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*collapses into a pool of nostalgia*
On Monday, I went and did some shopping in Burnley. I happened to go in a bunch of charity shops, since Jackie had said there's some good ones. In the best one, which also happened to be the biggest, I found a Point Horror book for really cheap. I was supposed to be buying books for other people, not myself, but I couldn't resist it. (And I did manage to find one book for my mum, so it wasn't a total failure).
But it got me thinking about some things, namely how I am a big wuss, and I jump at my own shadow sometimes (you think I'm joking. I'm not). And yet. I think I probably read most of the Point Horror books when I was a teenager (although later than most kids in my neck of the woods because of previously mentioned being a wuss). Though, as other people mention in posts I've read about the series, I moved onto other stuff at some point - my big teenage nostalgia being Christopher Pike's works (I own half of his output, roughly, and The Eternal Enemy is still my favourite of his*). But I enjoyed what I read (mostly). I remember when I was first off work sick, about a decade ago, it was Point Horrors I turned to because I wanted to read something that I knew how it would go (because for variance in writers, the plots were pretty formulaic). I convinced my dad to buy me two of them for a birthday? Xmas? I can't remember, but he actually did (one I wanted, and then a random one from a list I had probably meticulously put together. Because there probably was a whole bunch I wanted).
(Thinking about it, I think these books were my intro to Christopher Pike. He never wrote a full-length book for them, but did have a two part short story in the first collection of short stories that were published. I obviously read it and thought, "I like your ideas, mister, and would like to subscribe to your newsletter!" And here I am, twenty years later, slightly disillusioned because Christopher Pike is not his real name**. It's Kevin something or other. KEVIN).
I know I have a handful already. The two my dad bought me, and at least four or five that were ex-library. But I hadn't seen one in a charity shop as far as I recall, because I always forget to look at the kids' books - the one I was in on Monday didn't segregate the books, which is how I found it.
Now I want to dig out the ones I have (a mission perhaps saved till I'm on holiday, since I suspect they're right at the bottom of my bookshelf, which has MORE BOOKS in front of it. On the other hand, this could be a good thing, as I could finally put my art books where I can access them). And buy some more! (There was an auction of eBay of 45 for £60! Alas I don't have £60! and that's not including postage, which was another £10 on top of that!)
I'm going to read this one, except that I have library books to get through first. It is, by the way, Freeze Tag. I bought it 30% for the nostalgia, since the synopsis, while it rings a bell, I don't remember reading it, and 70% for the HOLY SHIT I REMEMBER THIS COVER IT'S QUITE CREEPY. (It's two bloodied hands reaching through some ice and it obviously made an impression on teenage me).
Weirdly, however, I don't really read adult horror books. The ones I have are either badly written (ask me about the vampire-zombies some time), or are what fall under paranormal romance (which is a subgenre I wish would collapse under its own weight - there's now less horror in the horror section and more of this stuff. I see a book that looks interesting and then it says, "WOMAN is a (supernatural creature) and MAN is (creature hunter/creature with a grudge/lowly human). THEY SHOULDN'T BE TOGETHER, BUT THEY CAN'T HELP THEIR HORMONES OH NOES!" and I shove it back on the shelf and sigh). And I'm pickier now I'm older. And I don't like slasher/serial killer stories because I prefer psychological stuff.
ANYWAY. The point was, I'm now in a nostalgia cloud, and I bet this book's nowhere near as good as I remember (I had this problem with some of the Christopher Pikes I own). Assuming I actually read it twenty years ago. I shall report back later!
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The cinnamon rolls turned out well! Even mum said so!
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I'm chugging away through The Last Remnant. I am at a part I do not think I saw before. It is infesting my dreams, as I had a dream about someone called Irina, who was not Rush's sister. So. That was a thing.
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*There are two SUPER OBVIOUS reasons for this, which I won't mention because they're also SPOILERS. If you're not bothered about things like that, check out a summary of the book. One of them is an obvious thing because I have a tag about it, the other you possibly wouldn't get unless you know me really well or I've told you about it. Or it's a more obvious thing than I think it is (entirely possible).
