I totally loved it, and now I have to go out and get the rest of them.
I totally loved it, and now I have to go out and get the rest of them.
"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
Brilliant! Well worth it
Not so keen on Shan's other stuff, although he's a really nice bloke. Chatted to him a few times on his site before he got overly famous.
Wow, cool! It's clearly a young adult-type series by the writing, but the story is good and I like the characters enough that now I'm compelled to find out what happens next.
"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 list
2009 list
2010
1. Carrie-Stephen King
2. EXIT COMMUNICATIONS TO ALL BRETHREN (INFORMATION) from ROBERT DE GRIMSTON
3. The Process Church of the Final Judgment Documents-The Process Church of the Final Judgment
4. As It Is- The Process Church of the Final Judgment
5. Joe Hill-Horns
6. Doctor Who 30th Anniversary-Timeframe: The Illustrated history by David J. Howe
7. The New Dead-edited by Christopher Golden (This is a fuckin' fantastic zombie anthology)
8. Hunter S. Thompson: An Insider's View Of Deranged, Depraved, Drugged Out Brilliance by Jay Cowan
9. Lewis Carroll- Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
10. Edward Lee & John Pelan-Goon
11. Knowing Darkness: Artists Inspired By Stephen King
12. Drood-Dan Simmons
13. Only Revolutions- Mark Z. Danielewski
14. To Kill A Mockingbird-Harper Lee
15. The Truth Is Out There: The Official Guide To The X Files Vol. 1 by Brian Lowry
16. The Unofficial X-Files Companion-N. E. Genge
2008 Book List
2009 Book List
1. Unseen Academicals ~ Terry Pratchett
2. Three Days To Never ~ Tim Powers
3. Locke and Key - Head Games ~ Joe Hill
4. Geek Love ~ Katherine Dunn
5. Norwegian Wood ~ Haruki Murakami
6. Exit Wounds ~ Rutu Modan
7. Tamara Drewe ~ Posy Simmons
8. Gunpowder ~ Joe Hill
9. Persepolis ~ Marjane Sartrapi
10. The Borden Tragedy ~ Rick Geary
11. The Murder Of Abraham Lincoln ~ Rick Geary
12. Dragon Ball Vol.1 ~ Akira Toriyama
13. Dead Until Dark ~ Charlaine Harris
14. Living Dead In Dallas ~ Charlaine Harris
15. Club Dead ~ Charlaine Harris
16. Dead To The World ~ Charlaine Harris
17. Dead As A Doornail ~ Charlaine Harris
18. Definately Dead ~ Charlaine Harris
19. All Together Dead ~ Charlaine Harris
20. From Dead To Worse ~ Charlaine Harris
21. Dead and Gone ~ Charlaine Harris
22. Last Night In Twisted River ~ John Irving
23. The Great And Secret Show ~ Clive Barker
24. Changes ~ Jim Butcher
25. Horns ~ Joe Hill
26. Lady Oracle ~ Margaret Atwood
27. The Tomb ~ F Paul Wilson Currently reading
2008 Book List
2009 Book List
Snuff - Chuck Palahniuk
The 158-pound Marriage - John Irving
Insomnia - Stephen King (reread)
I See Rude People: One woman's battle to beat some manners into impolite society - Amy Alkon
Stop in the Name of Pants! (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson) - Louise Rennison
The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book Seven) - Lemony Snicket
The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book Eight) - Lemony Snicket
Conspiracies - F. Paul Wilson
Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk
Cirque du Freak - A Living Nightmare (Book 1) - Darren Shan
Number the Stars - Lois Lowry
The Dracula Tape - Fred Saberhagen (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
2010 Reading List
1. Under the Dome
2. Bad Luck and Trouble--Lee Child
3. Gone Tomorrow--Lee Child
4. Orchid Beach--Stuart Woods
5. Breathless--Dean Koontz
6. Say Goodbye--Lisa Gardiner
7. The Neighbor--Lisa Gardiner
8. The Gunslinger
9. The Drawing of the Three
10. The Waste Lands
11. Transmetropolitan: Back on the Streets
12. Transmetropolitan: Lust for Life
13. The Killing Floor--Lee Child
14. Wonderwoman: Amazons Attack
15. At All Costs--David Weber
16. The Day of the Dragon--Richard Knaack
17. Little Brother--Cory Doctorow (audiobook)
Currently Reading
The Eye of the World--Robert Jordan
Transmetropolitan--Year of the Bastard
Misery (reread) (audiobook)
Battlestar: Galactica Omnibus Vol. 1 (graphic novel)
Kill if you will, but command me nothing!
