Greetings muggles!
So far I'm 200 pages into the beloved classic Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. Though I'm reading it for AP Lit it's a book I've wanted to read in general from the avid recommendations of my uncle. So far the writing isn't my absolute favorite, but I'm fond of the story. Thus far Anna Karenina is in a gloriously scandalous tryst with the illustrious Vronsky. Yet there is dreadful scandal in the relationship for Anna is married and has a son. Also in the world of elegant Russian society Levin proposed to Kitty but Kitty refused because she loves Vronsky who dumped her because He loves Anna who's married and knows a guy who cheated on his wife who knows Levin who's depressed and killing squirrels in the forest of his farm because Kitty doesn't love him and he's sick of his farm and wants to be married. It's all very dramatic.
As far as horror novels go I want to read King! I haven't read anything by him but I've heard he's so completely brilliant I want to try him out. Poe is of course flawlessly classic, though I'm more partial to his poetry than his short stories. For the most part I'm not a huge lover of the horror genre in general because I often feel it's over done, trading in the scary for the stupid, but I adore a truly a subtly frightening plot line. Fire Sea the third novel in The Death Gate Cycle is terrifying but so classy and so well done. It's a genre I would like to further explore but haven't truly looked into as of yet.
I often think that the element of horror is most valuable when combined with another genre, it's almost too much in concentration, but it's a perfect and thrilling addition to other styles of writing. The Death Gate Cycle is high fantasy, but through all of the book there are truly horrifying moments with necromancy and titans and evil creatures of the sea and the Labyrinth and alkjfgl/;kgj/;lkag I need to re-read these books I love them so much.
Happy belated All Hallow's Eve! And for all you happy Wiccans out there: )O(
Anna Karenina sounds really confusing to me. It's like a giant mess of relationships in my head. As far as horror goes, I haven't really ever tried a horror book. I think that's probably because horror doesn't seem to translate as well when you're reading a book. It works in movies rarely, but books... not so much. King is really widely acclaimed for that though so perhaps it is good!
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