Check out The Light at the End as well. It's too bad Skipp and Spector don't seem to be writing anymore. They were two of the very few "splatterpunks" that were actually worth reading.

ah - the other 2 are Rock This (Chris Rock)
and a 3 in one book compilation by woody allen which i wont be able to finish because it is way too repetative to be funny.

this guy was all about 'random' back in the day - it's just so dated and repetative now.

I found it really dry and hard going - just as well it had all the hype before it was published to ensure it was a best seller cos it wouldn't have got there on its own.

Try "Vrolok" Nolene-Patricia Dougan - much much better historically. She weaves actual historical events and characters into her fiction. Her research is obvious but yet its never dry or boring. Let me know what you think of it.

Vrolok? Ok I try to find it when I'll finish Chaman. It's not bad (for a best seller) but nothing special. My problem it's just when I start to read a book I have to finish (no matter is it's something like "The Historian")

I'm the same I just can't give up on a book no matter what.

As for Vrolok I saw an article in the Californian Chronicle about it and they called the author the "new Anne Rice". Its similarity to "The Historian" ends with the fact that it is a twist on the Dracula myth.

"Vrolok" however is a much more pacey read as it centres on the characters in the book and any historical references compliment the plot instead of stalling it.

Ps The Californian Chronicle article refered me to Amazon.com to buy it and its also on the Amazon.co.uk site if that's easier for you.

Read it and let me know what you think - I love discovering "new" authors the so called bestsellers seem to just churn out books for the sake of it sometimes.

The Silent Strength of Stones. It's pretty good and the author is local:)

Right now I'm reading James Clavell's Tai Pan. He's one of my favorite authors. Shogun is one of my top three favorite books of all time.

Maximum Ride - James Patterson - dross - finished it in two goes had great potential just never fulfilled it.

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i just added to more to my pile ..

some heroic fantasy book i just got called Swordsman of MArs and a canadian rocker bio by Greg Goddovitch (which is pretty damn good)

The Book of Werewolves

Riotous Assembly by Tom Sharpe

Dead Witch Walking
by Kim Harrison

Neil Gaiman's Stardust.


pretty entertaining so far ..

Battle Royale

I really need to see this movie too. Is it true that GoGo from KillBill is in this?

I just finished Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt. Really awesome book. I like the way he wrote it in his brogue....it's funny and sad at the same time.

and finished it last night ..
a very quick read ... entertaining adult fairy-tale

i'd be interested in seeing how they film this one..

Colin Harrison "The Havana room"


Didn´t give me much really. Waaaay to slow going for my taste, without any big climaxes, surprises or strong enough plot to save it in the end. Disappointing.

Salem's Lot. I read it probably once a year.

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The Cat Who Turned On and Off by Lilian Jackson Braun

I've recently discovered these books - I'm completely hooked on them!

oh shit ... i got rid of a bunch of these in the 1st batch i took in for credit ..

there are at least 4 mystery authors that feature cats in the titles of their books now ... thats a weird sub genre.

"The Kite Runner"

I never considered that you might have them in your collection. Oh well, my loss!

Who are the other authors? These books actually have the cats in their stories, they're two of the main characters. Well, obviously you know that since you had the books, duh! :p

The Whalestoe Letters;
Interesting, and I liked it. It was cool how through the letters of a single woman, we can establish the characters of three other people effectively.

And since it was so short, I read NOES: Suffer the Children alongside of it. Got about half-way through. Might keep reading, might not. It's not that well written, or special, but I like the transitions from one character to another during the various dream sequences. It seems better then the movie sequels, at least.

Now I'm going to churn through House of Leaves and Glamorama - both books I am very eager to read.

Anyone read House of Leaves? Looks amazingly thought-out and deep.

I also have a small SK collection, the only ones I'm interested in are the Dark Tower series. I have the first two, worth a read?

i never read them ! just bought them to sell .. cant remember the other authors now .. shouldnt be too hard to find though by googling mystery and cat ..

female mystery authors love gimmicks ..

there's another one who names all of the books after pubs, and another (sue grafton) who uses a letter of the alphabet ..

there's a lot more too .. everyone looking for a niche market .

You know, The Dark Tower series was weird, and not what I expected at all, but I would say they're worth checking out because the last thing they are is predictable. Some of the imagery was pretty powerful.

Agree with that. No scene logically leads onto the next but somehow its seems to work.

Interesting characters, even if they do accept the fucked up nature of things a little too readily.

Yeah, the surrealism is pretty strong, kind of like a weird dream that you had once. What you do in dreams often doesn't make sense either, but you can never seem to stop yourself.

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House of Leaves is an amazing book. Most horror novels don't impress me that much anymore, but I have to say that this book was nothing if not impressive. I realize that House of Leaves is only kinda sorta a "horror" novel, but it's the label that fits more than any other.

So have you read to the end yet? I'd love to hear your theories on just what was really going on.

I've only gotten past a few chapters in a previous attempt at reading it, but put it down a for while since then. I'm going to go back and re-read those sections and continue, so I guess you could say I just started. Will definately post my thoughts after finishing, though. :)

creepers by david morrell i liked it alot 8/10

Getting ready to start "Wicked" by Gregory Maguire

Right now I am reading the stand complete and uncut, and man is it long. After that Watchers by Dean Koontz

I just finished In the Flesh by Clive Barker.....a first edition printing from the local used book store for 5.00...it was a pretty interesting read, I found the original story the movie Candyman was based on. Still, I didn't like it as much as some of his other work....Books of Blood volume one had better stories overall in my opinion.

i'm about 5 stories into a 'best of lovecraft' compilation.

i appreciate the guy but he uses a lot of the same plot/structure devices over and over again.

its starting to read like Creepy/Tales From the Crypt a little too much when he gets away from the chulthutootooramalamadingdong mythos.

a little of thats a good thing .. but not so great in large doses .. too samey.

I don't wanna make a new thread just for this one simple query so I'll ask it here.



Haven't read a book in awhile, started a couple that didn't really catch my interest, so I'm looking for suggestions. I'd like something horror, psychological, mystery but anything really interesting will do.

Have you ever read any of the Saint-Germain books by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro? They're very good. I can send you a list of the titles, just let me know and I'll pm them to you.

I just finished the first three "Cat Who" books by Lilian Jackson Braun. They're excellent! They're murder mysteries - I was not able to figure out who the murderer was.

Horror, psychological, mystery? Sounds like Peter Straub's "Blue Rose" trilogy would work for you. In order, the books are Mystery, Koko, and The Throat. I usually don't get into mystery type books, but this series is great.