CHRISTINE

One of the most terrifying books I have ever read. I felt safer watching the film than reading about it! King's classic nightmare story is a one-way path to hell. A people-crushing car, Christine is old and rickety--at first--but more alive and evil than the darkest of human beings. Thankfully, we have Dennis to ride with. He is an eighteen-year-old laid-back guy, easy to talk to, yet smart enough to play it safe with Arnie, his very best friend since the beginning of grade school who, gradually at first and then scarily quickly, falls victim to the car's possessive powers. You know something's not quite right when Arnie insists on buying the clunker and then devotes nearly all his time to it, but the way things go is slowly unnerving. Yet, it isn't until the last third of the novel that you just about jump out of your skin as everything culminates into a frightful collision course. I had to wait to finish this book until someone was at home--there was no way I was going to read it all alone!