Rainy Day Reads

I put Shirley Jackson on the bingo chart because I have heard so many good things about her writing on Booktube, but I had never really heard about her before. I picked “We Have Always Lived in the Castle” because that was the one that seemed to pop up every time someone mentioned Shirley Jackson.   The book starts with a presentation of the narrator, Mary Katherine Blackwood or Merricat. She tells us that she is 18 and that she lives with her sister, and that everyone else in the family is dead. It turns out that the rest of the family except the two sisters and their aging uncle was killed by arsenic in the food 6 years ago. Her sister Constance was put on trial for it, but nothing was proved, and now they all three live together in the house. The villagers all bully the family and Mary Katherine is the only one who goes out. I can’t tell you much more about the plot without ruining it for you, as I really think you should go in as blind as possible.  Througho...