The Gunslinger
2010 Book List
1. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
2. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
3. Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell
4. Horns - Joe Hill
5. Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams
6. On Writing - Stephen King
7. Cujo - Stephen King
8. Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
9. Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk
Unfinished:
All The Pretty Horses (stopped on page 105)
For School:
The Story of an Hour - Kate Chopin
A Sorrowful Woman - Gail Godwin
The Hand - Colette
Battle Royal - Ralph Ellison
Bartleby, the Scrivener - Herman Melville
Popular Mechanics - Ray Carver
Miss Brill - Katherine Mansfield
Araby - James Joyce
Eveline - James Joyce
The Boarding House - James Joyce
A Good Man Is Hard to Find - Flannery O'Conner
Good Country People - Flannery O'Conner
Revelation - Flannery O'Conner
Fathering - Bharati Mukherjee
A Father - Bharati Mukherjee
The Tenant - Bharati Mukherje
Beloved - Toni Morrison
Currently Reading:
20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hil
Blockade Billy - Stephen King
For School: Death of a Salesmen - Arthur Miller
2008 Book List
2009 Book List
1. Unseen Academicals ~ Terry Pratchett
2. Three Days To Never ~ Tim Powers
3. Locke and Key - Head Games ~ Joe Hill
4. Geek Love ~ Katherine Dunn
5. Norwegian Wood ~ Haruki Murakami
6. Exit Wounds ~ Rutu Modan
7. Tamara Drewe ~ Posy Simmons
8. Gunpowder ~ Joe Hill
9. Persepolis ~ Marjane Sartrapi
10. The Borden Tragedy ~ Rick Geary
11. The Murder Of Abraham Lincoln ~ Rick Geary
12. Dragon Ball Vol.1 ~ Akira Toriyama
13. Dead Until Dark ~ Charlaine Harris
14. Living Dead In Dallas ~ Charlaine Harris
15. Club Dead ~ Charlaine Harris
16. Dead To The World ~ Charlaine Harris
17. Dead As A Doornail ~ Charlaine Harris
18. Definately Dead ~ Charlaine Harris
19. All Together Dead ~ Charlaine Harris
20. From Dead To Worse ~ Charlaine Harris
21. Dead and Gone ~ Charlaine Harris
22. Last Night In Twisted River ~ John Irving
23. The Great And Secret Show ~ Clive Barker
24. Changes ~ Jim Butcher
25. Horns ~ Joe Hill
26. Lady Oracle ~ Margaret Atwood
27. The Fortress Of Solitude ~ Jonathan LethemCurrently reading
2008 list
2009 list
2010
1. Carrie-Stephen King
2. EXIT COMMUNICATIONS TO ALL BRETHREN (INFORMATION) from ROBERT DE GRIMSTON
3. The Process Church of the Final Judgment Documents-The Process Church of the Final Judgment
4. As It Is- The Process Church of the Final Judgment
5. Joe Hill-Horns
6. Doctor Who 30th Anniversary-Timeframe: The Illustrated history by David J. Howe
7. The New Dead-edited by Christopher Golden (This is a fuckin' fantastic zombie anthology)
8. Hunter S. Thompson: An Insider's View Of Deranged, Depraved, Drugged Out Brilliance by Jay Cowan
9. Lewis Carroll- Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
10. Edward Lee & John Pelan-Goon
11. Knowing Darkness: Artists Inspired By Stephen King
12. Drood-Dan Simmons
13. Only Revolutions- Mark Z. Danielewski
14. To Kill A Mockingbird-Harper Lee
15. The Truth Is Out There: The Official Guide To The X Files Vol. 1 by Brian Lowry
16. The Unofficial X-Files Companion-N. E. Genge
17. Portrait Of The Psychopath As A Young Woman by Edward Lee & Elisabeth Steffan
2010 Book List
1. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
2. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
3. Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell
4. Horns - Joe Hill
5. Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams
6. On Writing - Stephen King
7. Cujo - Stephen King
8. Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
9. Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk
10. Blockade Billy - Stephen King
Unfinished:
All The Pretty Horses (stopped on page 105)
For School:
The Story of an Hour - Kate Chopin
A Sorrowful Woman - Gail Godwin
The Hand - Colette
Battle Royal - Ralph Ellison
Bartleby, the Scrivener - Herman Melville
Popular Mechanics - Ray Carver
Miss Brill - Katherine Mansfield
Araby - James Joyce
