Are you using sales to judge artistic merit and critical reception? What is this in reference to?

Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. for like the 5th time now. its a classic. Dean Koontz Frankenstein wasent that bad. it was worth a read. i just dont want to read all the other ones hes going to come out with.

HA! that made me laugh. HA. there i did it again.
*cough*

It's no Regulators, but it's pretty good.

i do like king. but he just doesnt do it for me. its just not enough for me. and its to much little shit i dont care about. but i loved cell. cause of how it started right away. and pet semtary was awesome. i loved it. but once again a lot could have been cut out.
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is one of my favorites ever.

The Uses of Haiti by Paul Farmer, 1994/2006. A sad little tale of how the the first black country in the western hemisphere was so used and abused by the powers that be. Ashe.
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Somebody's researching for a script.

Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer

FANTASTIC, lush, and colorful book... I need to pick that one up again (I was reading it for a while but put it down because I didn't put enough time into it to remember characters' names) - it's incredibly engaging and one of my boyfriend's favorites.

Ooooooooooo. Let me know how that is. I'm going through a bit of a vampire phase at the moment...

Just finished:

• You Suck: A Love Story by Christopher Moore - Cute and fun. The writing bothered me a bit toward the beginning, but by the end I was definitely enjoying it. What a fun light summer read. Would make a cool movie if done by the right person.
• Twilight by Stephanie Meyer - Nothing more than a seventeen romance story (it took them 300 pages to get to the first kiss and then the "villain" is introduced on page 400 and dealt with by page 460), but a guilty pleasure nonetheless. I'm actually excited to read the next one. :o

I tried reading the first Sookie Stackhouse novel, Dead Until Dark, by Charlene Harris, but I thought that the writing was so pedestrian that I had to put it down. Hate to say it, but I think that True Blood the series is better than the books.

At the beginning of the summer I read The Robber Bride, by Margaret Atwood, which was simply amazing. An incredible character piece surrounding three women and how they lives are impacted by another woman, Xenia. Beautifully written. I've already loaned/bought it for a few people I know.

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And to continue with the vampire theme, I am reading Interview with the Vampire for the first time. Pretty psyched to get through this. Maybe I'll read Salem's Lot again - Definitely a good little vampire book.

Lined up I have Blood Sucking Fiends: A Love Story by Christopher Moore, which should be fun as well.

The Strain turned out to be a three star beach read kinda thing. I think Chuck Hogan holds del Toro back.

Halfway through Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. Pretty solid.

Finished Dan Chaon’s Await Your Reply, which turned out to be a tremendous novel with horror overtones. Fans of Shirley Jackson’s James Harris stories, as well as those who dig the stranger murder ballads, will find things to like here. It’s a really unsettling book about identity and patterns in lives. Well worth reading.

I’m now a few pages into Michel Houellebecq’s The Possibility of an Island.

Sam

The Call of the Wild, by Jack London

White Fang, by Jack London

Finished Shutter Island. Nice story.

I'm reading World War Z by Max Brooks

awesome book

waiting......... for Dead Until Dark by:Charlaine Harris to come in at the library
I've been waiting for it for over 2 weeks....but I knew I would.....books are allowed our for like a month at a time.

"Ghost Sword" is a book im reading, translated form Japanese so you might not be familiar with it. Overall great book. Anything that originated from japan usually beats anything on the scare factor.

AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS by H.P. Lovecraft (Ballantine, 1974, bizarre John Holmes cover).

PM me your address and I'll send you my copy (seriously - I'm not a creep I promise). I wasn't a huge fan and I feel bad asking my boyfriend to buy it for me after having read only a little bit of it. Then you can let me know whether or not it's worth getting through.

Cool painting. Is that from a book cover?

It's actually by one of my favorite artists, Ray Caesar. He's definitely twisted and ridiculously talented. You can check out his stuff here:

http://www.raycaesar.com/work

I started a thread about him a while ago where I posted a few of my favorite works of his. Check it out. Enjoy! :)

http://horror.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32215

Have two on the go right now:

Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography by Victoria Price

The Actor Speaks: Voice and the Performer by Patsy Rodenburg

Human Natures by Paul Ehrlich (2000). Finally someone that seems willing to end the debate of nature vs nurture by combining these two in regards to what shapes human nature. Ashe.
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Thanks for the links. Yeah, I really like his borderline creepy/kinky view of the world around him. Makes my brainstem twang like a jew's harp.

Tom Rob Smith "The Secret Speech"

William Shatner : Star Trek Memories

a lot of fun. Shatner has a lot of humor in his books - always entertaining (and informative)

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hmmmm , im reading ummmmmm jim getting down and dirty with pam

Blade: Playing Dead by Tim Bowler
A psychological thriller about a fourteen year old boy running away from goons who want to capture him. Interesting POV narrative, but it could be a bit more interesting.
Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkein
It's not a horror or thriller, but hey, you asked me what I was reading.

Mister B Gone- Clive Barker

Might be his worst work ever.
Devoid of shock and horror, I wasn't pulled emotionally into this story at all.
The references to babies-very unnecessary.
It took me a whole week to finish it and I was very glad when it was finally done, good thing I only paid 3 bucks for this in the bargain bin.


Strange Candy- Laurell K. Hamilton
Collection of short stories

eh.
Filled in carpool lane time and waiting for soccer practice to end:rolleyes:

Both of these suck so bad. Try some Mc Cammon if you haven't already.

Any particular titles?

My favorite of his is They Thirst.

Right now I'm reading Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

I'll check it out, THX:)

I saw a shitload of Harris books on sale at BOM, might pick up some of those too;)

Boy's Life is also amazing and thoroughly weird.

Getting ready to start Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris

Finished that one, now starting Club Dead....same author

The Death of Bunny Munro by Nick Cave. The guy can really write. I'm not wild about his sense of pacing though.

The Hellbound Heart, I think it's a great book the only problem I had was how it keeps saying Kirsty is jealous of Julia and how amazing and beautiful she is but, I don't know about you but in the movie Kirsty is HOT and Clare Higgins not so much.....Not at all Sorry for that unimportant comment.

I'd recommend you move on to The Damnation Game next. Fantastic read, deals with Hellraiser's themes in a way that's more literary and more shocking at the same time. Well worth the read. And if this doesn't sell you, I don't know what will: there's a character in it named The Razoreater.

Half Life By Shelley Jackson

It's about a Siamese twin seeking an illegal twin removal surgery. It takes place in a surreal world where Siamese twins, or "twofers," are common enough to be considered a cultural group. The narrator is a raging C*NT too, which keeps things interesting.