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June 26, 2008

Where danger lurks

great%20white%20shark%20Nemo.jpg Our anxious friends at the Washington Post have put together a list of "Five books to avoid reading outdoors." The list includes In the Lake of the Woods and Lonesome Dove, which I agree have some verrrry creepy moments.

I'd add Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer -- whenever I visit my son in high-altitude Colorado, I envision my brain slowly expanding and then exploding. Or In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson, whose comic prose could frighten even the most laid-back Aussie with tales of killer sharks, snakes and generally spiny creatures. What books triggered your own fears?

Posted by Dave Rosenthal at 10:12 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)
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um, Deliverance, anyone?

Posted by: Heather J. J. | June 26, 2008 11:34 AM

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While she always preferred The Hardy Boys to Nancy Drew, Nancy Knight grew up reading nearly everything she could get her hands on, including a probably unhealthy amount of R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike, with the obligatory Jane Austen thrown in. She'll still read just about anything you put in front of her, especially the funny or weird. She lives in the city with her books, cat and drum set.

Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is an assistant managing editor and Sunday editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.