Well, hi! Long time no "talk," disturbingbooks! I notice we've gained a lot of new members since I finally got back to posting to Twitter on a reasonable basis, so welcome to the madhouse. And please feel free to post something anytime - we love reading your reviews & recommendations ( Read more... )

The Collector by John Fowles

Available on Amazon and in most libraries

Triggers: stalking, kidnap, imprisonmentFrederick/Ferdinand Clegg collects butterflies and works at a sterile job as a clerk. Bereft of social skills he admires and stalks a pretty young art student, Miranda Grey. Winning a large amount of money in a lottery allows him to ( Read more... )

I like JT Leroy's books. I have heard Lolita is greatly disturbing. Have any of you seen the movie called "Heavenly Creatures" with Kate Winslet? I recommend watching it.

prettyh discussed "The Handmaid's Tale", by Margaret Atwood, in THIS ENTRY about a year ago - she was kind enough to send me a copy of the novel after I told her that I like dystopian novels (Thank you ( Read more... )

Ah, how I love birthday season. I've been spoiled rotten all month, and some of the best gifts came in the form of books I can now offer up here! I ♥ you, hippie_chick!

Last summer sometime, I was lazing about on a Sunday morning and happened to catch an HBO movie about which I'd heard nothing before. It was called "Longford", and it opened up a whole new ( Read more... )

It's coming!

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I just finished reading this (it's 3am if that's any indication of how enthralling this novel is) and... wow. Just wow. DEVASTATING. I've gotta say, guys, this book is beyond chilling. By the time I reached the epilogue, I was shaking uncontrollably and bawling my eyes out. I know I tend to get pretty emotional over characters (who ( Read more... )

Hey guys, another newbie here. I'm a bit of a huge fan of the strange, the disturbing and the wacky (I'm apart of the Palahniuk cult, what do you expect?!) I'm also so excited about this community because it helped me find the Jersey Devil story! I read the short piece years and years ago in a magazine and it horrified me to death, but I've never ( Read more... )

'Tis I, your humble moderator, back once more with not a book, but a short story. I just finished watching The Wicker Man (the original with Christopher Lee, not the abominable remake), and there were elements that called to mind a story we were given to read in elementary school. That thought alone is a bit disturbing, in retrospect. No wonder ( Read more... )

Title AMERICAN PSYCHO
Author Bret Easton Ellis
What it's about it's not like the movie i tell ya! i found alot of it at the beginning sort of boring because it's all talk about designer suits and ties and business cards and restaurant reservations, but once you get in to it, it gets very graphic and stomch turning.

What it says at Amazon...

"In ( Read more... )