Top Ten Scary Movies:
1. The Orphanage -- this is a tie with 2.
2. The Others
3. The Shining
4. Rosemary’s Baby
5. Ghost Story (not total terror, but a great story)
6. Carrie
7. Pet Sematary
8. Blair Witch Project (I know, I know. But I was scared!)
9. Amityville Horror
10. Seven
Top Ten Hang-out Spots (In your hometown or Little Bly)
Five in Little Bly:
The RickRack on Wednesday and Friday nights when it's easy carding
Sunshine Cleaners (when Sebastian is about to go off-shift)
The Mud Hut, for the huge Cobb salads and sweet iced-tea
Jessie Feathering’s house—before Jessie died. She threw crazy parties.
The lighthouse opposite Skylark. Remote, romantic.
Five in my town (Brooklyn)
Either of the Tazzas – on Atlantic Ave or Clark Street. One word: cupcakes.
My house -- seriously, come over. Though it's usually got sticky three-year-olds running around.
BookCourt -- enthusiast booksellers, amazing readings, lots o' seats.
Anywhere along the Promenade -- you can see the NYC skyline and Statue of Liberty and right now 3000 tulips are in bloom.
BAM -- Brooklyn Academy of Music always has something weird and wild going on.
Top Ten Favorite Songs:
Kids -- MGMT
Bigmouth Strikes Again – The Smiths
All These Things That I’ve Done – The Killers
Australia –The Shins
Bring It On Home to Me – Sam Cooke
Creep – Radiohead
Hook – Blues Travelor
L’amoureuse – Carla Bruni
Mexican Radio – Wall of Voodoo
Perfect Day – Lou Reed
Tighter
By: Adele Griffin
Synopsis:
When 17-year-old Jamie arrives on the idyllic New England island of Little Bly to work as a summer au pair, she is stunned to learn of the horror that precedes her. Seeking the truth surrounding a young couple's tragic deaths, Jamie discovers that she herself looks shockingly like the dead girl—and that she has a disturbing ability to sense the two ghosts. Why is Jamie's connection to the couple so intense? What really happened last summer at Little Bly? As the secrets of the house wrap tighter and tighter around her, Jamie must navigate the increasingly blurred divide between the worlds of the living and the dead.
Brilliantly plotted, with startling twists, here is a thrilling page-turner from the award-winning Adele Griffin.
