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you said that like morbid is a bad thing...morbid good...Over the last few nights I have watched Final Destination 3, The Eye and Texas Chainsaw Massacre...now who's morbid?

Mic

Mickey wrote:

you said that like morbid is a bad thing...morbid good...Over the last few nights I have watched Final Destination 3, The Eye and Texas Chainsaw Massacre...now who's morbid?

Mic

What is with you people!?! I think you are both morbid!!

Courtney, Courtney, Courtney. *shakes head*

Don't you know morbid is the new happy? XD

I can't post on the book recommendation forum, some kind of restrictions to that area, but I want to suggest a book for the book club to read in an upcoming month. Actually, I am going to suggest an author and three novels and let our fearless leader and other members decide if there is any interest....this is my personal favorite author: Jodi Picoult. Now, I am a huge reader, but I have very little interest in general fiction, and am very particular about what I read. Usually, if I am going to read fiction, I like short books that can be read in one sitting of a few hours. Something that I don't have to think about too hard, just entertainment. Usually, I enjoy a light mystery or a good ghost/horror story. Jodi Picoult completely breaks all of my self imposed rules for fiction choices. She is an amazing author that often tackles some very sensitive social issues. What is awesome about her is that she presents all sides of the issue from each character's point of view. I am wanting to read every one of her books, but I will recommend three here: Keeping Faith, Picture Perfect, and Salem Falls. Some that I have already read and also highly recommend for your reading enjoyment are Second Glance, The Plain Truth, Nineteen Minutes, and Change of Heart. I hope you guys will be interested in checking her out if you haven't and choosing one of her books for our group to read. I am anxious to get going on another one of her books.

Mic

I deffinatly think we should pick one of her books for the August book.
I went to her website and read the brief synopsis on her books so here is what I think just based on that,
Nineteen Minutes and The Pact sound like they would be really depressing.
Vanishing Act, My Sister's Keeper, and Perfect Match seem like they might be really good stories but also kind of sad.
The Tenth Circle, Picture Perfect, Mercy, and Harvesting Heart I didn't really respond to.
As much as I would try really heard to keep an open mind, and I really would because I hope you guys know I'm not super uptight when it comes to religion, but Keeping Faith and Change of Heart I might be more cautious about reading.
Second Glance, Salem Falls, Plain Truth, and Songs of the Humpback Whale are the ones that I would for sure read with no hesitation, emphisis on Plain Truth and Songs of the Humpback Whale.
However I do want to stress that all I read was the synopsis on them given on the website, so a really good recommendation from you could get me to read any of hers books.

I posted this on my recommendations thread too, but I decided to put it here as well, since this is where I started the discussion. I would really love it if we read Salem Falls, if everyone is agreeable to that. I was reading some of the bookclub discussion questions provided on Jodi Picoult's site that go along with the book and it further piqued my interest. And Courtney, you should definitely read Plain Truth at some point. I saw it as a Lifetime movie first, fell in love with the story, then read the book and was floored. The book is sooooo amazingly well written. And yes, many of her books are sad in parts and at times difficult to read due to contraversial subject matter but let me tell you, it is worth every second you invest in her novels. I have never been so passionate about spreading the word about a fiction writer...not that she needs my help. Change of Heart debuted at Number 1 on the New York Times Bestseller List on the day it was released, and for good reason...fantastic book. And Ninteen Minutes...not a happy story by any stretch, but one that was very timely...right after that book was released, and just days after I started reading it, the Virginia Tech shooting happened...scary coincidance. But I read on her site that there are educators using the book for anti-bullying cirruculums. I don't know if you saw that when you went to check synopsises, but I thought that was really amazing. I am just such a huge fan of hers, I can't say enough good things about her books. I am really excited to share my favorite author and have some great discussions on her work.

