{"id":693,"date":"2017-04-03T22:45:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T02:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/?p=693"},"modified":"2017-04-03T22:45:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T02:45:34","slug":"5-reasons-why-i-love-amphigorey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/uncategorized\/5-reasons-why-i-love-amphigorey\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons Why I Love Amphigorey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have <strong>loved<\/strong> <em>Amphigorey<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s why:<\/p>\n<p>1. Reading these short, illustrated stories was the highlight of my weekend. I cruised through the entire book without realizing it had only taken me a whopping 30minutes.<\/p>\n<p>2. The\u00a0stories are so extremely odd &#8211; it&#8217;s amazing. Kind of reminds me of <em>A Series of Unfortunate Events<\/em>, however, a bit more non sequitur in logic.<\/p>\n<p>3. The surreal\/gothic\/dark humor vibe appeals to me&#8230; and honestly, I couldn&#8217;t tell you why.<\/p>\n<p>4. The varied\u00a0styles of illustration, the different fonts, &amp; the wide range of plots&#8230; all these things make Edward Gorey seem like the jack-of-all-trades.<\/p>\n<p>5. &#8220;The Listing Attic&#8221; was my favorite story&#8230; The randomness and the rhyme unite into something unforgettable to me.<\/p>\n<p>Have other people enjoyed the book as well?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have loved Amphigorey. Here&#8217;s why: 1. Reading these short, illustrated stories was the highlight of my weekend. I cruised through the entire book without realizing it had only taken me a whopping 30minutes. 2. The\u00a0stories are so extremely odd &#8211; it&#8217;s amazing. Kind of reminds me of A Series of Unfortunate Events, however, a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/uncategorized\/5-reasons-why-i-love-amphigorey\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;5 Reasons Why I Love Amphigorey&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":694,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions\/694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}