Well, it's interesting, Nova. Some books I read in seventh grade, I still like today. So I wouldn't necessarily consider that a strike against something. Hell, I still like the Narnia Chronicles, and I started those well before seventh grade. Just because I liked something when I was a juvenile doesn't mean I think the work was juvenile.

Which doesn't change the fact that your taste for the books in question changed, obviously. I'm just saying ... I liked it in seventh grade, and I still like it today is not an anomaly in my world. Is all.

(Edited for spelling, again. I'm having issues tonight.)

Oh, it's not a strike. It was a statement of support. Unlike King, I've enjoyed Crichton. Just...a long time ago.

Today, I bought three books at The Strand. All of them were aimed at people of approximately seventh grade. I'm a HUGE fan of things I read in the seventh grade - I had good taste!

My point was that Crichton is a fun read, but if I started him as late as I tried King, I might have been equally turned off. Or maybe not. That is all.

(Goes back to his pulpy novel about a sixteen-year-old hot sexy female werewolf that he got for $2...)

I looked it up P-C. It was Face of Fear (the trapped in the building one), but now I can't remember whether I liked. And, yep, I read the description for Hideaway, and that sounds like it. I do believe I liked that one.

It was Face of Fear (the trapped in the building one), but now I can't remember whether I liked.

I've never even heard of that one. Apparently it was published under a psuedonym, which doesn't bode well for its quality.

And, yep, I read the description for Hideaway, and that sounds like it. I do believe I liked that one.

Yeah, it's a pretty cool one. Another very cool one is Strangers, which is Koontz pulling a King and writing an 800+-page book about a large cast of characters.

Cereal?

Oh, it's not a strike.

Gotcha. I misinterpreted your meaning. No biscuit for me.

I've never even heard of that one. Apparently it was published under a psuedonym, which doesn't bode well for its quality.

Doesn't seem to be under a pseud ... or maybe it started out that way.

The Face of Fear

or maybe it started out that way.

It did.

Oh, wow, he had a ton of pseudonyms, geez. Shattered was written under one, which explains why it sucked hard. House of Thunder wasn't too bad, though.

It did.

I've been watching a lot of Farscape lately -- the second cover? Guy in the back looks like Scorpius to me. And now I've just gotten so far offa the thread road, I'm just going to stop for the night.

I adored The Talisman when I was young. There was a second book that took place when Jack Sawyer grew up that made me sad, it was a character better left in my head, where he's eternallly twelve years old.

a book initiated me into all-nighters

The Exorcist. Stayed up almost 2 days to finish that bugger. Not so much because it was so spellbinding. I was just too damn scared to go to sleep.