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last updated May 03, 2009 03:14PM
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova -*book club selection may contain spoilers*
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By MJ , Idiot's Top libriarian · 19 posts · 78 views
last updated May 16, 2010 01:23PM
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The first book I have read on the "Kindle for PC" software. Apart from which, I really enjoyed the book. Read it because I was catching up on a group read from one of my GR groups, and found it compelling. And thanks to Stephanie for the phrase "literary creepy" which describes this book perfectly.
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This was my kind of scary story-the kind of book that works you up and makes you scared of every little noise you hear. I don't think I've read something like this in years but I loved it.
Before Hill House the only other Jackson I had read was "The Lottery"-she is definitely masterful at creating tension and suspense and at making your imagination get the best of you. The book is creepy in the best sense of the word-I literally got chills while reading it. No overt descriptions of horrible thin ...more
Before Hill House the only other Jackson I had read was "The Lottery"-she is definitely masterful at creating tension and suspense and at making your imagination get the best of you. The book is creepy in the best sense of the word-I literally got chills while reading it. No overt descriptions of horrible thin ...more


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