Lunch with H.P. Lovecraft

For the most part we spend our breaks and lunches on our phones or reading books. 

Since I began work at the lab I've finished the Sherrilyn Kenyon dark-hunters series and then moved onto some Piers Anthony. I read all of the Incarnations of Immortality books at work and some of the Xanth series. 

Now I'm onto H.P. Lovecraft. I love imaginative and thought provoking stories that keep my interest, probably because I read a lot of news articles and too many sad and true stories that are our reality.

The dark-hunters books are full of mythology, mysteries, comedic moments, and heroics. Sherrilyn Kenyon also has a very special talent of creating these really absorbing tales in which every story has a seriously yummy guy character. We're talking all the things a girl could ask for in a guy. 

If you're not really into the guy of the book you're currently reading check out the next because she pretty much covers every personality type. These heroes are always ripped and handsome, but most importantly for me they are usually from ancient times, so they have the whole 

Spartacus/warrior/soldier/god/badass feel. If you haven't noticed yet hunky heroic men is something we discuss a lot at 4LadiesandaBeaker. :)

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I really couldn't say enough about the Incarnations of Immortality books. Basically these are stories told in the perspective of entities such as death, time, and fate. I thought they were amazing and always kept me wondering. 

These books are immensely creative and always interweaving into one another. Piers Anthony clearly has a fondness for nature which shows brilliantly especially with "In a Tangled Skein" and "Being a Green Mother." 

Each story attracted my attention in its own way, however "In a Tangled Skein" was by far my favorite, and I think it's precisely because it has the closest ties to the natural world and to conservation. 

I could see their little cottage in the woods, and feel myself in the wetlands with a deep love for the water oak and the hamadryad. Every time I would put my book away I would crave more, and would think the rest of the day on the choices or issues posed in these novels.

Recently I began this monstrosity of a book. Really it's an arm workout hauling this book from home and work. 

Normally I'm the kind of girl that carries a novel in her purse for awkward situations like doctor's office waiting rooms and DMV lines, but there's no way that's happening with this book. 

I'm so glad I grabbed the annotated version though because it has all these added tidbits of information that really explains a lot more about the author and his times.

So far The Festival has been one of my favorites out of the few stories I've read. I've just started Call of Cthulhu and already my mind is blown by all the things Lovecraft has spurred by his weird tales!

I love the cover art of this book. It's creepy but illusive just like his stories.

I've never seen the Re-animator movie, and though I was somewhat familiar with the premise already, reading this story gave me chills. 

I admittedly do not normally like even walking past or seeing a morgue and definitely not a dead body. I'll always have a weak stomach for those kind of things. 

The characters in the story almost maddeningly crave the chance to find a fresh body. Unsettling but again I couldn't put it down. 

 I attached this little snippet of text because I had to laugh when I read it all. :)