| I'm a great reader - when it comes to analysis and reading comprehension. I get hung up on details and sit there analyzing a couple of pages for half an hour. I'm just not a speed reader.
But, that needs to change. Obviously I can't go back to my collection for speed reading purposes. I've even tried going back and re-reading a few lighter things, but I end up falling back into that same old pattern of annotating and analyzing, even looking things up as I go. So, I decided to branch out and pick up a genre that I haven't read since middle school: horror.
Now, I know one of the first suggestions is going to be Lovecraft. And no, I haven't read anything of his. However, Lovecraft's work is great in part because he writes things drenched in symbolism... which is exactly what I'm trying to avoid. I need easy horror books that have no hidden meanings besides the monsters in the closet. It'll be hard enough for me to break myself of the habit of analyzing what I read, so I need light horror novels. Any suggestions?
(And yes, I do still plan on picking up some Lovecraft books when I get the money.)
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