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... City of Night by Dean Koontz and Ed Gorman
8.Dean Koontz's Frankenstein book 3 Dead and Alive by Dean Koontz
9.The Ruins by Scott Smith
and
TBR potpourri
1.The Fourth Estate by Jeffrey Archer
2.Colder Than Ice by Maggie Shayne
3.Hiding From The Light by ... 62. The Innocent Man by John Grisham
63. The Ruins by Scott Smith 
79. The Ruins by Scott Smith - finished 11/16/09
Six young people on vacation--four longtime friends and two others--venture into an archaelogical dig in the wilds of the Yucatan. Once there they find ...
Just finished The Ruins, a really gripping suspense/horror novel and am now starting on Mario Vargas Llosa's The Feast of the Goat. I'm about a hundred pages into The Ruins, which I'm enjoying. ... now, I'm reading Bentley Little's The Summoning, and I think I'm either going to start White Shark by Peter Benchley or The Ruins by Scott Smith. So many books and so little time! So two months back I purchased a copy of Scott Smith's The Ruins and really hated it. At first I couldn't understand why, the critics liked it, lots of people bought it, heck, they even made a movie out of it, but something about it rubbed me the wrong way. It is huge in page count, but that wasn' ... ... of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
19. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
20. The Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam
21. The Ruins by Scott Smith
22. Size 14 Is Not Fat Either by Meg Cabot
23. The Summons by John Grisham
24. Wickett's Remedy by Myla Goldberg The Ruins by Constantin Francois de Volney ... Patchett
Books Made into Movies:
Ps I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
The Reader: A Novel by Bernhard Schlink
The Ruins by Scott Smith
Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Midwives by Chris ... ... scary) or Tim Lebbon (a fair amount of blood & guts) ... also, while a lot of people seem to dislike it, I thought Ruins by Scott Smith was fantastic. I choose The Ruins From DeltaQueen's library. I've had it on the list for a while and it's never made it up to the top. i wasnt thrilled with The Ruins... I'm in the middle of The Ruins as well as The amber Room. In addition, I'm about to start reading The Horse and His Boy to my husband when we drive places. It's such a good book and he doesn't really read very much. I'm hoping that if he hears the stories that he'll fall as much in love with ... ... Anne Rice in ages. I started the Mayfair Witches series but couldn't get into Taltos.
My recent creep out books = The Ruins and Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill (Stephen King's son) ... with most of the titles people have thrown out there. Ithink your original list is a good one. I loved, loved, loved The Ruins and anything by Dan Simmons is a good bet. Let us know what you think after you've decided. ... read Schism. I have the last four to read, plus the prequel, and I want to stretch it out because I want it to last!
3. The Ruins- Scott Smith
Very creepy book, although it's not as harrowing as I'd hoped it would be. It's definitely a character study, which is why it deserves more than ... The Ruins I do not know why I kept reading it. ... at a time. Today I want to start reading a good book about either the Aztec or Maya after my disappointing experience with The Ruins. Anyone else read The Ruins by Scott Smith? I was kind of underwhelmed, (and the movie version was even worse0. I had to wonder if he had ever really been to a Maya village or visited the Yucatan peninsula. I have found the book The Ruins to be very disturbing to me even though I haven't finished it yet.
Beatles1964 ... recommendations based on my likes?
Loved these books: The Terror by Dan Simmons, Creepers by David Morrell, The Ruins by Scott Smith and Infected by Scott Sigler
I just finished Dark Hollow by Brian Keene and I did not care for it. I found the characters ... The Ruins was a GREAT book, but I haven't seen the movie. ... rfield
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 18th Annual Edition
The Darkness that Comes Before by R.Scott Bakker
The Ruins by Scott Smith
Water for Elephants by Sandra Gruen
Merde Happens by Stephen Clarke
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
I haven't read The Ruins but Stephen King was wild about it. In general I trust his recommendations, he turned me on to Bentley Little and sorta Peter Straub, so I owe him greatly.
