Vandermar & Croup are freaking scary

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Was v. v. bored last night with LJ on the down & outs, and no one around to play cards with, and nothing interesting on tv.

In a moment of whimsy, I jumped in my little car went driving out in far too heavy rain to the nearest Barnes & Noble, and bought Neverwhere by Neil Gaimon. At nearly 10:30 or so, not long before closing. When I'm alreayd in the middle of about 6 other books, and textbooks on top of that.

I got home, read 107 pages (as opposed to my usual attention span of 20-40). I did the dishes, and read 30 more, and went to bed.

I read another 11 pages standing in the cashier line at my college office, waiting to buy a parking sticker.

I love this book.

Now: onward. Things to do. People to damage.

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[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Also, another book that I loved was Clive Barker's The Thief of Always. It's very easy to read, and I think was oriningally aimed at a young adult audience, but it's still one of my favorites. There's a great showdown at the end between the Big Bad and anything in the imagination of the main character, a young boy.

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[queenofthorns.livejournal.com]

Oooh, noting that one down! Lots of people have mentioned Clive Barker to me, but somehow I always had the impression that his books are really, REALLY violent. Maybe I'll start with this one! Gah! More BOOKS! NOOOOOO!

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[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Well, I started to read his book Weaveworld, and I didn't like it as much. The gore was too high, without grabbing my interest enough to keep me reading. I never finsihed that one. But The Thief of Always has some violence, but not so much that I was overly put off by it. Actually, I first listened to it on audio, which was a little scary when i was like 13. Then last year (four years later) I found the paperback on sale really cheap, and bought it. I liked it as much the second time.