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Just finished:

Salvation on Sand Mountain. this book is awesome. it's about a reporter who infiltrates snake~handling churches in north alabama to get a story, but then ends up becoming immersed in their culture. it's a true story and is great, especially if you're into the Southern Gothic stuff.

Currently:
the Shining. when I was in middle school I read all of Mr King's "classics." like this one, Carrie, It, etc. now that I have graduated with my BS in English, I now realize that he really is a hack like all my professors said. while this isn't too well written (i.e. it's very straight-forward), it's still quite entertaining. it was lying on the floor while we were moving and I picked it up and read the first page and it sank its hooks in. now I'm in for the long haul.

the Watchmen. someone on here mentioned this not long ago and it made me want to re-read my Alan Moore books. I recently finished From Hell and went even further back and am re-reading this.

Werewolves in their Youth. this is a collection of short stories by pulitzer-winning writer Michael Chabon (author of Wonder Boys and the Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, both of which are great). so far, so good. a good short story is hard to beat.