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The Yellow Wallpaper ebook is free today. If I remember right, SK loved this short story?
The Yellow Wallpaper - Kindle edition by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

Thanks for the tip! I just downloaded it :) I also downloaded The Girl With All the Gifts since so many of y'all like it :)

I've been on a Cozy Mysteries kick and I think I've read all the good ones so I needed some suggestions. I wish SK wrote faster :(

I found a cozy mystery series I really like - The Miss Fortune Series by Jana DeLeon. The stories take place in a small town in Louisiana. There's a bit of humor, I like the characters, there isn't a lot of romance, and the mysteries are pretty good. The first book in the series is titled Louisiana Longshot and the digital version is free so it's worth a try :)
 

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Just finished Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel. Good premise but it shows that its a debut. Told practically in its entirety by diary extracts, articles and interviews. Its an ok scifi thriller about what happens when they discover a buried artefact that is without a doubt of alien origin.
 

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so i changed my mind, because i've been hitting up walmart a lot this week for supplies because i'm trying to organize a lot of stuff, and this book has been staring me in the face every time i go, finally said screw it and bought it: MatchUp | Book by Lee Child, Sandra Brown, C. J. Box, Val Mcdermid, Peter James, Kathy Reichs, Diana Gabaldon, Steve Berry, Gayle Lynds, David Morrell, Karin Slaughter, Michael Koryta, Charlaine Harris, Andrew Gross, Lisa Jackson, John Sandford, Lara Adrian, Christopher Rice, Lisa Scottoline, Nelson DeMille, J.A. Jance, Eric Van Lustbader | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster

love the concept, and am excited about seeing several of the characters i know so well from different "worlds" interacting. still anticipating revival too, but that's next, and i'll probably have both read within the week anyway.
 

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Just finished When The Music's Over by Peter Robinson. His latest. He must soon be up to 25 books about Banks. Somewhere it shows. He's not as good as he was but still pretty good. I read this in one sitting which, for me, is proof enough. I think he ended to be absolutely topnotch at about 2007 with Friend Of The Devil. After that one hes just been good or pretty good. But i'm still inclined to agree with Stephen King that his Alan Banks series is the best of the market. If you like mystery police procedurals that is. He probably was at his best between 1992 and 2003 when he wrote a string of great books.
 
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Such a frightening story on many levels. Once this is read one can never unread it. Stays with you for life.

I read The Yellow Wallpaper last night and you're right about it being frightening on many levels. I didn't know it was written in 1892 when I read it and I thought it was scary. Then when I found out it was written in 1892, it took on a whole new scary.
 

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I read The Yellow Wallpaper last night and you're right about it being frightening on many levels. I didn't know it was written in 1892 when I read it and I thought it was scary. Then when I found out it was written in 1892, it took on a whole new scary.
Exactly. And it's the type of story that just gets creepier with age. Out of nowhere something will remind you of it and it will stick with you for the rest of the day.

I am in the middle of it now. It's probably the fifth or so time reading it and it still holds up; even with knowing how it plays out.
 
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so i changed my mind, because i've been hitting up walmart a lot this week for supplies because i'm trying to organize a lot of stuff, and this book has been staring me in the face every time i go, finally said screw it and bought it: MatchUp | Book by Lee Child, Sandra Brown, C. J. Box, Val Mcdermid, Peter James, Kathy Reichs, Diana Gabaldon, Steve Berry, Gayle Lynds, David Morrell, Karin Slaughter, Michael Koryta, Charlaine Harris, Andrew Gross, Lisa Jackson, John Sandford, Lara Adrian, Christopher Rice, Lisa Scottoline, Nelson DeMille, J.A. Jance, Eric Van Lustbader | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster

love the concept, and am excited about seeing several of the characters i know so well from different "worlds" interacting. still anticipating revival too, but that's next, and i'll probably have both read within the week anyway.

Do you have to be familiar with the authors' characters to "get" the interactions?
 

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Thanks for the tip! I just downloaded it :) I also downloaded The Girl With All the Gifts since so many of y'all like it :)

I've been on a Cozy Mysteries kick and I think I've read all the good ones so I needed some suggestions. I wish SK wrote faster :(

I found a cozy mystery series I really like - The Miss Fortune Series by Jana DeLeon. The stories take place in a small town in Louisiana. There's a bit of humor, I like the characters, there isn't a lot of romance, and the mysteries are pretty good. The first book in the series is titled Louisiana Longshot and the digital version is free so it's worth a try :)

I loved Louisiana Longshot!! I'll have to look for the rest of the series! Thanks!
 
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Exactly. And it's the type of story that just gets creepier with age. Out of nowhere something will remind you of it and it will stick with you for the rest of the day.

I am in the middle of it now. It's probably the fifth or so time reading it and it still holds up; even with knowing how it plays out.

Have you ever been in a situation where you've been deprived of mental stimulation long enough for your mind to slip into other realms? I havn't irl but the story was written so well that I kept imagining myself becoming mesmerized by the wallpaper and slipping into it.
 

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So I'm finishing up my Dark Tower re-read and I'm about halfway through the last book. Up until now, I'd been reading "like a house-a-fire" and just enjoying my visit. Now, I'm slowing down. I think it's Ka-Shume.
I think i'm already mourning some good friends who are about to die. :down:Have any of you felt this way before on a re-read?
 
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