I recommend Ghost Story in particular. It has the kind of build up Bears enjoy, and is a proper ghost story by any definition of the term
I recommend Ghost Story in particular. It has the kind of build up Bears enjoy, and is a proper ghost story by any definition of the term
bears want! bears want!
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, Straub is phenomenal. I'd give you a list Jean, but I haven't found anything by him I didn't like.
The Childe's 2009 booklist:
Now with new and improved, quick, convenient (0-5) review
1. Strangers-Dean Koontz-Novel (3)
2. A Narrative of A. Gordon Pym - Edgar Allen Poe - Novella (4)
3. Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury - Novel (5)
4. The Gold Bug - Edgar Allen Poe - Short Story (reread) (3)
5. Coraline - Neil Gaiman - Novel (4)
6. The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Edgar Allen Poe - short story (reread) (3)
7. Pet Sematary - Stephen King - Novel (reread) (5)
8. The Mystery of Marie Roget - Edgar Allen Poe - short story (reread) (2)
9. The Long Road Home (1-5) comics (5)
10. A Worn Path - Eudora Welty - short story (3)
11. Blue Winds Dancing - Tom Whitecloud - short story (3)
12. The Purloined Letter - Edgar Allen Poe - short story (3)
13. The Black Cat - Edgar Allen Poe - short story (reread) (4)
14. The Shining - SK - Novel (reread) (5)
15. The Fellowship of the Ring - JRR Tolkien - Novel (4)
16. The Pit and the Pendulum - EAP - short story (reread) (5)
17. The Premature Burial - EAP - short story (reread) (5)
18. The Masque of the Red Death - EAP - short story (reread) (4)
19. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger - novel (3)
20. Hop-Frog - EAP - short story (reread) (4)
21. The Cask of Amontillado - EAP - short story (reread) (5)
22. The Tell-Tale Heart - EAP - short story (reread) (5)
23. The Stand: Captain Trips #1-5 - comics - (5)
24. The Two Towers - JRR Tolkien - Novel (5)
25. The Far Side Gallery #4 - Gary Larson - comics - (4)
26. 1984 - George Orwell - novel (4)
27. The Return of the King - JRR Tolkien - Novel (5)
28. Animal Farm - George Orwell - Novella (4)
29. A Painted House - John Grisham - Novel - (4)
30. It-SK - rerereread - novel (5+)
31. No Country For Old Men - Cormac McCarthy - novel (4)
Sloth Love Chunk
2008 book list
1. The Tales Of Beedle The Bard-J. K. Rowling
2. Rage-Richard Bachman
3. 20th Century Ghosts-Joe Hill
4. Creepshow-Stephen King
5. Cinema Of Mystery-Rose London
6. Population Zero-Wrath James White
7. Skin Flowers-Gina Ranalli
8. children of the new disorder-Tim Lebbon & Lindy Moore
9. Cthulu 2000-edited by Jim Turner
10. Painted Devils-Robert Aickman
11. Scared Stiff: Tales Of Sex And Death-Ramsey Campbell
12. The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: Eight Secondary Characters From The Dark Tower Series-Bev Vincent
13. MAUS I-Art Spiegelman
14. Turn Coat- Jim Butcher
15. Farenheit 451-Ray Bradbury
16. The Gunslinger Born
17. The Films Of Stephen King-Ann Lloyd
18. Locke & Key-Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez
19. Cinematic Vampires The Living Dead on Film and Television, from The Devil's Castle (1896) to Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)- John L. Flynn
20. City Infernal-Edward Lee
21. BLOOD The Last Vampire 2002-Benkyo Tamaoki
22. Buffy The Vampire Slayer The Origin-Christopher Golden and Daniel Brereton
23. Werewolf-Richard Corben
24. Son of Celluloid-Clive Barker, Steve Niles, and Les Edwards
25. Tapping The Vein BOOK ONE-Clive Barker, Craig Russel, and Scott Hampton
26. Tapping The Vein BOOK TWO- Clive Barker, Klaus Janson, and John Bolton
27. A Scanner Darkly-Philip K. Dick
