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Charlene Charlene said: "The first story in this collection knocked my socks off. It was eerily reminiscent of an episode of The Twilight Zone. 5*
The second story was a tribute to horror films of old, with all kinds of references to a previous McCammon novel, They Thirst. 4*
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The Fog by James Herbert
The Fog
by James Herbert
read in May, 2013
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Charlene is 85% done with The Fog
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
" I was completely engrossed in this book from the start. Riggs has put together such an original work that it will be hard to top. I see indications in GR that a Miss Peregrine #2 is in the works. I'm not sure how I feel about that. Riggs certainly... "
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Girls and Monsters by Anne Michaud
" 3.5* (rounded up to 4*)

A YA collection of five stories about women and horror.

Death song - A town's prosperity is linked to tales of a deadly mermaid. I didn't think much of this story when I read it but it has stayed with me long after I finished... "
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Alone with the Horrors by Ramsey Campbell
" This was a book I really wanted to like. Up to now I've had very mixed experiences with Campbell's work. I really liked Ancient Images, although more so for the subject matter than the execution. Overnight and Secret Story were just ok, never grea... "
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Wilkie Collins
“The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!”
Wilkie Collins, Armadale

Joan Didion
“Grammar is a piano I play by ear.”
Joan Didion, Essays & Conversations

Anita Loos
“I've always loved high style in low company.”
Anita Loos

Abigail Adams
“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.”
Abigail Adams, The Letters of John and Abigail Adams

Mike S. Elton
“So the cold barracks were spared, lonely as they were, and the armories were unscathed, empty as they were, and the larders went unmolested, depleted as they were, and only the common people burned.”
Mike S. Elton, A Pallid Waste

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2013 Reading Challenge
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Charlene has read 58 books toward her goal of 100 books.
 
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