Stopped by Value Village yesterday. Glad I did:

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Been kinda busy. The CREEPS BY NIGHT, by the way, is a 1931 horror anthology edited by Dashiell Hammett.

sfear, I have to ask (because I'm incredibly nosy): how many books do you read in a week?

Not as much as I like. I'm a collector reader (meaning I buy more than I'll ever be able to read) and have been building my collection, by now some would call it a library if I had it organized, since 1965 or '66. Can't help myself. It might even be a disease. But it makes me happy.

You know, if it makes you happy, who cares? Unless your house looks like an episode of "Hoarders", then that's a different story. :D

Ain't that bad...yet.

Interesting post...I've read a few of those posted and a few others have given me some nice ideas.

Even though I've got about 600 books on my NOOK, I have probably double that in Hardbacks & Paperbacks. The NOOK I take to work or on trips so I don't have to carry multiple books or worry if it's raining and getting them wet. At home though I usually read "real" books. It makes me happy to know others still read real books as well.

Not going to knock ebooks or anything but I'm a solid paper person when it comes to books (I want my tomb lined with tomes). I book hunt all the time, thrill of the chase and all that I suppose.:)

I love the accessibility that the ebooks offer, but I"m old school when it comes to my reads. I'll eventually pick one up so that i can read ebook exclusives and start reading in to newer authors with the inability to publish in print.

I book hunt all the time too, if you haven't checked out any library sales give them a look. A lot of ebay fanatics always seem to snatch up some of the rarer things, but I never walk out without a months worth of good reads.

Oh, I never pass up a library book sale if I can avoid it. We've got a big bi-annual sale coming up later in the month. Been patiently waitin' and savin'. Library's also got a freebie shelf (several actually) I try to check at least once a week. Earlier today, well yesterday as it's Sunday now, I found THE COLLECTED STORIES OF KATHERINE ANN PORTER and a book about WWI generals called THE SWORDBEARERS by Correlli Barnett.

I know what you mean, I have the same hobby/disease, lol. As long as we're happy right. :D

while were talking about our book lifes,id say that im a collector but never get at most about 8 behind in my slowly growing libary.Id only buy a book a month unless i go to a market or something and find good stuff.mainly coz i only get through a book within a monthI also rearly pay over 5 bux nz for a book which is allgood coz new books and new versions of books allways seem to have big writing(i suppose so they dont have to another version for eye problem people)and are big books to hold.i dont mind the old style little ones ,usually have cheesey art work on the cover too..cant stand e books,only one i ever got was off tim miller off this forum,coz it was free.and finally i dont find stephen kings books very scary at all,good writer,but not a scary one,and worse is guys who try and imitate him

I love older paperbacks especially with "cheesey" artwork. The cheesier the better, but I mean that in a good way. How some covers get picked nowadays is beyond my ability to explain or understand.

To each there own, I happen to find King very scary at times and feel that most modern horror writers and there works are heavily influenced by him, just like most are heavily influenced by Lovecraft as well. Lately it has been Lovecraft that writers (especially of the bizarro fiction) are imitating.

Ive read alot of King...
I loved some books, and i hated some of his others.
Favorites are probably...The Stand
Eyes of the Dragon
The Gunslinger
Wizard and Glass
The Shining
Insomnia
The Talisman
The Long Walk

Haven't been a huge fan of his newer works...but am crossing my fingers before i read Wind through the Keyhole

You named a few of my favorites: The Stand, The Shining, The Talisman, Insomnia, and the two Dark Tower books. I would add to that IT, Pet Semetary, Salem's Lot, Misery, Gerald's Game, Bag of Bones, Needful Things, Different Seasons, From a Buick 8 (I know, everyone hated it but I loved it!), Full Dark No Stars, Four Past Midnight, Duma Key, Cell, Dreamcatcher, Desperation, The Green Mile, Just After Sunset, Everything's Eventual, Hearts in Atlantis, Night Shift, Skeleton Crew, and the rest of The Dark Tower books. Of course, that's just me. :)

The Mist has long been one of my favorites... I remember the first time I read it in The Skeleton Crew when I was 11. I've probably re-read it a dozen times since then.

And on the thread: my latest acquisition was 11/22/63, though that was a couple of months ago. Looking for a new read now.

Anything in particular that you are looking for?

I swear several years ago I read something about King retiring. Do I need a new dictionary?

He did mention it after the accident, but when you have an imagination like his, how can you really retire?

Here's my latest:

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I figured something like that. Probably ponificating from a moment of weakness, but as you suggest he's not qualified to retire. Probably wishes now he hadn't said anything but as good as King is even he can't unring a bell once he tolls it. Personally I'm glad he's still writing. I change my mind about a lot of things. Wow, this page is really big.

I have this theory that when King passes, we will continue to get novels that he has squirreled away for at least ten years after his death. He has talked about his "trunk novels" for years and we have seen some of them come to fruition (Blaze, Under the Dome). He discussed this idea in Bag of Bones, Mike Noonan was publishing his trunk novels because he had writer's block. I think it is a pretty well founded theory.

Great idea. Didn't King find a "trunk novel" written by his Dad before he took off for parts unknown?

Not really, aside from a good, quality horror read. I tend to like individual novels versus, say, series (even Stephen King, for some reason... I could never get into the Dark Tower), and tend to like horror that veers more into the supernatural or sci-fi-ish, but other than that, pretty open to suggestions.

Great bunch of books by the way. Gonna keep my eye open for GHOULS OF THE MISKATONIC and SILVER SCREAM. Never seen those before and they look cool.

Just today.
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Horror Books with a supernatural or sci-fi edge:
The Fury by John Farris
The Dark Fantastic by Ed Gorman
Dark Hollow by Brian Keene
The Ceremonies by T.E.D. Klein
The Return by Bentley Little
Cold Moon Over Babylon by Michael McDowell
Hell House by Richard Matheson
Crimson & Strange Magic by Gord Rollo
Summer of Night & Song of Kali by Dan Simmons
A Dark Matter by Peter Straub
The Bridge, The Scream, and The Cleanup by John Skipp & Craig Spector

Today's find.
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why havnt i been noitified by e mail for this thread???thers been like ten posts since i last posted and no notification.........anyway AWSOME scores bob

ramsey campbell ,the doll that ate his mother ...or something
and a kim newman book..cant remember the title,still waiting for them to arrive in the mail

Thanks, I've been looking for that Anne Rivers Siddons book for awhile now. I've already read Vampire$ but it is so good I had to own a copy.

I haven't read that Campbell book yet, I believe it is one of his first novels. The only book of Newman's that I know is Anno Dracula but I know he wrote a lot more

it wasnt anno dracula coz i think thats like a series?and just wanted a solo novel to find out what kims like

hav you read campbells hungry moon only other campbell iv read and really rated it

rated it or hated it? No, I haven't read it yet.

...........................rated

OK, I have to ask, what does that mean, you "really rated it"?

Rated it high or low? The Campbell books I've read were fantastic, IMO (Coldprint, The Face That Must Die, Dark Companions). Hope you enjoy The Doll Who Ate His Mother.

haha,i actually asked my partner if that was the right word to use before i posted that,obviously she was WRONG
i meant i thought it was a fucking awsome book

Haha, language barriers can be fun.

Library book sale today. Fifty cents each.

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No horror or sf I needed this time around. Except for the Verne, that is.

LOL. I guess my girlfriend might like these, not only does she like old books, some from the victorian era, like jane austin books and stuff like that, but also she is a mass murder, serial killer nut. Loves everything about it!