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I'm tickled to find that some of my favorite writers have their own websites, but while some are great, some are stiff, overly commercial productions, as if the publisher's prodding them in the back and muttering "you can fit another link to Amazon in that space there." Worst Kris...

Excuse me if I'm posting in the wrong place (seems right, horror, but I've noticed that popular authors sometimes have their own area) but anyone read Cell yet? Visually, it's much thinner than most King books. Likeable, interesting, intermittently gory. But somehow - disappointing...

Charles DeLint. I like some of his short stuff, but the mania about him is downright creepy.

I'm trying to decide what to take on the plane next week. I like old friends, familiar books that make the plane, train, hotel room, etc. feel more homey - I've tried to take a new novel on trips, but I almost never read them. Of course, I don't read much at all on vacation, but reading a few...

Anyone read this book: "Golden and Grey" by Louise Arnold? I read it the other day and was pleasantly surprised. Very warm, an obvious relation to the Potter books but in a less extreme world. The plot sort of faltered a bit, but I thought it was a very good first book.

I've given Huck Finn a go three time - count 'em, three - due to the unflinching belief of English teachers and professors that this is a Great American Novel. I still hate it. Minor, related rant - is there anything less convincing than Twain's scene where Huck's dressed like a girl and...