I love horror flicks and am looking forward to the latest Paranormal Activity :) I'm curious, since we're on the subject, about any good horror reads? I don't think I've ever read a good horror story. I've read several ghost stories, but nothing that ever gave me nightmares the way a good horror fli...

I tend to avoid popular authors for just what you've stated Charlie. 1) I'm honestly afraid of editors attacking my work in progress, but I am grateful for their jobs. I will admit I wonder what some of them are thinking when there are long stretches in a novel that neither add or propel the plot. 2...

I agree with Avid Reader that I don't mind lurid. When I seek out erotic literature I want to read that sort of content, but I get tired of sex in so many forms of media. I really only enjoy it when it adds to the story, is skillfully done, and is necessary. I like it when the author strives to crea...

(Ariah) she does some stuff which is a bit suspicious, like denying the existence of a suicide note ... and then what is the real reason she becomes the widow-bride in such an obsessive way, to the point of making absolutely sure she is there to identify her husband's body? is she fractured, brittl...

This does make the story harder to follow, especially if you put the book down for a while and come back to it. In The Falls, I think Oates uses this technique to some advantage because the non-sequential narrative emphasizes the sate of mind of the main characters, perhaps confused, disoriented, s...

I'm not sure I'm going to finish this book, I'm getting sea-sick from all the back and forth plotlines.

Wow, I suddenly don't feel like such uncultured twit. I couldn't stand the end of Lord of the Flies and most of Dickens drives me completely bonkers (I never finished Oliver Twist, it was the first book I had to buy cliffnotes for because I couldn't read it). I've never been able to get into the pop...

How about the Sherlock Holmes series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle? The first one is called A Study in Scarlet and it's free :) If you haven't read the Harry Potter series, those are great. Also, if you like mystery and a little romance plus a nice douse of history you absolutely have to read The Guerns...

I think it was called, "The Napping House." I was able to meet the authors and have them sign it for me. Very cute book that involved various critters joining Grandma in her bed until a flea plops on the cat on top and causes all of them to jump and break the bed. I'm pretty sure this is m...

Anyone know what the narrator is saying in the Japanese video?