**I've known this for nearly as long, since in 1998, a search online would bring up more results for the Star Trek character from whom the writer took his pseudonym.
But it got me thinking about some things, namely how I am a big wuss, and I jump at my own shadow sometimes (you think I'm joking. I'm not). And yet. I think I probably read most of the Point Horror books when I was a teenager (although later than most kids in my neck of the woods because of previously mentioned being a wuss). Though, as other people mention in posts I've read about the series, I moved onto other stuff at some point - my big teenage nostalgia being Christopher Pike's works (I own half of his output, roughly, and The Eternal Enemy is still my favourite of his*). But I enjoyed what I read (mostly). I remember when I was first off work sick, about a decade ago, it was Point Horrors I turned to because I wanted to read something that I knew how it would go (because for variance in writers, the plots were pretty formulaic). I convinced my dad to buy me two of them for a birthday? Xmas? I can't remember, but he actually did (one I wanted, and then a random one from a list I had probably meticulously put together. Because there probably was a whole bunch I wanted).
(Thinking about it, I think these books were my intro to Christopher Pike. He never wrote a full-length book for them, but did have a two part short story in the first collection of short stories that were published. I obviously read it and thought, "I like your ideas, mister, and would like to subscribe to your newsletter!" And here I am, twenty years later, slightly disillusioned because Christopher Pike is not his real name**. It's Kevin something or other. KEVIN).
I know I have a handful already. The two my dad bought me, and at least four or five that were ex-library. But I hadn't seen one in a charity shop as far as I recall, because I always forget to look at the kids' books - the one I was in on Monday didn't segregate the books, which is how I found it.
Now I want to dig out the ones I have (a mission perhaps saved till I'm on holiday, since I suspect they're right at the bottom of my bookshelf, which has MORE BOOKS in front of it. On the other hand, this could be a good thing, as I could finally put my art books where I can access them). And buy some more! (There was an auction of eBay of 45 for £60! Alas I don't have £60! and that's not including postage, which was another £10 on top of that!)
I'm going to read this one, except that I have library books to get through first. It is, by the way, Freeze Tag. I bought it 30% for the nostalgia, since the synopsis, while it rings a bell, I don't remember reading it, and 70% for the HOLY SHIT I REMEMBER THIS COVER IT'S QUITE CREEPY. (It's two bloodied hands reaching through some ice and it obviously made an impression on teenage me).
Weirdly, however, I don't really read adult horror books. The ones I have are either badly written (ask me about the vampire-zombies some time), or are what fall under paranormal romance (which is a subgenre I wish would collapse under its own weight - there's now less horror in the horror section and more of this stuff. I see a book that looks interesting and then it says, "WOMAN is a (supernatural creature) and MAN is (creature hunter/creature with a grudge/lowly human). THEY SHOULDN'T BE TOGETHER, BUT THEY CAN'T HELP THEIR HORMONES OH NOES!" and I shove it back on the shelf and sigh). And I'm pickier now I'm older. And I don't like slasher/serial killer stories because I prefer psychological stuff.
ANYWAY. The point was, I'm now in a nostalgia cloud, and I bet this book's nowhere near as good as I remember (I had this problem with some of the Christopher Pikes I own). Assuming I actually read it twenty years ago. I shall report back later!
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The cinnamon rolls turned out well! Even mum said so!
#
I'm chugging away through The Last Remnant. I am at a part I do not think I saw before. It is infesting my dreams, as I had a dream about someone called Irina, who was not Rush's sister. So. That was a thing.
#
*There are two SUPER OBVIOUS reasons for this, which I won't mention because they're also SPOILERS. If you're not bothered about things like that, check out a summary of the book. One of them is an obvious thing because I have a tag about it, the other you possibly wouldn't get unless you know me really well or I've told you about it. Or it's a more obvious thing than I think it is (entirely possible).
**I've known this for nearly as long, since in 1998, a search online would bring up more results for the Star Trek character from whom the writer took his pseudonym.
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I've lost count of exactly how many I own, but last time I checked it was around the halfway mark. I have some good memories of those stories.
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I don't remember much about them. I think I keep them solely for nostalgia's sake, since I'm really not a re-reader. There's so much new stuff to read!
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