What Book Did You Last Read?

[Dark Mark]

Originally Posted by Gaear's Woodchipper

How was this? I want to read it pretty badly.

I enjoyed Personal Demons and the first sequel Desperate Souls a lot. I must get round to reading Cosmic Forces this year.

[Kirby Miller]

A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin

[SplitBreast]

Originally Posted by Gaear's Woodchipper

Crazy! I was just thinking about where you'd been these last few months. Hiya!

ETA: Did you like 11/22/63? I couldn't get into it.

I actually enjoyed it. It's basically just a love story but I think it's his best in at least 10 years. Thats 3 in a row now from King

Originally Posted by Dark Mark

It isn't a competition. I long ago realized that I was never going to be able to read all the books I wanted to in one lifetime.

My reading roundup for the year:

sWitch by Scott R Norton
Dweller by Jeff Strand
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
Dead In The West by Joe R. Lansdale
A Gathering Of Crows by Brian Keene
Johnny Gruesome by Gregory Lamberson
Quake by Richard Laymon
Strange Magic by Gord Rollo
The Long Last Call by John Skipp
Pressure by Jeff Strand
The Ascent by Ronald Malfi
The Killing Kind by Bryan Smith
The Discovery Of Witches by Mathew Hopkins
Darkened by Bryan Smith
Long Horn, Big Shaggy by Steve Vernon
The Woman by Jack Ketchum and Lucky McKee
The Sinister Mr. Corpse by Jeff Strand
Rock and Roll Reform School Zombies by Bryan Smith
Animals by John Skipp and Craig Spector
The Cellar by Richard Laymon
The Frenzy Way by by Greg Lamberson
Werewolves and Shape Shifters: Encounters with the Beasts Within Edited by John Skipp
Wolf Hunt by Jeff Strand
Draculas by J.A. Konrath, F. Paul Wilson, Blake Crouch, Jack Kilborn and Jeff Strand
Darkness, Tell Us by Richard Laymon
House Of Blood by Bryan Smith
Shadows Over Baker Street Edited by John Pelan and Michael Reaves
The Necrophiliac by Gabrielle Wittkop
The Crossings by Jack Ketchum
Tequila's Sunrise by Brian Keene
Personal Demons by Greg Lamberson
Desperate Souls by Greg Lamberson
The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard by Robert E. Howard
The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen
The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson
Nightface by Lydia Peever
The Nameless by Ramsey Campbell
In The Dark by Richard Laymon
Intensity by Dean Koontz
Dark Mountain by Richard Laymon
Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia
Hellbound Hearts edited by Paul Kane and Marie O’Regan
Kayla And The Devil by Bryan Smith
Sideshow by William Ollie
The Night Eternal: Book Three of the Strain Trilogy by Guillermo Del Toro, Chuck Hogan
Highways To Hell by Bryan Smith
Mandibles by Jeff Strand
Quick Fixes - tales of Repairman Jack by F. Paul Wilson

I read considerably more this year than last, which I attribute to the acquisition of a Kindle in March. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all these authors both living and dead for entertaining me in what proved to be a difficult year.

I've read the ones italicized. Any other recs from this list that aren't Laymon?

And besides Lansdale and Wilson as I already love those guys

[SplitBreast]

Originally Posted by scream4melongbeach

My reading list for 2011

Jan.
Spore by John Skipp and Cody Goodfellow *
Midnight on Halloween by Autumn Gentle
The Nobody by Tom Piccirilli *
Gateways by F.Paul wilson
The Keep by F Paul Wilson *
The Night Boat by Robert McCammon

Feb.
Ancient Eyes byDavid Niall Wilson
The Art Of War by Sun Tzu
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn *
Lesser Demons by Norman Partridge *
The Painted Darkness by Brian Freeman *
The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen
Ancestor by Scott Sigler *

Mar.
Slob by Rex Miller
Bad Mojo by Joe Lansdale * +
Dismember by Danial Pyle
I, the Jury by Mickey Spillane
Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King +

April
Sex and Violence: Censorship in American Film by Tom Pollard
Devil Red by Joe Lansdale
Full Dark,No Stars by Stephen King
Clickers by J.F Gonzalez and Mark Williams *
The Woman by Jack Ketchum and Lucky McGee
Origin by J.A Konrath

May
Incubi by Ed Lee
Night of the Crabs by Guy Smith: *
Crisscross by F.Paul Wilson *
Guises by Charlee Jacob

June
Clickers 2:The Next Wave by J.F Gonzalez and Brian Keene *
The Essential H.P Lovecraft Collection +
Lair by James Herbert
Dead City by Joe Mckinny
Swan Song by Robert Macammon
Hell House by Richard Matherson *
Vampires of Hollywood by Adrienne Barbeau

July
Differnt Seasons by Stephen King +
The Vanishing by Bently Little
Mischief Night by Paul Melniczek
Spare Key by R. Frederick Hamilton
Torment by Jeremy Bishop

August
Infernal by F.Pail Wilson
The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen
Summer of Night by Dan Simmons *

Sept.
Halloween by Curtis Richards * +
Untcigahunk:The Complete Little Brothers by Rick Hautala
Harbingers by F.Paul Wilson
Bloodline by F. Paul Wilson

Oct.
The Passage by Justin Cronin
All Hallows Eve by Richard Laymon * +
The Cellar by Richard Laymon +
The Beast House by Richard Laymon +
Pork Pie Hat by Peter Straub *
Midnight Movie by Tobe Hooper *

Nov.
The Hungry Moon by Ramsey Campbell *
Johnny Halloween: Tales of the Dark Season by Norman Partridge *

Dec.
By the Sword by F.Paul Wilson
The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum * +
The Killing Kind by Bryan Smith *
The Girl with the Dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Just like Hell by Nate Southard

My favorites are marked with a *
Books that I have reread are marked with a +

Have a Happy New New Year everyone!

I've read the ones in bold (many of them because of you), any other recs?

[scream4melongbeach]

Originally Posted by SplitBreast

I've read the ones in bold (many of them because of you), any other recs?

Summer of Night by Dan Simmons and The Hungry Moon by Ramsey Campbell were my two favorites of the year. I never really liked Simmons, but that book was very good.As far as The Hungry Moon, IMO, you really can"t go wrong with Campbell

As for other books I would recommend:

Pork Pie Hat by Peter Straub....I picked up the Cemetary Danse edition, but I know this novella has printed in several Halloween anthogys like October Dreams...good stuff.

Clickers and Clickers 2 were mindless fun.

Hell House by Richard Matherson is awesome! Forget the movie and read the book.

Halloween by curtis Richards is a fun novelazation of the movie, but I might be biased, since I'm a Halloween fanatic.

Johnny Halloween by Norman Partridge is a good collection of stories.

Have fun and let me know what you think of the books if you pick any of them up.

[Jack the Pin]

Originally Posted by voodoo_dolly

My pride has been slaughtered. Here I was so proud of myself for reading 25 books. It seems like such a big thing in my group of people and now I've been blown out of the water.

It's not the quantity so much as the quality.

[voodoo_dolly]

Originally Posted by Jack the Pin

It's not the quantity so much as the quality.

That's true and I have read some great ones this year. A lot of H.G Wells, Rudyard Kipling, and Jules Verne.

[Neon Ghost]

After those two above lists... I have a few more on the list.

[scream4melongbeach]

Wildest Dreams by Norman Partridge....the year is off to a great start.

[Gaear's Woodchipper]

After a recomendation in here I picked up The Damnation Game by Clive Barker. First story was creepy and nothing creepy even happened.