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[Glen]

While it's not listed as horror but literature, I would recommend giving Lamb by Bonnie Nadzam a read. There was a creepy sense of danger on every page, and the writing is lyrical. Lamb

[Char]

So noted. Thanks to you both!

Seriously though, one has to be in the right kind of mood for this stuff. I came down with a nasty head/chest thing yesterday and when I got home from work I picked up The Road where I left off.
About 5 minutes later I was considering suicide.

[Jon Recluse]

Sorry you're not feeling well, Charlene.
Personally, I avoid that kind of fiction.

[Char]

Thanks, Jon.
I will admit that it's very well written. Though I'm not sure what the guy has against commas or quotation marks.
??

[Jon Recluse]

I'm sure it is, but it's not for me. Just being "literary" probably.

[Char]

I don't blame you. I'm sorry if it sounded like I did.
I'm sort of regretting reading it at this time, but I think I will go ahead and finish it, because if I put it down, I don't see myself picking it up ever again. : )

[Jon Recluse]

You didn't. :)

I know what you mean. I would probably finish it, too, so I wouldn't have to do it again.

[Chris]

It took me multiple attempts to get into THE ROAD, and Cormac McCarthy in general. Ultimately, I'm really glad I did.

I was having the same down in the dumps feelings about it, so I decided to take a break and read King's FULL DARK, NO STARS midway through. Yeah, great choice for a pick me up :)

[Chris]

Chris wrote: "Top 5 best villain ever."

Chigurh was pretty awesome. The movie portrayal was perfect, too.

[Char]

LOL Chris, that's a dark collection! I loved it though, and I rank it up there with some of King's best work.

[Jon Recluse]

Just finished The Tea Party and started Something Stirs

[Christine]

Was that a good book?

[Char]

I read Saturday Night at Eddie's and gave it 4*. I read Greg Gifune's Ushers of Darkness and gave that 4* as well. I also read The Boy in the Lot by Ronald Malfi (short story) and gave it 3*.
Now I'm reading Trinity.

[Jon Recluse]

Well, it's officially "Charlie's Season", so what are we reading during this most wonderful time of the year?

[Dylan]

[Gatorman]

I just downloaded ITTG on my Nook. It better be better than A Face In The Crowd, his last short story. That one sucked.

[Gatorman]

The baseball stuff wasn't the problem. It was just a lame story, period. Below King's standards for short stories, which is pretty high. It read like he had a deadline to meet.

[Jon Recluse]

Christine wrote: "Was that a good book?"

The Tea Party?

I liked it.

[Chris]

I agree about A Face in the Crowd. There might have been a good idea in there somewhere but it died pretty early in the story. It was as exciting as a rain delay. In the Tall Grass was disturbing and good. I agree with you Kealan. It reminded me of the stories from Skeleton Crew.

[Gatorman]

Kealan wrote: "Yeah, it was a nice surprise. MILE 81, was not."

Mile 81 was better than Face, but it wasn't anything special.

[Jon Recluse]

I;m really enjoying The Long Night of the Grave
Reads like a classic Universal horror movie.

[Char]

I'm really enjoying the first ghost novel in Three In The Morning (Three Complete Supernatural Novels) Kindle Edition by Noel Hynd.

[Jon Recluse]

Which novel?

[Chris]

I am reading Lehane's "Live at Night" and loving it. It reminds me of Doctorow's "Billy Bathgate" or those great Albany books by Kennedy "Legs" and "Billy Phelan's Greatest Game." I really enjoy stories about mobsters from the 20's and 30's and this story is riveting. I need to read the rest of Lehane's books.

[Chris]

Mile 81 was only better than Face because at least something happened in that story. I didn't like either one of them.

[Jon Recluse]

Kealan wrote: "Recluse: That one is part of Grant's trilogy specifically written as an ode to the Universal monsters."

Kealan wrote: "Recluse: That one is part of Grant's trilogy specifically written as an ode to the Universal monsters."

Kealan: I know. And it works.

[Char]

Jon Recluse wrote: "Which novel?"

The first novel in the book is Cemetary of Angels. That's the one I'm reading now. IT also includes 2 more" The Prodigy" and "A Room for the Dead". The author states that the stories go from light to extremely dark. So I guess Cemetary of Angels is thought to be light, but it's very spooky to me so far!

[Jon Recluse]

Glad you're enjoying it.

[Chris]

Jon and/or Kealan: What are the books in that series dedicated to the Universal monsters?

[Jon Recluse]

Chris wrote: "Jon and/or Kealan: What are the books in that series dedicated to the Universal monsters?"



Dark Cry Of The Moon
The Long Night of the Grave
The Soft Whisper Of The Dead

[Chris]

Thanks, Jon! You da man!

[Jon Recluse]

Anytime, Chris.

They just became available in ebook format from Necon.

[Jon Recluse]

SWEET!

[Jon Recluse]

I feel the same way.
It's like you're discovering him all over again.

[Jon Recluse]

SWEET!

[Char]

Thank you, Kealan!

[Jon Recluse]

Isn't he the best?

I say we keep him. ;)

[Char]

Yeah, he's a keeper.

Plus he has the new pic on FB where he is topless. ; P

[Jon Recluse]

*drool* :P

[Char]

I know! *wiping chin*

[Jon Recluse]

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Jon Recluse]

And hairy, too!

[Jon Recluse]

I still can't get her first one.
It's on hold at the library till half past never.

Y'know, I would swear someone is editing my posts.....

[Jon Recluse]

I really want to read it, so I may have to go that route.

[Jon Recluse]

Is $11.20 cheap for a paperback?

[Char]

Not exactly, Jon. : )

[Jon Recluse]

That's what I figured.

[Glen]

Hey Jon,
I can send you my copy. I love that book and would like to pass it on. How's that sound?

[Jon Recluse]

Hey, Glen.
That sounds great!
Thank you!

[Char]

That's nice of you, Glen. : )