false 1436098 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183575949m/1436098.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183575949s/1436098.jpg Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They're told by people who have answered an ad for a writer's retreat and unwittingly joined a "Survivor"-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you'll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.]]> 22288 20 1602272 book 2005 Haunted total:10400|5:1983|4:2817|3:3107|2:1672|1:821| 10400 34669 13855 1213 2546 3.69 134975 11778 7045480 324910 22288 1400032822 9781400032822 1151 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459m/22288.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459s/22288.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22288.Haunted 3.33 10028 Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.]]> 2005 4 11 false Sun Sep 30 15:18:24 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 31 07:51:21 -0800 2009
You'll see tons of "OMG SO GWOSS!!" reviews here, but this ain't one of 'em. I was entertained. All the blood-and-guts and bod...more...]]> 4514133 276816 22288 1400032822 9781400032822 1151 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459m/22288.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459s/22288.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22288.Haunted 3.33 10400 Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.]]> 2005 5 6 false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Aug 13 21:59:25 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 05:06:08 -0800 2009 vile. It is disgusting. No matter how much you can take, you will squirm and say "Oh My GOD!" out loud on the bus or plane or couch or wherever it is you read. It is a nasty book. But Haunted is so much more than that and so worth reading.

Haunted is set in a ...more...]]> 1544582 106700 22288 1400032822 9781400032822 1151 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459m/22288.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459s/22288.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22288.Haunted 3.33 10400 Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.]]> 2005 2 6 false Wed May 30 11:09:12 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 20:23:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6469001 396541 22288 1400032822 9781400032822 1151 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459m/22288.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459s/22288.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22288.Haunted 3.33 10400 Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.]]> 2005 4 9 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 19:22:46 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 06 22:29:29 -0800 2007 Instead of reviewing the entire novel, I will just be focusing on my personal favourite chapter "Guts".
To date, there have been 53 known occurrences of audience members fainting during readings of “Guts”. This doesn’t surprise me at all, knowing th...more...]]> 4664316 285515 22288 1400032822 9781400032822 1151 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459m/22288.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459s/22288.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22288.Haunted 3.33 10400 Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.]]> 2005 1 5 false Thu Aug 16 17:07:39 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 05:34:42 -0800 2009
One infamous story involv...more...]]> 3183767 191751 22288 1400032822 9781400032822 1151 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459m/22288.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459s/22288.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22288.Haunted 3.33 10400 Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.]]> 2005 1 4 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jul 17 14:57:16 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 00:56:02 -0800 2009
I was intrigued by the premise: a group of writers volunteer to go on a retreat to write their masterpiece. The book has a chapter of plot,...more...]]> 13764023 841178 22288 1400032822 9781400032822 1151 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459m/22288.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459s/22288.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22288.Haunted 3.33 10400 Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.]]> 2005 4 3 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 18:04:01 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 07:56:52 -0800 2008 Para todos aquellos con tripas de buena hechura, para no caer en el desmayo como los setenta que han desfallecido en las lecturas publicas del autor durante su tour. Para los que disfruten de la severa critica de la cultura y vida estadounidense. Para los que l...more...]]> 21455133 614940 66066 0385509480 9780385509480 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170639642m/66066.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170639642s/66066.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66066.Haunted 3.34 203 Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk is a novel made up of stories: Twenty-three of them, to be precise. Twenty-three of the most horrifying, hilarious, mind-blowing, stomach-churning tales you’ll ever encounter—sometimes all at once. They are told by people who have answered an ad headlined “Writers’ Retreat: Abandon Your Life for Three Months,” and who are led to believe that here they will leave behind all the distractions of “real life” that are keeping them from creating the masterpiece that is in them. But “here” turns out to be a cavernous and ornate old theater where they are utterly isolated from the outside world—and where heat and power and, most important, food are in increasingly short supply. And the more desperate the circumstances become, the more extreme the stories they tell—and the more devious their machinations become to make themselves the hero of the inevitable play/movie/nonfiction blockbuster that will surely be made from their plight.

Haunted is on one level a satire of reality television—The Real World meets Alive. It draws from a great literary tradition—The Canterbury Tales, The Decameron, the English storytellers in the Villa Diodati who produced, among other works, Frankenstein—to tell an utterly contemporary tale of people desperate that their story be told at any cost. Appallingly entertaining, Haunted is Chuck Palahniuk at his finest—which means his most extreme and his most provocative.

]]> 2005 2 2 true Fri Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 08:13:41 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 09:07:42 -0700 2008
While the cover promises that Haunted is "A Novel," the innards tell a different story: 24 short short stori...more...]]> 21415115 1022856 22288 1400032822 9781400032822 1151 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459m/22288.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459s/22288.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22288.Haunted 3.33 10400 Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.]]> 2005 2 2 false Sun May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 14:17:27 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 17:35:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 13366920 793790 22288 1400032822 9781400032822 1151 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459m/22288.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459s/22288.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22288.Haunted 3.33 10400 Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.]]> 2005 5 3 false Thu Jan 24 01:03:24 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 04:06:13 -0800 2008 more...]]> 6060975 237366 22288 1400032822 9781400032822 1151 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459m/22288.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459s/22288.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22288.Haunted 3.33 10400 Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.]]> 2005 4 2 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 15:11:54 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 15:12:05 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5673909 104097 22288 1400032822 9781400032822 1151 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459m/22288.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459s/22288.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22288.Haunted 3.33 10400 Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.]]> 2005 2 2 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 19:11:31 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 24 23:34:44 -0800 2007 more...]]> 68925066 416390 22288 1400032822 9781400032822 1151 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459m/22288.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459s/22288.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22288.Haunted 3.33 10400 Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.]]> 2005 1 4 false Wed Aug 26 03:23:21 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 11:03:40 -0700 2009
"Inky always said being...more...]]> 24836995 1182105 22288 1400032822 9781400032822 1151 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459m/22288.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459s/22288.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22288.Haunted 3.33 10400 Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.]]> 2005 1 2 false Wed Jun 18 14:55:03 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 14:56:58 -0700 2008 51724577 608637 22288 1400032822 9781400032822 1151 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459m/22288.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459s/22288.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22288.Haunted 3.33 10400 Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.]]> 2005 4 1 false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 14:25:49 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 14:30:17 -0700 2009
The story follows a group of would be authors, poets, a...more...]]> 7185484 449045 22288 1400032822 9781400032822 1151 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459m/22288.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459s/22288.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22288.Haunted 3.33 10400 Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.]]> 2005 1 2 false Tue Oct 02 22:15:41 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 03 00:18:50 -0700 2008 ]]> 30597879 1441882 22288 1400032822 9781400032822 1151 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459m/22288.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459s/22288.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22288.Haunted 3.33 10400 Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.]]> 2005 5 3 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Aug 19 17:52:29 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 18:13:53 -0700 2008
This novel looks so innocent and harmless, sitting there with it's ghostly lavender and white cover and "Fight Club" was great, I'll give it a read.

This novel wil...more...]]> 29094730 773230 22288 1400032822 9781400032822 1151 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459m/22288.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459s/22288.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22288.Haunted 3.33 10400 Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.]]> 2005 3 2 true Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 20:36:17 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 14:15:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 16028853 929680 22288 1400032822 9781400032822 1151 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459m/22288.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459s/22288.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22288.Haunted 3.33 10400 Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.]]> 2005 2 1 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 21 15:42:25 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 03 09:54:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 11865444 144700 22288 1400032822 9781400032822 1151 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459m/22288.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167348459s/22288.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22288.Haunted 3.33 10400 Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.]]> 2005 4 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 07 06:18:01 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 14 17:07:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1436098