karen russell's "st. lucy's home for girls raised by wolves"

and

david j. skal's "the monster show"

Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson

Creation in Death ~ J.D. Robb

George Orwell's Animal Farm.

The Begotten- Lisa T.Bergren

The Complete Idiot's Guide to: Cleaning

The Raw Food Detox Diet-Natalia Rose (Jesus, this shit is complicated...how about a Dummy book for THIS one??)

i've also been thumbing through a book occasionally that's a lot of fun. it's called weird u.s. and it's just filled with all the weird tourist trap/haunted/unbelievable crap we have here in the states. it would be a blast to plan a trip around some of this stuff.

I just started reading Jaws. It's very different from the movie, in that it is more adult-oriented. I'm not saying the movie is geared toward children. But, the movie didn't have much swear words, sexual innuendo, or gore in it. The book has all of these. I still love the movie, but the book is catching my attention.

Nineteen Eighty Four By George Orwell.

One of the very few cases that I thought the movie was far better than the book it was based on, the characters weren't nearly as sympathetic, and I think the writing is very weak. It was interesting to read and compare the two, for sure. But I never picked up another Benchley book.

If you are on an Orwell binge, try get a copy of keep the Aspidistra flying, It's my favorite of his novels...

Cool, thanks for the recommendation I'll pick up a copy.

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Clive Barker: CABAL

By the Time You Read This by Giles Blunt

Less Than Zero

Good book
I have a hardcopy of this BEFORE the movie came out and it is WELL worn:)

The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen

i like to read a bunch at once:

alice's adventures in wonderland/through the looking-glass
one hundred violent films that changed cinema
the complete tales and poems of edgar allen poe (leatherbound and gold-edged pages! a favorite!)

Glamorama.

completed all of the Laymon now reading Barkers Everville. Extensive imagination and plenty of twists - perhaps a little too much storytelling for my taste but inly 1/3 way thru - may get gorier?

Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. Ross

Mother! The Frank Zappa Story.

The Mephisto Club ~Tess Gerritsen

still reading "the Spear of Destiny" by Trevor Ravenscroft. it's a supposedly true book about how Hitler got hold of the Spear of Longinus (the spear which, supposedly again, pierced the side of Christ) and attempted to use its power to conquer the world. apparently the spear has some sort of supernatural powers. it also delves into a bunch of "grail theory" type stuff and even some alchemy.

it's a very heady read, and one that I am taking slow so that I can really grasp all of the concepts that are discussed.

Off Season by Jack Ketchum

The Screenwriter's Workbook By: Syd Field.

Allies of the night by darren shan

House of Leaves ~ Mark Z. Danielewski

Just finished Everything is Illuminated. Good/weird read.

CRIMSON ORGY by Austin Williams. Great book about a low-budget horror flick back in the sixties that a lot of people think may have been the first real snuff film ever. Really entertaining story, very suspenseful and scary. I recommend it to just about anyone.

Anybody read the CLAPTON book.....thinking of getting it

welcome to the world baby girl by fannie flagg (still... i stopped reading it for a while and it stayed onto of one of my speakers for a while)

I just recently finished "The Power of One". Novel about South Africa, boxing, and coming of age. It was very good, highly recommended.

A book about Hiroshima for school.

The Apocalypse Reader – an anthology about the end of the world. Tons of big names: Poe, Lovecraft, Oates, Evenson, Gaiman, Link, Lutz, but somehow it’s not quite connecting for me.

Sam

The Book of the Dead. Great book on the history of zombie cinema.

The Gravedigger's Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates

I'm trying to read Swan Song by Robert McCammon and I just cant seem to get into it.Can anyone tell me "Does it get any better"? It is awful boring to me,but I'm only in maybe the third chapter.:confused:

I've heard others criticize McCammon for his rather slow pace in setting the story, but I think this is a good technique to immerse the reader and provide tension. "Stinger" gave me similar trepidation, however, McCammon is quite good, so stick with it.

On a different note, I started Clive Barker's "The Great and Secret Show" last night. It's not all that scary, but Barker's writing is addicting.

I just read it a few weeks ago. Classic Vonnegut.