What a gorgeous post this is! Is this the first viewing you've offered of those awesome photos you took of the plantation? Those trees are just amazing!

One of the genres I like a lot is true crime, but I haven't read a true crime book in quite awhile.

I've never had a favorite true crime author, but one book that I read had to do with this teen boy who imagined himself to be a vampire. He formed a cult-like club of other teens, and then he and some of his cult members murdered the parents of one of the girls who was attracted to him and was also in his cult.

That's how I first heard about Anne Rice, due to the subject of the book, she had been mentioned in the book as a writer about vampires. I haven't read any of her books however.

I've read some Stephen King. Poe was the one I almost included, as he has occupied a piece of my mind ever since I heard him described in class by an elementary school teacher of mine. She painted quite the picture of Mr. Poe in my mind, and his words have done the rest. Definitely one of the all-time greats!