28. DEADLY FEASTS Tracking The Secrets Of A Terrifying New Plague-Richard Rhodes
29. Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book-Shel Silverstein
30. Crawlers-John Shirley
31. A Lower Deep-Tom Piccirilli
32. Wild Things: Four Tales-Douglas Clegg
33. Sides-Peter Straub
34. Nightworlds-William F. Nolan
35. Brides Of The Impaler-Edward Lee
36. The Zen of Zombie: Better Living Through the Undead-Scott Kenemore
37. Koko-Peter Straub
38. A Taste Of Tenderloin-Gene O'Neill
39. Ghoul-Brian Keene
40. Bite-Richard Laymon
2008 Book List
Updated
The Double Bind - Chris Bohjalian
Four Past Midnight - Stephen King (reread)
Coraline - Neil Gaiman (reread)
Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo - Margot Mifflin
Gerald's Game - Stephen King (reread)
We're All in this Together - Owen King
Pawn of Prophecy - David Eddings
The Tomb - F. Paul Wilson
World War Z - Max Brooks
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snickett
Lullaby - Chuck Palahniuk
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - Stephen King (reread)
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room - Lemony Snickett
The Fourth Hand - John Irving
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
The Green Mile - Stephen King (reread)
Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health - Gary Taubes
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Diary - Chuck Palahniuk
My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
The Giver - Lois Lowry (reread)
Gathering Blue - Lois Lowry (reread)
Messenger - Lois Lowry
Just After Sunset - Stephen King
Taste of Tenderloin - Gene O'Neil
A Series of Unfortunate Events #3: The Wide Window - Lemony Snicket
Series of Unfortunate Events #4: The Miserable Mill - Lemony Snicket
Hearts in Atlantis - Stephen King (reread)
Legacies - F. Paul Wilson (reading)
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
2008 Book List
1. Death Masks ~ Jim Butcher
2. Blood Rites~ Jim Butcher
3. Dead Beat ~ Jim Butcher (reread)
4. Proven Guilty ~ Jim Butcher
5. White Knight ~ Jim Butcher
6. Small Favor -Jim Butcher
7. Backup ~ Jim Butcher
8. A Moveable Feast ~ Hemingway
9. God Save The Queen (graphic novel) ~ Mike Carey
10. The Turn Of The Screw and Other Stories ~ Henry James
11. The Gunslinger Born 1-7 ~ Furth et al (reread)
12. The Long Road Home 1-5 ~ Furth et al
13. Treachery 1-4 ~ Furth et al
14. Fevre Dream ~ George R R Martin
15. Creatures Of The Night ~ Neil Gaiman
16. The Facts In The Case Of The Departure Of Miss Finch ~ Neil Gaiman
17. Doom Patrol #1-18 ~ Paul Kupperberg
18. Doom Patrol #32 -64 ~ Grant Morrison
19. Storm Of The Century (Screenplay) ~ Stephen King
20. Doom Patrol #65 -87 ~ Rachel Pollack
21. Shoot The Damn Dog ~ Sally Brampton
22. Last Call ~ Tim Powers
23. Blaze ~ Richard Bachman (reread)
24. Turncoat~ Jim Butcher
25. The Magic Cottage ~ James Herbert
26. Expiration Date ~ Tim Powers
27. Round Ireland, With A Fridge ~ Tony Hawks
28. On Writing ~ Stephen King
29. Earthquake Weather ~ Tim Powers
30. Notes From A Small Island ~ Bill Bryson
31. Hawkes Harbor ~ S. E. Hinton
32. Ark Baby ~ Liz Jensen
33. Darkly Dreaming Dexter ~ Jeff Lindsay
34. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ~ J K Rowling (reread)
35. Dearly Devoted Dexter ~ Jeff Lindsay
36. Dexter In The Dark ~ Jeff Lindsay
37. Nation ~ Terry Pratchett
38. Stephen King Goes To The Movies ~ Stephen King
39. Eric ~ Terry Pratchett (reread)
40. Thicker Than Water ~ Mike Carey
41. The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Omnibus ~ Gilbert Shelton
42. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon ~ SK (reread)
