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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1104530.Shutter_Island">Shutter Island (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10289.Dennis_Lehane">Dennis Lehane</a>]]></action_text>
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          <body><![CDATA[Shutter Island was written as though begging to become a screenplay; it reads almost like a novelization. It is very visual in its setting, character movements (the constant hand gestures &amp; facial twitches are dizzying) &amp; dream sequences. &quot;Film me!&quot; it cries out, &quot;FILM ME!&quot;<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Shutter%20Island%20was%20written%20as%20though%20begging%20to%20become%20a%20screenplay;%20it%20reads%20almost%20like%20a%20novelization.%20It%20is%20very%20visual%20in%20its%20setting,%20character%20movements%20(the%20constant%20hand%20gestures%20&amp;%20facial%20twitches%20are%20dizzying)%20&amp;%20dream%20sequences.%20%22Film%20me!%22%20it%20cries%20out,%20%22FILM%20ME!%22%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%20is%20not,%20however,%20a%20terrible%20book.%20It%20is%20an%20interesting%20&amp;%20quick%20read,%20yet%20it%20follows%20suit%20with%20so%20many%20other%20recent%20screenplays%20that%20it%20soon%20becomes%20predictable.%0D%0A%0D%0ATwo%20things%20could%20have%20made%20this%20book:%20better%20writing%20&amp;%20a%20better%20use%20of%20the%20paranoia%20of%20the%201950s.%20The%20writing%20is%20really%20quite%20bad,%20as%20though%20each%20sentence%20was%20tossed%20off%20&amp;%20never%20looked%20at%20again.%20Some%20sections%20read%20better%20than%20others%20so%20that%20indeed%20some%20parts%20were%20given%20more%20attention,%20but%20then%20the%20overall%20text%20is%20uneven.%20The%20dialogue%20is%20at%20times%20quite%20bad%20though%20mostly%20standard%20fare.%20As%20for%20the%20use%20of%20communist%20paranoia,%20it%20is%20simply%20tossed%20out%20there%20when%20convenient,%20teaching%20us%20nothing%20of%20what%20the%20decade%20was%20like.%0D%0A%0D%0ADespite%20these%20comments%20I%20was%20at%20times%20drawn%20into%20the%20narrative.%20I%20thought%20that%20Cawley%20was%20well%20delineated,%20&amp;%20the%20balance%20between%20evil%20doctor%20&amp;%20sympathetic%20friend%20was%20well%20done,%20making%20him%20more%20dimensional%20&amp;%20adding%20to%20the%20mystery%20of%20the%20plot%20&amp;%20the%20question%20of%20whose%20side%20is%20he%20really%20on.%20The%20warden%20too%20was%20well%20drawn.%20It%20is%20not%20a%20bad%20book%20overall,%20but%20not%20one%20I%20would%20recommend.%20I'm%20curious%20about%20the%20upcoming%20Scorsese%20movie;%20maybe%20I'll%20rent%20it%20some%20time.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/338792.Dark_Terrors_The_Gollancz_Book_of_Horror">Dark Terrors: The Gollancz Book of Horror (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/60522.David_Sutton">David Sutton</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:20:37 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I am very impressed with this anthology. The writing is strong and the stories are very good, with the exception of only two. The strongest stories are More Tomorrow (Michael Marshall Smith), The Puppets (Ramsey Campbell), The Hungry Moon (Graham Masterton), Uzzi (Brian Lumley) and Fee (Peter Straub...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20am%20very%20impressed%20with%20this%20anthology.%20The%20writing%20is%20strong%20and%20the%20stories%20are%20very%20good,%20with%20the%20exception%20of%20only%20two.%20The%20strongest%20stories%20are%20More%20Tomorrow%20(Michael%20Marshall%20Smith),%20The%20Puppets%20(Ramsey%20Campbell),%20The%20Hungry%20Moon%20(Graham%20Masterton),%20Uzzi%20(Brian%20Lumley)%20and%20Fee%20(Peter%20Straub),%20while%20other%20notables%20are%20All%20My%20Friends%20Are%20Here%20(Charles%20Wagner),%20The%20Lagoon%20(Nicholas%20Royle),%20At%20the%20Crossroads,%20Burying%20the%20Dog%20(Jeff%20VanderMeer)%20&amp;%20The%20Travelling%20Salesman's%20Christmas%20Special%20(C.%20Bruce%20Hunter).%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20was%20largely%20impressed%20with%20the%20combination%20of%20strong%20characterization,%20effective%20writing%20&amp;%20a%20good%20plot.%20I%20am%20often%20disillusioned%20with%20horror.