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Haunted

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I'm reading Cold Moon Over Babylon by Michael McDowell. I really get dragged into McDowell's descriptive scenes. It's early here and its dark and I'm alone in the house and I got scared and I barely managed to claw my way out of Alabama so my heart could quit beating so fast. I think I'll wait until daylight before picking the book back up lol.

Thanks again y'all for suggesting McDowell :)
I recommend daytime reading for all of Mr. McDowell's stories!
 

Haunted

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Finished McCammon's Freedom of the Mask and loved it. Now to wait for the 7th installment. Haunted, have you finished it yet?

Started The Fireman last night even though Mr. King said to read End of Watch first. I'm saving that one. Reading Joe Hill is a lot like reading SK anyway. It comforts my soul to know he's on the earth and is writing.
I have been inundated with my reserves from the library lately. Did manage to read a few chapters of Mask before the library called. It was like being home again; hearing that you loved it makes me anxious to get back there again.
 

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I just finished Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee. Depressing book from start to finish. I need to wash away that feeling of emptiness with something different but not sure yet. Has anybody read the book? Were you able to take something good out of it?
 

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Am puttering through Middle Age: A Romance by Joyce Carol Oates. Not working for me -it's taken me over a week to get through 51 pages. I'm itching to find something by the magnificent Michael McDowell you all speak so highly of! Nothing is holding my attention. I'm thinking of re-reading Revival - that's a good summer SK read. Or Joyland.

I loved The Witching Hour. I loved Memnoch. And I think Servant of the Bones is amazing. I didn't read the Jesus books. Violin was the first one that I couldn't get through. After that I sort of left Anne Rice behind. But I did love most of the vampire books. I always wanted a book all about the Talamasca.

Has anyone here read Wally Lamb's The Hour I First Believed? I loved She's Come Undone and I Know This Much is True. Wondering if I should start THIFB.

Also - Jonathan Safran Foer has something new coming out. I can't recall the name, but Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close was sublime.
 
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