43. Misery ~ SK (reread)
44. Dexter By Design ~ Jeff Lindsay
45. Night Shift ~ SK (partly a reread, I'd read some stories but not all.)
46. The Naming Of The Beasts ~ Mike Carey
47. School Days ~ Robert B Parker
48. In The Night Room ~ Peter Straub
49. Ghost Story - Peter Straub
50. A Long Way Down - Nick Hornby
51. Disclosure - Michael Crighton
52. The Cry Of The Owl - Patricia Highsmith
53. The Tesseract ~ Alex Garland
54. The Borrowers ~ Mary Norton (reread)
55. The Borrowers Afield ~ Mary Norton (reread)
56. The Borrowers Afloat ~ Mary Norton (reread)
57. The Borrowers Avenged ~ Mary Norton (reread)
58. Under The Dome ~ SK currently reading
Completed
1. Mister B. Gone - Clive Barker
2. Hunters of the Dusk - Darren Shan
3. Allies of the Night - Darren Shan
4. Killers of the Dawn - Darren Shan
5. In the Shadow of the Master - Edgar Allan Poe & others
6. Secret Windows - Stephen King
7. King Lear - William Shakespeare
8. A Lion Among Men - Gregory Maguire
9. Dracula - Bram Stoker
10. Tales of Beedle the Bard - J. K. Rowling
10. Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller
11. Rhinoceros - Eugene Ionesco
12. Haunted - Chuck Palahniuk
13. Pygmy - Chuck Palahniuk
14. Snuff - Chuck Palahniuk
15. The Strain - Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan
16. The Lake of Souls - Darren Shan
17. Lord of the Shadows - Darren Shan
18. Sons of Destiny - Darren Shan
19. House of Sand and Fog - Andre Dubus III
20. Garden of Last Days - Andre Dubus III
21. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
Currently Reading
The October Country - Ray Bradbury
Under the Dome - Stephen King
A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face.
My Collection
Here is my 2009 List so far:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Just After Sunset
Of Mice and Men
The Great Gatsby
The Gunslinger
The Drawing of the Three
The Waste Lands
Wizard & Glass
Catcher & The Rye
Wolves of the Calla
Song of Susannah
The Dark Tower
1984
Lord of the Flies
IT
For School:
Medea
Oedipus Rex
Beowulf
Hamlet (Currently Reading)
Currently Reading: The Road - Cormac McCarthy
2008 Book List
1. Death Masks ~ Jim Butcher
2. Blood Rites~ Jim Butcher
3. Dead Beat ~ Jim Butcher (reread)
4. Proven Guilty ~ Jim Butcher
5. White Knight ~ Jim Butcher
6. Small Favor -Jim Butcher
7. Backup ~ Jim Butcher
8. A Moveable Feast ~ Hemingway
9. God Save The Queen (graphic novel) ~ Mike Carey
10. The Turn Of The Screw and Other Stories ~ Henry James
11. The Gunslinger Born 1-7 ~ Furth et al (reread)
12. The Long Road Home 1-5 ~ Furth et al
13. Treachery 1-4 ~ Furth et al
14. Fevre Dream ~ George R R Martin
15. Creatures Of The Night ~ Neil Gaiman
16. The Facts In The Case Of The Departure Of Miss Finch ~ Neil Gaiman
17. Doom Patrol #1-18 ~ Paul Kupperberg
18. Doom Patrol #32 -64 ~ Grant Morrison
19. Storm Of The Century (Screenplay) ~ Stephen King
20. Doom Patrol #65 -87 ~ Rachel Pollack
21. Shoot The Damn Dog ~ Sally Brampton
22. Last Call ~ Tim Powers
23. Blaze ~ Richard Bachman (reread)
24. Turncoat~ Jim Butcher
25. The Magic Cottage ~ James Herbert
26. Expiration Date ~ Tim Powers
27. Round Ireland, With A Fridge ~ Tony Hawks
28. On Writing ~ Stephen King
29. Earthquake Weather ~ Tim Powers
30. Notes From A Small Island ~ Bill Bryson
31. Hawkes Harbor ~ S. E. Hinton
32. Ark Baby ~ Liz Jensen
33. Darkly Dreaming Dexter ~ Jeff Lindsay
34. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ~ J K Rowling (reread)
35. Dearly Devoted Dexter ~ Jeff Lindsay
36. Dexter In The Dark ~ Jeff Lindsay
37. Nation ~ Terry Pratchett
38. Stephen King Goes To The Movies ~ Stephen King
39. Eric ~ Terry Pratchett (reread)
40. Thicker Than Water ~ Mike Carey
41. The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Omnibus ~ Gilbert Shelton
42. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon ~ SK (reread)
