Stephen King - IT.

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Just finished my rereading of Jeff Long's Deeper. Its the sequel to The Descent(novel unrelated to the movie). Deeper was not as good as The Descent, but till a great read. If you haven't read The Descent you must. Long describes the caves/tunnels/underwater seas/etc. amazingly. The creepiness is there. The mystery is there too. Exploration of the deep subterranean, of an unknown humanoid species. This is not the mole people. Its vicious, harsh, wonder.

4/5 stars.

After binging on GAME OF THRONES, have started the books. Well written, but way too long-prefer the TV series.

NOS4A2-Joe Hill.

Stephen King's son, I believe?

Yes. ::love::

Got done readin' these ones recently.....
Hank Schwaeble: Damnable
Joe Schreiber: No Doors No Windows
Dave Zeltserman: Monster

Read this too. My first Schreiber book was Chasing the Dead which was very good. However the other books I've read of his are mediocre. No Doors No Windows and Eat the Dead.

Read through THE RISING in one quick session and now reading CITY OF THE DEAD-both Brian Keene.

I just burned through Nightwalk by D. Nathan Hillard. I loved this book, from the constant twists to the character interactions. I can't wait to try another one of his novels. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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Both were awful. I made it 25 pages into The Stranger and was so annoyed with the writing. Cliche as fuck. Silly in a very bad way. Its a writing level of a 15 yearold with a tiny bit of talent and skill. Midnight Grinding was basically the same. I read a few of the first short stories and they were boring, predictable, etc. More adult, but not by much. I wonder if The Stranger is published because so much young adult fiction is popular and this seems on the level of young adult fiction, but without any skill or talent. So avoid if possible. 1/10 for both.

What say you Geordie. Is this latest tome as good as It.

No it's nowhere near as good as It. Had some good stories and some not so good.

Bernie: A Life Long Crusade Against Wall Street and Wealth by Darcy Richardson.

Others Volume III Third Parties from Teddy Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party to the Decline of Socialism in America.

Ready player one for the 2nd time this year. Love it.

THE GREEN MILE-Stephen King. One of his better ones, at least for Me.

ORDEAL by William a Johnstone. Trashy read about a large group of campers in the Montana wilderness who have the bad luck to be nearby a large prison break that results in much pain/suffering for them. Meanwhile a group of weekend warriors is also nearby and pretty much solve the crisis. Really badly written with an extremely conservative bent as well as an ultra Liberal son of one of the WWs that is so annoying that you wish the cons would inflict some pain on him. Junk, to be sure, but entertaining junk that will do in a pinch.

American Psycho

One of my favourite books.

Its a decent read. A rarity for King for the past 15 years or so.

The Fireman - Joe Hill

DEVIANT-Harold Schecter. Well written book about the life and times of Ed Gein. Harold really has a flair with these kind of things.

Stephen King - The Gunslinger (first of Dark Tower series)

Wasn't sure how I would feel about this book, stopped myself from buying it a few times. Finally decided to take the plunge and picked up a copy today. A very good decision. Very good decision indeed.

Did you read the rewrite or the original? Original's far better.

Original!!

It's a rare occassion that a film remake is better than the original, I feel the same way about my good ol' books.

Good. :D Though there is a cool scene in the rewrite, the quality of writing is much better in the original.

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Finished the Blackwater series. 6 books in total. Each one is not very long. Its an enjoyable read. Its primarily about the Caskey family and how they change overtime. There's a bit of horror interspersed throughout the series, but as I said its primarily about the Caskey family. They're a wealthy southern family hit hard by a flood in the first book and continues from there.The books are easy and enjoyable enough. I definitely suggest the series. They're collected into a single book, but I bought each individual one. The high quality ones are expensive so I bought them in meh condition books.

REEL TERROR-David Konow. Kind of a Cliff Notes history of the horror film from CALIGARI up to 2008 or so, but a decent read, especially for a newcomer.
David also wrote BANG YOUR HEAD: THE RISE AND FALL OF HEAVY METAL, which I also recommend.

Finished the first Jack Reacher book.
It was pretty good. Nice twisty story with plenty of surprises and cool action scenes.

Now I'm reading the first book in The Witcher series. The Last Wish.
It inspired the brilliant video game. If you like the game then read the book. Its great dark fantasy that's very well written. I thought it would be very dense but its a relatively easy to understand read. Great stuff!

THE PREDATOR-Anthony John. Feral cannibal munches and crunches through NYC. Loads of clichéd characters (hard boiled cop, sexy reporter, haunted priest etc), but plenty of grue and worth a look.

Just finished the Mystery and Lore of Monsters.

Now reading: Necropolis by Basil Copper.

Just started Atlas Shrugged. About a fifth of the way in. It written beautifully, not horror of course. Unless you consider the gross overreach of the government terrifying (I do). Regardless, excellent character development, beautiful scene setting. The sheer size is a little daunting but I'm into it, so it will get finished.

It was great until about the last 100 pages. You'll see why. I liked The Fountainhead a lot more.

Finished "The Girl Next Door" the other day. I'd heard SO much about it, how horrible (as in scary, etc.) it was, and... it was ok. I like my grim books to be grim, and this one seemed to be a bit shy of going all the way with it. If you're going to throw a punch, don't pull the punch.

Started "The Haunting of Hill House" two days ago and just about finished. I love it. Words like magic. Just my cup of tea.

Awwww Damnit... Im going to force myself to like even the last hundred pages. I am to invested in this story to not be happy with it. Lol.

Yes, The Haunting of Hill House is so very good.

Heh, I could be wrong. You might enjoy it. Let us know. :)

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8/10

Basically there's a place called Area X that behaves strangely and the US government has sectioned off sending in expeditions to explore it and return back with what the find/experience. That is the basis of the series. It is not a thriller or very indepth use of government procedure. It is also not what I typically find in most fantastic/science/horror fiction series. Its probably what people who snub series like that as beneath them and 'literature.' This one I think would appeal to them. The Southern Reach(location, not the triology) is elusive to being defined. I do not want to say more than this because it will ruin a lot of the book to try to explain what happens. Indeed I now need to reread the first book to see if I can understand what is occurring in Area X. The wonder at what is happening is marvelous.