Beatles, if you are squeamish, stay far away from the movie version of The Ruins (though it was ... Well, not to get too far away from King stuff, but The Ruins was awful. Just awful, teenage horror and gore at its worst. Stick with good horror writers and storytellers, like King. #55 I don't know if I really want to rent the movie The Ruins. So far what I have read of the book I have enjoyed up until this part. I can be a bit squeamish at times watching some Horror movies that are way too bloody and gorey for my taste. For example all the SAW movies are way to gorey and ... Right now I am having some trouble trying to finish reading the book The Ruins. I can't bring myself to read about the part where they have to cut some poor guy's legs off. That scene has totally Grossed me out much like King's Survivor Type.
Beatles1964 >#36: I'll agree The Ruins wasn't good, but I wouldn't trouble to put it in a "worst ever" category. It is one of those rare cases of a movie being better than the book, though. I agree with elbakerone about The Ruins. It was a stinker and left me feeling empty once I had finished it. Indeed, where was the beef?
*Sorry for the 80's reference but it seemed apropos* ... to like in everything I read, but my catalog does have a few "half star" rated items. My apologies to anyone who enjoyed The Ruins by Scott Smith but I think it was one of the worst I ever read. ... by Patricia Cornwell
* Case of the Revolutionist's Daughter: Sherlock Holmes Meets Karl Marx by Lewis Feuer
* The Ruins (Vintage) by Scott Smith
* The Summons by John Grisham
* Eleventh Hour (FBI Series) by Catherine Coulter
* Blind Side by Catherine Coulter
* I Can't Bel ... ... City of Night by Dean Koontz and Ed Gorman
8.Dean Koontz's Frankenstein book 3 Dead and Alive by Dean Koontz
9.The Ruins by Scott Smith
... per
5. Creepers
6. Dead City
7. The Rising
8. The Ruins
9. Ghost Story I definitely agree with Dan Simmons. Also The Ruins by Scott Smith is excellent, along with anything by Joe Hill. ... newest, The Given Day and it's Amazing!
and I know these aren't wishlisted, but maybe someone might still want them:
The Ruins
Running with Scissors
Let me know if anyone wants them and I'll angel list them.
I picked up some others, that I need to decide if I'm going to read them ... ... Louis Sachar (1998)
85. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson (2004)
86. And the Band Played On, Randy Shilts (1987)
87. The Ruins, Scott Smith (2006)
88. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby (1995)
89. Close Range, Annie Proulx (1999)
90. Comfort Me With Apples, Ruth Reichl (2001)
91. Random ... I just finished The Ruins, and I'm glad to say that I found it quite entertaining. The beginning was a little slow, and I was afraid that I'd have to struggle through it, but it picked up speed about halfway through. The characters seemed to be pulled from Hollywood's go-to grab bag (I'm sorry, ... ... that prompted me to read the book a second time so I could understand the beginning as well.
I'm currently 80 pages into The Ruins and I can't tell if I'm going to like it or not. Normally I like thriller novels of that nature, but everything seems a wee bit predictable at this point. #187, coloradogirl14: The Ruins is great fun, like eating a huge Snickers bar and just knowing you're wolfing down a bunch of empty calories, but so what?? ... An extremely interesting read if you're intrigued by the legend of the Loch Ness Monster. And I just picked up The Ruins by Scott Smith - I was intrigued by the trailers for the movie, so I decided to give the book a try. I finished three books while on vacation last week:
31. The Ruins by Scott Smith -- a very good horror novel, my only complaint being the predictable ending.
32. Intensity by Dean Koontz -- a good Koontz novel, but not a great one. The beginning was excellent, but it dragged a bit in the ... In no particular order...
1. The Ruins by Scott Smith
Really enjoyed this. Perfect airport book, I tore through about 400 pages on a flight between CLE and MSP. Interesting to see the way people react in a situation like that - who takes control, who looks out for the group, who looks ... The Ruins was such a creepy book, I'm curious about the movie but worried it might be too gory. (I love to be scared but not grossed out) ... the story could not proceed on its arc.