Eveline - James Joyce
The Boarding House - James Joyce
A Good Man Is Hard to Find - Flannery O'Conner
Good Country People - Flannery O'Conner
Revelation - Flannery O'Conner
Fathering - Bharati Mukherjee
A Father - Bharati Mukherjee
The Tenant - Bharati Mukherje
Beloved - Toni Morrison
Currently Reading:
20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hil
Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahniuk
For School: Death of a Salesmen - Arthur Miller
2008 list
2009 list
2010
1. Carrie-Stephen King
2. EXIT COMMUNICATIONS TO ALL BRETHREN (INFORMATION) from ROBERT DE GRIMSTON
3. The Process Church of the Final Judgment Documents-The Process Church of the Final Judgment
4. As It Is- The Process Church of the Final Judgment
5. Joe Hill-Horns
6. Doctor Who 30th Anniversary-Timeframe: The Illustrated history by David J. Howe
7. The New Dead-edited by Christopher Golden (This is a fuckin' fantastic zombie anthology)
8. Hunter S. Thompson: An Insider's View Of Deranged, Depraved, Drugged Out Brilliance by Jay Cowan
9. Lewis Carroll- Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
10. Edward Lee & John Pelan-Goon
11. Knowing Darkness: Artists Inspired By Stephen King
12. Drood-Dan Simmons
13. Only Revolutions- Mark Z. Danielewski
14. To Kill A Mockingbird-Harper Lee
15. The Truth Is Out There: The Official Guide To The X Files Vol. 1 by Brian Lowry
16. The Unofficial X-Files Companion-N. E. Genge
17. Portrait Of The Psychopath As A Young Woman by Edward Lee & Elisabeth Steffan
18. Shifters-Edward Lee & John Pelan
19. Blockade Billy-Stephen King
2010 Book List
1. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
2. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
3. Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell
4. Horns - Joe Hill
5. Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams
6. On Writing - Stephen King
7. Cujo - Stephen King
8. Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
9. Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk
10. Blockade Billy - Stephen King
11. Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahniuk
Unfinished:
All The Pretty Horses (stopped on page 105)
For School:
The Story of an Hour - Kate Chopin
A Sorrowful Woman - Gail Godwin
The Hand - Colette
Battle Royal - Ralph Ellison
Bartleby, the Scrivener - Herman Melville
Popular Mechanics - Ray Carver
Miss Brill - Katherine Mansfield
Araby - James Joyce
Eveline - James Joyce
The Boarding House - James Joyce
A Good Man Is Hard to Find - Flannery O'Conner
Good Country People - Flannery O'Conner
Revelation - Flannery O'Conner
Fathering - Bharati Mukherjee
A Father - Bharati Mukherjee
The Tenant - Bharati Mukherje
Beloved - Toni Morrison
Death of a Salesmen - Arthur Miller
Currently Reading:
20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hil
The October Country - Ray Bradbury
For School:
2008 list
2009 list
2010
1. Carrie-Stephen King
2. EXIT COMMUNICATIONS TO ALL BRETHREN (INFORMATION) from ROBERT DE GRIMSTON
3. The Process Church of the Final Judgment Documents-The Process Church of the Final Judgment
4. As It Is- The Process Church of the Final Judgment
5. Joe Hill-Horns
6. Doctor Who 30th Anniversary-Timeframe: The Illustrated history by David J. Howe
7. The New Dead-edited by Christopher Golden (This is a fuckin' fantastic zombie anthology)
8. Hunter S. Thompson: An Insider's View Of Deranged, Depraved, Drugged Out Brilliance by Jay Cowan
9. Lewis Carroll- Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
10. Edward Lee & John Pelan-Goon
11. Knowing Darkness: Artists Inspired By Stephen King
12. Drood-Dan Simmons
13. Only Revolutions- Mark Z. Danielewski
14. To Kill A Mockingbird-Harper Lee
15. The Truth Is Out There: The Official Guide To The X Files Vol. 1 by Brian Lowry
16. The Unofficial X-Files Companion-N. E. Genge
17. Portrait Of The Psychopath As A Young Woman by Edward Lee & Elisabeth Steffan
18. Shifters-Edward Lee & John Pelan
19. Blockade Billy-Stephen King
20. Golemesque-Edward Lee
Damn Brice, you done anything besides read this week?
