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Wow.. That was really well said Talisman. I Love the name by the way

We all know there's some bad books out there which have only made their way on the market because of who the author is (which is why we don't know about all the rest of the bad books) but as far as the time they put into it, the amount of preparation a writer puts into a really good novel or just another novel depending how consistent he/she is, like Joy Fielding who consistently writes genius psychological mystery work IMO, the creativity and critiscism they have to deal with. Every genre is different but I would imagine if you could see an authors office when in the middle of a novel, it would look a lot like an FBI agents office while he's trying to solve a case, with the bulletin board covered in intel. Anyways, I read an article in some journal asking if writers deserve to make the big bucks. My answer is a most definite YES. They certainly do.

Oh and Frankie, that of which reminds me, aside from Lincoln Rhymes, have you tryed "The Blue Nowhere" by Deaver? It's on my To-Read-List, it looks really good in my opinion. Hoping to get a recommendation from somebody if they've read it.

Hahaa, No Frankie, I meant it as in the phrase, you've heard the phrase before right? Well, In case you haven't, here in the U.S. when someone is the founder of or the most superior at something, we call them the grandfather of that subject. Lol never mind .. Anyways yeah i really loved Lincoln Rhyme series. How far did you get Frankie? I only read the first two books but they were really solid, can't wait to read book 3; "The Empty Chair".

Janet, i decided to take Pontalba's advice and quit the boring book i was having a tough time getting into.. She was right, life is too short to waste time on a dreadful, depressing book lol. I felt guilty at first, hate giving up on books but it was ultimately the right decision and i'm happy I did. I couldn't stop thinking about all the other books i'd rathe read and now i'm happily read a new great novel Thank you both

This subject will always be purely a matter of opinion. In sports, you can say a player is over-rated and most of the time nobody can argue because it all comes down to box scores or stats but with books, every reader has their own taste. With that said, i have 2 books i've read which i found to be over-rated. 1. many might agree with was Cujo by Stephen King. And #2 of my over-rated books, i highly doubt anyone will agree with because it was so well liked by just about everyone except for myself and that was The Shining. Yes, the Shining lol. Don't ask why, i just didn't like it much at all. I always loved to love the main character in a story but in this case, he was the bad guy. Even though i've heard some readers say they felt bad for him or whatever but i just didn't like him at all. And the story was a little boring. I think it would have been better if maybe the story came from the wife's perspective? i don't know.

Pontalba you are so right. I don't know what to do lol.. I'm one/third of the way through it and only 200 pages left but yet it feels like im looking ahead at 450 pages left because it's just so slow. I love your advice though, i either have to shake off this worry about quitting or i have to man-up and read fast lol. Tbh there are some decent parts to it, i just hate the way the story is told. Anyhow, thanks again Pontalba.

Janet i couldn't agree with you more. I simply cannot quit on a book once it;s started and I don't know why. It can be really unbearable too when you get the feeling like it's dragging and notice you aren't reading as much because of it. I am going through this now with my current read, it's called "In the Lake of the Woods" by Tim O Brien. And it's not even in my normal genre of fiction that i usually read, just had a real catchy summary so i bought it but the good thing is many people on GoodReads site told me it gets much better, just has a slow start. I hope they're right..

Eleonora, i'm not sure how you knew that or where you learned it.. but rock on ! Lol

By the way, Dark Hollow by Brian Keene was really really good but i do not recommend you reading the 2nd book. At least not while the characters from Dark Hollow are still fresh in your head. I didn't like being introduced to new characters.

Frankie is the grandfather of reading lol, it will take me a lifetime to catch up with him but luckily i'm young Frankie you have such an amazing list of recommended books.. I loved alot of the books on your list and a lot of others which i plan to read. I will make a simple list which i recommend. Stephen King works: The Dead Zone - Misery - It - Salems Lot - The Mist - (*Talisman* & *Black House* <(Favorites) - Eyes of the Dragon - The Stand - Other authors books: "Lincoln Rhyme Series" by Jeffrey Deaver. "Night Terror" by Chandler McGrew "A Simple Plan" by Scott Smith "Angel Time" by Anne Rice "Dark Hollow" by Brian Keene "The Wolfs Hour" by Robert R McCammon "The Midnight Road" by Tom Piccirilli "Endless Night" by Richard Laymon I could go on and on of course but these are just some of my latest favorites!

Same here. Stephen King was my inspiration from the very beginning, and the very reason i started reading when i was about 20 years old or so. I grew up loving his movies "Silver Bullet", "It", "Salems Lot", Night Shift and Misery were my favorite movies growing up. So then i started to read his books and fell in love. My favorite books of his are The Eyes of the Dragon, Misery, The Dead Zone, The Mist, Salems Lot & Black House. I really would like to try reading The Talisman because i loved Black House so much and i heard The Talisman is just as good.

hey Michelle,, i hope you enjoy it, and wow, i can't believe it's that short on the Kindle? It was a pretty large book but then again i have no idea how Kindles work so it must be a different setup or something. Hey Geordie, No i haven't read The Terror but I do have it on my to-read-list. I hope to get to it soon but the problem is, i feel like the List keeps growing faster than i can keep up with reading lol. Anyways I bet you would like the Ruins by Scott Smith but I would probably recommend you to his other book "A Simple Plan" before I would The Ruins. A Simple Plan is my favorite novel by him. They're both great books though. He's a pretty under-rated author in my opinion.