43. Misery ~ SK (reread)
44. Dexter By Design ~ Jeff Lindsay
45. Night Shift ~ SK (partly a reread, I'd read some stories but not all.)
46. The Naming Of The Beasts ~ Mike Carey
47. School Days ~ Robert B Parker
48. In The Night Room ~ Peter Straub
49. Ghost Story - Peter Straub
50. A Long Way Down - Nick Hornby
51. Disclosure - Michael Crighton
52. The Cry Of The Owl - Patricia Highsmith
53. The Tesseract ~ Alex Garland
54. The Borrowers ~ Mary Norton (reread)
55. The Borrowers Afield ~ Mary Norton (reread)
56. The Borrowers Afloat ~ Mary Norton (reread)
57. The Borrowers Avenged ~ Mary Norton (reread)
58. Under The Dome ~ SK
59. Innocent When You Dream (Tom Waits: The Collected Interviews) ~ Mac Montandon currently reading
Updated:
Read:
1. The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
2. Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut
3. Survivor - Chuck Palanihuk
4. Maus I - Art Spiegelman
5. Night Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko
6. Maus II - Art Spiegelman
7. Day Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko
8. Twilight Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko
9. Last Watch Sergei Lukyanenko
10. The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger
11. The Yiddish Policemans Union Michael Chabon
12. Exit Wounds Rutu Modan
13. The God Delusion Richard Dawkins
14. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams
15. Identity Crisis Brad Meltzer
16. Stardust Neil Gaiman
17. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Douglas Adams
18. The Inner Game of Tennis - W. Timothy Gallwey
19. Life, the Universe, and Everything Douglas Adams
20. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Douglas Adams
21. Young Zaphod plays it Safe Douglas Adams
22. Mostly Harmless Douglas Adams
23. The Emperor of Ocean Park Stephen L. Carter
24. The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
25. Unweaving the Rainbow Richard Dawkins
26. Franny and Zooey J.D. Salinger
27. Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
28. The Dart League King Keith Lee Morris
29. The Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut
30. Unscientific America - Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum
31. Everything is Illuminated Jonathan Safran Foer
32. The Golden Compass Philip Pullman
33. The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman
34. The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman
35. The Alchemist Paulo Coelho
36. The Know-It-All A.J. Jacobs
37. The Stranger Albert Camus
38. Beat the Reaper Josh Bazell
39. Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad
Currently Reading:
Life of Pi Yann Martel
The Greatest Show on Earth Richard Dawkins
2008 book list
1. The Tales Of Beedle The Bard-J. K. Rowling
2. Rage-Richard Bachman
3. 20th Century Ghosts-Joe Hill
4. Creepshow-Stephen King
5. Cinema Of Mystery-Rose London
6. Population Zero-Wrath James White
7. Skin Flowers-Gina Ranalli
8. children of the new disorder-Tim Lebbon & Lindy Moore
9. Cthulu 2000-edited by Jim Turner
10. Painted Devils-Robert Aickman
11. Scared Stiff: Tales Of Sex And Death-Ramsey Campbell
12. The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: Eight Secondary Characters From The Dark Tower Series-Bev Vincent
13. MAUS I-Art Spiegelman
14. Turn Coat- Jim Butcher
15. Farenheit 451-Ray Bradbury
16. The Gunslinger Born
17. The Films Of Stephen King-Ann Lloyd
18. Locke & Key-Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez
19. Cinematic Vampires The Living Dead on Film and Television, from The Devil's Castle (1896) to Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)- John L. Flynn
20. City Infernal-Edward Lee
21. BLOOD The Last Vampire 2002-Benkyo Tamaoki
22. Buffy The Vampire Slayer The Origin-Christopher Golden and Daniel Brereton
23. Werewolf-Richard Corben
24. Son of Celluloid-Clive Barker, Steve Niles, and Les Edwards
25. Tapping The Vein BOOK ONE-Clive Barker, Craig Russel, and Scott Hampton
26. Tapping The Vein BOOK TWO- Clive Barker, Klaus Janson, and John Bolton
27. A Scanner Darkly-Philip K. Dick
28. DEADLY FEASTS Tracking The Secrets Of A Terrifying New Plague-Richard Rhodes
29. Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book-Shel Silverstein
30. Crawlers-John Shirley
31. A Lower Deep-Tom Piccirilli
32. Wild Things: Four Tales-Douglas Clegg
33. Sides-Peter Straub
34. Nightworlds-William F. Nolan
35. Brides Of The Impaler-Edward Lee