Mic

Heyhey, this is the newbie greeting you all! ^.^

I'll just jump into the talk and say that I've been to the bookshop today and looked Jodi Picoult's books, with the talk around here in mind (I checked this thread earlier xD) and - they look interesting! And the plot of Salem Fall does indeed sound intriguing, I'm all for it! If we decide to read it soon, I could get it before I leave for holidays.

I'll right I'm down. But it will need to be a night when the Red Sox aren't playing. But I actually am in the mood to watch a scary movie . But I know I'll regret it later!

After looking at the schedule for the World Series (GO SOX!!!), here are the nights that I should be free.
Monday (20th) Tuesday (21th) Friday (24th) Tuesday (28th) or Halloween.
Game 7 of the WS (GO SOX!!!) will be on the 30th so any night after that I will be free for sure. Also if the Red Sox go to the WS (GO SOX!!!) and win the first four games then I would be free to watch a movie after Sunday (26th). The WS (GO SOX!!!) is kind of complicated.
Also, Ame and I were just looking at list of scary movies and so far I think we were looking at The Hitcher or When a Stranger Calls.
Ame wants to watch one she hasn't seen and I want it to be one with humans. No aliens or mutants or boogymen. Plus Ame doesn't want one with evil kids/dogs.

Don't choose when a stranger calls. Saw 1 and 2 could work, but you guys might not like gore so much. And anything with serial killers would work for your human-only criteria. Hey, how about Mommie Dearest

The strangers might be too intense for me. I like my horror fake, that way I don't think about it at night when I'm all alone, in the woods or not. What have the reviews said about it? Is it something that could potentially happen in real life? This is why we watch happy movies for Halloween, and scary ones for Christmas, everything balances. Sleeping Beauty was just re-released, anybody game?

Lately I have started renting audio books on cd from Hastings. Mostly just the Harry Potter books. But some stupid little whore beast rented out their one copy of Deathly Hollows before I had my shot with it so the other day I needed a substitute. I saw that they had The Host by Stephanie Meyers so I rented that. It was our book of the month last May I believe but I thought it might be fun to read it (hear it) again because I have been thinking about it lately.
It really is a good book. I forgot how much I liked it. I kind of fast forward through the beginning. I don't really like the book until she gets to the cave. And the girl who reads it does a really good job. I checked on the back of Twilight to make sure it wasn't the same girl, I know that Kate is much of a fan of the girl that read Twilight.
I forgot how much I loved Ian. I mean Jarred was fine and all but I loved Ian throughout that whole book. And I was so excited when his character appeared.
Any way I just wanted to drop a note about how much I am enjoying it to see if you guys had as fond memories of it as I do.

Ian is fine, but I like Jarred more. Ian's too weak and will ultimately cause trouble. The world is different know, and people need to be tough. It's like with zombies. If you let them get too close, they'll eat your brains and you become one of them. The book was kind of like a new take on split personalities. That's what I liked about the book. That both personalites were able to survive and have happy endings. Although usually the zombie ends up dieing, except in Shaun of the Dead. I'd write more, but I'm in class

My relating the book to zombies didn't sway you?

actually I thought your take on the zombies was very entertaining! But I still think you are wrong about Ian. We didn't really get to see what Ian was like before Wanda came around. And in the very beginning he was aggressive towards her. When they found her in the desert he didn't think they should let her live and at one point he tried to strangle her. So you see in the begining he was tough and strong and ready to take on the dangers of that time. But he didn't start to fall for Wanda until after Jeb was convinced she was ok and started to make her part of the community. Then he fell in love And you can't blame him for showing his softer side at that point.
Even when times are bad and aliens (or zombies) are trying to take over the world you still have to be able to show compassion. And look where it got them. If they hadn't shown compassion to her and let her live, she would have never taught them how to remove the souls from the others. The human race would have never stood a chance. Even in Shawn of the dead people showed compassion in the end. That one girl stayed married to her zombie and shawn let his frien live and even Coldplay through a concert to support them.
But the more important question here is...
What the hell were you doing on the internet at FOUR in the morning!?!