Horror Aficionados discussion

Troy wrote: "There is a proposed Buddy Read starting in February with over 10 participates for House of Leaves

Why not have it as an actual Group Read for February?"

I second House of Leaves House of Leaves

I have to nominate my most favorite horror book I nominate it because there is a lot of scares and bloody moments.

Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite
In The End, Only Darkness
The Light at the End.
The Summer I Died
Angel Dust Apocalypse

Last Days by Adam Nevill , I am thinking to read it for a second time ; the book has some serious scares , very spooky one

The Night Boat

Is it crass to nominate my own book? It's got 'love' in the title... and a lot of stabbing!
Love you to Death

Im going to vote for The Magpies sounds interesting and is already on my to read list.

I loved 14 too

Tim wrote: "Is it crass to nominate my own book? It's got 'love' in the title... and a lot of stabbing!
Love you to Death"

Not allowed to nominate your own books...

Erin (Paperbackstash) *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "The Night Boat"

I'll second , since I'm due for a re-read of that one sometime. :)

Okay, folks. Let's wrap the suggestions up today. I will be closing this discussion later tonight 1/24/15! So if you haven't made one and want to, you better type it in :)

Thank you!

I have it eyeballing ,me from my shelf. I have a couple Grant's and i have yet to read him. J. N. Williamson too for that matter.

Marc-Antoine wrote: "I'm throwing She Wakes by Jack Ketchum in there, as it seems to be in line with Valentine's Day...

Greece. Ancient land of mystery, legend and myth. It is here that bu..."

I've heard good things about Jack Ketchum, but never actually read anything - so my vote goes with this suggestion.

Troy wrote: "There is a proposed Buddy Read starting in February with over 10 participates for House of Leaves

Why not have it as an actual Group Read for February?"

Wow! So many great suggestions! If they don't choose House of Leaves, may I join that buddy read? I'll also read whatever is chosen here as well. My suggestion: A Choir Of Ill Children.

The Bunker Diary by Kevin Brooks, it's supposed to be a children's book, but a lot of people have said it's not suitable for children and really frightening.

Robert wrote: "In an absolutely shameless bit of self-servedness :-), I'm going to pick a couple of options from my shelf for the reading challenge so I can try to participate in a group read and make progress at..."

In a similar shows of selfishness, I've had Last Days lined up on my tbr pile for the last year and would appreciate the kick up the behind that a Group Read would provide.

Ambrosia wrote: "Troy wrote: "There is a proposed Buddy Read starting in February with over 10 participates for House of Leaves

Why not have it as an actual Group Re..."

Since it is already a buddy read we will leave it as that. Plus, with the size of that thing, some people might not be able to finish that and participate in other group reads.

House of Leaves is awesome but a difficult read. It really makes you think!

Lisa wrote: "Hi all: Brand new to this group. Just want to introduce myself and ditto those who said:
The Magpies

Im 22, native Texan, working on graduate degree in English. 'Look forward to t..."

Welcome, Lisa!

Ken wrote: "Lot Lizards by Ray Garton sounds like a good February love story to me! Besides, we haven't read any Garton in a long time."

I second this! Surprisingly, I have not read this yet.

Osama, please do not spam groups with your works. Not to mention, this is a horror group.

Ambrosia wrote: "Wow! So many great suggestions! If they don't choose House of Leaves, may I join that buddy read? I'll also read whatever is chosen here as well. My suggestion: A Choir Of Ill Children."

You can join that Buddy Read here>
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I'll second Last Days

Sorry, Vic. No Self-Promo.

I am in the mood for some classics. I would like to suggest these:

+1 for 14

I read it last summer and I can still remember a lot of the details. (A sign of a good book for me!) I went on a Lovecraft binge afterward because of some the similar themes. I would love to reread and discuss with a group!

I'd like to recommend a couple of new authors' books that have been listed on the Preliminary 2015 Bram Stoker ballot for Superior Achievement in a First Novel.

Consumption - Heather Herrman

Mr. Suicide - Nicole Cushing

The Keeper of the Crows - Romines, Kyle Alexander

Am conceding on my suggestions (darnit), so I will throw in for 14 and All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By. As I am in the House of Leaves read, this is going to be a tough month.

Tod wrote: "Charlene wrote: "Here's a spot to nominate your choices for our February group read! Don't worry about nominating a book twice: the more times it's mentioned, the more likely it is that it will mak..."

Reading that one now. So far very,very good.

The Magpies sound good as does 14.

A big "Thank You" to everyone who took the time to make a suggestion. This thread is now closed to new suggestions. We will now vote on the poll. Remember, if your read was not chosen, you can always start a buddy read or try again next month.

Be sure to cast your vote. You can find the poll here>
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

Since it's February, why not read Warm Bodies to the list. Who doesn't like a zombie love story?

Amanda wrote: "Since it's February, why not read Warm Bodies to the list. Who doesn't like a zombie love story?"

Warm Bodies was fun. I'll second that.

The Revelation Bentley Little

Nathaniel by John Saul

Just curious... does anyone read the previous posts here before they post? 'Cause the thread was closed to new suggestions and the poll is already up. Read post #82.

WendyB wrote: "Just curious... does anyone read the previous posts here before they post? 'Cause the thread was closed to new suggestions and the poll is already up. Read post #82."

LOL! I was just going to post something similar! :D

Kimberly wrote: "WendyB wrote: "Just curious... does anyone read the previous posts here before they post? 'Cause the thread was closed to new suggestions and the poll is already up. Read post #82."

LOL! I was jus..."

It kinda tickles my funny bone because this happens almost every month on these book suggestion threads. LOL
ah well, no harm to it. :-)

Magpies sounds good.

Kimberly wrote: "Erin (Paperbackstash) *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "The Night Boat"

I'll second , since I'm due for a re-read of that one sometime. :)"

Maybe we should do a buddy read sometime if it's not selected. It keeps going up for group nomination, but I don't think enough want to read it to push it through. It's an older book so I understand that, but still would like to at least buddy read it at some point.

the poll is already up Aaron. you just missed the nominations.

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

WendyB wrote: "Just curious... does anyone read the previous posts here before they post? 'Cause the thread was closed to new suggestions and the poll is already up. Read post #82."

Too funny! I always think that :)

Aaron(RetroSonic) wrote: "Shoot. Oh well, these things happen."

There's always next month =)

I think The Void by Michael Bray should be read because it's being offered free for a limited time only:

What if your worst nightmares came true?

The Void is a thrilling horror novel centered around a mysterious sinkhole that wrecks havoc upon Maple Street.

Faced with an unknown threat and an uncaring government, the citizens of the sleepy small town are forced to rely on two unlikely heroes, the enigmatic Morgan Brewster, a small boy with an obsession with spiders, and the neighborhood alcoholic, Embry.

Unfortunately for all of them, the bottomless chasm is just the beginning of their problems.

http://www.amazon.com/Void-Albert-Kiv...

Are you able to close these nomination threads to new posts once you've closed the poll?

Mike wrote: "Are you able to close these nomination threads to new posts once you've closed the poll?"

Yeah, but I usually leave it open for us to chat, but I guess I'll do it now.