36. The Zen of Zombie: Better Living Through the Undead-Scott Kenemore
37. Koko-Peter Straub
38. A Taste Of Tenderloin-Gene O'Neill
39. Ghoul-Brian Keene
40. Bite-Richard Laymon
41. The Cyesolagniac-Edward Lee
42. Room 415-Edward Lee
The Childe's 2009 booklist:
Now with new and improved, quick, convenient (0-5) review
1. Strangers-Dean Koontz-Novel (3)
2. A Narrative of A. Gordon Pym - Edgar Allen Poe - Novella (4)
3. Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury - Novel (5)
4. The Gold Bug - Edgar Allen Poe - Short Story (reread) (3)
5. Coraline - Neil Gaiman - Novel (4)
6. The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Edgar Allen Poe - short story (reread) (3)
7. Pet Sematary - Stephen King - Novel (reread) (5)
8. The Mystery of Marie Roget - Edgar Allen Poe - short story (reread) (2)
9. The Long Road Home (1-5) comics (5)
10. A Worn Path - Eudora Welty - short story (3)
11. Blue Winds Dancing - Tom Whitecloud - short story (3)
12. The Purloined Letter - Edgar Allen Poe - short story (3)
13. The Black Cat - Edgar Allen Poe - short story (reread) (4)
14. The Shining - SK - Novel (reread) (5)
15. The Fellowship of the Ring - JRR Tolkien - Novel (4)
16. The Pit and the Pendulum - EAP - short story (reread) (5)
17. The Premature Burial - EAP - short story (reread) (5)
18. The Masque of the Red Death - EAP - short story (reread) (4)
19. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger - novel (3)
20. Hop-Frog - EAP - short story (reread) (4)
21. The Cask of Amontillado - EAP - short story (reread) (5)
22. The Tell-Tale Heart - EAP - short story (reread) (5)
23. The Stand: Captain Trips #1-5 - comics - (5)
24. The Two Towers - JRR Tolkien - Novel (5)
25. The Far Side Gallery #4 - Gary Larson - comics - (4)
26. 1984 - George Orwell - novel (4)
27. The Return of the King - JRR Tolkien - Novel (5)
28. Animal Farm - George Orwell - Novella (4)
29. A Painted House - John Grisham - Novel - (4)
30. It-SK - rerereread - novel (5+)
31. No Country For Old Men - Cormac McCarthy - novel (4)
32. The Road - Cormac McCarthy - novel (5)
Sloth Love Chunk
2008 book list
1. The Tales Of Beedle The Bard-J. K. Rowling
2. Rage-Richard Bachman
3. 20th Century Ghosts-Joe Hill
4. Creepshow-Stephen King
5. Cinema Of Mystery-Rose London
6. Population Zero-Wrath James White
7. Skin Flowers-Gina Ranalli
8. children of the new disorder-Tim Lebbon & Lindy Moore
9. Cthulu 2000-edited by Jim Turner
10. Painted Devils-Robert Aickman
11. Scared Stiff: Tales Of Sex And Death-Ramsey Campbell
12. The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: Eight Secondary Characters From The Dark Tower Series-Bev Vincent
13. MAUS I-Art Spiegelman
14. Turn Coat- Jim Butcher
15. Farenheit 451-Ray Bradbury
16. The Gunslinger Born
17. The Films Of Stephen King-Ann Lloyd
18. Locke & Key-Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez
19. Cinematic Vampires The Living Dead on Film and Television, from The Devil's Castle (1896) to Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)- John L. Flynn
20. City Infernal-Edward Lee
21. BLOOD The Last Vampire 2002-Benkyo Tamaoki
22. Buffy The Vampire Slayer The Origin-Christopher Golden and Daniel Brereton
23. Werewolf-Richard Corben
24. Son of Celluloid-Clive Barker, Steve Niles, and Les Edwards
25. Tapping The Vein BOOK ONE-Clive Barker, Craig Russel, and Scott Hampton
26. Tapping The Vein BOOK TWO- Clive Barker, Klaus Janson, and John Bolton
27. A Scanner Darkly-Philip K. Dick
28. DEADLY FEASTS Tracking The Secrets Of A Terrifying New Plague-Richard Rhodes
29. Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book-Shel Silverstein
30. Crawlers-John Shirley
31. A Lower Deep-Tom Piccirilli
32. Wild Things: Four Tales-Douglas Clegg
33. Sides-Peter Straub
34. Nightworlds-William F. Nolan
35. Brides Of The Impaler-Edward Lee
36. The Zen of Zombie: Better Living Through the Undead-Scott Kenemore
37. Koko-Peter Straub
38. A Taste Of Tenderloin-Gene O'Neill
39. Ghoul-Brian Keene
40. Bite-Richard Laymon
41. The Cyesolagniac-Edward Lee
42. Room 415-Edward Lee
43. Teratologist-Edward Lee
44. The Earthling Sampler: Volume 1
45. Under The Dome
You guys are awesome, compliling such a list may put me in a sezuire
or something, I'm happy just to be reading Under the Dome, what's
next? I do not know, but chances are I will be happy to be reading a book
any book almost... I am amazed by the ability shown here to know what's
next. Honestly I don't know how you did it.
