Only about 50 pages to go in Straub's 'Ghost Story' - probably the best contemporary horror novel I've read. An absolute masterpiece, with perfect pacing and fantastic characterisation.
Finished 'The House Next Door', by Anne Rivers Siddons - another masterpiece of horror fiction, though not as well known as GS. A lot more subtle, and ambiguous, than GS, but still packs a real punch. Easily makes my top 5 of all time.
I have read both of these before - THND, this was the third time. GS, the second.
2014 was my best reading year since my late teens/early 20's. Re-read some favourites, and discovered a few new-to-me authors.
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