For this week's class I'm having my students read something from the horror genre. To go along with this I've been reading Stephen King's The Dark Half, and I have to admit that it isn't going very well. I've had nightmares the past four nights, and generally only read about 10-15 pages before I put the book down and walk away only to return to the book about two minutes later because I have to know what happens next. My name is Kelly and I'm a schizophrenic reader. It's my fault really. I knew 20 pages in that the book was going to push all the right buttons and scare the bejesus out of me. I just should have picked another one of his works.

So far I've only heard from a couple of students who were scared silly by their books. At least I'm not alone. :-)

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