Only read his civil war story (forgot the name) but did have problems. Saw both The Road and NCFOM though. Good movies although The Road was so absolutely empty of a smile in it that you felt like go hanging yourself after seeing it. Good acting though. And Bardem was great in the Old Men. A much better movie than the road.
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For me, The Road as a book and a movie, brought NOTHING new to the dystopian genre. Nothing. But that's just my opinion.
Oh, i agree. Havent read the book but the movie was not original in any way. But it was very good acting in it which made it a good movie, good enough to watch anyway.
Just finished The Last American Vampire, lots of history, awesome. In his Acknowledgements, Mr. Grahame-Smith says this..."And finally, to Stephen King--because it's my acknowledgements page, and why the hell not."
Re-reading Cell. Also I have been reading R.L.Stine's books from the Goosebumps series, always wanted to read some of them in the original, finally found time to do it, really enjoying it so far.
There are so many things I wish I knew about my kindle. Like when you go to the main screen for chapters and they are condensed how to expand the list...and what I do that sometimes makes it jump an entire chapter or some such thing. I love being able to carry so many books with me and the dictionary function. I love being able to adjust the font too. So more likes than dislikes. I will be sad when it dies, but ya I know that all my stuff will magically reappear if I get a replacement when that does happen (which hopefully won't be for a long long time).
Had my kindle for years and am still learning the wonders of what it will do. I often type in a question to google and then find a link to help me. Still a dinosaur, still learning after all these years!
I should google it for sure. Amazon has done a lot of things right...hopefully they and Google won't take over the world though! LOL
I finished Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, and I'm going to start reading her spin-off series, Lord John Grey, because I'm stickler for chronological order 
I found the whole series in one e-book on Amazon for $9.99 do you think this is a good deal?Just about finished with Blackwater. Very Southern. Very crazy. I've enjoyed them
How about this thing?Haven't they already?
I just want to jump in and say I am halfway through Michael Mcdowell's Gilded Needles and it's terrific. it's a revenge story that takes place in late 19th century NYC. Nothing supernatural about this one, but the details of the gritty city living, criminal underground and rampant political corruption coupled with the author's great storytelling and Dickensian characters makes this perhaps his most "literary" novel.
I'm halfway through Seveneves, by Neal Stephenson. There are sections of his books where he will riff on a subject for pages and pages and some skimming by most readers is required. But his prose is such that you won't drown in these "infobombs" as they are known.
And I'm also reading The Keeper of Lost Causes, by Jussi Adler-Olsen. Quite good so far.
And I'm also reading The Keeper of Lost Causes, by Jussi Adler-Olsen. Quite good so far.
Consumed by Fire...by SKMB member Stephen Gane
Snow Crash was brilliant. I have looked at how long his other works are and I shy away. Good on you for getting in there.
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