Originally Posted By alexbook >>1. How fast can you read?<< I'm actually not that fast a reader, in terms of words per minute, but I spend a lot more minutes at it than most people. That's partly because I don't have a working TV set, partly because I commute by bus, and partly because I have no life. ;-) >>2. What's a good scary novel I could read? Someone told me they just read the Ruins by Scott Smith but that sounds a little hokey. I've heard good things about Heart Shaped Box. Any other suggestions?<< The reviews of "Heart-Shaped Box" do sound positive (<a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/1594925" target="_blank">http://www.librarything.com/wo rk/1594925</a>), but I haven't read it myself. Actually, I haven't read any horror fiction recently that I could really recommend. Maybe somebody else can suggest something?
Originally Posted By smeeeko finished "value of X" and now reading "Prime" (also by Poppy Brite) I wish I had read "Value of X" first instead of "Liquor" which I also liked but "Value of X" I thought was a better introduction to the 2 main characters. I've been checking them out from the LA Central Library and so far they've been good. I haven't read Poppy's stuff before (her other series were vampire noir and I'm kind of not into vamprie stuff anymore). These are more cooking & character driven with New Orleans being the backdrop (pre-Katrina of course).
Originally Posted By threeundertwo ^^^love that book. The Virgin's Lover. This series is pretty good but "The Other Boleyn Girl" is still my favorite.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x I suggest The Nanny Diaries. It's up next, after I finish HP:HBP.
Originally Posted By dsnykid Harry Potter fan fiction on mugglenet... some of it is way out there, but a few stories aren't that bad
Originally Posted By alexbook "The Rabbit Factory" by Marshall Karp Disgusting & funny, in the style of Elmore Leonard. Somebody murders a pedophile who worked as a walkaround character at a second-rate theme park (think Magic Mountain). Was it one of the dead man's victims, or is it part of a vendetta against the park? Is the Mafia involved? If they solve the case, how much can the detectives get for their story?
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson A very funny account of the author's adventures and mishaps while attempting to hike the 2,100 mile long Appalacian Trail from Georgia to Maine.
Originally Posted By DAR Alex I didn't get it yet I might wait awhile with it. I should have. I picked up two different books for my trip to Vegas. The first is called Bust which tells how this whiz kid gambler made and lost millions over the years. The second is the Death of WCW. I was huge wrestling fan back in the mid to late 90's. For someone reason I cannot get enough of these back stage accounts of what happened.
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP Kar2oon Man, I've read "A Walk In the Woods" too, and I found it hilarious!!
Originally Posted By Elderp ^ Suprisingly I read it before MrsElderp did. If I remember right he ... I wont say it.
Originally Posted By alexbook Jeff Lindsay - "Dexter in the Dark" This is the first of Lindsay's Dexter books I've read. They're *very* grisly.
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon I've had people ask for his (Lindsay's) books where I work. But we never have any. I will have to look into ordering a couple to see how they fare with our customers. The bookstore owner doesn't know who he/she is and is unlikely order them without someone asking specifically for them. Some of our customers tell us "the grislier, the better". Presently I am FINALLY getting close to finishing Pride and Prejudice. Not exactly my cup of tea. I am nearing the end and just beginning to get a little interested in it. Guess I'm too much a rube.
Originally Posted By alexbook Tinkeroon: Apparently, there's a series on Showtime based on the Dexter novels (<a href="http://www.sho.com/site/dexter/home.do" target="_blank">http://www.sho.com/site/dexter /home.do</a>), and the third book in the series is coming out next month (<a href="http://booksinc.net/NASApp/store/Product?s=showproduct&isbn=9780385518338" target="_blank">http://booksinc.net/NASApp/sto re/Product?s=showproduct&isbn=9780385518338</a>). That's the one I'm reading right now. (I got an advance copy.) From what I've read so far, I'd put Lindsay in the same camp as Elmore Leonard or Carl Hiaasen, but not quite as funny and somewhat bloodier. With the TV show and the new book, I'd imagine you'll be getting more requests in the next month or so.