P.S.Spoiler:
Sloth Love Chunk
Not as short as mine
I really need to add something to it soon.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
2009 list
2010 list
1. Airframe - Michael Crichton -2
2. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller - 3
3. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown - 4
4. 'Salem's Lot - SK (reread) - 5
5. Push- Sapphire - 3
6. Fahreheit 451 - Bradbury - 4
7. Armadillos and Old Lace - Kinky Friedman - 3
8. Slaughterhouse five - Kurt Vonnegut - 4
9. Lisey's Story - SK - 2
Currently reading: The Count of Monte Cristo
Sloth Love Chunk
2010 Book List
Read
1. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
2. Lord Loss by Darren Shan
3. The Damnation Game by Clive Barker
4. Horns by Joe Hill
5. Demon Thief by Darren Shan
6. Ur by Stephen King
7. Slawter by Darren Shan
8. Blockade Billy by Stephen King
9. Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face.
My Collection
2008 list
2009 list
2010
1. Carrie-Stephen King
2. EXIT COMMUNICATIONS TO ALL BRETHREN (INFORMATION) from ROBERT DE GRIMSTON
3. The Process Church of the Final Judgment Documents-The Process Church of the Final Judgment
4. As It Is- The Process Church of the Final Judgment
5. Joe Hill-Horns
6. Doctor Who 30th Anniversary-Timeframe: The Illustrated history by David J. Howe
7. The New Dead-edited by Christopher Golden (This is a fuckin' fantastic zombie anthology)
8. Hunter S. Thompson: An Insider's View Of Deranged, Depraved, Drugged Out Brilliance by Jay Cowan
9. Lewis Carroll- Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
10. Edward Lee & John Pelan-Goon
11. Knowing Darkness: Artists Inspired By Stephen King
12. Drood-Dan Simmons
13. Only Revolutions- Mark Z. Danielewski
14. To Kill A Mockingbird-Harper Lee
15. The Truth Is Out There: The Official Guide To The X Files Vol. 1 by Brian Lowry
16. The Unofficial X-Files Companion-N. E. Genge
17. Portrait Of The Psychopath As A Young Woman by Edward Lee & Elisabeth Steffan
18. Shifters-Edward Lee & John Pelan
19. Blockade Billy-Stephen King
20. Golemesque-Edward Lee
21. Flesh Gothic-Edward Lee
2009
1. Badass - Ben Thompson - 12/31-1/5
2. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never do Again - David Foster Wallace - 1/5-1/8
3. Battle Royale - Koushun Takami - 1/8-1/11
4. High Fidelity - Nick Hornby - nook - 1/11-1/20
5.Nazi Literature in the Americas - Roberto Bolano - 1/20-2/7
6. Franny and Zooey - J.D. Salinger - nook - 2/7-2/27
7. The Tao of Pooh - Benjamin Hoff - 2/27-3/1
8. The Te of Piglet - Benjamin Hoff - 3/1-3/8
9. Roberto Bolano: The Last Interview - Roberto Bolano - 3/8-3/9
10.Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction - Salinger - 3/9-4/4
11. The Sunset Limited - Cormac McCarthey - nook - 4/4-4/8
12. The Crying of Lot 49 - Thomas Pynchon - nook - 4/8-4/18
13. The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien - nook - 4/18-5/17
14. M - Jon J Muth - 5/17-5/20
15. Travels with Charlie - John Steinbeck -5/20-5/29
16. On the Road - Jack Kerouac - 5/29-
For School
1. Beowulf - Beowuld Poet
2. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Gawain Poet
3. Wife of Bath's Tale (Canterbury Tales) - Chaucer
4. Six Myths of Our Time - Marina Warner
5. The Second Shepherd's Play - Wakefield Master
6. The Book of Margery Kempe - Margery Kempe
7. Assorted sonnets of Wyatt and SUrrey
8. Astrophil and Stella - Sidney
9. The Defence of Poesy - Sidney
10. Assorted sonnets of Shakespeare
11. Speeches and Poetry of Queen Elizabeth I
12. The Fairie Queene - Spencer
13. Dr. Faustus - Marlowe
14. Sonnets - Donne
15. Sonnets - Marvell
16. Sonnets - Herrick
17. Paradise Lost - John Milton
18. Oroonoko - Behn
19. The Way of the World - Congreve
20. The Rape of the Lock - Pope
21. An Essay on Criticism - Pope
22. A Modest Proposal - Swift
23. Poems - Thomas Gray
Comics Read on top of Books
1. Complete Stray Bullets
2. Red Son
3. Best American Comics 2006
So it goes.
