Name the last three books you have read...

Discussion in 'In the Media' started by Sir Nose, May 12, 2009.

  1. Ra

    Ra Well-Known Member


    Horror? I can't recall the last good straight up horror novel that I've read outside of Brian Lumley's Tainted/Lovecraft Anthology.
     
  2. Tamstrong

    Tamstrong Administrator Staff Member

    It's supposed to be, but they failed. This one sounded like it might have some potential when a friend suggested it to me, but it's friggin' retarded. When it came to the climax of the story, it was so stupid it pissed me off. I won't be taking any more suggestions from her; she evidently doesn't know what horror is. Good horror isn't easy to find.

    Other than the two books by Lovecraft I posted, I haven't read anything else yet. I also haven't gotten my hands on anything by Lumley either. Our local library rarely has anything I have on my reading list. :(
     
  3. Ra

    Ra Well-Known Member



    It's hard finding good horror novels nowadays. The majority of horror novels that I've noticed when I've gone to the the book store the last couple of years seem to be vampire related in some way, primary female vampire hunters or monster slayers ala Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And all primarily by women authors.
     
  4. Tamstrong

    Tamstrong Administrator Staff Member

    Yeah, the typical vampire story line has been overdone, especially by authors that suck at it. I think everyone wants to be Anne Rice or something. There's nothing to get excited about with "horror" novels these days.
     
  5. greeneyedevil

    greeneyedevil New Member

    Books I've read this month.

    Sarah's Education - Madeline Moore<<<Reread cause I like literary smut.
    Crow's Row- Julie Hockley <<<still trying to recover from the ending and impatiently awaiting a sequel.
    Reflected in You- Sylvia Day (sequel to Bared to You)<<<Not to bad although she was just trying to jump on EL James gravy train.
     
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  6. The Dark King

    The Dark King Well-Known Member

    And she reads books? Wow you're shaping up to a real winner my friend. Fellas watch out lol
    My girl loves all the literary stuff. I just recently read Nervous Conditions because of here. You might like it.
     
  7. greeneyedevil

    greeneyedevil New Member

    Found a synopsis, sounds interesting I will read when I finish the one I started yesterday.
     
  8. pettyofficerj

    pettyofficerj New Member

    lol...gotta admit tho..the cover looks intriguing
     
  9. Cherj

    Cherj Active Member

    Fifty Shades Darker,
    Fifty Shades Freed

    Told my boyfriend to read the trilogy!:smt053
     
  10. greeneyedevil

    greeneyedevil New Member

    Yes great books, I think I have read the whole trilogy about eight times now. Fifty Shades Darker more cause it was my favorite of the three.
     
  11. Tamstrong

    Tamstrong Administrator Staff Member

    Yeah, that was what lured me in. lol




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  12. satyr

    satyr New Member

    Necro Files: Two Decades of Extreme Horror
    All That is Solid Melts into Air - Marshall Berman
     
  13. Arwen

    Arwen New Member

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  14. Troublewitahalo

    Troublewitahalo New Member

    Fifty Shades of Grey
    Fifty Shades Darker
    Fifty Shades Freed

    Yes, I read them...and read them quickly....

    Are there any books out there that are a love story between a Black Male, and a White Female? I always see them as a White Male/Black Female.....
     
  15. Tamstrong

    Tamstrong Administrator Staff Member

  16. Blacktiger2005

    Blacktiger2005 Well-Known Member

    "How to Live Safely in a Dangerous World" by Loren W. Christensen

    "Anything Goes: Practical Karate for the Street" by Loren W. Christensen

    "The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall: How to Defeat a Larger and Stronger Adversary in a Street Fight" by Sammy Franco

    "Street Lethal: Unarmed Urban Combat" by Sammy Franco

    "Street Fighting: America's Martial Art" by George Carpenter
     
  17. Ra

    Ra Well-Known Member

  18. pettyofficerj

    pettyofficerj New Member

    My type of books although the last science fiction book I bought was something from the Jedi knight series
     
  19. Ra

    Ra Well-Known Member


    You know what I've found interesting. You notice the cover of that Shadow Ops book? The main character is the black dude in this particular book. This is the cover for the same book, but from the UK...

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    ...brother man is the sole and prominent figure on the cover. I noticed a similar thing with another sci-fi detective series I've been reading also with a black lead character, but on the American release covers they show the main character in silhouette only and in the UK edition same as with the cover above he is shown in full view. Guess they don't think they can sell sci-fi with black male leads if they are highlighted on the cover in the U.S.??? :smt090
     
  20. pettyofficerj

    pettyofficerj New Member

    Interesting points and a valid query for the cover artists

    Maybe in the us they're just trying to sell the whole diversity issue

    Or maybe ur right and they don't think white readers would read a book with a black lead

    That uk cover is pretty fierce tho
     

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