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@Sean: Welcome and grab yourself a virtual iced hazelnut coffee as we enjoy the weekend :-D
Kimberly wrote: "Welcome Sean! I grew up reading Lovecraft--the books we had at home were Mom's Lovecraft and Poe collections.... I was the only one at school that could pronounce "Cthulhu" in Kindergarten, I'd wager."This group has become terrifying already. Lovely! :-)
LTJ wrote: "@Sean: Welcome and grab yourself a virtual iced hazelnut coffee as we enjoy the weekend :-D"Will do, LTJ. Your reviews are terrific, btw. Insightful and -- my fixation again -- superbly written.
@Sean: Awe, thank you so much for the kind words, my friend! That truly means a lot to hear and fuels me to keep writing them. I hope your next cup of coffee or tea is amazing :-)
Erin wrote: "Welcome Sean"Thanks, Erin!
I didn't know where else to post. I' haven't been very active in the group and wasn't sure if it was still active or not. But when we have multiple books, do we just pick one or do we have to read them all?
@Ashley: I'm not a moderator or anything but yeah, the group is very active! You can pretty much pick whichever ones you'd like, if you'd like, then jump in whenever you want. I've read group reads months later and just jump into those Discussion threads whenever. You don't have to read anything unless you want to.For me, I just go through each group read and see if I can squeeze it into some other novels from my TBR. Some months I'll do every group read, or just maybe one or two. I've had a few months I didn't do any since I had other novels I needed to read (like all the Holly books before "Holly" by Stephen King was published in September). LoL just depends, really :-)
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I'm impressed. I still have to look up how to pronounce that word.
I just can never remember.
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Read what you want to read and at your own pace. No one will keep track and no one will judge. The main idea is to enjoy what you read and to discover new authors and new books that you might not have otherwise. AND we take great pride here in growing your TBR list. We're naughty that way. :)
LoL I'm pretty sure 50% if not more of my ENTIRE TBR came from this wonderful group :-D
WendyB wrote: "Kimberly wrote: "Welcome Sean! I grew up reading Lovecraft--the books we had at home were Mom's Lovecraft and Poe collections.... I was the only one at school that could pronounce "Cthulhu" in Kind..."i can say it but forget on how to spell it.
Hello HA! My name is Joyce and I’m from SoCal. I am interested in learning and experiencing as much as I can about life. Im always out hiking, dancing or exploring 🦇
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@Joyce: Welcome and very awesome! Please grab a virtual hot hazelnut coffee to the left for your upcoming exploring adventures :-D
Welcome to Fada, Morgan and Blastronauts! And also to Sean, Trevor, Joyce, and Ninja!One of my reading goals is to read more horror and in the short amount of time I've been part of this group, my TBR has expanded substantially!! I'm sure you will all find lots of great recommendations here as I have and some really fun discussions.
Enjoy!
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Thanks Kelly. After having a quick peep at your profile and seeing you're into mysteries and thrillers, not to mention horror.... can a put forth recommendations? You obviously know your apples when it comes to said genres..... so this may be akin to trying to teach an Eskimo how to build a snowman..... but - if you haven't already read em - I'd like to suggest Peter Straub's Blue Rose Trilogy - Koko, Mystery and The Throat. Might seem a bit random this, but I'm FOREVER plugging some of Straub's novels. He oughtta be paying me really! : ) Said trio are really worth a go and I'd say tick your 'Thriller' and 'Mystery' boxes for sure.... with the odd spooky bits so ya could add a bit of 'Horror' too. Also..... The Hellfire Club by same author is an excellent read..... pretty hard to beat I dare say. I'd stake my reputation on it... if I had one.
Right... that's my Straub plug done for the week. See ya around. : )
Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Blastronaut Rocks.. wrote: "Thanks Kelly. After having a quick peep at your profile and seeing you're into mysteries and thrillers, not to mention horror.... can a put forth a recommendation? You obviously know your apples wh..."@Bangkok Shocks - wow, thank you for the thoughtful recommendations! Your reco also ticks my love for series so I'm jumping right in with Koko. I will share my thoughts when I'm done.
Thanks again - you do apparently, rock!!
Kelly wrote: "Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Blastronaut Rocks.. wrote: "Thanks Kelly. After having a quick peep at your profile and seeing you're into mysteries and thrillers, not to mention horror.... can a pu..."You're welcome m'dear. He saves the best till last with the trilogy.. that's all I'll say.
Without getting carried away... I'd put The Hellfire Club and The Throat up their alongside my fave books by King and the likes.
Hope you have a good time with em.
I'm a Straub lover as well.Hello and welcome to HA, Joyce!
Hi! I'm Seth, and I'm a horror reader/writer (moving more towards writing horror, anyways). Usually I take breaks between genres, but I've just been on a horror kick for months now, so I figured I'd cave and pop over here. I've got my MS in forensic science, so I sometimes get excited seeing how people write the forensics in books that depict them just to see if it's accurate, but I prefer horror that's on the odder, inexplicable side.
Howdy y'all im Van and i love Horror stuff like i watch horror movies almost everyday but my fav horror theme is slaughter
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Welcome to The Jungle, Seth and Van. It's not one bit a jungle and quite pleasant... I just like saying it. : )Not a bad record either.... even after hearing it a million times.
@Seth: Welcome and very awesome, my friend!
@Van: Welcome and you came to the best place for that :-D
LTJ wrote: "@Van: Welcome and you came to the best place for that :-D"thank ya buddy
I have been away from the website for a while. What November great books to star this month!
Hello! Don’t know how active this page is, I’m pretty new here. LOVE horror books and movies. I call fiction the gateway drug of reading lol. Fiction became too boring, turned to murder mystery which became too predictable, horror is scratching the itch I was missing and extreme horror is *chefs kiss*. Love recommendations and I welcome new friends :) Happy reading!
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We're a fairly active group with over 24k members.
@Kahle: Welcome and very awesome! You came to a wonderful group, enjoy :-)
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OOH--we have a newer feature, where we have an author Extreme-horror group read every month, in addition to other monthly group reads!!
Ohh that sounds awesome, I’ll have to check that out thanks!!
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I often pronounce it wrong even now.... and my 13 yr old lad always corrects me! : )