I'm going to be the annoying one who asks what books are on your desk. xP

So, what books are on your desk?

Awesome.....Ooohhhh, a biter....mmmm...


You know evasive comments tend you keep you out of a lot of trouble...I know that for a fact....

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“Abnormal Psychology” – Halgin and Whitebourne. An outdated textbook that I read probably more than any other book on my desk.

“Amphigorey Also” – Edward Gorey. One of the artbooks.

“Writers INC” – Sebranek/Meyer/Kemper. Invaluable! It has every rule you could ever think of and then some. If you write (and I know you do) you NEED this book.

“Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West” – Gregory Maguire. I’ve read it six times.

“The Transformation” – Catherine Chidgey. I’ve said it before and I will say it again: Surreal.

“Madeline is Sleeping” – Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum. Beautiful, whimsical, inspiring, scary, haunting, strange, disturbing and wondrous. One of my favorite quotes comes from this book. “When you play, I feel as if I could play, too. As if to play so beautifully were as easy as taking and releasing a breath. As easy as falling asleep and having a dream.”

“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” – Ronald Dahl. You will occasionally see me lambaste “Harry Potter” for being a children’s book and go on and on how adults should not read children’s books. When you see me do this I am being a hypocrite. However, Charlie beats Harry’s ass any day.

“Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell” – Susanna Clarke. Longwinded. Good, but longwinded.

“Rat Catching” – Crispin Hellion Glover. All his books are brilliant. I wish I had more. Oh and if you think the name is familiar it is. “Hello! McFly!”

“The Publishing Game” – Fern Reiss. There are three here: “Bestseller in 30 Days” “Find an Agent in 30 Days” “ublish a Book in 30 Days”. These are not “how to write” books but more like “how to get your writing out there” books. They are good and informative, but you have to have the drive to back them up. Which I do not.

Next are the three H. P. Lovecraft anthologies “Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre” “Dreams of Terror and Death” and “The Road to Madness”

Then there is “Cthulhu 2000” which is a collection of tales by modern writers inspired by H. P. Lovecraft. I really love H. P. Lovecraft. I don’t know if you could tell.

“Henry and June” – Anais Nin. The classic journal of a woman’s self discovery. It is… very slow in the beginning.

“Bloodsucking Fiends” – Christopher Moore. Hilarious vampire novel. Not your typical vampire novel, and that’s what makes it so great.

Then there is the 7 book Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child “endergast” series. They are one part thriller one part police procedural who-done-it with a little supernatural thrown in for spice. Titles are “Relic” (made into a movie in 1997. Don’t see it if you read the book. It’s horrible.), “Reliquary” (sort of a sequel), “The Cabinet of Curiosities” (best of the series), “Still Life with Crows”, “Brimstone”, “Dance of Death”, “The Book of the Dead”, and although it isn’t on my desk right now (loaned out) there is also “The Wheel of Darkness”.

I also have the Frank Herbert “Dune” series. A sci-fi classic. “Dune”, “Dune Messiah” and “Children of Dune”. Honestly, I haven’t gotten through even one of them. I’m sorry, I’m trying.

“Broken Time” – Maggy Thomas. I know it’s sci-fi, but it read rather backwards for me so I couldn’t finish it.

“A Princess of Roumania” – Paul Park. I love historical fiction (where you take real events and make them have completely different consequences or take real historical figures and place them in situations they were never in), however, I couldn’t get on board with this one. I dislike teenage main characters usually. I just don’t get the average teenage mind.

“Cabal” – Clive Barker. This book includes not only the story “Cabal” but also some other short stories including “The Last Illusion” which the movie “Lord of Illusions” is based on. You may also want to check out “Nightbreed” which is the film adaption of “Cabal” and was a flop in the theaters but over time has become a cult favorite. Myself included.

Someone just dropped another book on my desk called “ Wolf at the Door” by Christine Warren, so I’ll be adding that to the collection.

And then there is “Guilty Pleasures” by Laurell K. Hamilton.

So, there you have it. That took forever. I hope you’re happy!

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Grey Malkin: The Victorian Gentleman

They CAN keep you out of trouble. Though, sometimes people feel that you have lied to them when you have avoided a question. It can make them feel like they "know" something about me and when it finally comes out in the open, plainly, they feel like they got lied to when really... they just assumed.

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Grey Malkin: The Victorian Gentleman

Well, that's true...although there is an old saying that states, when you assume, you make an ass out of u and me...ass u me.....anyway....I never assume, if I don't know, I ask, if the person doesn't want to tell me...then ok, I probably didn't need to know anyhow....

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Ooh, not bad. You have Lovecraft on there. I'm shocked there is no Gaiman though, you kind of struck me as a Neil Gaiman reader...

The fifth or so one you mentioned seems interesting. I might have to read it.

Oh, I AM a Gaiman fan. I just don't have any sitting on my desk at work. I haven't gon into my home library. Yikes.

And technically Gaiman is in there. He has a poem in "Cthulhu 2000" and wrote the introduction to "Dreams of Terror and Death".

I certainly recomend "Wicked". You know... they made a broadway play off of it. It's about as true to the book as "The Wizard of OZ" is. And that is... not at all.

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Grey Malkin: The Victorian Gentleman

Not beg, that's for sure. But if you sprinkle a bit of Earl Grey tea on your neck and dress around like a lolita, that might peek his interest a bit...-grins-

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