Introduce yourself (If you want to :-)

[Jenna, Group Creator]

Hi there im Jenna! I am the moderator for this group. Any questions, comments, or suggestions should go to me :) I began reading Saul last year, after a suggestion from a fellow literary discussor on a Koontz Literature Group on FB. I have been avidly reading since. I love his use of children in his books and paranormal and suspenseful themes.

I am 24, and live in ohio with my wife Jenn and our two cats, Osiris and Idgie. I am a book critic for a literary blog, luxuryreading,com...and also a painter, writer, and amatuer nature photographer. In my spare time i am a foodie, i read avidly, movie buff, love theater, ballet, opera and musicals. My wife and i enjoy swimming, hiking, travel, wine, good food, rock climbing, soccer and hockey...also enjoy a good cozy cafe with silence as its virtue. :)

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

It's me. Dustin. I live in the People's Republic of Boulder, Colorado and John Saul is one of my must-read authors. I've been kinda hungry to read another John Saul book. I wasn't real impressed with last years House of Reckoning: A Novel but I'm ready to give him another try. A few of my personal favorites are:The Homing,The Blackstone Chronicles,Shadows and The Manhattan Hunt Club Glad to see this group forming. Thanks Jenna for taking this on - I know how much work moderating a group is :-)

[Lynne - The Book Squirrel]

Hi I'm Lynne I live in North Dorset in the UK, I am a Marie Curie nurse and work nights and get to read a lot of books when working as I work one to one and with end of life. My patients families are sometimes aghast that I can read horror in the dead of night!

I have been reading John's books for quite a long time now. I just love his style of writing. I quite liked his Faces of Fear, I thought the story line was brilliant. I also loved The Manhattan Hunt Club.

[Jenna, Group Creator]

Dustin Crazy wrote: "It's me. Dustin. I live in the People's Republic of Boulder, Colorado and John Saul is one of my must-read authors. I've been kinda hungry to read another John Saul book. I wasn't real impressed wi..."

No problem, just working on getting it out there and getting people to join. DUstin do you want to co-moderator? I know you do Koontz and Tess...but id appreciate the help in networking if youd be interested. Thanks for joining!

[Jenna, Group Creator]

Lynne wrote: "Hi I'm Lynne I live in North Dorset in the UK, I am a Marie Curie nurse and work nights and get to read a lot of books when working as I work one to one and with end of life. My patients families a..."

Welcome Lynne! Tell your friends! And feel free to voice your opinions or start a discussion!

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Lynne wrote: "My patients families are sometimes aghast that I can read horror in the dead of night! "

but do you read,In the Dark of the Night: A Novel? J/K :-) Great to see you in the group Lynne.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Lynne wrote: "I have been reading John's books for quite a long time now. I just love his style of writing. I quite liked his Faces of Fear, I thought the story line was brilliant. I also loved The Manhattan Hunt Club.
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Looks like we've found another reader with great taste in fiction - I also enjoyed both of those books you mentioned :-)

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Jenna wrote: "DUstin do you want to co-moderator? I know you do Koontz and Tess...but id appreciate the help in networking if youd be interested."

I'm fine either way :-) and I'll help out with whatever I can whether as co-moderator or group member.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Jenna wrote: "id appreciate the help in networking if youd be interested."

I just sent out an invite to all my goodreads friends (90 invites) hope a few will come have fun with us :-) At any rate, we'll soon have more members than that other John Saul group because I'm about to remove my membership and I think there it's been sitting at only 6 members for most of this year. I don't know what happened to Tom, who started that group last December. Maybe he's having too much fun on Facebook and so he's not active on goodreads anymore - just a guess.

[Jenna, Group Creator]

Dustin Crazy wrote: "Lynne wrote: "My patients families are sometimes aghast that I can read horror in the dead of night! "

but do you read,In the Dark of the Night: A Novel? J/K :-) Great to see you in th..."

Nice joke Dustin!

[Jenna, Group Creator]

Dustin Crazy wrote: "Lynne wrote: "I have been reading John's books for quite a long time now. I just love his style of writing. I quite liked his Faces of Fear, I thought the story line was brilliant. I also loved The..."

Id try The God Project and Shadows Dustin.. :)

[Jenna, Group Creator]

Dustin Crazy wrote: "Jenna wrote: "id appreciate the help in networking if youd be interested."

I just sent out an invite to all my goodreads friends (90 invites) hope a few will come have fun with us :-) At any rate..."

