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Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank

Secret Story by Ramsey Campbell

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Millennium SF Masterworks S) by Philip K. Dick

Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales by Ray Bradbury

The Blonde on the Street Corner (Midnight Classics) by David Goodis

Christine by Stephen King

Deliverance (Bloomsbury Film Classics) by James Dickey

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Tagshorror (83), to be read (49), wishlist (48), ordered (22), noir and hardboiled crime fiction (20), short stories (19), post apocalyptic and dystopian (16), read in 2008 (13), non-fiction (10), bram stoker award nominee (7) — see all tags

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Groups75 Books Challenge for 2008, Crime, Thriller & Mystery, Hardboiled / Noir Crime Fiction, King's Dear Constant Readers, Science Fiction Fans, Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night

Favorite authorsJames Lee Burke, Ramsey Campbell, Raymond Chandler, James Crumley, Stephen King, Arturo Pérez-Reverte (Shared favorites)

About my libraryMy library is based on horror/suspense novels and short story collections. These books tend to give me a high return on the reading pleasure scale. Noir and hardboiled crime fiction also thrills me, and I enjoy a good post apocalyptic novel as well.

I'm always prepared to broaden my literary horizons. Guess this is the right place to be to do that!

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This is my current pile of books to be read:

Desperation by Stephen King
The Totem by David Morrell
The Regulators by Richard Bachman
Deliverance by James Dickey
Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer

I'll try to rate the books I read according to these rating guidelines:

* = Not Recommended
** = Fair
*** = Good
**** = Great
***** = Masterpiece

LocationCopenhagen, Denmark

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Member sinceFeb 15, 2008

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Velocity by Dean Koontz

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Derailed by James Siegel

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Hostage: A Novel by Robert Crais

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Lad den rette komme ind by John Ajvide Lindqvist

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De ti herskere : roman by Christian Mørk

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The Way of Kata: A Comprehensive Guide for Deciphering Martial Applications by Lawrence A. Kane

Hi Locke
And, thanks for adding me to your ineresting libraries. I'm honored. Thanks also for the information regarding downloading book covers!!!

posted by Whisper1 at 6:45 am (EST) on Dec 9, 2008

For some odd reason I really enjoyed Desperation. It was kind of quirky and strange but I still liked the story and characters. Also it starts off with a bang and I love that. The Regulators was okay, I didn't read them together, I should have so let me know what you think of the connection since your reading them together.
I did say 'yes', we've been together for over 8 years, we own a house together. It was just a matter of timing. I wanted to be done with school, I graduate in May and we get married in June.
I'm in the middle of the second story in Just After Sunset, it's a little lenghty for a 'short story' but I really like it.

posted by beckylynn at 10:05 am (EST) on Nov 23, 2008

I really like Duma Key too, however there are a lot of people who don't share that opinion. I would love to see what his artwork looks like in real life. However I'm still disturbed by a scene from the begining of the book when the small dog is run over...
I enjoyed Night Shift as well because to me it was early enough to really capture how King wrote with a 'no holds bar' approach. To me it's his better collection of stories, I couldn't stand Four Past Midnight.
Just started the new one, I'm only one story in. I had quite the surprise the other night when my b/f asked me to marry him, so I've been looking at Bridal Mags instead of reading faithfully...I know its horrible.
So what's next for you in the SK library?

posted by beckylynn at 6:11 pm (EST) on Nov 18, 2008

That is the shipping company I work for. Haven't gotten to travel to Copenhagen yet, but maybe some day.

I hope you enjoy Island. I actually wrote a review for that one. Richard Laymon is an author that I enjoy quite a bit, yet it would be tough to recommend him to anyone that isn't a horror fan His books can be real thrill machines, yet I always get the feeling that he is one step away from being a hack.

As to your profile, please borrow away. You might want to check out the group GreyHead’s frequently answered questions. He has threads that show how to do all sorts of little tweaks to your profile. That's where I learned how to display covers.

posted by jseger9000 at 8:50 am (EST) on Nov 14, 2008

By the way, I like your profile page, been doing some work to it huh?

posted by beckylynn at 7:39 pm (EST) on Nov 13, 2008

Sorry I've been so busy! I thought the ending to TGWLTG was just a little too coincidental and convenient. That monster at the end of the book really scared me. I had to put it down at night during those parts.

I keep forgetting your not from the same place I am (ego-centric America). That's why I found it interesting where you bought books from. I mostly buy mine on line at abebooks.com, I don't know if they deliever to you or not.

Did you read Duma Key? I see you have it rated. I'm patiently waiting for my copy of Just After Sunset. It was released on Tuesday and here it is Thursday and I still don't have it. I'll have to drop whatever I'm reading at the time to start SK newest.

posted by beckylynn at 7:39 pm (EST) on Nov 13, 2008

Thanks for marking my library as an interesting one. I noted your recent comments on the 75'er pages! Welcome!! We share 52 books and they look to be mostly from my collection of horror titles. Though I see you just added Deliverance. This is a really interesting psychological study of the limits of human endurance. I tried another more recent Dickey novel and did not find it anywhere near as compelling. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this one when you get done reading it. Also, I just discovered Richard Matheson, from whom you jsut added Duel, this year. Don't know how I hadn't read him yet.

posted by blackdogbooks at 11:19 am (EST) on Nov 13, 2008

Welcome to LibraryThing. Wow! I share over half of your books. I guess great minds think alike.

Incidentally, I work for a shipping company based out of Copenhagen.

posted by jseger9000 at 6:08 pm (EST) on Nov 12, 2008

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