tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109955980329789216.post7474855251659942013..comments2024-01-18T11:46:30.540+11:00Comments on Dangers Untold and Hardships Unnumbered: I invite you to FREAK ME OUTRhiannon Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03611927348379723038noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109955980329789216.post-83965365649606331742009-09-29T08:12:41.155+10:002009-09-29T08:12:41.155+10:00The Monstrumologist - called the best horror nove...The Monstrumologist - called the best horror novel of the year by Booklist . . . would love to hear what you think about my gothic horror/adventure/mystery. Cheers. Rick YanceyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109955980329789216.post-10627314882326865342009-08-27T22:27:43.236+10:002009-08-27T22:27:43.236+10:00Joe Hill's work is very good. I'd recommen...Joe Hill's work is very good. I'd recommend his short story collection, 20TH CENTURY GHOSTS, the best (it was a Halloween read for me a couple years' past), but I also love his novel HEART-SHAPED BOX.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109955980329789216.post-77635109597475488562009-08-27T08:25:40.601+10:002009-08-27T08:25:40.601+10:00Mmm...it's not YA, and it's not precisely ...Mmm...it's not YA, and it's not precisely horror, and it's got a good bit of mythology, but it's guaranteed to freak you out...get AMERICAN GODS by Neil Gaiman, if you haven't read it. I found it almost too dark to read...which is good for Halloween, I suppose? Nothing absurdly cruel or horrible<br />...your short story synopsis will start haunting me at night, I think...ugh!Ceceliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02249223364936344560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109955980329789216.post-83137851494199302692009-08-27T07:59:53.975+10:002009-08-27T07:59:53.975+10:00YA-wise: I just finished reading "The Monstru...YA-wise: I just finished reading "The Monstrumologist" and I really liked it. (Scheduled out in September!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01246673871167186207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109955980329789216.post-71084678177999101482009-08-27T06:25:10.149+10:002009-08-27T06:25:10.149+10:00I knew you were going to pop up with some choice s...I knew you were going to pop up with some choice selections Thea! I shall investigate these, but I know you like your horror truly horrifying, so you'll forgive me if I'm, you know, a pussy and don't get through them. But The Long Walk, you say? Interesting ... By the way I'm looking up Monster by Pike at my library. If Ana can read it, so can I!It'll be a good YA addition to the challenge.Rhiannon Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03611927348379723038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109955980329789216.post-88056586330253941412009-08-27T06:19:15.640+10:002009-08-27T06:19:15.640+10:00Oh you want scary, you say? SLIGHTS by Kaaron Ware...Oh you want scary, you say? SLIGHTS by Kaaron Waren is bleak and a terrible force (and I don't think has any shotgun sodomy, though it is incredibly dark); HOUSE OF LEAVES by Mark Danielewski gave me nightmares and it's a truly bizarre, post-modern masterpiece of a novel; or you can never go wrong with Stephen King. IT, 'SALEM'S LOT, THE GUNSLINGER, THE LONG WALK (<--dystopian novel that THE HUNGER GAMES again borrows from), THE MIST, collections like FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT...I could go on and on and on. Then there's teh master, Dan Simmons - SONG OF KALI or THE TERROR or SUMMER OF NIGHT are horror/thrillers in very different ways, but are equally beautiful in writing.<br /><br />I could seriously go on all day :pTheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11138984974139025278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109955980329789216.post-8192357562393879572009-08-27T06:09:40.851+10:002009-08-27T06:09:40.851+10:00Wow thanks so much for these suggestions! Dracula ...Wow thanks so much for these suggestions! Dracula is a fantastic idea, and it looks like The Thirteenth Tale is a must. I'm going to look up the others you've suggested and put my four books together.<br /><br />Carl, I'm just glad I found your challenge, and thank you so much for hosting it!Rhiannon Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03611927348379723038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109955980329789216.post-44294540221340452882009-08-27T05:17:11.714+10:002009-08-27T05:17:11.714+10:00How about The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs by Jack ...How about The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs by Jack Gantos?Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00793618692608823102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109955980329789216.post-68642906524819558862009-08-26T22:43:45.353+10:002009-08-26T22:43:45.353+10:00oh, and I'm so glad you decided to join in wit...oh, and I'm so glad you decided to join in with us this year! Yay!!!Carl V. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948764216438379394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109955980329789216.post-56804403291582760442009-08-26T22:43:33.625+10:002009-08-26T22:43:33.625+10:00The Graveyard Book by Gaiman, The Thirteenth Tale ...The Graveyard Book by Gaiman, The Thirteenth Tale by Setterfield, Rebecca by du Maurier, Frankenstein, Dracula, Bradbury, The Historian which I see you are already reading (yay!), and there are tons of YA that would fit. The Forest of Hands and Teeth, Life as We Know it, The Knife of Never Letting Go, and on and on and on!!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331915574696737725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109955980329789216.post-40169919818560842272009-08-26T22:43:27.251+10:002009-08-26T22:43:27.251+10:00I second The Thirteenth Tale as a good gothic nove...I second The Thirteenth Tale as a good gothic novel, dripping with atmosphere. I just read Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan's, The Strain, and thought some of the description of what was happening were pretty creepy.Carl V. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948764216438379394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109955980329789216.post-45710082612639019542009-08-26T22:00:07.227+10:002009-08-26T22:00:07.227+10:00Read Faces In The Fire by T L Hines. The Unseen to...Read Faces In The Fire by T L Hines. The Unseen too by T L Hines. Ghostwriter by Travis Thrasher is goood too.<br /><br />Frankenstein, Dracula never fail!<br /><br /><a href="http://readbookswritepoetry.blogspot.com/2009/08/readers-imbibing-peril-1v-september-1st.html" rel="nofollow">Here is my RIP IV read list</a>gautami tripathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109955980329789216.post-44929665433243861692009-08-26T19:58:00.733+10:002009-08-26T19:58:00.733+10:00The Thirteenth Tale is a very good gothic mystery....The Thirteenth Tale is a very good gothic mystery... i'm afraid I don't do gory things lol. I'll leave the really scary suggestions to others! I'm sure you will get them!DesLilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582481597658080464noreply@blogger.com