Hey no excuse! Im on FB. lol. If your gonna start a group you gotta keep it up right? Im on here once a day at least normally..may change once im working ft..but still be on?

[Lynne - The Book Squirrel]

Dustin. I have read everything but House of Reckoning which I have got on my shelves along with In the Dark of the Night and Midnight Voices.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Lynne wrote: "Dustin. I have read everything but House of Reckoning which I have got on my shelves along with In the Dark of the Night and Midnight Voices."

So, House of Reckoning is the only one you haven't read? You've already read Dark of the Night and Midnight Voices and all his older titles?

[Erica]

Hi! I'm Erica in live in Washington State. I hate to say it, but I have never read a John Saul novel before. I have heard a lot of good things about his work and thought why not start now!

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Erica wrote: "Hi! I'm Erica in live in Washington State. I hate to say it, but I have never read a John Saul novel before. I have heard a lot of good things about his work and thought why not start now!"

:-) How Wonderful!!!! We're reading Black Creek Crossing as a group as our November Group Read - that would be a great place to start :-) I'm going to pick up the audio book at the library today but I might not get started right away unless I feel I simply can not wait - I've got a few other titles in line but I may let John Saul butt in line if I feel like it - at any rate, I'll be starting BCC by November and it'll be fun to read with other fans both long time devotees and newbies. Thanks for joining the group Erica - will you join us in reading Black Creek Crossing too?

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Here's the link to the November Group Read Discussion thread:
Black Creek Crossing (Group Read - November 2010)

[Erica]

Dustin Crazy wrote: "Erica wrote: "Hi! I'm Erica in live in Washington State. I hate to say it, but I have never read a John Saul novel before. I have heard a lot of good things about his work and thought why not st..."

Black Creek Crossing sounds good, so I definitely will!

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Great - see you there :-)

[Maicie]

Hello. I'm Maicie, live in the prairie land of Colorado, love literary fiction (whatever that means) and horror. I'll be as active as I can but I belong to several groups already and have a hard time keeping up with all of them.

I've read several Saul books but haven't read anything by him recently.

[Jenna, Group Creator]

Erica wrote: "Hi! I'm Erica in live in Washington State. I hate to say it, but I have never read a John Saul novel before. I have heard a lot of good things about his work and thought why not start now!"

welcome! how great! glad youve decided to try John Saul! Let us know how you like him. Feel free to add topics or ask any questions! Welcome again.

[Jenna, Group Creator]

Dustin Crazy wrote: "Great - see you there :-)"

Ditto great to see you! When i created this group..then added Dustin as comoderator..i only hoped we got some new people :)

[Jenna, Group Creator]

Maicie wrote: "Hello. I'm Maicie, live in the prairie land of Colorado, love literary fiction (whatever that means) and horror. I'll be as active as I can but I belong to several groups already and have a hard ti..."

Welcome Maicie! Hope youll join us in our Nov. read!

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Maicie wrote: "Hello. I'm Maicie, live in the prairie land of Colorado, love literary fiction (whatever that means) and horror. I'll be as active as I can but I belong to several groups already and have a hard ti..."

Maicie!!!! You are so nice to join our little group! Great to have another Colorful Coloradoan! Wanna read Black Creek Crossing with us? Thanks again - You are Awesome!

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Hey Carrie, I see you snuck in the door also! Great & Wonderful! Thanks for joining!

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Jenna, the group rules say no swearing. Does that mean I can't write H*ll, D*mn, and Sh*t?(note vowels have been replaced with * to hide full indecency) Will you be deleting comments with these words? I'm curious because sometimes these words just slip at my fingertips before I can catch them :-) Thanks.

[Maicie]

Yes, I'll be reading Black Creek Crossing on my Nook. I just rented Faces of Fear: A Novel on audio. I haven't read Saul or Bentley Little in such a long time. Nice to revisit those reads.

I anticipate getting in trouble with the swearing too. Some books just bring out the worst...and clerks...and politicians...and

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

:-) Good, Good, Good. I liked Faces of Fear, even if it is rather predictable - it had a nice ending, which wasn't typical of John Saul - he tends to have really bizarre endings to most of his books. I've never read Bentley Little but he's been recommended to me more than once. I don't swear much but I may say something like "This book is full of sh*t!" or "Holy H*ll - This is a D*mn Good Book!" and I'm just wondering if Jenna is gonna get after me ;-)

[Jenna, Group Creator]

Dustin Crazy wrote: "Jenna, the group rules say no swearing. Does that mean I can't write H*ll, D*mn, and Sh*t?(note vowels have been replaced with * to hide full indecency) Will you be deleting comments with these wor..."