The answer is within
all matter is energy, all energy is GOD
Well since I am finally reading again I can finally update my list
1. Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
2. Interworld - Neil Gaiman (audio)
3. The Watsons - Jane Austen (audio)
4. Sense & Sensibility - Jane Austen (audio)
5. Stardust - Neil Gaiman (audio)
6. The Road - Cormac McCarthy (audio)
7. The Terror - Dan Simmons
8. The Sandman Vol. 1 - Neil Gaiman
9. Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
10. The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks (audio)
11. Road Rage - Richard Matheson/Stephen King/Joe Hill (audio)
12. Rita Hayworth & Shawshank Redemption - Stephen King (audio)
13. Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahniuk
14. Various short stories by Poe
15. Diary - Chuck Palahniuk (audio reread)
16. Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk (audio reread)
17. The Stand (Captain Trips) Comics
18. Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
19. Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen (audio reread)
20. New Moon - Stephenie Meyer
21. Persuassion - Jane Austen (audio reread)
22. Mansfield Park - Jane Austen (audio reread)
23. The Sandman Vol 2 - Neil Gaiman
24. Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer
25. Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer
26. The Last Summer (of You & Me) - Ann Brashares
Currently Reading - Under the Dome
And on hold at the moment is Drood by Dan Simmons.
Brice how was this, it sounds interesting.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
It was pretty good. I don't really read alot of nonfiction any more, but I love science and I enjoyed it.
2008 Book List
1. Death Masks ~ Jim Butcher
2. Blood Rites~ Jim Butcher
3. Dead Beat ~ Jim Butcher (reread)
4. Proven Guilty ~ Jim Butcher
5. White Knight ~ Jim Butcher
6. Small Favor -Jim Butcher
7. Backup ~ Jim Butcher
8. A Moveable Feast ~ Hemingway
9. God Save The Queen (graphic novel) ~ Mike Carey
10. The Turn Of The Screw and Other Stories ~ Henry James
11. The Gunslinger Born 1-7 ~ Furth et al (reread)
12. The Long Road Home 1-5 ~ Furth et al
13. Treachery 1-4 ~ Furth et al
14. Fevre Dream ~ George R R Martin
15. Creatures Of The Night ~ Neil Gaiman
16. The Facts In The Case Of The Departure Of Miss Finch ~ Neil Gaiman
17. Doom Patrol #1-18 ~ Paul Kupperberg
18. Doom Patrol #32 -64 ~ Grant Morrison
19. Storm Of The Century (Screenplay) ~ Stephen King
20. Doom Patrol #65 -87 ~ Rachel Pollack
21. Shoot The Damn Dog ~ Sally Brampton
22. Last Call ~ Tim Powers
23. Blaze ~ Richard Bachman (reread)
24. Turncoat~ Jim Butcher
25. The Magic Cottage ~ James Herbert
26. Expiration Date ~ Tim Powers
27. Round Ireland, With A Fridge ~ Tony Hawks
28. On Writing ~ Stephen King
29. Earthquake Weather ~ Tim Powers
30. Notes From A Small Island ~ Bill Bryson
31. Hawkes Harbor ~ S. E. Hinton
32. Ark Baby ~ Liz Jensen
33. Darkly Dreaming Dexter ~ Jeff Lindsay
34. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ~ J K Rowling (reread)
35. Dearly Devoted Dexter ~ Jeff Lindsay
36. Dexter In The Dark ~ Jeff Lindsay
37. Nation ~ Terry Pratchett
38. Stephen King Goes To The Movies ~ Stephen King
39. Eric ~ Terry Pratchett (reread)
40. Thicker Than Water ~ Mike Carey
41. The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Omnibus ~ Gilbert Shelton
42. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon ~ SK (reread)
