What Are You Reading?

danie · Aug 11, 2014

Just finished Iron House by John Hart; it was very good and satisfying. Thanks for recommending this one, MadamMack ! I had read all his other novels, but didn't like Down River so much. King of Lies and Last Child are really great reads, and I put Iron House right up there with them.
I plan to start the second in the Outlander series tonight--Dragonfly in Amber. I watched the Starz first episode of Outlander (I read it several years ago), and it made me want to read the series!
Ms Mod -- How did you like the series opener?

skimom2 · Aug 11, 2014

morgan said:
I'm still slogging through my reread of 1984 and it's depressing the shyte outta me!

Pretty normal reaction to 1984, I'd say. Now try Brave New World (lol).

morgan · Aug 11, 2014

skimom2 said:
Pretty normal reaction to 1984, I'd say. Now try Brave New World (lol).

I'm trying to AVOID slitting my wrists with a butter knife!! Any comedic recommendations? ;-D

skimom2 · Aug 11, 2014

morgan said:
I'm trying to AVOID slitting my wrists with a butter knife!! Any comedic recommendations?

If you like Irish writers, anything by Roddy Doyle

Or Lamb by Christopher Moore (only if you're not easily scandalized). Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman is pretty darn funny, too

EDIT: EEP! Almost forgot John Irving! I don't think I've ever laughed so hard as I did at parts of Garp and Hotel New Hampshire.

carrie's younger brother · Aug 12, 2014

Kurben said:
Yeah but why cant you talk about it in another thread there you dont have to consider poor suckers who dont want their surprise taken away. Why not say here that i have read Revival. It was good. if you want to know more go to... .More than that, comparisons and so on in writing style should be in a revival thread. I actually think it would be nice if there was. then everyone would be happy. Not to do so i think shows a lack of consideration towards other members of this board that dont want hints however well they are hidden in spoilers.

What is the difference whether we are discussing a SK book or any of the hundreds of books we are discussing and recommending here? This whole thread by nature contains "spoilers" if you will. It's just the nature of discussing what we are reading.

EMARX · Aug 12, 2014

skimom2 said:
I'm almost to the end of The Cuckoos Calling, and I've found it immensely satisfying. She's such a visual writer--I keep 'seeing' the action as if it was a BBC miniseries. The attention to detail she showed in the HP series is very evident in this book, but with the
adult sensibility of The Casual Vacancy.
This is a much better book than that one,
though. I hope she chooses to stick to
this genre and leaves the 'well off adults
behaving badly and filled with ennui'
genre to (redacted). LOL. People
affecting boredom with life and whining
about how good they've got it bore me. I have The Silkworm (another mystery by her) on deck, and I'm very pleased to have it so

Couldn't finish 2001, but the Sacks book is interesting.

I also have The Silkworm and I was tempted to start it right away, but have so far resisted.

2001 is one of my all time favorite films and I've never gotten around to reading the book. I am curious if Clarke wrote his book first and then the screenplay was adapted from it, or if it was a more collaborative process.

Kurben · Aug 12, 2014

carrie's younger brother said:
What is the difference whether we are discussing a SK book or any of the hundreds of books we are discussing and recommending here? This whole thread by nature contains "spoilers" if you will. It's just the nature of discussing what we are reading.

The difference is that it is a book that hasn't been released and that only a few have had the chance to read it. Many here would buy it early on to read. We all love King here. To discuss an unreleased Kingbook in a general thread i think shows inconsideration towards these that feel that they want to come to a new Kingbook knowing as little as possible. It sullies their reading experience to know to much of it beforehand. Especially when the message board is big with many other possible places to discuss it. In Written works where we discuss other things the master has written. Mr Mercedes for example. Otherwise i don't have a problem with it.

skimom2 · Aug 12, 2014

EMARX said:
I also have The Silkworm and I was tempted to start it right away, but have so far resisted.
2001 is one of my all time favorite films and I've never gotten around to reading the book. I am curious if Clarke wrote his book first and then the screenplay was adapted from it, or if it was a more collaborative process.

I was under the impression that the book was written before the movie was filmed, but I could definitely be wrong about that. I started The Silkworm this morning, and so far so good

Kurben · Aug 12, 2014

EMARX said:
I also have The Silkworm and I was tempted to start it right away, but have so far resisted.
2001 is one of my all time favorite films and I've never gotten around to reading the book. I am curious if Clarke wrote his book first and then the screenplay was adapted from it, or if it was a more collaborative process.

