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Hey Everyone!
Thanks for all the ideas! i don't know where to start! i actually just started reading "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" and it's pretty creepy. It's about this orphan who has this crazy sense of smell and when he disccovers a "certain" smell he starts murdering people to re-create that smell.
So crazy!
lol.
Elena wrote: "I am reading Dracula and I woke up in the middle of the night feeling a shadow over me...freaky...Very different from modern vampires! I am going to check out Frankenstein next."
Oh, Elena. I was thinking about reading Dracula next which means I would be starting it this weekend and now that you have written about your experience, I am not sure! ;) With my husband leaving soon, I will just have to sleep with the lights on!
I am reading Dracula and I woke up in the middle of the night feeling a dark shadow over me...freaky...Very different from modern vampires! I am going to check out Frankenstein next.
Oh, I'd have to agree with all those who said Frankenstein and Dracula, great books. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is also marvellous, and quite short, so it's a quick read. Practically everything by H.P. Lovecraft can be quite creepy, and if you like science fiction they'd probably be great.
Stephanie wrote: "haha, yeah I bet. I'm going to read Dracula and maybe Frankenstein (still debating that)."
Okay, have fun!
Stephanie wrote: "haha, okay. Uh, yeah my brother has read Dracula twice he said it was good. "
Hard to go wrong with Dracula but enjoy whatever you decide on.
Stephanie wrote: "haha, was it a good read or was it the story?
My brother read Dracula last year for Halloween. "
I loved it because it was a good read (albeit it might be as fast as read as some of the books out nowadays...but it is fairly short) and because of the story. Did your brother like Dracula?
Richard Laymon
I have heard that Richard Laymon writes some pretty spooky stuff. The Lake is on my scary tbr list.
Stephanie wrote: "i have Frankestein my dad's been trying to get me to read it but i haven't yet. was it good?"
I loved it and since I'm a dad myself, I would have to say he's a smart man, haha. :)
It you wanted something in a classic vein, I would suggest Frankenstein, The Turn of the Screw or The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells). Dracula is the greatest! If you want something more modern, really disturbing and scary, try Clive Baker: The Inhuman Condition. Right now, I am reading Rosemary's Baby and it's definitely creepy.
Dracula and Phantom of the Opera (the original novel) are both fantastic "horror" novels. Although, I would say that I didn't find them overly scary.
hello
uh, I don't really read those type of books but ( maybe this is dumb and unoriginal) my brother has read Dracula twice and said it was good. I'm going to read it someday, when I'm in the mood for it.haha
Hi,My suggestion would be Chelsea Cain books, Heartsick, Sweetheart and Evil at Heart.
They are VERY scary thrillers.....of the Hannibal Lecter type.
Although the writing can be grisly, Cain also writes with humor!
I have her newest,Evil At Heart which I am saving to read nearer to Halloween
Hello!
I was just wondering what everyone's favourite halloween/scary themed books are. I love reading scary and dark books especially at this time of year and since it is close to Halloween. I'm looking for something other than Stephen King or Anne Rice! lol even though i love them both, i just want something different. If anyone has any suggestions,that would be great!! Thanks!!
