I also forgot to mention that when I ordered House of Leaves, Amazon reccommended a book called, "The story of her holding an orange." Since I had some $ from a b-day gift card, I ordered both. The "Orange" book is short, only about 100 pages, but interesting and creepy in its own way. Basically, a guy from Bosnia travels to the U.S., only to be pursued by a mysterious woman who keeps trying to offer him an orange. This may not seem creepy in itself, but she always seems to know exactly where he is, even when he leaves the country. She shows up outside his bedroom window, at the store he visits, and even on the balchony of the hotel where he stays. And each time, she calmly tells him it's his time to take the orange.
It's a strange little book, but I rather enjoyed it.