What's the Last Book You Read/Finished?

[lzzy]

Haunted by James Herbert

I'm currently looking for the sequel to it named The Ghosts Of Sleath in libraries and bookstores but to no avail.

It was the other way for me, couldn't find the prequel, got Ghosts of Sleath somewhere. It's got this terrifying bit... ah, I won't spoil it, but trust me its got atmosphere.

 

[Darkness Falls]

The Picture of Dorian Grey - Oscar Wilde

currently reading Twilight: Eclipse

 

[RogueDK]

It was the other way for me, couldn't find the prequel, got Ghosts of Sleath somewhere. It's got this terrifying bit... ah, I won't spoil it, but trust me its got atmosphere.

Awesome. Good to know that there's another Herbert fan on the site!

I can't wait to read it now. Thanks for the heads-up.

 

[Bruce Banner]

Forever Odd

 

[RogueDK]

Forever Odd

Cool. This is the Koontz's character right?

 

[The Navigator]

Almost finished with the Long Walk, by Stephen King/Richard Bachman. Interested to see how it will end.

 

[mongoose-mania]

The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre.

 

[Amashelle]

Bernard Cornwell's The Winter King. I <3 Arthur books!

 

[E-Man]

I've been on a reading roll lately, and I'm really getting into the dusty parts of my collection that I've neglected for some years. In the past month and a half I read:

The Gunslinger: The Dark Tower Part I by Stephen King. I was bored in the beginning, but the book got very very good after I got into it.

Africa's Glorious Legacy by Time Life. Just a good informative book that is a decent read for a history buff like myself.

Race Matters by Cornel West. It's a good book that's a little disappointing. I felt like he said alot of things I already knew, and that it should've been compressed into a series of smaller essays. Nevertheless it's worth a read.

I'm now reading Dean Koontz' Cold Fire. Good lord I'm loving this book! I can't put it down, and I regret that I didn't finish reading it years ago in college. This is fastly becoming my favorite read since Stephen King's Insomnia.

 

[RogueDK]

I've re-read SUMMER OF NIGHT by Dan Simmons.

This is probably the best horror novel I've ever read and I've read quite a few in my time. Even the second time around, I still couldn't put it away. I strongly recommend this terrifying piece of fiction to horror fans.

 

[E-Man]

Rouge you seem to be into horror novels. Got any recommendations?

 

[RogueDK]

Rouge you seem to be into horror novels. Got any recommendations?

Yes, my friend. The one that I've mentioned previously here: Summer Of Night. It's like horror-crack for the brain - It's. That. Good..

Also get the sequel called A WINTER HAUNTING. Not as engrossing as Summer Of Night but effective nonetheless.

Also anything that authors James Herbert or Richard Laymon puts out is well worth it.

 

[E-Man]

Yes, my friend. The one that I've mentioned previously here: Summer Of Night. It's like horror-crack for the brain - It's. That. Good..

Also get the sequel called A WINTER HAUNTING. Not as engrossing as Summer Of Night but effective nonetheless.

Also anything that authors James Herbert or Richard Laymon puts out is well worth it.

Thanks man. I'm finally starting to spend my time reading, so I wanted to break out of my horror realm of Stephen King and Dean Koontz. I was thinking Lovecraft too, but I heard some things that would make me not want to read him so your recommendations would help.

 

[RogueDK]

Thanks man. I'm finally starting to spend my time reading, so I wanted to break out of my horror realm of Stephen King and Dean Koontz. I was thinking Lovecraft too, but I heard some things that would make me not want to read him so your recommendations would help.

It takes a certain kind of palate to appreciate and digest Lovecraft fiction IMO. I'm a fan of some of his works, others not so much because of the content.

As far as Stephen King is concerned, he's hit or miss nowadays. I've tried to read Insomnia twice and can never get past the first hundred pages or so; the characters and pacing never hold my interests for whatever reasons. He can weave very mult-layered stories - sometimes too layered.
I've read Bag O' Bones and Gerald's Game and they were both just...meh. IMO, King's strengths lie better in short stories than in straight novels. When you get a chance read King's Skeleton Crew and you'll see what I mean.

Thinner was a good one though because it was relatively short for a straight novel.

 

[E-Man]

You're right about the short stories. I've read some of his various ones from anthologies, and it really works well for him.

 

[lzzy]

Richard Laymon is a bit trashy, good though. I recommend 'The Travelling Vampire Show' and 'Body Rides', the title is almost a double entendre. Read it and you'll know what I mean :P
For Stephen King, there's The Dead Zone, IT, and the short story The Langoliers is great.

 

[E-Man]

Thanks for your recommendations Izzy. I'm going to take a laundry list to the bookstore this weekend. lol

 

[RogueDK]

Richard Laymon is a bit trashy, good though. I recommend 'The Travelling Vampire Show'

Izzy, that is my favorite read from him as well - that ending. .
Yeah, Laymon is what I prefer to call a B-horror writer that puts out good stuff for a cheap thrill here and there.

 

[Double Down]

"What Just Happened?"

 

[lzzy]

Izzy, that is my favorite read from him as well - that ending. .
Yeah, Laymon is what I prefer to call a B-horror writer that puts out good stuff for a cheap thrill here and there.

Spoiler

The vampire is more horrific than I would have thought! Move over Valeria!

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

Chainfire

 

[ChickenScratch]

Goodkind! One of my favorites.

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

Mine too.

 

[mongoose-mania]

Not Much Fun: The Lost Poems of Dorothy Parker.

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

Phantom