My daughter is reading that right now (& I'm next )Did you read Groff's Monsters Of Templeton? I highly recommend it!
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My daughter is reading that right now (& I'm next )Did you read Groff's Monsters Of Templeton? I highly recommend it!
I loved, loved that book!! In fact I was reading it when I first discovered this website way back in the dark ages. Did not much care for Arcadia; wish she would write another story like Monsters.My daughter is reading that right now (& I'm next )
I liked the first 2/3 of Arcadia, but the third act fell flat. Too bad, too.I loved, loved that book!! In fact I was reading it when I first discovered this website way back in the dark ages. Did not much care for Arcadia; wish she would write another story like Monsters.
Oh I hope he loves it! It really speaks to a young man of a certain age. I know it did for me. I've always thought that SK could not have written many of his best books had it not been for Something Wicked This Way Comes.I downloaded Ray Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes" for my son the other night on his Nook tablet. He was skeptical when I told him how good of a read it was, but I peered into his bedroom last night and saw him curled up in his rocker chair pretty much absorbed in the book. There is nothing like seeing a kid getting into a book..lol
One of that type that did work for me was Lauren Oliver's Before I Fall. Well done YA.I tried to read Life after Life and I could not. Bored the crap outta me . . .felt like that movie Ground Hog day. . . .not my type of groove . . .
I really like the Frankenstein books- they're a hodgepodge mix of horror, suspense and humor. Koontz knows exactly when to make you laugh. I thought the new twist on the Frankenstein story was good.I went to the library to return some movies and a book, totally not intending to check out a single thing... and you know how that worked out. I was surprised to see another posthumous Maeve Binchy (Chestnut Street), so I had to get it. The last book, rushed into publication right after she died, was somewhat of a mess--a lot looked like an author's working notes, barely cleaned up to make them fit the narrative line. I think there is no way she would have chosen to publish the book in that state. Anyway, I've been pleasantly surprised by this book. It's a series of short (some very short--barely two pages) stories she'd been putting out for decades, stuck in a drawer for 'someday'. The first three (as far as I've gotten in the book) were really good.
I also got Valerie Martin's new one (The Ghost of the Mary Celeste), as I liked Property and Mary Reilly very much. Last: Dean Koontz' first Frankenstein book--curse the Koontz thread for getting him into my brain (lol)! So far... eh. Lots and lots of adverbs and adjectives... we'll see.
I liked how the story was outlined on the book jackets, so I took a chance on the first one I remember liking some of his older books, and I liked a couple of the Odd books & Fear Nothing. I'm not very far in yet, but I wanted something light-ish.I really like the Frankenstein books- they're a hodgepodge mix of horror, suspense and humor. Koontz knows exactly when to make you laugh. I thought the new twist on the Frankenstein story was good.
My daughter loved those books!Skulduggery Pleasant-The Faceless Ones. (Mike Hammer meets Doctor Strange for adolescents; and 49 year olds.)
I agree. I read Something Wicked This Way Comes several times as a teenager and was always riveted by it. Some books by Bradbury I couldn't get into, but SWTWC is my favorite of his.Oh I hope he loves it! It really speaks to a young man of a certain age. I know it did for me. I've always thought that SK could not have written many of his best books had it not been for Something Wicked This Way Comes.