Well, the way it was was that Clarke worked in parallell so to speak. Both the book and the movie came 1968. He wrote the book and at the same time collaborated on a movie adaption on it with Kubrick. Kubrick has no part of the book but shares credit on the moviemanuscript. Don't know how Kubrick know about clarkes idea. Perhaps they were friends?

EMARX · Aug 12, 2014

Kurben said:
Well, the way it was was that Clarke worked in parallell so to speak. Both the book and the movie came 1968. He wrote the book and at the same time collaborated on a movie adaption on it with Kubrick. Kubrick has no part of the book but shares credit on the moviemanuscript. Don't know how Kubrick know about clarkes idea. Perhaps they were friends?

I do think Kubrick sought out Clarke with the intention of making a ground breaking sci/fi film. Once I finish the book I'll watch the film again and see if it enhances the experience.

AchtungBaby · Aug 12, 2014

I currently have so many books I want to read and can't choose -- lol!

Also, about the Revival stuff....I don't think anything was spoiled....we were told it's dark, which is what every press releas so far has said. It's no biggie.

jchanic · Aug 12, 2014

I'm currently about a quarter of the way through The Silkworm. I wasn't really impressed at first but it's gotten lots better.

John

carrie's younger brother · Aug 12, 2014

Kurben said:
The difference is that it is a book that hasn't been released and that only a few have had the chance to read it. Many here would buy it early on to read. We all love King here. To discuss an unreleased Kingbook in a general thread i think shows inconsideration towards these that feel that they want to come to a new Kingbook knowing as little as possible. It sullies their reading experience to know to much of it beforehand. Especially when the message board is big with many other possible places to discuss it. In Written works where we discuss other things the master has written. Mr Mercedes for example. Otherwise i don't have a problem with it.

I guess we'll just have to "agree to disagree" as the saying goes. I still think once one enters this thread, all bets are off. How else can we discuss what we are reading? I've always assumed that plots, writing styles, etc. would all be openly discussed when on this thread, no matter who the author is.

Kurben · Aug 12, 2014

carrie's younger brother said:
I guess we'll just have to "agree to disagree" as the saying goes. I still think once one enters this thread, all bets are off. How else can we discuss what we are reading? I've always assumed that plots, writing styles, etc. would all be openly discussed when on this thread, no matter who the author is.

OK by me. And i would agree with you everytime if it wasn't for the unreleased part. It is like, when youre a child, if someone says to you: Guess what? For christmas presents in 4 months time you would get that and that but not that and that. All the expectation, surprise and even some of the magic go away. You lose an experience or at least part of it. But thats just how i see it. Lets just hope November is here soon... Never thought i would write down those words. November is the greyest dullest month of the year imo.

Haunted · Aug 12, 2014

Well, its either feast or famine, my reserved list has spit out two of my requests with another wending its way through the county. Pines by Blake Crouch , The Never List by Koethi Zan and The Girl With all the Gifts M. R. Carey.

TrueGeneration · Aug 12, 2014

Haunted said:
Well, its either feast or famine, my reserved list has spit out two of my requests with another wending its way through the county. Pines by Blake Crouch , The Never List by Koethi Zan and The Girl With all the Gifts M. R. Carey.

I liked The Never List! Good page-turner, but the conclusion felt flat to me :/ I hope you enjoy it.

Dana Jean · Aug 12, 2014

Haunted said:
Well, its either feast or famine, my reserved list has spit out two of my requests with another wending its way through the county. Pines by Blake Crouch , The Never List by Koethi Zan and The Girl With all the Gifts M. R. Carey.

I really liked The Girl With all the Gifts.

Haunted · Aug 12, 2014

Dana Jean said:
I really liked The Girl With all the Gifts.

Good to hear that.

Haunted · Aug 12, 2014

TrueGeneration said:
I liked The Never List! Good page-turner, but the conclusion felt flat to me :/ I hope you enjoy it.

I'll let you know.

Mr Larry Underwood · Aug 12, 2014

Moderator said:
I like Doctor Sleep much better than Revival but to answer your question

Revival is MUCH, MUCH darker, particularly the ending. That is probably why I prefer Doctor Sleep. I'm not one of those who likes the dark stuff. If that's your cup of tea, I suspect you'll be happier with Revival.

It may seem weird to you, but writing pleases me more than plot. If you write like a 12 year old, like Mr. King did in DR. Sleep, sorry but that's a no from me.

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