Swan Song arrived today! (Boy's Life must have been shipped after?)What Are You Reading?
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Swan Song arrived today! (Boy's Life must have been shipped after?)
Started The Library Policeman in Four Past Midnight for Discussion Group on Friday night. We will be discussing the first ten chapters.
I am on the last few pages of my Firestarter reread. Haven't decided what to start after that one.
I am on the last few pages of my Firestarter reread. Haven't decided what to start after that one.
Read this a couple of months ago. I liked it, but it could've been trimmed down about 40 pages and wouldn't have hurt the story. I like this writer alot!
I loved the first third of Gone Girl, liked the second third, and was frustrated by the Scooby-Doo third third.
I SO want to read that one!
I quite liked that one (as I've liked all of his). I just finished Little Star by him, and that's my favorite so far. Sick, sick man (lol), but a great storyteller.
Almost finished with Part One. Does the Mississippi in any way connect with Lake Michigan? Check out The Silent Wife if you get a chance...really enjoyed the telling...I'd send it along, but, heh! I want to study it some...put the knowledge to use. I like the narrative technique of Gone Girl...liked some of the turns-of-phrase in the early going...that seems to have fallen off...in Amy's sections. The clock is chiming...let heaven and nature sing...
Hello goodbye! hello goodbye! Beatles' tune...in my head, too.
Finally finished They Thirst, and I liked it. He's definitely more of a plot-driven writer than character driven. One brief thing yanked me right out of the story
but other than that it was a fun ride.
Finished Michael Grant's Messenger of Fear pretty quickly. YA. Damn, but he's a good writer--maybe too good. There's a section at the beginning from the POV of a suicidal teen that presents her case so well that I think a kid who was struggling might find it to be a trigger. That's worrisome. Finished a newish book called The Husband's Secret (for my library book group). Meh. It was all right.
Now I'm working on the first Walking Dead book, and I really need to hit the book I have to review soon--it's a time travel thingy, so I have hopes for it
when the priest and the comic took the jeep from the Marines? Not even. lol
Finished Michael Grant's Messenger of Fear pretty quickly. YA. Damn, but he's a good writer--maybe too good. There's a section at the beginning from the POV of a suicidal teen that presents her case so well that I think a kid who was struggling might find it to be a trigger. That's worrisome. Finished a newish book called The Husband's Secret (for my library book group). Meh. It was all right.
Now I'm working on the first Walking Dead book, and I really need to hit the book I have to review soon--it's a time travel thingy, so I have hopes for it
The one that reminded me of Gone Girl (but done right) was Joyce Carol Oates' Carthage. Really good book! I seem to remember that Kurben liked that one a lot, too.
I am re-reading The Dwelling by Susie Moloney...a Canadian writer from Nessy's city. Skimom have you read any of her books? She writes haunting plots about haunted characters...somewhat like Shirley Jackson.
Yeah, I'm sure Oates read Gone Girl, said to herself "what a world of wasted oppurtunities" And then wrote a book that was good all the way through. Her best in a while i think.
If you can dig YA you gotta try the Engelsfors Trilogy! The Circle, Fire and The Key. Mats Strandberg & Sara B. Elfgren are the authors. If your Michael Grant is the same that wrote that series where Hunger was a part i thought that the first part was good but that it started going downhill in the second. Havent read the WD-books, only seen the TV-series. Are they worth reading?Finally finished They Thirst, and I liked it. He's definitely more of a plot-driven writer than character driven. One brief thing yanked me right out of the storybut other than that it was a fun ride.when the priest and the comic took the jeep from the Marines? Not even. lol
Finished Michael Grant's Messenger of Fear pretty quickly. YA. Damn, but he's a good writer--maybe too good. There's a section at the beginning from the POV of a suicidal teen that presents her case so well that I think a kid who was struggling might find it to be a trigger. That's worrisome. Finished a newish book called The Husband's Secret (for my library book group). Meh. It was all right.
Now I'm working on the first Walking Dead book, and I really need to hit the book I have to review soon--it's a time travel thingy, so I have hopes for it
Sounds good! I love this thread--I've gotten so many really good recs here
I'm going to look for that series, too (I'm making a list for Amazon right now--lol). Yes, Michael Grant wrote the Gone series. I've only read the first two (though I have them all), and liked both of them. My daughter read the series and thought the first few were good, the two before the last book were sort of filler, but the last one was well-done. I liked his BZRK books, too. So far the WD book is okay. Not stellar writing, but workmanlike. These books are side stories about the Governor. It's been a while, so I have to keep re-adjusting my mental picture of him; this is COMIC book governor (who looked like Danny Trejo), not TV show governor. The comic books/graphic novels are wonderful (IMO). I've checked them all out from the library, but would like to eventually buy them all. Maybe when he's done writing them
This book is well used before I got it lol. I will put your name on it for next person to read. I was thinking that you would like this.Sounds good! I love this thread--I've gotten so many really good recs here
Finished. A gripping tale. heh! Must be, right...was only almost done with part one earlier in the day. Just put it down. Bring back polygamy. We have strayed. Or maybe the other way...that called the same thing? I enjoyed the story...will check out Carthage when I get a chance. Oates ate her Wheaties.
COOL! I'll be mailing the vicious little vampires tomorrow
It was a fun book--100 stories, so some are good, some bad, some indifferent, but altogether pleasant
I found my lost copy of Mr. Mercedes( which I put in a box upstairs and I can't remember doing that?) and will finish it on the weekend. I must go through some other stuff as well. I found another mag the other day with a Stephen King short story in it.
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