I honesy prefer no swearing. If you can catch it and correct it, it'd be appreciated. :) I may delete them if i think its too bad but if its not horrible i may not.

[Jenna, Group Creator]

Dustin Crazy wrote: ":-) Good, Good, Good. I liked Faces of Fear, even if it is rather predictable - it had a nice ending, which wasn't typical of John Saul - he tends to have really bizarre endings to most of his book..."

It is meant mostly for vulgarity, or calling at people or being disrespectful to an author. :)

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

:-) I'm just giving you a hard time Jenna. I'm glad you haven't kicked me out of the group....yet. :-)

[Jenna, Group Creator]

Dustin Crazy wrote: ":-) I'm just giving you a hard time Jenna. I'm glad you haven't kicked me out of the group....yet. :-)"

not gonna happen..haha

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Oh, you're so kind and so accepting :-) This group is gonna be great - just you watch and see!

[Jenna, Group Creator]

Dustin Crazy wrote: "Oh, you're so kind and so accepting :-) This group is gonna be great - just you watch and see!"

I try haha. lol. Do I note sarcasim? All bow down and worship the group moderator lol. Juuuust kidding. SO how did you guys come to start reading Saul?

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Jenna wrote: "SO how did you guys come to start reading Saul? "

I started by reading The Blackstone Chronicles. When I was a teenager, my first job was at a grocery store which had a reading/magazine section. The first book in the series caught my "eye":

It looked like a good scary story that was nice and short. This was around the same time that King was publishing his serial novels of The Green Mile. I was hooked right away and Saul has been a must read ever since - I have to read every new book he publishes. There are still many of his older books I have not read though.

[Jenna, Group Creator]

ahhh i c i c! Ive been a huge Koontz fan for years. Last year about mid last year, I was chatting in a Koontz group I belong to on FB about Koontz's books, and someone asked if I had read Saul. I said no, what does he write? Right away the following weekend my fiance and I took a trip to B&N in Fairlawn and I read the backs of all his stuff..I then in the next week proceeded to buy 5 of his books, and am still working on reading all of his works. Next one Black stone..in between my critic books and Darkfall

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

The new group rules state: Please no vulgarity and limited swearing.

Limited Swearing! Jenna you are too funny! :-)

[Jenna, Group Creator]

Just for you Dustin lol

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

You are just too Damn nice! We're gonna have a Hell of a good time in the John Saul Lit Group!

[Jenna, Group Creator]

You. Are. A. Nim. Rod. In a nice way.

[Jenna, Group Creator]

*biiig cheezey grin****

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Jenna wrote: "You. Are. A. Nim. Rod. In a nice way."

U R 2 Kind & 1 0f A Kind 2 :-)

[Jenna, Group Creator]

hehe.. thank you *bows*

[Adelhaida]

Hi(: My names is Adelhaida. I love John Saul's books, I've had all of them given to be my father in law. I started with Black Creek Crossing,and now I'm currently reading In the Dark of the Night.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Adelhaida wrote: "Hi(: My names is Adelhaida. I love John Saul's books, I've had all of them given to be my father in law. I started with Black Creek Crossing,and now I'm currently reading In the Dark of the Night."

:-) Welcome to the group! Thanks so much for joining. So you're only on your second John Saul book? Read them with us as a group and it'll be more fun. We're reading Creature in December. Come join us in the Creature monthly read thread if you want.

[Adelhaida]

Your very welcome:) I'll try and do so, thank you.

[Jenna, Group Creator]

I am sorry that i disappeared on everyone. i moved otu of state and have been fiercely working. i will try and update more however i work 11.5 hour days and it has made it a bit more trying.

Welcome new members. I hope you enjoy Saul and our little group.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Welcome back Jenna :-) We knew you were busy. My hours have actually been cut during the holiday weeks but I'm usually working 60-70 hrs a week so I know how you feel.

[William]

Hi I'm william.I live in Scotland,I'm about to start my first John Saul novel Creature, which I've heard is really good.This past year or so I've started reading a lot of King and Koontz and just thought why not give Saul a try.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

William wrote: "Hi I'm william.I live in Scotland,I'm about to start my first John Saul novel Creature, which I've heard is really good.This past year or so I've started reading a lot of King and Koontz and just t..."

Welcome William! Creature was our group read in December. Here's our discussion thread for Creature if you want to comment as or after you read the book:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/4...

Have you already joined the Koontzland - Dean Koontz group?