Horror Aficionados discussion

Please forgive me. I've had a lot going on and it totally slipped my mind that it's my turn to lead the discussion and put up the poll.

Any ideas? Themes? Just throw some titles out?

Suggestions:
The Priest's Graveyard
John Dies at the End

Paul suggested an '80s theme. I like that idea.

'80s books:
Elementals
Floating Dragon
Neverland
The Keep
Swan Song

The Priest's Graveyard by Ted Dekker? Happy Easter to you Tressa!

John Dies at the end

Happy Easter, Sue! Happy Easter to all my GR non-atheist HA friends. God forbid I offend anyone, lol.

LOL....Happy easter to you too

Happy Easter, Paul. Don't eat too many deviled eggs or hot cross buns.

This sure looks good: Willy.

Tressa wrote: "This sure looks good: Willy."

sounds good. it;s the friggin Easter candy that gets me I been eating it all month, jellybean,marshmellow thingies,chocolate aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh

how about an 80's theme?

I'm agnostic, but I don't care. Happy Easter to you, too. Tressa. And Happy Easter to everyone else too! :)

Jason, if you're agnostic then I can kinda wish you a Happy Easter and only maybe will you get offended.

My son upon seeing his Easter basket this morning: "Oh, boy. Peeps! I like my Peeps with whipped cream." Will have to force myself to stay away from his Reese's eggs.

Paul, an '80s theme sounds fun. Imagine the shiny, over-the-top book covers we'd get to experience.

OK. Start posting suggestions for books written in that bygone era of stone washed denim and big hair.

well I'm gonna go for The Elementals

Good choice. Haven't read that one in ages. I own it, but I wonder if it would be hard to find for others?

umm, I don't know, I think you can get it for a couple of bucks but maybe you're right maybe suggest else...

ok how about Floating Dragon?

Is that the one about magic? Ugh. But I'll add it.

Tressa wrote: "Is that the one about magic? Ugh. But I'll add it."

I don't remember it at all but I know I read it way back then

Most everyone loves that book, but for some reason I've always been turned off by books/movies about magic. Don't know why.

I'm not really big on magic(I keep waiting for HarryPotter to killed).. and it's weird that I don't remember anything about the book

I like Lord of the Rings and HP magic, but not the kind where a guy does sad tricks at the Holiday Inn.

Happy Easter to all who celebrate! Hope the group read is something available in e-format. Not much time to get to the bookstore lately.

Happy Easter, Gator.

Tressa wrote: "Jason, if you're agnostic then I can kinda wish you a Happy Easter and only maybe will you get offended.

My son upon seeing his Easter basket this morning: "Oh, boy. Peeps! I like my Peeps with w..."

Ha ha. You're funny.

Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates

This year my SO decided we should really celebrate, so we're coloring eggs and I even got my first ever Easter basket with non-chocolate goodies, it's really awesome :)

Happy Easter to you, too, Bandit!

Coloring eggs is fun at any age. Then you can chop them up into egg salad or make weirdly colored deviled eggs.

Tressa wrote: "Coloring eggs is fun at any age. Then you can chop them up into egg salad or make weirdly colored deviled eggs."

Lol yeah that's what we do every year too :)

I dressed as a deviled egg for Halloween a while back, it was a huge success, particularly with kids
I have no idea how to make deviled eggs, though...it's gonna have to be egg salad

Hey, I was gonna dress as a deviled egg one year too, but didn't. Had my pitchfork and horns all ready to go.

Deviled eggs: Peel and cut the eggs in half. Scoop out the yellows into a bowl. Mix in some mayo, mustard, sweet relish, celery seeds and powder, salt & pepper. Mix until the yolks are smooth. Spoon back into the halves. Sprinkle with paprika. Very good chilled with a sandwich.

I LOVE devilled eggs. Nectar from the gods.

oh, that seems pretty easy even for culinary challenged such as myself :)
thanks, Tressa

Deviled eggs are delish. You do have a deviled egg dish, don't you? :-)

is that a trick question? is there such a thing as a deviled egg dish?
braaaainss

No, I have several.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h...

oh, that's quite nice, I've never seen that before somehow
will have to check out Target's selection of them on my next trip

How about Neverland by Douglas Clegg?

good suggestion, Jason...I've read it SO long ago, I'd welcome an excuse to re-visit it

I just saw some reviews for Neverland which indicated that it's not his best work and more of a YA novel, directed primarily at teens. Not sure about that.

I can remove it from the list. What say everyone?

I'm really surprised it got bad reviews, I remember really liking it and I never thought it was YA-ish, but I've already read it, so whatever eveyone decides...
I just hope no one misses out on Neverland because of the negative reviews

I own it but haven't read it yet. I really haven't disliked anything by Clegg beyond his Harrow house books.

same here, Amanda, Clegg seldom dissapoints
in his Children's Hour he actually gives a shout out to Neverland via one of the characters...talk about shameless self-promotion :)

Hey, put it on the list, it's always worth considering. I liked the two Clegg books I've read. Just not interested in reading a YA novel, if the reviews are to be believed.

look, Gator, some good reviews
http://www.amazon.com/Neverland-Dougl...
IMO it's not a YA novel, Clegg doesn't write YA, a lot of his stories have kids as important characters, but the tone, the plot and the writing is all grown up

*nods an affirmative to Bandit's statement* Unfortunately some people thing kid characters means YA these days and after that they tune out before they even read the book. I saw a review like that for It on Epinions once.

The reviews I saw indicated this was a very early novel and that Clegg's style has changed dramatically since then, which may have accounted for the difference in tone from Neverland to his later efforts of which I have partaken.

which books of his have you read, Gator?

OK. I'll leave it on the list.

I read The Hour Before Dark and The Attraction. Thought both were quite good.

Honestly, and I may not be the most perceptive reader out there, but I haven't noticed a significant change in Clegg's writing and I've read most of his horror books starting with his late 80s books and straight on through.
What do you think, Amanda?