What's everyone's "worst(best?) book to read alone in the house late at night?"
I have read "The Haunting of Hill House" a zillion times and I STILL get the cold creepies when I read it.
I don't give half a hump if you're innocent or not. So where does that put you?
Book ,'Objects In Space'
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Strix - Apr 08, 2013 8:11:03 am PDT #20594 of 28367
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Sue - Apr 08, 2013 8:20:16 am PDT #20595 of 28367
hip deep in pie
Debet, there are parts that of HoL I found super creepy. In a 'put it in the freezer' kind of way. Def. not late night reading.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 08, 2013 8:22:03 am PDT #20596 of 28367
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I don't read books that make me feel like that. Possibly the last time I did, I was in college reading Stephan King short stories.
I am more of a Joey-- I would put Little Women in the freezer because it is sad when Beth dies!
Steph L. - Apr 08, 2013 8:23:28 am PDT #20597 of 28367
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
What's everyone's "worst(best?) book to read alone in the house late at night?"
Pet Semetary freaked my shit out hard.
Sue - Apr 08, 2013 8:28:09 am PDT #20598 of 28367
hip deep in pie
In Life of Pi the discovery that the Island was a carnivorous being gave me such the wiggins that I didn't sleep all night.
Strix - Apr 08, 2013 8:29:06 am PDT #20599 of 28367
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Ooh, good one! Anyone ever read "The Witches of Worm" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder? Because I looked askance at my cats for a WHILE reading that as a kid, and upon re-reading as an adult.
Sophia, I've put (a very few) books cover down or in the car because I felt like evil radiated off them. Totally irrational, but...
Amy - Apr 08, 2013 8:30:44 am PDT #20600 of 28367
Because books.
I loved The Witches of Worm!
I remember being up late one night sometime in high school reading Floating Dragon by Peter Straub and really freaking myself out.
Strix - Apr 08, 2013 8:37:23 am PDT #20601 of 28367
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I have to have my hair tied back when I wash my face to this day because of the drain in It.
Every time I bend to splash water, I eyeball it and think "Beverly was suddenly aware of her hair hanging down in two thick sheaves..."
Polter-Cow - Apr 08, 2013 8:39:07 am PDT #20602 of 28367
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Pretty sure mine is, indeed, House of Leaves.
My psyche, she is strange.
This book is going to destroy your psyche. Are you reading the footnotes/appendices?
Amy - Apr 08, 2013 8:39:12 am PDT #20603 of 28367
Because books.
Storm drains had a whole new creepiness after It.