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Follow Victor to the sacred place,
This ain't a dream, I can't escape,
Molars and fangs, the clicking of bones,
Spirits moaning among the tombstones,
And the night, when the moon is bright,
Someone cries, something ain't right.

Off to see Nick Cave in a few hours. I don't think I've looked forward this much to a concert since my teens...

"Fear and a kind of enormous moon-blazing sexuality lifted me, millimeter by millimeter. And yet I held madly to the human."

Rock climbing - an alternate description.

Hey ho, let's go.

Started out great actually!

Burning up the road on the home stretch

Time for a full service I believe, miles are piling up. Perhaps I know this story a tad to well by now...

Idlin'

Cruisin'

Like meeting an old friend

I'm not a fan of short sentences, but I do appreciate a full stop now and then.

A bit of a feeling that I missed 22 books and therefore not entirely up to speed... and there is a lot of dialogue!

This one is messing with my head; so Bloch wrote a sequel to his '59 novel in '82 - totally unrelated to Psycho II - the movie in '83? Hm. And what about the nuns in this one and in Psycho III - the movie? Coincidence?

Bit weird, very Halloween-ish start.

Is it just me or does everyone feel that sitting around listening to Respighi tell you all you need to know of someone's mental health?

This has been another surprising re-read, the final story "Breathing method" positively takes my breath away (absolutely no pun intended ever)

Train dodge...not recommended for those with poor eyesight and hearing

Hm. Couple details of Apt Pupil did not add up. Never noticed them before...

Even without kids of my own, Apt Pupil affects me more as an adult I think, and at a slight different perspective

Shawshank still fascinates

Freezing just reading this

Fascinating

Reading with the wife for her trainer's course, but I'm the enthusiastic one! I'm just such a sucker for science based learning (as opposed to quack, witch-doctor, homeopath, horse-shit-peddler-based learning)

abnegate v. renounce or reject (something desired or valuable).

Starting to understand why the few reviews I skimmed were kind of unclear in terms of story - this is some seriously unique and original Cruelty.

Mah Mah *shudder*

Seriously instantly hooking

Sorry Mr King, I'm gonna put you on hold, you see I'm about to be shown some Cruelty

This I remember so little about, it's almost a first read.

Major, major claustrophobic moment that I had in some way obviously forgot about!! Off to check blood pressure...