I enjoyed Sleeping Beauties and now making good progress in my Everville (Barker) re-read 
What Are You Reading? Part Deux
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Started Sleeping beauties. Not far yet but so farthe dialogue isn't as freeflowing asusual but interesting story. We'll see where it goes. Also reading Vertebrate Palaeontology by Michael Benton. Are on the occurrence of the first jawless fishes right now (ordovicium). So not far yet.
Swan Song ebook on sale today:
Swan Song - Kindle edition by Robert R. McCammon. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
Swan Song - Kindle edition by Robert R. McCammon. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
The Horror Hall of Fame. An anthology of short stories by various writers. I'm enjoying it immensely! Mr. King's "The Reach" is the last story in the collection, and "Fall of the House of Usher" is the first--sort of a quick and dirty overview of the genre.
The Fifties by David Halberstam; Hybrids by Whitley Strieber; Sea Serpents! edited by Jack Dann.
Started on Sleeping Beauties this weekend!! Did anyone pick up on the Dean Koontz jab??
When Lila walks into the diner, someone is reading a Dean Koontz paperback. She says, "I've read that one. The dog communicates using scrabble tiles."
Night Stone, by Rick Hautala. Had never heard of this book or author; was in the thrift store yesterday and picked it up on a whim because I thought the cover was neat—very ‘80s horror.
It’s a slow burn (about 600 pages long) about a family that moves into an old haunted house...and a creepy doll is involved. Sounds cliche, but I’m having a lot of fun! Some genuine scares throughout.
Here is the cover:
It’s a slow burn (about 600 pages long) about a family that moves into an old haunted house...and a creepy doll is involved. Sounds cliche, but I’m having a lot of fun! Some genuine scares throughout.
Here is the cover:
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Rick is the other Maine horror writer. He even went to the same college as King did. I think King helped Rick early on in his career.Night Stone, by Rick Hautala. Had never heard of this book or author; was in the thrift store yesterday and picked it up on a whim because I thought the cover was neat—very ‘80s horror.
It’s a slow burn (about 600 pages long) about a family that moves into an old haunted house...and a creepy doll is involved. Sounds cliche, but I’m having a lot of fun! Some genuine scares throughout.
Here is the cover:
Just Finished Firestarter today, Cujo is suppose to be next on the list, I have read it before and I know its the people we are suppose to feel bad for....I feel Bad for Cujo though...Mind you, I do like dogs more than I like most people.
Is this a memoir?
No, it's fiction and he's actually doing a decent job of telling a simple tale. Finding it in a little used book store made me giddy.Is this a memoir?
Same stuff as before but bought issue 185 of the magazine The Dark Side at the newsagent an hour ago. Also just read this:
KING ON SCREEN | The Dark Side
KING ON SCREEN | The Dark Side
I read the first few chapters of Carrie by Stephen King last night and I am going to start a book by Mary Higgins Clark. I get scared to read some scary stuff if my boyfriend isn't at home.
Same here lol. I cannot read scary books when I'm home alone. My courageous little dog isn't much comfort - she sometimes barks at nothing which freaks me out because she seems to be looking at something I can't see - like a ghost lol
Liked a historical novel called The Forest by Edward Rutherfurd. It tells the story of a place as seen through the eyes of several families living there. It is not a novel but several connected novellas taking place in different times but with different members of the families (or clans perhaps is better) in the lead. Before you know it he has covered several hundred years. Well done! I now ordered Sarum and Russki by the same author. (Sarum is the old (Roman i think)name for Salisbury).
Thats a real good reason to get a boy/girlfriend! So you are NOT home alone!
LOL! I need to update my online dating profile to include that
Preferences: someone who will watch scary movies with me and hold my hand
That line surprised me. I'd always thought King and Koontz pretty much didn't admit to the other's existence lol.
Doc Creed Have you made a thread asking which book by SK is the most like something Koontz would write and vice versa? That sounds like a thread you might make
That reference was explained on the book tour. When Owen was about 8 years old, he wanted some spending money but had to earn it by recording books on tape for Steve. The first one he had read was The Watchers.That line surprised me. I'd always thought King and Koontz pretty much didn't admit to the other's existence lol.
Doc Creed Have you made a thread asking which book by SK is the most like something Koontz would write and vice versa? That sounds like a thread you might make