I'm now taking a break by traveling to present-day Yucatan with Scott Smith's The Ruins. ... read your post beforehand (since I've never heard of the movie). So, I picked it up. Maybe I'll read it after I finish The Ruins. 8^) 13.Scott Smith-The Ruins
Wow is all I can say. Wasn't expecting much because I thought 'Smith isn't a horror writer' but this book just blew me away. A group of friends head out to some Mayan ruins looking for a lost relative. Once they get there they find the local flora is none too ... 15. The Ruins by Scott Smith - A book that talks about archaeologists and ruins? I'm there! It didn't bother me, though, when I realized that neither the promised archaeologists nor the Mayan ruins were actually going to show up in the book. By then, I was too captivated by the psychological ... ... - John Berendt
Japan
Harsh Cry of the Heron - Lian Hearn
Geisha: a Life - Mineko Iwasaki
Mexico
The Ruins - Scott Smith
Myanmar
Saving Fish From Drowning - Amy Tan
Poland
Night - Elie Wiesel
Russia
The Master and Margarita - Mikha ... ... 2/27/08)
3) Atonement by Ian McEwan (finished 3/4/08)
4) I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (finished 3/18/08)
5) The Ruins by Scott Smith (finished 4/17/08)
6) A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick (finished 5/8/08)
7) Wanted by Mark Millar (finished 6/11/08)
8) Mysterious Skin ... ... Season last year and loved it, and have read a couple of his things since then, all exceptional. And I really liked The Ruins too. Just started reading The Ruins by Scott Smith. ... of books. Even ones that I find detestable I seem to keep plodding through them hoping for something that I will like. The Ruins by Scott Smith was the all time low point for my reading list this year and I very VERY nearly gave up on it before the end. All through it I kept saying "this ... ... don't like this book. I've read plenty of YA that I did love this year but perhaps I'm too grownup to love this one.
The Ruins by Scott B. Smith
I thought A Simple Plan was brilliant. I thought this was repulsive. Ugh, Yuck and Clunk.
I love this thread. I love reading the ... ... Union by Michael Chabon
3) Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
4) Joe College by Tom Perrotta
5) The Ruins by Scott B. Smith
6) Crisis by Robin Cook
7) Look Me in the Eye: My Life With Asperger's by John Elder Robinson
8) Sammy's Hill by Kristin G ... I just finished Ruins, The by Scott B. Smith.
This story of a group of college students vacationing in Mexico, who decide on a whim to visit the site of ruins being excavated, so they've been told, by a team of archeologists, is mesmerizing. The plot builds so effectively and with such ... Just finished The ruins by Scott Smith ... this was fantastic! I'm about 1/4 of the way through The Ruins by Scott Smith ... so far, so scary. 31. The Ruins by Scott Smith. Well-written and creepy. Double whammy! LOL Kept me up into the wee hours to finish even though a tad predictable. I just finished The Ruins by Scott Smith. Rather creepy and suspenseful! I had to get it after seeing Stephen King's comment on the cover about being the best horror novel of the century. (Not sure about that, and I knew where the story was going from about page 50, but it was a very good ride ... ... ack
Fun. Well-written chick lit. Nice light read.
9. The Assassins' Gate by George Packer
Devastating.
10. The Ruins by Scott Smith
I hated, hated, hated this book. Loved his A Simple Plan, but I hated this. Traumatic to read. Ugh.
11. People of the Lie by M. Sco ... From the "Friends" sale:
Stalin: A Biography
Dreams of My Father
Ruins, The
Also a Shopaholic book.
As you can see, I'm all over the place.
I don't buy many new books lately, unless they're classic reprints, which I'm addicted to right now. #21
Did anyone see jenknox come back? Since I read The Ruins: a novel I don't trust moving plants...
... at least none that can imitate mobile phones.
... my "Dionaea muscipula" is also ok of course... The worst book for me was definitly The ruins: a novel by Scott Smith. It was interesting the first few pages, but afterwards the story was to predictable... I had to force myself through the second half of the book. The best thing about it was still its unusual binding. There are so many incredible monsters out there that it's hard to choose just one! For instance, in Scott Smith's latest, The Ruins, there's a plant that leaves Audrey II in the dust...
But my favorite of all time would probably be Grendel, from Beowulf. The pathos of Frankenstein's Monster ...
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