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Sep. 7th, 2019 10:08 pm1. Dental appointment tomorrow -- yes, on Sunday, odd I know. I'm hoping it goes well. My insurance is weird. If it's under $300 -- then they send in the insurance form after my appointment, if it's over $300, they send it in after.
Oh well, it's only three blocks away. Will take me less then ten minutes to get there.
2. 100 Favorite Horror Novels (courtesy of NPR National Readers/Listener's Poll of 2018)
As with our other reader polls, this isn't meant to be a ranked or comprehensive list — there are a few books you won't see on it despite their popularity — some didn't stand the test of time, some just didn't catch our readers' interest, and in some cases our judges would prefer you see the movie instead. (So no Jaws, sorry.) And there are a few titles that aren't strictly horror, but at least have a toe in the dark water, or are commenting about horrific things, so our judges felt they deserved a place on the list.
One thing you won't see on the list is any work from this year's judges, Stephen Graham Jones, Ruthanna Emrys, Tananarive Due and Grady Hendrix. Readers did nominate them, but the judges felt uncomfortable debating the inclusion of their own work — so it's up to me to tell you to find and read their excellent books! I personally, as a gigantic horror wuss, owe a debt of gratitude to this year's judges, particularly Hendrix, for their help writing summaries for all the list entries. I'd be hiding under the bed shuddering without their help.
And a word about Stephen King: Out of almost 7000 nominations you sent in, 1023 of them were for the modern master of horror. That's a lot of Stephen King! In past years, we've resisted giving authors more than one slot on the list (though we made an exception for Nora Roberts during the 2015 romance poll — and she's basically the Stephen King of romance.) In the end, we decided that since so much classic horror is in short story format, we would allow authors one novel and one short story if necessary.
They grouped it by category. So bold what you've read, italicize what you tried and couldn't complete or own and couldn't get into.
[A lot of really interesting books on this list that I've never heard of and want to try.]
( meme - 100 Horror Novels )
Doing that reminded me of how much horror has always intrigued me. I seem to have a love/hate relationship with it -- in that it keeps me awake at night.
Oh well, it's only three blocks away. Will take me less then ten minutes to get there.
2. 100 Favorite Horror Novels (courtesy of NPR National Readers/Listener's Poll of 2018)
As with our other reader polls, this isn't meant to be a ranked or comprehensive list — there are a few books you won't see on it despite their popularity — some didn't stand the test of time, some just didn't catch our readers' interest, and in some cases our judges would prefer you see the movie instead. (So no Jaws, sorry.) And there are a few titles that aren't strictly horror, but at least have a toe in the dark water, or are commenting about horrific things, so our judges felt they deserved a place on the list.
One thing you won't see on the list is any work from this year's judges, Stephen Graham Jones, Ruthanna Emrys, Tananarive Due and Grady Hendrix. Readers did nominate them, but the judges felt uncomfortable debating the inclusion of their own work — so it's up to me to tell you to find and read their excellent books! I personally, as a gigantic horror wuss, owe a debt of gratitude to this year's judges, particularly Hendrix, for their help writing summaries for all the list entries. I'd be hiding under the bed shuddering without their help.
And a word about Stephen King: Out of almost 7000 nominations you sent in, 1023 of them were for the modern master of horror. That's a lot of Stephen King! In past years, we've resisted giving authors more than one slot on the list (though we made an exception for Nora Roberts during the 2015 romance poll — and she's basically the Stephen King of romance.) In the end, we decided that since so much classic horror is in short story format, we would allow authors one novel and one short story if necessary.
They grouped it by category. So bold what you've read, italicize what you tried and couldn't complete or own and couldn't get into.
[A lot of really interesting books on this list that I've never heard of and want to try.]
( meme - 100 Horror Novels )
Doing that reminded me of how much horror has always intrigued me. I seem to have a love/hate relationship with it -- in that it keeps me awake at night.