Too many favorite horror books to name, most are by King.. But i can probably name the top 5 scariest horror books i've ever read. (Oddly enough, none are by King) 5.) was Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons. 4.) I am Legend- was really good although the movie didn't even compare to it. 3.) The Ruins by Scott Smith. (Felt i had to include this because it really was scary and well-written descriptions). 2.) House of Leaves. By Mark Z. Danielewski 1.) *The Girl Next Door!* By Jack Ketchum I may edit this because now it has me thinking hard about others... I'm pretty content with my top 5 though i may add some honorable mentions EDIT: Ok, actually yeah, about Stephen King, I guess "It" and "Salems Lot" were scary but still, King brings a different blend of horror (for lack of a better term) than most scary books. His are just usually more so enjoyable than they are scary-scary. Honorable mention: I wanted to add a Ghost story to the list, so I thought; "Ghost Story" lol. By Peter Straub.

Kell you should try "They Thirst" by Robert R McCammon. It's the closest thing to Salems Lot that there is and those are my two favorite vampire novels of all time. It sounds like you read Salems Lot already. If so, and you liked it, i really recommend this one by McCammon. There's other good vampire books too though, The Stake by Richard Laymon was pretty solid.

@ The Boss!, I actually found your review to be absolutely & flawlessly spot-on accurate... At least in my opinions of the book Cell. It wasn't classic horror to come from him, it really felt like a story you would get from somebody else. I'm not sure who, maybe James Herbert or Bentley Little. Just didn't feel much like King's style at all but then again, i've read A LOT of King novels and that wasn't the first to feel unusually different or uncommon to the rest of his books. I got the same feeling with The TommyKnockers & The Running Man.. Just felt like I was reading another authors story the whole way through. But you're right, it wasn't bad either.

lol you're very welcomed. It was good, I enjoyed it, and a good thing to read too because you may never see the story again, it was only published out of the New York times and never sold in any short story collection. I liked the Bram Stoker one also.

http://www.blastr.com/2013-10-17/25-scary-stories-stephen-king-and-other-great-horror-writers-you-can-read-now blastr is giving us 25 famous scary short stories to read for free online. Since I just finished my most recent novel, i'm going to try out "Premium Harmony" by Stephen King and figured some of you may like to read some stories as well. Free is free

Awesome, you're the second member of ours reading Joe Hill's NOS4R2. I'd really like to hear from either you or Sofia on how that's going.. I really want to try out a Joe Hill book, maybe Heart-Shaped Box, Horns or even NOS4R2 but i'm not sure which of his is the best to start with.

I'm getting ready to start reading "They Thirst" by Robert R McCammon because it sounds really good and I heard it was very similar to one of my favorite books ever: "Salem's Lot" by Stephen King. Also Horror is my favorite genre and I just got finished reading a good fantasy so I usually follow up with horror after reading a different genre novel. I'm excited, will write a review afterwards. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/462658.They_Thirst

I completely agree with all you said about King, he's my favorite too, always so exciting! But Have you read the short story in Skeleton Crew's; "The Jaunt"? That was sort of a time-traveling story. Different than 11/22/63 of course but did base in a time-traveling world.

Sounds really good Tobi, now i'm interested.

I'd like the same, but of course, like a *good* weird mystery novel. Something to just get lost in. I love good weird horror & weird mystery movies and would love to find a book like that. Sniff you HAVE TO watch "Dead-End" if you want a great weird mystery movie. Perfect example of a similar book i'd love to find

Thanks again to everyone. Oh and Sabry, i was just going to say I love the Dead Zone, its one of my favorites, lol i forgot I already mentioned that in my post. Yeah it was such a good book. As for 11/22/63, i've heard some really good things, haven't tried it yet. Can't wait, it's on my TRL. Oh, and Athene, is your avatar from the book Ghost Country? It's not identical to front cover but it reminds me of it a lot.

Lol it's o k, i do the same every time i finish a good novel, even though i'm done with it, I just cant get it out of my mind so I constantly ask people at the weirdest places if they ever read it lol. But no, i've never read any Jack Vance stuff, you got any good recommendations though? Lol, thank you Signor for your kind & warm welcoming,. it's very friendly here, some great people to talk with. And you can most-definitely find me in the Stephen King section lol, it's one of my favorites already! Haha, that's so true what you said about our age group. I used to be just like that 4 years ago until I thankfully picked up a book and it changed my lifestyle completely, I honestly admit. Wow, yes, wasn't Girl with the Dragon Tattoo awesome?!? I can't wait to read the rest, i really can't. I look forward to the next movie as well. thank you so much again, i look forward to reading more of your comments for sure lol, very nice and funny! Oh and I am actually a quarter english now that i think about it. My girlfriend is full but we're both American. I love English culture