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    I bet that made it even creepier!
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    bears have been reading tons of Russian horrors

    didn't even know such a genre existed. It sure hadn't before ten or fifteen years ago, except some classics (like Gogol) and elements of horror in regular novels of various authors. Well, the genre exists and, quite unexpectedly, prospers. There are authors who write genuinely creepy, scary, sometimes incredibly sick things - that don't read like anything I've read before; I mean, it's not imitation of anything already existing in the world (which I feared for some reason), but mainly totally original approach, based on our lore, history, locale, folk tales and urban legends etc. Bears are very impressed and only regret can't share none of it here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ricky View Post
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    My list of unread King books is so small and I'm really debating finally giving Pet Sematary a go sometime soon. I've shied away from it because I'm scared of how it might upset me as a parent, but I keep telling myself that I've encountered some pretty rough things in King books already an I survived.
    Thought #1: You haven't read it yet?!

    Thought #2: Oh yeah, it'll destroy you.
    1. I saw the movie so much growing up that it took away any interest I had in reading the book because I felt like I already knew the story.
    2. I know, right?
    I still have a feeling I'm gonna give in one day and read it.

    Quote Originally Posted by jhanic View Post
    I first read Pet Sematary while I was traveling on business in a VERY small airport (two gates!) in Virginia at about 9 in the evening. I was the only person except for the ticketing agent, who was usually in the back room, in the entire building. Talk about spooky! This was just after it was published.

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    Ooh, talk about setting the right "tone" for the book.

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    I first read Pet Sematary while I was traveling on business in a VERY small airport (two gates!) in Virginia at about 9 in the evening. I was the only person except for the ticketing agent, who was usually in the back room, in the entire building. Talk about spooky! This was just after it was published.

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    That is cool, John! I re-read The Stand (Uncut) while on sentry duty in the military on night shift. This was about time that Grunge music had hit the airwaves and I had it playing softly in the background while I read. So every time I hear a song from that time period, it takes me back to those long nights spent with Stu and the gang. And of course the Walking Dude.
    Awesome! I love it when music has the ability to take me back to a specific book/story. It's pretty neat how, no matter how many years pass, you can't not think of that story when you hear a certain song.

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    So far it's about a dysfunctional rich family mostly drinking booze and lamenting, though they've yet to come together. I have a feeling once they come together, this novel is going to get quite entertaining and funny.
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    I'm in a reading slump right now. I'm halfway through The Body and it's just not holding my attention. I'm over halfway through an Otis Redding biography and haven't picked it up for days.
    I really really need a good book to be obsessed with right now.

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    I was going to say now might be the time for Pet Sematary, but it might bum you out during the holidays.
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    Right?! I can't chance having my holidays ruined, Ricky! haha

    And I still really want to read The Demonologist, but it's not available at the library right now and I don't know if I want to read it post-Halloween.

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    I'm reading The Wandering Earth by Cixin Liu. This is pretty refreshing and rejuvenating stuff; his ideas and imagery are to my thirty-nine-year-old self what Verne and Wells were to me when I was nine. I'm surprised Subterranean Press hasn't already moved in on Liu.

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    Soooo anyone read the Poet?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Girlystevedave View Post
    Right?! I can't chance having my holidays ruined, Ricky! haha

    And I still really want to read The Demonologist, but it's not available at the library right now and I don't know if I want to read it post-Halloween.
    Yeah, skip Pet Sematary until January and after the holidays...that way when you read it iit's extra sad with your post-holiday slump.

    And I initially read The Demonologist during a Halloween season, but imagine it would be just as enjoyable "off-season." Though I can see why you'd want to wait.
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    Currently reading The Woman by Jack Ketchum. Guy has a real talent for making readers squirm uncomfortably in their seats.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ricky View Post
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    Right?! I can't chance having my holidays ruined, Ricky! haha

    And I still really want to read The Demonologist, but it's not available at the library right now and I don't know if I want to read it post-Halloween.
    Yeah, skip Pet Sematary until January and after the holidays...that way when you read it iit's extra sad with your post-holiday slump.

    And I initially read The Demonologist during a Halloween season, but imagine it would be just as enjoyable "off-season." Though I can see why you'd want to wait.
    1. Pet Sematary combined with post-Christmas depression would be an awful combination.
    2. And I'll probably get around to reading The Demonologist before Halloween anyway. Hell, if I wait until Halloween, I'll probably forget all about it next year. haha

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    Quote Originally Posted by WeDealInLead View Post
    I'm reading The Wandering Earth by Cixin Liu. This is pretty refreshing and rejuvenating stuff; his ideas and imagery are to my thirty-nine-year-old self what Verne and Wells were to me when I was nine. I'm surprised Subterranean Press hasn't already moved in on Liu.
    When they do (and I'm sure they will) I'll be ready!

    I missed the first book of the Imperial Radch trilogy and had to pay dearly for a complete set...

    They are also the ones who introduced me to The Expanse series: I got the preorder email saying that Leviathan Wakes was almost sold out. I had never heard of it (somehow!) but I decided to go ahead and order a copy. SOOOOO happy I did! Cibola Burn is on its way to me as I type!

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    Last night I finished The Second World War, Volume IV: The Hinge of Fate by Winston Churchill.

    Some interesting and/or amusing quotes:

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    “The post of Ambassador to the Soviets has been found extremely unattractive by all British and Americans who have been called upon to fill it…”

    “…things are increasingly a-quiver.”

    “…our hands are too full, but I do not want them tied.”

    “All this shows how much luck there is in human affairs, and how little we should worry about anything except doing our best.”

    “As we gradually descended towards the Potomac River I noticed that the top of the Washington Monument, which is over five hundred and fifty feet high, was about our level, and I impressed upon Captain Kelly Rogers that it would be peculiarly unfortunate if we brought our story to an end by hitting this of all other objects in the world. He assured me that he would take special care to miss it.”

    “The President drove me all over the estate… Mr. Roosevelt’s infirmity prevented him from using his feet on the brake, clutch, or accelerator. An ingenious arrangement enabled him to do everything with his arms, which were amazingly strong and muscular. He invited me to feel his biceps, saying that a famous prize-fighter had envied them. This was reassuring; but I confess that when on several occasions the car poised and backed on the grass verges of the precipices over the Hudson I hoped the mechanical devices and brakes would show no defects.”

    “I was given a ‘walkie-talkie’ to carry. This was the first time I had ever handled such a convenience.”

    ...and three bonus quotes from FDR to Churchill:

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    This morning I began The Second World War, Volume V: Closing The Ring by Winston Churchill.
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    At the moment I'm re-reading the DT books, including Insomnia (which I'm on now). Of the DT books, I'm half-way through The Wind Through The Keyhole.

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    After having a difficult time getting into most of what I've started lately, I decided to dive into Robert McCammon's Swan Song last night. It's a beast of a book, but it did grab my attention with the first two chapters and all I can think of is getting out of work so I can read it.
    That's a good sign.

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    Now taking a break from The Second World War, Volume V: Closing The Ring by Winston Churchill in order to fit in my annual read of A Christmas Carol.
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    Just completed A Christmas Carol and returned to The Second World War, Volume V: Closing The Ring by Winston Churchill.
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    Quote Originally Posted by St. Troy View Post
    Now taking a break from The Second World War, Volume V: Closing The Ring by Winston Churchill in order to fit in my annual read of A Christmas Carol.
    Have you heard about "Mr Dickens and His Carol", by Samantha Silva?
    I thought it was a wonderful "backstory" for the holiday classic.

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