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We had quite a few Point Horror books in the library at school - and considering I was one of about ten people that regularly took books out (and half of those students were taking out academic books) I could usually always find one. I can't really remember the ones I read, nor whether I was scared, but I obviously found them engaging as I read several of them (to my recollection). When I was about 15 I moved onto Christopher Pike, but when I was working in a care home a few years ago they (oddly) had a Point book on the shelves about a plane crash - was quite quite cheesy!

Here here! One of my favourite books I read some more of A Thousand Splendid Suns last night and this morning, and I am really absorbed by it.

I read this too, last summer and really enjoyed it (as much as you can I guess!). It was really good to read more about Katherine of Aaragon rather than Anne Boleyn. I also read another book about Anne Boleyn by Joanna Denny last summer, but she is a staunch believer that Boleyn was a victim of Henry rather than his equal. I don't dispute Henry was wicked in getting rid of her for Jane, but Boleyn was a very wild woman!

I think rising from the dead and climbing up a balcony is perhaps a feat too much for Bundy! I did find it such a shame that someone so gifted could turn out that way. Oh, it's not graphic in terms of scenes, and it's not that good (loads of things have been omitted) but I thought I'd give it a go. Spooky though.

I finished The Stranger Beside Me last night and have started reading A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini - into chapter 14 and I'm really enjoying it, even though it's tough to read.

It's definitely not a quick read - I'm able to usually finish a book in two-three days but I'd definitely perservere with it; at times it was quite hard to read the ways in which Bundy took his victims which I suppose is to be expected with something of that magnitude. If you do get it, let me know what you think!

Emma, I really like the way you lay out your reviews, and also wanted to wish you the best of health, I know what a struggle it is to overcome eating demons and I think you are really brave for both talking about it and reading about it.

I managed to pick the only copy up from the library and got started straight away, I think I picked it up about a week ago now! It was a very engaging read, perhaps with the exception of the legalities which sort of went over my head a little (as they did during my degree!). I wasn't too creeped out by the book - I think because I live in a second floor flat I don't see anybody pass through my window. If I'd read this when I was living in my old house I would have had to lock my bedroom door thrice over! Whilst reading it I watched the TV adaptation of the book (available on Youtube) and an A&E Biography about Ted Bundy which creeped the hell out of me though!

Welcome to the BCF Lynn, lovely to have you here

Yes, I did - ordered it from Green Met but hasn't arrived yet :wails: Hopefully it will come today. I've just finished The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule (kindly recommended by Frankie) and this was my review. THE STRANGER BESIDE ME - ANN RULE Description: Ann Rule was a writer working on the biggest story of her life, tracking down a brutal mass-murderer. Little did she know that the young man who was her close friend was the savage slayer she was hunting. Ted Bundy was everyone's picture of a natural 'winner' - handsome, charming, brilliant in law school, successful with women, on the verge of a dazzling career. On January 24, 1989 Ted Bundy was executed for the murders of three young women; he subsequently confessed to taking the lives of a least thirty-five more young women, coast to coast. This is his story - the story of his magnetic power, his unholy compulsion, his demonic double life, and his string of helpless victims. It was written by a woman who thought she knew Ted Bundy, until she began to put all the evidence together, and the whole terrifying picture emerged... REVIEW: The Stranger Beside Me is a work of non-fiction by acclaimed crime writer Ann Rule. Much of her work depicts real life crimes that she has been commisioned to research and write about. This book was massively different to her other works, as she actually knew the subject committing the crimes, the infamous Ted Bundy, who confessed to killing over 30 young women across 5 cities in America. Ann Rule met Ted Bundy whilst working on a crisis line in Seattle, and then became firm friends. As Rule points out at regular intervals in the earlier chapters, Bundy was not the kind of person she could ever imagine committing the crimes he did. Bundy was the voice behind the crisis line, saving lives on occasions, which is eerily ironic considering he was reported to have possibly killed over 100 women. This book flits between chapters of Rule's relationship with Bundy, his childhood and life prior to the killings, and the details surrounding the disappearances and discoveries of the deceased women. Eventually the two are tied in together with Rule talking about the communication she had with Bundy whilst in was in jail waiting to go on trial/sentenced and her mixed feelings about supporting an old friend. I enjoyed reading this book, as I didn't know much about Bundy prior to seeking the book out. Ann Rule is very good at putting you in Bundy's world to the best of her ability and there is a lot of descriptions of the legal fights Bundy took on when he defended himself and subsequent pleas of retrials to avoid Death Row. It was interesing to read how an accomplished, intelligent and attractive young man was able to lead a perfectly "normal" life beyond his crimes and his interactions with every day people. Ann Rule doesn't profess to be a psychiatrist or psychologist and doesn't make wild assumptions about the reasoning behind Bundy's mental state, although she does speculate as to why he was lead into a life or murdering towards the end of the book. I would recommend this book for anybody wishing to studying murder, or indeed serial murder, or those that are interested in how someone seemingly normal can be anything but. 4*/5

I am a total wimp when it comes to films - my ex tried to make me watch the Saw films and I just couldn't do it without wanting to hurl. I guess the scariest film I've seen is Silence of the Lambs when I was about 11 - it doesn't scare me anymore but sheesh, that film frightened me when I was young!

Trying Sleeping With A Broken Heart - Alicia Keys - loving this album at the moment!

I'm trying to think of the particular author who just kept using the same word over and over and OVER again. I can't think who it was and I can't remember the book but it really grates on me - whenever I've tried to write short stories the first thing I do after spell and grammar is make sure I've not put a word in repetitively!

Spinach and salmon fish cakes with salad and coleslaw.

Oh the Cash4Gold and PostURGold are getting so irritating. I don't really watch much TV but I can always rely on one of those adverts to come up.

Elephants - Them Crooked Vultures

Blimey, that is a lot! I've nearly finished "The Stranger Beside Me"!

I tend not to read reviews until after I've finished reading - I get most of my recommendations from either here (recently) or my friends. I do the same thing with books as I do with films - read (watch) and then have a look on Amazon (IMDB) and see what people are saying about it.

I've not read that yet frankie - sounds interesting though. I've got a few Ann Rule books; Empty Promises, and I've read the best part of And Never Let Her Go.

Over the last couple of days I've read about 200pages of The Stranger Beside Me, am hoping to finish it today and then read A Thousand Splendid Suns.

Welcome to the forums, runner - sorry I didn't say welcome before

Welcome to the forums

Welcome to the forums Heddy, I hope you enjoy it here

Welcome to the forums Kim!

Welcome Kate!