43. Misery ~ SK (reread)
44. Dexter By Design ~ Jeff Lindsay
45. Night Shift ~ SK (partly a reread, I'd read some stories but not all.)
46. The Naming Of The Beasts ~ Mike Carey
47. School Days ~ Robert B Parker
48. In The Night Room ~ Peter Straub
49. Ghost Story - Peter Straub
50. A Long Way Down - Nick Hornby
51. Disclosure - Michael Crighton
52. The Cry Of The Owl - Patricia Highsmith
53. The Tesseract ~ Alex Garland
54. The Borrowers ~ Mary Norton (reread)
55. The Borrowers Afield ~ Mary Norton (reread)
56. The Borrowers Afloat ~ Mary Norton (reread)
57. The Borrowers Avenged ~ Mary Norton (reread)
58. Under The Dome ~ SK
59. Innocent When You Dream (Tom Waits: The Collected Interviews) ~ Mac Montandon
60. Kafka On The Shore ~ Haruki Murakami currently reading
man, I'm going to have to speed read from here on in to beat last years list!
So....you're gonna' be searching for books 100 pages or less?
I haven't read as much as I hoped to this year, but I've beaten last year.
Yeah, I'll be reading menus only for the rest of the month
2008 Book List
1. Death Masks ~ Jim Butcher
2. Blood Rites~ Jim Butcher
3. Dead Beat ~ Jim Butcher (reread)
4. Proven Guilty ~ Jim Butcher
5. White Knight ~ Jim Butcher
6. Small Favor -Jim Butcher
7. Backup ~ Jim Butcher
8. A Moveable Feast ~ Hemingway
9. God Save The Queen (graphic novel) ~ Mike Carey
10. The Turn Of The Screw and Other Stories ~ Henry James
11. The Gunslinger Born 1-7 ~ Furth et al (reread)
12. The Long Road Home 1-5 ~ Furth et al
13. Treachery 1-4 ~ Furth et al
14. Fevre Dream ~ George R R Martin
15. Creatures Of The Night ~ Neil Gaiman
16. The Facts In The Case Of The Departure Of Miss Finch ~ Neil Gaiman
17. Doom Patrol #1-18 ~ Paul Kupperberg
18. Doom Patrol #32 -64 ~ Grant Morrison
19. Storm Of The Century (Screenplay) ~ Stephen King
20. Doom Patrol #65 -87 ~ Rachel Pollack
21. Shoot The Damn Dog ~ Sally Brampton
22. Last Call ~ Tim Powers
23. Blaze ~ Richard Bachman (reread)
24. Turncoat~ Jim Butcher
25. The Magic Cottage ~ James Herbert
26. Expiration Date ~ Tim Powers
27. Round Ireland, With A Fridge ~ Tony Hawks
28. On Writing ~ Stephen King
29. Earthquake Weather ~ Tim Powers
30. Notes From A Small Island ~ Bill Bryson
31. Hawkes Harbor ~ S. E. Hinton
32. Ark Baby ~ Liz Jensen
33. Darkly Dreaming Dexter ~ Jeff Lindsay
34. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ~ J K Rowling (reread)
35. Dearly Devoted Dexter ~ Jeff Lindsay
36. Dexter In The Dark ~ Jeff Lindsay
37. Nation ~ Terry Pratchett
38. Stephen King Goes To The Movies ~ Stephen King
39. Eric ~ Terry Pratchett (reread)
40. Thicker Than Water ~ Mike Carey
41. The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Omnibus ~ Gilbert Shelton
42. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon ~ SK (reread)
