Dear Booksharian Friends,
I, who am a poor candidate for horror book clubs, have attended the last 2
Horror Book Group meetings because the discussions are so well run and the
members' comments are interesting.
The first selection, Ghost Story by Peter Straub had remarkably good
character development and was creepee. As I read, I kept thinking, "Oh no!
Oh no! Oh no!!!"
This month's book, Strangers, by Dean Koontz is a book I read about 20
years ago shortly after it was first published and I still remember parts
of it clearly, whereas, some books I've read are less than a mist in my
memory. If it isn't an oxymoron to say Koontz is a compassionate, humane,
horror writer, than that's what I'm saying. I mean, he's scary, but he
doesn't feed his good guys willie nillie to the shredder.
I'm not giving too much away when I tell you that shortly into the book
I've met 3 of the strangers and can't wait to reexperience the chemistry
when they come together. A writer is sleepwalking and sleepwriting
frightening things in his manuscripts. A lady doctor is going berserk when
she sees ordinary things like black gloves and coming to herself, blocks
away unable to understand what's happening. A poor war vet who runs a
motel in the middle of nowhere has become afraid of the night. That's just
for starters.
mainly I'm reading Christmas books from Bookshare, but I plan to have
Strangers finished in time for the meeting on the 27th. Horror and
Christmas cheer. Now that's a balanced diet.
I'm wondering if Scott is thinking about changing the meeting to daytime
because it's easier for the members to scare themselves when they meet
after dark!
Always with love,
Lissi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Blanks" <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 10:24 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Horror Book Club Mid-Month Reminder
Hey everybody,
As Christmas and the holidays continue to dominate every conceivable
aspect of our lives, I want to alert you to one place, where the holidays
will be, at least for a time, nothing more than a distant memory. Ok, I
won't keep you in suspense, it's the monthly meeting of the horror book
club, hosted by the Friends of Bookshare. We will hold our next meeting
on Thursday December 27, at 6:00 p.m. Pacific, 7:00 p.m. Mountain, 8:00
p.m. Central, and 9:00 p.m. Eastern time. To join the chat, go to:
http://www.friendsofbookshare.org
and click on the "Friends of Bookshare Community Room" link. For direct
access to the community chat room, use the following link:
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs7867a2369e0e
This month we will be discussing Strangers, by Dean R. Koontz. The book
is available on Bookshare at the following link:
http://www.bookshare.org/web/SingleTitle.html?submittitleid=5751
The book is also available from NLS on cassette: RC 23038
Everyone is welcome, whether you've devoured this epic novel several
times, or aren't even sure what horror means. In addition to chatting
about the book, we will discuss future readings, and brainstorm about a
possible change in meeting dates/times. And as always, all questions and
comments horror are welcome here.
If you would like to inquire about any aspect of the book club, or if you
have comments or suggestions, send them to Scott Blanks at:
mailto:scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx
Thanks go out to Cindy Warford for her dedicated efforts in spreading the
word about this fledgling effort.
To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to
bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list
of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to
bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list
of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
