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I threw a book at my ex husband once, It was a giant Stephen King H/C, I don't remember which title...Insomnia, or Needful Things...I think. Fortunately for him I missed, I followed that with a bottle of Tide, he ducked that one too, drunks can be so agile. I dropped Dark Tower H/C when I...

Koji Suzuki's Dark Water is short stories, all related to water. Some of them have to do with the sea. It is classic Japanese ghost story fare, if you are in to that. What about Loch by Steven Alten? That isn't the sea but it has that monster aspect. I haven't read it so I can't vouch for it...

My brother in law reads to his his two boys every night, and has since they were wee. They also listen to books on tape as they play with their legos, or do art projects, or play with whatever toys. I often have come over on the weekends to find them sitting around reading from whatever the...

I was disappointed with Ludlum, and I didn't even have very high expectations. His characters seemed so cliche. The other one that really fell short of my expectations was Heinlein. I think I have said this before here, but Stranger in a Strange Land, was like reading some 70 year old mans...

I'm always on the lookout for new authors, and I wonder if anyone has read any of these, and want to tell me what they think... Robert Coover Juris Jurjevics Christopher Lehmann-Haupt They all have recently published, and I want to get some feed back before I invest. Thanks for any...

I met Chuck Palahniuk at a signing in LA a couple monthes ago, he was very personable, and looked amazingly mild mannered compared to the stuff he writes. I went to a Ray Bradbury signing last year, but was afraid to talk much because he has gotten so hard of hearing. I was nervous that it...

I have read almost all of his books, and really have enjoyed them all, with few exceptions. favorites include: Dark Tower series The Stand The Talisman/Black House Bag of Bones Hearts in Atlantis Different Seasons Firestarter Didn't much care for The Dark Half, or Tommyknockers, but...

In paperback: Watership Down by Richard Adams The Bad Place by Dean Koontz And the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick Cave In HB God's Debris by Scott Adams The Religion War by Scott Adams Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire

I have only read Diary and Lullaby. I have to say I am not a lofty type that cares much if something is literary, in fact I may not be sophisticated enough to make the distinction in nuance betwixt the literary and the mundane. If the story keeps me engaged, then I count the book as a good...

Hey Everybody! I'm a book addict looking for more of the same to talk about authors/books. I like horror, sci-fi, mystery, thriller, crime, basically anything intense, action packed, supernatural, scary, or other worldly. I like funny sometimes, Douglas Adams, David Sedaris, Tom Robbins...