43. Misery ~ SK (reread)
44. Dexter By Design ~ Jeff Lindsay
45. Night Shift ~ SK (partly a reread, I'd read some stories but not all.)
46. The Naming Of The Beasts ~ Mike Carey
47. School Days ~ Robert B Parker
48. In The Night Room ~ Peter Straub
49. Ghost Story - Peter Straub
50. A Long Way Down - Nick Hornby
51. Disclosure - Michael Crighton
52. The Cry Of The Owl - Patricia Highsmith
53. The Tesseract ~ Alex Garland
54. The Borrowers ~ Mary Norton (reread)
55. The Borrowers Afield ~ Mary Norton (reread)
56. The Borrowers Afloat ~ Mary Norton (reread)
57. The Borrowers Avenged ~ Mary Norton (reread)
58. Under The Dome ~ SK
59. Innocent When You Dream (Tom Waits: The Collected Interviews) ~ Mac Montandon
60. Kafka On The Shore ~ Haruki Murakami
61. A Christmas Carol ~ Charles Dickens currently reading
POWER READ!!!!!
2008 Book List
Updated
The Double Bind - Chris Bohjalian
Four Past Midnight - Stephen King (reread)
Coraline - Neil Gaiman (reread)
Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo - Margot Mifflin
Gerald's Game - Stephen King (reread)
We're All in this Together - Owen King
Pawn of Prophecy - David Eddings
The Tomb - F. Paul Wilson
World War Z - Max Brooks
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snickett
Lullaby - Chuck Palahniuk
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - Stephen King (reread)
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room - Lemony Snickett
The Fourth Hand - John Irving
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
The Green Mile - Stephen King (reread)
Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health - Gary Taubes
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Diary - Chuck Palahniuk
My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
The Giver - Lois Lowry (reread)
Gathering Blue - Lois Lowry (reread)
Messenger - Lois Lowry
Just After Sunset - Stephen King
Taste of Tenderloin - Gene O'Neil
A Series of Unfortunate Events #3: The Wide Window - Lemony Snicket
Series of Unfortunate Events #4: The Miserable Mill - Lemony Snicket
Hearts in Atlantis - Stephen King (reread)
Legacies - F. Paul Wilson
The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead - Max Brooks (reading)
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
Here is my 2009 List so far:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
Just After Sunset - Stephen King
Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Gunslinger - Stephen King
The Drawing of the Three - Stephen King
The Waste Lands - Stephen King
Wizard & Glass - Stephen King
Catcher & The Rye - J.D. Salinger
Wolves of the Calla - Stephen King
Song of Susannah - Stephen King
The Dark Tower - Stephen King
1984 - George Orwell
Lord of the Flies - William Golding
IT - Stephen King
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
For School:
Medea - euripides
Oedipus Rex - Sophocles
Beowulf - Unknown
Hamlet - Shakespeare
Currently Reading:
20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hill
The Colorado Kid - Stephen King
*edit*
My list this year is weak compared to many of your guys.
Luckily this December should be a reading bonanza!!! Woots!
Updated:
Read:
1. The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
2. Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut
3. Survivor - Chuck Palanihuk
4. Maus I - Art Spiegelman
5. Night Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko
6. Maus II - Art Spiegelman
7. Day Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko
8. Twilight Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko
9. Last Watch Sergei Lukyanenko
10. The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger
11. The Yiddish Policemans Union Michael Chabon
12. Exit Wounds Rutu Modan
13. The God Delusion Richard Dawkins
14. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams
15. Identity Crisis Brad Meltzer
16. Stardust Neil Gaiman
17. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Douglas Adams
18. The Inner Game of Tennis - W. Timothy Gallwey
19. Life, the Universe, and Everything Douglas Adams
20. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Douglas Adams
21. Young Zaphod plays it Safe Douglas Adams
22. Mostly Harmless Douglas Adams
23. The Emperor of Ocean Park Stephen L. Carter
24. The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
25. Unweaving the Rainbow Richard Dawkins
26. Franny and Zooey J.D. Salinger
27. Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
28. The Dart League King Keith Lee Morris
29. The Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut
30. Unscientific America - Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum
31. Everything is Illuminated Jonathan Safran Foer
32. The Golden Compass Philip Pullman
33. The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman
34. The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman
35. The Alchemist Paulo Coelho
36. The Know-It-All A.J. Jacobs
37. The Stranger Albert Camus
38. Beat the Reaper Josh Bazell
39. Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad
40. Life of Pi Yann Martel
41. The Metamorphosis Franz Kafka
Currently Reading:
The Trial Franz Kafka
The Greatest Show on Earth Richard Dawkins