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Sep 01, 2015 01:01PM
It's a website called paperback swap.com. You can swap books for a fee. It's pretty cool.
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Sounds like its been good for you. I was worried about the quality of books I'd get, but really you run the same risk buying them used on Amazon, too.
sounds like a weird website so you swap books with people?
Yeah. They have a large database of books. Just about any book you can think of. Sometimes no one has posted it, so u can add it to your wish list or if it's available, you can order it from whoever has the book. It's worked out fine for me.
Now if someone orders your book, you get a credit u can use for a book of your choice and it's only like a .50 cent fee.
Another book I was thinking of trying to work in around Halloween is The Wolf's Hour by Robert McCammon.
Hmm...never heard of it I'll check it out rite now, but yea I mean after we finish Laymon's Beast House series we can start these reads with these books we just need to make a list of the ones were definitely going to do around Halloween time. I mean we have the whole month of October & probably the end of September.
Yeah, I do like McCammon but for some reason I don't think I could get myself to read that one because it's about spies and I'm not too keen on spy novels. You'd have to let me know how it is.
Wait so where does the werewolf come in?
Well, the spy is the wolf I think
I could be wrong but the description I read wasn't very clear
Wait...huh?? O_O lol I figured it was a horror novel there has gotta be a better description somewhere
I've had a couple of recommendations to read it, but I think it is a dark hero kind of story with the main character as a werewolf, a mix of horror and action. I believe he is a spy in WWII.
Ohh ok well that's a better explanation than the book gives lol I've read a lot of war books never a horror war one tho
Ok so what books are we reading I know so far it's The Midnight Tour
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I just want to know so if I don't have them I can buy them ahead of time.
1. Midnight Tour/Friday Night at the beast house2. The Manse maybe
3. Goodnight Moom
4. Rosemary's baby/son of Rosemary
Am I forgetting any?
Ok cool I ordered Friday Night at the Beast House already should be here within 2 weeks latest so I just have to grab Son of Rosemary, Goodnight Moom, & The Manse & whenever we decide on a Stephen King we could throw that in also
& I know eventually I wanna read Clive Barker's Weaveworld & Nick Cutter's The Deep & whenever these Edward Lee's The Black Train comes in that too so if you guys want to do those with me just lmk I know, Addy, you said you want to do The Black Train & possibly Clive Barker's maybe
Yes, to all of those, but didn't u read The Deep?
Nope only read until Chapter 3 or 4 & then stopped for something else I read The Troop by Nick Cutter I always get those 2 mixed up because the covers look almost the same
Oh ok. If I can get a copy, I'll do that one too.
I should probably invest in a nook or kindle because some of these books are hard to find in softcover or hardcover
Yes, you should. I would have given u my old one, had I known you before. I gave away a tablet nook and a nook simple. I would recommend a kindle anyway. IMO it's better than nook.
Yea I downloaded the app I just have to make a Amazon account apparently to start it? But I just hate reading on my phone sometimes because the battery & it's always like 600 pages for a 2-300 page book lol but it's not that bad
The plus side to that is when u get a kindle and as long as ur hooked up to wifi, u can automatically sync to the last page u read, whether it's the kindle app or the physical kindle. I love it because sometimes I forget my kindle and read on my phone.
Oh that's pretty cool I guess one of many a perk about kindle
The ones you guys listed are the ones I was planning on. Still need to get a few of them, but I do have Midnight Tour already. I'm still holding out against the kindle or nook, though. I love having the book in my hands and on my shelf when I'm done!
I went looking for The Black Train last weekend, and ended up picking up a copy of The Long Walk, along with another Laymon book, Savage, that I'd not heard of before.
Oh yea Savage is a great Terry from what I heard it takes place in the old western days I believe, but with Jack the Ripper I hear it's one of his best books he has written heard a lot of good reviews about it. & oh nice I guess we can throw The Long Walk up there too. & I'm the same as you Terry I like actually having the book in hands it's cool how the kindle and nook the technology part of it & I'll probably still get one, but I'll always buy the book if it's one I like I even have soapy doubles that I'm still iffy about giving up because at one of the book stores I can trade it in for store credit, but I just like the thought of having a couple of copy's just in case specially if it's books I like
Yeah, the Jack the Ripper tie-in sounded interesting in Savage. Always interested in seeing documentaries about Jack, and all the theories are fascinating. I figure I'll eventually have to do the kindle, too, and it worries me that they'll stop producing hard copies of books. I hope that isn't for a long time though!
Yea I don't know I feel publishing groups and authors wouldn't let that happen I feel like they get way more money for hardcover & softcover than kindle & those they charge like 2.99 per book
I've heard Savage is good too. Have yet to find a copy though:(
I'm gonna start a thread today for beast house but I'm just gonna call it laymon reads since it might be an ongoing thread.
Yea were probably going to be reading a lot of his books lol I plan on getting his hole collection I'm pretty close just need a few more
One of the book stores I go to had probably about 15 of his books & I ended up buying all of them & then orders the rest he's hard to find specially after he passed away everybody wants to keep there Laymon copy's. I had the hardest time finding a copy of The Cellar I had to wait 2 months & then I didn't even get a original copy I had to buy a reprint, but I didn't mind as long as I had it. I know that the publishing group 47 North does all of his reprints now so if you guys are ever looking for them. Luckily most of mine are the original Headline makes or Leisure.
Yeah, I have been ordering them steadily since I hardly run into any. I was so excited to get Quake. That one is a toughie to find but I ended up ordering it on half.com.
Quake was my second Laymon book I got I am so lucky I got the first edition from Headljne brand new still it's mint condition I was so happy I still haven't read it yet, but can't wait because it's a different type of story for Laymon I feel. To me it's a really cool plot & concept
I was also thinking at some point we should read one of Graham Masterton's books. He always has pretty good horror story's. The next one I wanted to read was The House that Jack Built. I heard really good reviews about it.
The quake is a huge read too! I would love to read Graham masterton although I don't have that one. I'll have to see if I can get it.
I haven't read any of Masterton's books. That one sounds pretty interesting.
Yea Quake is like 500+ pages, but yea I mean if you want we can do one of the Graham books we both have Addy if that makes it easier I just thought that the one I said had a creepy feel to it and I heard it's one of his best books
It does look really good but I do have a few others we could read. How bout Prey? That one got good reviews too.
Either sound good to me.
Yea I have Prey I'll read that one if you want. I can always read the other one another time
Prey is actually based on H.P. Lovecraft 's short story "The Dreams in the Witch House" which I thought was pretty cool that Graham took it & made it into a full novel with his own twist
I didn't know that. That's pretty cool! Ok. So we can add that to the list and The Long Walk by King.
Ok cool I'm almost done with the Beast House I have like 30 pages left so if you still want to start the Midnight Tour Saturday I'll be ready
Yes, Saturday sounds good!
