madh0us3 Wrote:Man, "Mine" (McCammon) was pretty good, having kids myself, it really got under my skin.
I'm going back to an old staple, "Second Child" by John Saul. I really like Saul, but why the hell does this guy write almost every single one of his books with a child protagonist? It kind of annoys me, but they're still pretty good books. I actually have like a special place in my mind for John Saul. Back in the late eighties, I was around 12 or so, I made a conscious decision to switch from my Mad, Encyclopedia Brown, and Choose Your Own Adventure books to "grownup" novels. So I went to the store and "Hellfire" was what I bought. It was my first horror novel. I've still got it.
You know.. wow, that's crazy.. I just realized that was the exact same store, same town, where I found my autographed copy of "By The Sword" last year. Quite a coincidence considering I've only been there a few times in my life and I moved 1700 miles away and back in the interim.
Noodle Wrote:Any love for Charlie Huston here? The Joe Pitt series is stunning, "The Mystic Art of Erasing All Signs of Death" was great, and "The Shotgun Rule" blew me away. A real noir talent. Fans of vampire stories will love the Joe Pitt series in particular.
Sigokat Wrote:I started The Hunger Games last night. I didn't realize till I went to buy it a couple weeks ago that it was a YA novel, which is obvious in the writing style. However, with that said, its pretty good so far for what it is. No one says you have to be a YA to enjoy a YA novel, right? Mindless fun and something that doesn't take much effort to follow is good every now and then.