[quote]Oh, I also want to add Stephen King's The Stand. Most of his books have a tendency to depress me within 2 chapters, but this is one that I keep coming to.. even though the author's extended version is a lil more disturbing than the first print.[quote/]
The King book I return to again and again is
It. The characters are like old friends and I love them. Which also reminds me of another very battered and well-loved favourite, Dean Koontz's
Watchers. Has me in tears every time.
Actually, I said on a thread a few months back that he'd begun to disappoint me as an author, but something weird happened lately. Bereft of anything new to read and without the funds to buy anything I started revisiting my bookshelves. And so far I've discovered that every Koontz book I've picked up thinking, 'Hmmmmmm...don't remember much about this except that I hated it' I've been throughly engrossed in and really enjoyed. To the point where I've resinstated him on my list of authors to add to my collection.
Going back to
The Stand. Is there a lot of difference in the two versions? I keep meaning to buy the extended version, but I've never gotten around to it.
And, oooooooh -
Phantom Tollbooth. Remember reading that as a kid and loving it.
LabRat
