The Shining was an awesome novel. I really enjoyed it. Of course being from the state in whihc it takes place certainly adds to the creepyness factor to say the least. I liked the writing style a lot actually, which is a surprising thing considering that overall I am not a big fan of King's writings in general. The concept of whether or not the book was more scary on a pyscological or basic greaky level was interesting to me. I can certainly see where some people might think that it is more psychological. I loved the way that they book was easy to get through and managed to keep my attention the entire way throughout, unlike all the books read prior to it. As for my thoughts on Bastatrd out of Carolina...ummmmm, well, it is very different. Basically I hate it. It is so boring and drab and everything that I hate in a novel. The sibject matter isn't interesting, nor anything that I can relate to. The part in the beginning where they are eating salteen crackers with Katchup on it...ugh, that me cringe. Hopefully once I reach the end the promise of it being a page turner will be revealed to me.