Name the last three books you have read...

The Hellbound Heart - Clive Barker

The basis of the Hellraiser series, a rich exercise in literary horror with a wealth of psychological insight into the destructive aspects of pleasure.

 

I'm on a bit of a quest to learn more about Christianity - since I was raised on it. Anyway, I was in the library last week looking up books about the historical Jesus and this book caught my eye:



Seeing as how I LOVED the Da Vinci Code and am a bit of a conspiracy theorist, I thought this was the perfect book to start reading on my quest to learn more.

Well, I'm almost finished with the book and all it has succeeded in doing is raising more questions than answering. ARGH. I understand that my quest to find out all I can is going to take quite some time, but so far, I only have more questions. LOL. Oh well. I have 2 more books, so I'll be starting one of them this weekend, maybe I can get some of my questions answered?

 

Read this way back when as well as Clive Barker's Books of Blood, a collection of some of his short stories. It's been quite a while since I've read any of his books with Weaveworld being the last that I read.

 

I plan on reading more of his work and am all ears if you any other horror recommendations.

 

The only other horror writers I've taken an interest in are H.P. Lovecraft and Brian Lumley. Lovecraft of course is well known as the creator of the Cthullu/Great Old Ones mythology, horror stories featuring an ancient race of eternal alien beings who once ruled on Earth until they were banished from our plan of existence. I have an expensive hardbound H.P. Lovecraft book that collects all of his various Cthullu myth related stories. Most book stores seem to have tons of various collects of his stories. Brian Lumley also follows in the footsteps of Lovecraft. He has written a few anthologies featuring Lovecrafts' Great Old Ones as well as make his mark in horror fiction with his Necroscope series and Titus Crow short stories. Don't know if these author would be to your liking, but check them out.

 

I just finished reading: Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain
I liked it.

 

- Digital Photography Lighting
- Portrait Photography Secrets of Posing & Lighting
- ARRI Lighting Handbook
- Playboy (April 2011)

 

And that was just research too, huh?

 

Yes, I've heard of them and read some Lovecraft years ago. I'm a huge fan of Re-Animator, which is apparently a musical now. *shrug*

I'll look into the Lumley, thanks.

 

Reading the Hunger Game series right now. Its pretty good.

 

And the Money Kept Rolling in (and Out) by Paul Blustein;
The Method of Zen by Eugen Herrigel (currently reading);
The Economist Guide to the EU by The Economist Press.

 

I went out to dinner tonight with a couple of friends (we're all readers) and we mentioned this book tonight. LOL.

My friend read it and she said I would like it because it's one of the better newer Stephen King books. I HATED "Cell" and wasn't too thrilled with "Gerald's Game". I love his older books, though.

My friend also mentioned these books tonight!

There are so many books I want to read....if only I had more time.

 

Pretty good read thus far

 

Cool. I'm adding it to my Goodreads list then. :smt023

 

I was so disappointed in "Cell". It's almost as if it was ghostwritten, it was so bad. I thought it would be a modern day "The Stand". The story wasn't fleshed out at all and it didn't even have an ending!! It's not even close to "The Stand".

I liked the idea of "Gerald's Game" too, but there again, it wasn't well-written.

I love "Pet Semetary", but I think my all-time favorite book of his is "The Stand".

 

It is a great book. As is The Shining. So many of his earlier books are great.

LOL at the rehab comment. I could totally see that!

There's no time like the present. Get moving on your writing!