%20It%20opts%20largely%20for%20violence%20&amp;%20relies%20on%20stereotypical%20characters%20that%20are%20lost%20amid%20plot.%20Due%20to%20this%20I%20read%20the%20genre%20sporadically,%20&amp;%20avoid%20many%20novels%20that%20might%20actually%20be%20good:%20I've%20wasted%20enough%20of%20my%20life%20on%20trash.%20Bad%20writing%20is%20also%20a%20factor%20with%20many%20horror%20writers,%20&amp;%20it%20is%20primarily%20due%20to%20this%20that%20the%20genre%20has%20a%20bad%20reputation%20among%20many,%20from%20non-horror%20writers%20to%20members%20of%20the%20general%20public.%20Writers%20like%20Ramsey%20Campbell%20&amp;%20Peter%20Straub,%20as%20with%20most%20of%20the%20stories%20in%20this%20collection,%20are%20great%20examples%20of%20effective,%20intelligent%20horror.%20The%20only%20two%20stories%20in%20the%20collection%20I%20did%20not%20care%20for%20(they%20are%20not%20terrible,%20just%20not%20very%20good)%20are%20Food%20for%20Thought%20(Mandy%20Slater)%20&amp;%20Splatter%20of%20Black%20(Charles%20Gramlich),%20both%20simply%20forgettable.%20This%20volume%20would%20make%20a%20good%20introduction%20to%20horror%20for%20those%20only%20mildly%20interested%20in%20the%20genre,%20or%20anyone%20seeking%20good%20horror%20writing.%0D%0A%0D%0A(For%20synopses%20of%20stories%20&amp;%20other%20info,%20please%20visit%20the%20IBList%20at%20http:%2F%2Fwww.iblist.com%2Fbook67981.htm)">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/424201.Christmas_Ghosts">Christmas Ghosts (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/26064.Martin_H_Greenberg">Martin H. Greenberg</a>]]></action_text>
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228206.Midnight">Midnight (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9355.Dean_Koontz">Dean Koontz</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:06:00 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This novel is a bit of a mixed bag. The overall story was interesting with some truly creepy elements. Though we are aware of the mystery behind the murders early on, Koontz manages to make us (me, at least) interested in how things will unfold. There are a number of strong elements, such as plot-li...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/This%20novel%20is%20a%20bit%20of%20a%20mixed%20bag.%20The%20overall%20story%20was%20interesting%20with%20some%20truly%20creepy%20elements.%20Though%20we%20are%20aware%20of%20the%20mystery%20behind%20the%20murders%20early%20on,%20Koontz%20manages%20to%20make%20us%20(me,%20at%20least)%20interested%20in%20how%20things%20will%20unfold.%20There%20are%20a%20number%20of%20strong%20elements,%20such%20as%20plot-lines,%20great%20consistent%20atmosphere,%20almost%20believable%20ideas%20(though%20at%20times%20a%20bit%20of%20a%20stretch)%20and%20some%20occasionally%20interesting%20characters.%20The%20book%20is,%20however,%20weighted%20down%20by%20a%20number%20of%20elements.%20Namely,%20it%20goes%20on%20far%20too%20long%20so%20that%20I%20wanted%20to%20finish%20it%20simply%20to%20finish%20it.%20The%20ending%20is%20somewhat%20disappointing,%20as%20the%20predictable%20standard%20climax%20is%20spread%20over%20too%20many%20pages.%20Some%20subplots%20are%20less%20interesting%20than%20others,%20giving%20the%20novel%20a%20certain%20unevenness,%20&amp;%20some%20characters%20that%20start%20out%20interesting%20become%20flat%20&amp;%20drift%20into%20the%20woodwork,%20making%20me%20wonder%20(until%20the%20end%20when%20the%20%E2%80%9Cmoral%E2%80%9D%20is%20suffocatingly%20clear)%20why%20they%20are%20even%20there%20to%20begin%20with.%20Finally,%20the%20occasionally%20interesting%20characters%20stumble%20into%20a%20territory%20of%20sappiness%20that%20would%20shame%20most%20Victorian%20novelists%20(only%20the%20Victorians%20getaway%20with%20it%20out%20of%20sheer%20genius%20or%20na%C3%AFvet%C3%A9,%20whereas%20Koontz%20is%20merely%20a%20writer).%0D%0A%0D%0AWorth%20a%20read%20despite%20these%20flaws%20as%20it%20is%20interesting,%20but%20don%E2%80%99t%20worry%20about%20speeding%20some%20of%20the%20scenes,%20including%20all%20of%20Part%20III%20as%20it%20is%20predictable%20fare.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452874-the-last-shot">The Last Shot: A Novella and Ten stories (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/224754.Leon_Rooke">Leon Rooke</a>]]></action_text>
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