My only complaint about her books is the characters are pretty sex-obsessed. And by that, I mean it's one small step away from porno at times. Her writing doesn't get like that until One On One, though.
Ask about the next book on your TBR pile.
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Raining today, has been a lot. I rather like it, like reading on rainy summer days (don't care for no Pena Coladas, nope), rainy summer nights (still technically spring, but I don't technically care). 'Twas a stormy early evening I first read DRACULA, just got to the part of the Demeter's log when the storm reached its peak of fury, matching the weather of the novel as that derelict ship struck ground at Whitby harbor--a corpse lashed across the helm, aye...
Perfect weather for reading my beloved dormouse Mary's original draft of FRANKENSTEIN, aye (again). Perhaps the very heavens shall cast their fury upon my head as I lose myself in The Modern Prometheus, send bolts of lightening to quicken my pulse and all that sort of rot. (Insert necessary tongue-rolling when reading aloud).
Dig up my old dog Spot, ayuh, take em up yonder rud afore alla said and done.
Perfect weather for reading my beloved dormouse Mary's original draft of FRANKENSTEIN, aye (again). Perhaps the very heavens shall cast their fury upon my head as I lose myself in The Modern Prometheus, send bolts of lightening to quicken my pulse and all that sort of rot. (Insert necessary tongue-rolling when reading aloud).
Dig up my old dog Spot, ayuh, take em up yonder rud afore alla said and done.
Is Survivor part of the same series?
Totally posted this on the wrong thread. Derf, a derf indeed.
Which thread should it be in? I can move it for you.
After I finish Finders Keepers I want to start The Bone Tree by Iles. I so loved the first of the trilogy.
The Omega Man; great movie. Remember seeing it at the movies. Mentioned it to several people over the years and they never
heard of it. Remember too, it scared the crap out of me, but that was before I started reading SK; which would happen about 4 years
later with Salem's Lot.
Thanks; didn't know there was a series. The list is very helpful too.
I'm truly sorry, Muskrat..... But that is one i have missed. Havent read anything by Maturin actually....
Speaking of Dracula.... I have a book on my TBR-pile called Anno Dracula by Tim Newman. Taking place in 1888 where Queen Victoria has just remarried. Her spouse is Count Dracula. It is a kind of mix between Gothic hooror, alternative world and political intrigues with some romance thrown in to spice it up. There is also a murderer stalking the alleys of whitechapel but he is called The Silver Knife. I guess it is the alternate worlds versaion of Jack the Ripper. Anyone of you read it? Just sniffed it so cant say if its good or bad but i do think it sounds interesting.
No, it stands alone
I really liked Miss Perigrine's Home... I thought the way he incorporated the old photos was cool.
I liked the first Divergent book. The second one was okay but I didn't even start the third one because I heard it was not very good. And I didn't care enough about the characters to see what happened to them.
I can't remember if I read that or I just wanted to read it--lol! If I read it, it didn't make much of an impression
Oh, dear Sir, I was intrigued so I looked up the title and found that it is a series and the author was Kim Newman and that the series has been around for awhile. The Wiki thingy describes the series as you did, alternate worlds version. My sister and I are very excited by your recommendation. THANKS
I liked The Passage, but felt it dragged towards the end to the point the second one held no intrest for me.
I couldn't even finish The Passage. I absolutely LOVED part 1 of the book, and then have never been more bored as I was in the second part. While still in the first part, I went ahead and paid well-earned money to download The Twelve...Aghhhhhhh!
It did lose the plot. Ah well, we've all made those kinds of mistakes.I couldn't even finish The Passage. I absolutely LOVED part 1 of the book, and then have never been more bored as I was in the second part. While still in the first part, I went ahead and paid well-earned money to download The Twelve...Aghhhhhhh!
I never dreamed a book could go from great to horrible with the turn of one page!