poe. 🤔: Does anyone else doodle on their books, or is it just me?! And look: I took Poe out amongst the pumpkins; am I a real bookstagrammer now? 🏷️: @posthumous.dreams and @spookyfiendsbc, fancy joining in and sharing #7booksin7days (no pressure!)? *Or 8 days, or however many damn days it takes me! . #generallygothic #gothic #thetraditionofterror #terror #horror #horrorfiction #gothicliterature #gothicnovel #gothicfiction #edgarallanpoe #poe #americangothic #americanliterature #literaryhistory #thetelltaleheart #theraven #murdersintheruemorgue #thefallofthehouseofusher #themasqueofthereddeath #shortstories #weirdfiction #hplovecraft #criticaltheory #literarytheory #bookstagram #spookynerd #books #pumpkin https://www.instagram.com/p/B3V64juAHeT/?igshid=134tbpl1f8v8e