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The Graveyard Book

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by: Neil Gaiman

September 30, 2008
Imagine Rudyard Kipling's "Jungle Book"... but replace the animals with ghosts, ghouls, werewolves and other such supernatural creatures.

Such is the concept of "The Graveyard Book," which cleverly turns Kipling's classic story into an exquisitely-written, darkly witty fantasy. While it starts as the assorted supernatural adventures of a young boy raised by ghosts, the story slowly evolves into a beautifully ghastly confrontation between Nobody Owens and the people who want to do him harm.

"There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife." A man named Jack kills an innocent family at night -- except for a baby boy, who toddles out to the graveyard.

With the approval of the Lady on the Grey, the Owens ... Read More:

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Volume 3: Wolves at the Gate

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by: Drew Goddard, Joss Whedon
by: Georges Jeanty, Jo Chen

November 12, 2008
Imagine Rudyard Kipling's "Jungle Book"... but replace the animals with ghosts, ghouls, werewolves and other such supernatural creatures.

Such is the concept of "The Graveyard Book," which cleverly turns Kipling's classic story into an exquisitely-written, darkly witty fantasy. While it starts as the assorted supernatural adventures of a young boy raised by ghosts, the story slowly evolves into a beautifully ghastly confrontation between Nobody Owens and the people who want to do him harm.

"There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife." A man named Jack kills an innocent family at night -- except for a baby boy, who toddles out to the graveyard.

With the approval of the Lady on the Grey, the Owens ... Read More:

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Just After Sunset Collector's Set: Stories

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by: Stephen King

November 11, 2008
Imagine Rudyard Kipling's "Jungle Book"... but replace the animals with ghosts, ghouls, werewolves and other such supernatural creatures.

Such is the concept of "The Graveyard Book," which cleverly turns Kipling's classic story into an exquisitely-written, darkly witty fantasy. While it starts as the assorted supernatural adventures of a young boy raised by ghosts, the story slowly evolves into a beautifully ghastly confrontation between Nobody Owens and the people who want to do him harm.

"There was a hand in the darkness, and it held a knife." A man named Jack kills an innocent family at night -- except for a baby boy, who toddles out to the graveyard.

With the approval of the Lady on the Grey, the Owens ... Read More:

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Dark Tower: The Long Road Home Premiere HC

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by: Peter David, Robin Furth
by: Jae Lee, Richard Isanove

October 07, 2008

"The Gunslinger Born" explored the origins and early struggles of young Roland Deschain, as well as the loss of his first true love, Susan Delgado.

And Stephen King's "Dark Tower: The Long Road Home" picks up right after that, showing us more devastating events that shaped Roland Deschain into the gunslinger anti-hero we know and love. While the first part is rather slow, it has plenty of horrific moments and the haunting quality of a "world that has moved on."

A devastated Roland takes down Susan's charred body, as Alain and Bert argue about whether they should be stopping. But suddenly Roland fires at Maerlyn's Grapefruit -- which suddenly turns into a tentacled eyeball that jumps on Roland's face, and enthralls ... Read More:

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Dead To The World

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by: Charlaine Harris

May 03, 2005
When I bought this book at the local Zellers, I didn't even know there were other books before it until I made it to chapter three or four, but I read on anyway and loved it regardless. There were enough scenes where Sookie thinks about the past to know what had happened without droning on. It was for this reason that I fell in love with Eric's character. Both of his characters at least, as opposed to being a Bill fan. Which was why the end saddened me, but overall the story was great, and I hope to see more interaction between him and Sookie in the next book, even if it is just him doing his playful flirting

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Duma Key

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by: Stephen King

October 21, 2008
Edgar Freemantle a building contractor who had a job site accident; his skull was fractured, his hip shattered, he lost an arm and almost his sanity. He is in constant pain and prone to fits of rage, to make matters worse his wife decides to leave him and demands a divorce and all the fringe benefits.

After pondering suicide, he relocates to Duma Key, Florida where he rents Big Pink, a house built partially over the water. A place where the waves at high tides stir the seashells under the house creating an eerie sound, tennis balls appear unexpectedly and a heron flies by upside-down. Inspired by these activities, he decides to create his ideas on canvas, which leads to all sorts of supernatural developments. His pictures reflect not only his ... Read More:

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Living Dead In Dallas

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by: Charlaine Harris

March 26, 2002
This is the 2nd book is Harris' southern vampire novels and I think she does a great job at following up the first one Dead Until Dark.
Again we join Sookie Stackhouse as she is drawn even more into the world of the supernatural. This time she is to use her mind reading talents for a vampire in Dallas. All the while continuing to fall deeper in love with her vampire boyfriend, learn more about the under belly of her small town and deal more with Eric, a vampire leader you just know has a thing for her and eventually it will create problems.
After reading the 2nd and not being disapointed I know I will continue on through the series.

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Dead As A Doornail

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by: Charlaine Harris

April 25, 2006
Although I would like to give the author kudos for building a different world in this book wherein vampires and other creatures roam the earth and certain people have cool powers (ie Sookie's mind-reading is absolutely fab), this failed to enthuse me enough to suck me in to pull an all-nighter. There were too many characters with non-interesting descriptions that sometimes, you just can't get into it. The mystery was enough to make me finish the book though. All in all, not recommended.

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Betrayed

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by: P.C. Cast

October 02, 2007
This book..thank the stars..was a little more entertaining then the first. I enjoyed the continuing relationship between Zoey and Heath and hope that the series continues to keep me interested.

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Club Dead

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by: Charlaine Harris

April 29, 2003
Ok so this is the third book is Harris' southern vampire novels. In this one Sookie has to deal with the fact that her vampire boyfriend Bill is being held captive and she is forced to save him. However this comes after he may/may not have actually left her for a female vamp he used to have a thing with.
Despite the confusion she still goes to help, and in this book we encounter a new character Alcide, a werewolf and another guy who seems to be drawn to Sookie.
Of the the three books I've read in the series so far I would probably say this was my least favorite but it's still a good read. Harris' way of writing the supernatural and mixing it with humour and relatibility is fun to read and easy to get into. I know I will continue reading the rest of the series.