Wolf Gift Countdown:February 14th, 2012 Vampire/Mummy Month: December 2011 Anne Rice Book-signings: A Very Real Possibility As we all impatiently..patiently await the release of Anne Rice’s “Wolf Gift,” many fans are probably speculating about potential book signings. Normally, publishers devise some kind of promotional tour for authors in promotion of their recent book. It is all…

Note to Readers of “A Bibliophile’s Reverie” I’ve been struggling to juggle all the tasks that must be completed before the end of my semester. Once I get to the blog, all my creative energy is expended. Since, I want my posts be high quality and not the product of a lack of inspiration: I’m…

A Bibliophile’s Reverie’s “Countdown to “The Wolf Gift” Begins Tomorrow…    On Valentine’s Day, during the year of the impending 2012 apocalypse, Anne Rice plans to release a book which features werewolves for she has decided once again to move onto to a new cosmology with a new breed of enigmatic creatures. In lieu of…

Never Enough Every occurrence of writingMakes me feel abashedFor I have to shed some unexpressed feelings andWeave them into a poetic tapestry that isBoth beguiling and bewildering After my hands leave the keyboard andThe Poem lies in finished formBefore my dispirited eyesI can only feel pain thatNow everyone can discern past theEnticing metaphors andSee directly into my core Writing should be a…

Through the Narrow Gate With a stuttered heart and a careful exhalation of this fragile breath I beheld my dead aunt with these lifeless eyes Tears trickled down my marble cheeks Then, I carefully sniffled To recapture my lost breath For, I’m not ready to lie motionless Before so many fear stricken faces  and Pretend…

Link to other blog: Agnostic Inner Sanctum (Click the brilliant Rembrandt painting below!) I’m posting this if you’re interested in reading posts from my other blog:: The Agnostic Inner Sanctum. Earlier this year, I separated the more religious posts from the literary ones because some people find honest religious discussion disconcerting. My other blog is…

Anne Rice’s fans have requested me to conduct a survey to determine which of Anne Rice’s heart-throbs is their favorite. The three choices are Matt Bomer, Richard Armitage, and that damned, elusive “Scarlett Beckett!” You can only vote once so take great care in choosing. Soon enough, the results will be sent to Anne Rice…

Anne Rice’s Facebook Social Club (Formerly unpublished article)   Author’s Note:  For some time, I’ve been hanging unto this unpublished article from my Journalism class. For some reason, many newspapers never showed any inkling of interest within this article. Since, I don’t think it deserves to remain hidden after all the effort put into it;…

Anne Rice’s “Wolf Gift” is being released February 14th, 2012 just in time for the 2012 Apocalypse!!      Whether Anne Rice is a strategist or not, she seems to be acutely aware of the waning vampire craze and the increasing popularity of werewolves. Or, she might have finally succumbed to that inner artistic desire to write…

Unorthodox Fairy Tale: Note: During the progress of writing this poem, I kept applying the wrong gender pronouns to each character. Thus, if there is a mistake, it is completely unintentional.  Once upon a time Within an idyllic kingdom That bordered the other Kingdoms That suffered from the plague of serfdom Lived the least masculine…

Life’s Paradox In the beginning, I was bewildered by the Concepts of the Heaven and the Earth But mostly, I was scared stiff Of this voice that spoke within my head Where was me before this initial awakening? Is everything so grandiose yet so purposeless only when I think it so? Whether 12,34,54,76… I still…

Grave Expectations Simon and Schuster graciously  provided me a complimentary copy of this book. Thanks to them for this, even if my review is not exactly positive!! From the outset, I was really curious about this book because its an example of a rising trend of authors rewriting certain classical works as supernatural thrillers. As I began…