What are you reading at the moment?

UmbraForzare
UmbraForzare Posts: 137
edited September 24 in Chit-Chat
Since we have a thread for music, I thought one for all us bookworms might be nice as well :smile:

So - tell us what you're reading at the moment!

I've just finished a collection of short stories by Richard Matheson, called "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet".
I only bought the book from Amazon because it had a short horror-ish story in that I read as a child (probably shouldn't have been reading Richard Matheson at the age of 9/10 but I had an accelerated reading age :laugh: ) called "Crickets" and it's one of the only stories that's really stayed with me in the back of my mind since I first read it.

Now if I could only find the horror/thriller book I read as a teenager and the anthology that has another horror-ish short I read as a child, I'll be happy :laugh:
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    KaylatheChristian Posts: 112
    I am on a Stephen King kick right now. I read Under the Dome, followed by the Stand, and am currently finishing Insomnia. I just love his books :)

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    FearAnLoathing Posts: 4,852 Member
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    ajbeans Posts: 2,857 Member
    Right at the moment I'm reading this thread. HAR HAR HAR!

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    UmbraForzare Posts: 137
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    Harbingers
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    heather7marie Posts: 506 Member
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  • RunOnSentence
    RunOnSentence Posts: 32
    Not reading it...yet, but I am next in line at the library to pick up a copy of Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell !! :happy:
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    ETA: Great thread - will give me more ideas as to what else to put on hold at the 'brary! Thanks! :flowerforyou:
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