"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all. "
- Oscar Wilde
2008 Book List
2009 Book List
Snuff - Chuck Palahniuk
The 158-pound Marriage - John Irving
Insomnia - Stephen King (reread)
I See Rude People: One woman's battle to beat some manners into impolite society - Amy Alkon
Stop in the Name of Pants! (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson) - Louise Rennison
The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book Seven) - Lemony Snicket
The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book Eight) - Lemony Snicket
Conspiracies - F. Paul Wilson
Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk
Cirque du Freak - A Living Nightmare (Book 1) - Darren Shan
Number the Stars - Lois Lowry
The Dracula Tape - Fred Saberhagen
Berlin Diaries 1940-1945 - Marie Vassiltchikov (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 list
2009 list
2010
1. Carrie-Stephen King
2. EXIT COMMUNICATIONS TO ALL BRETHREN (INFORMATION) from ROBERT DE GRIMSTON
3. The Process Church of the Final Judgment Documents-The Process Church of the Final Judgment
4. As It Is- The Process Church of the Final Judgment
5. Joe Hill-Horns
6. Doctor Who 30th Anniversary-Timeframe: The Illustrated history by David J. Howe
7. The New Dead-edited by Christopher Golden (This is a fuckin' fantastic zombie anthology)
8. Hunter S. Thompson: An Insider's View Of Deranged, Depraved, Drugged Out Brilliance by Jay Cowan
9. Lewis Carroll- Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
10. Edward Lee & John Pelan-Goon
11. Knowing Darkness: Artists Inspired By Stephen King
12. Drood-Dan Simmons
13. Only Revolutions- Mark Z. Danielewski
14. To Kill A Mockingbird-Harper Lee
15. The Truth Is Out There: The Official Guide To The X Files Vol. 1 by Brian Lowry
16. The Unofficial X-Files Companion-N. E. Genge
17. Portrait Of The Psychopath As A Young Woman by Edward Lee & Elisabeth Steffan
18. Shifters-Edward Lee & John Pelan
19. Blockade Billy-Stephen King
20. Golemesque-Edward Lee
21. Flesh Gothic-Edward Lee
22. Coven-Edward Lee
23. The Chosen-Edward Lee
2008 list
2009 list
2010
1. Carrie-Stephen King
2. EXIT COMMUNICATIONS TO ALL BRETHREN (INFORMATION) from ROBERT DE GRIMSTON
3. The Process Church of the Final Judgment Documents-The Process Church of the Final Judgment
4. As It Is- The Process Church of the Final Judgment
5. Joe Hill-Horns
6. Doctor Who 30th Anniversary-Timeframe: The Illustrated history by David J. Howe
7. The New Dead-edited by Christopher Golden (This is a fuckin' fantastic zombie anthology)
8. Hunter S. Thompson: An Insider's View Of Deranged, Depraved, Drugged Out Brilliance by Jay Cowan
9. Lewis Carroll- Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
10. Edward Lee & John Pelan-Goon
11. Knowing Darkness: Artists Inspired By Stephen King
12. Drood-Dan Simmons
13. Only Revolutions- Mark Z. Danielewski
14. To Kill A Mockingbird-Harper Lee
15. The Truth Is Out There: The Official Guide To The X Files Vol. 1 by Brian Lowry
16. The Unofficial X-Files Companion-N. E. Genge
17. Portrait Of The Psychopath As A Young Woman by Edward Lee & Elisabeth Steffan
18. Shifters-Edward Lee & John Pelan
19. Blockade Billy-Stephen King
20. Golemesque-Edward Lee
21. Flesh Gothic-Edward Lee
22. Coven-Edward Lee
23. The Chosen-Edward Lee
24. Infernal Angel-Edward Lee