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Monday, August 10, 2009

IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE...

Okay, so I was reading a really creepy book called The Intruders. It sounds like science fiction, but it's actually the story of a haunted house. First, I want to tell how I found the book:
I was at the library and it was sticking out at me in the teen section. I picked it up, and since it was Permabound and not hardcover, I looked at the back for the summary, reviews, etc. Instead, I found this:

IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE, I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO TAKE. IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE, I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO TAKE. IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE, I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO TAKE IFISHOULDIDEBEFOREIWAKE

Yeah. That's all that's there. Understandably, I HAD to get the book. And then once I started reading it, I thought it would turn out to be a bit lame. It's British, it's slightly cheesy at the beginning, and it didn't seem scary-- until you read on a bit further. Then the kids in the book start being haunted, and the youngest kids, Joel and Tim, are hearing whispers wherever they go: "If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take..."
Creepy book. Good book, though. Slightly gory, but not overly so, with a good story line, although I have to say about halfway through the book you get a pretty good idea of what's going on so say goodbye to any major plot twists.
This was definitely a different kind of book haunting.

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