I'm 150 pages into The Green Mile and also going to start The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon.
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I just finished Keith Richards memoir Life. My husband says I've become a Keith Richards bore, but it really was a fascinating read. Along with the the myths that got debunked or confirmed and the debauchery, it's very well written. I guess you'd have to be a fan, but enjoyable read, just the same.
I haven't read this, but did sob my way through the movie.Reading 12 years a slave. Disheartening
I read all three Rings books a couple of years ago for the first time. The little bit of The Hobbit I read in high school, like you, didn't count. It was the DT that made me try them. Loved, loved, loved them.No such thing as a Keef Richards bore, love. Perish the thought.
Anyhooz...
Reading the bloody Hobbit of all things. Go ahead and hiss, folks, but I've never read the whole Rings saga. Only just read about half of Hobbit WAY back in seventh grade--assigned, therefore I don't really consider it reading. Didn't care for it then--was big into Robert E. Howard, and (in that pissy adolescent mindset) considered Tolkien the enemy camp. Bah, elves? Furry footed hobbits? Gimme KULL and his axe, or Conan on the deck of The Tigress.
Then I grew up, and all those great flicks came out. Been meanin to take a peak. Pretty good, so far. I mean, I know the story pretty well--what I'm diggin is the way Tolkien tells it. Cracks me up.
Has anyone read any J. Martin Troost? There is someone at work who is recommending him.
Tolkien had a big problem when he started the Ring. The Hobbit was written with kids and youth as the public, not really grownups. So the characters, especially Gandalf, that are in both are quite different. He is still a wizard but otherwise he is very different. LOTR was written for grownups but the plot wasn't thought out beforehand. When he introduces Aragorn in the action he had not yet decided that he was going to be the future king. He wrote so much background stuff that what was finally publisized was just a small part which makes the characters motives a bit obscure sometimes, especially Aragorns. Thats why Silmarillion and Tales From Midgard fill in a little of the things that Tolkien, and his characters, know all the time but not the readers of the trilogy.I read all three Rings books a couple of years ago for the first time. The little bit of The Hobbit I read in high school, like you, didn't count. It was the DT that made me try them. Loved, loved, loved them.
I have this in my TBR pile, is it worth it?Actually, it's J. Maarten Troost. I've only read "The Sex Lives Of Cannibals" (mostly just because of the name... I couldn't pass that up). There are quite a few places that I actually laughed out loud, and I don't do that very often while reading. Basically and man and his wife move to a very small island in the Pacific to live a different and new life. I won't say anymore for fear of spoiling something.
Actually, it's J. Maarten Troost. I've only read "The Sex Lives Of Cannibals" (mostly just because of the name... I couldn't pass that up). There are quite a few places that I actually laughed out loud, and I don't do that very often while reading. Basically and man and his wife move to a very small island in the Pacific to live a different and new life. I won't say anymore for fear of spoiling something.
Thank you. From what I was told, they are not fiction. He travels.
I have this in my TBR pile, is it worth it?
Thanks. I probably won't go that far, but it's good to have the info in case I decide to.Tolkien had a big problem when he started the Ring. The Hobbit was written with kids and youth as the public, not really grownups. So the characters, especially Gandalf, that are in both are quite different. He is still a wizard but otherwise he is very different. LOTR was written for grownups but the plot wasn't thought out beforehand. When he introduces Aragorn in the action he had not yet decided that he was going to be the future king. He wrote so much background stuff that what was finally publisized was just a small part which makes the characters motives a bit obscure sometimes, especially Aragorns. Thats why Silmarillion and Tales From Midgard fill in a little of the things that Tolkien, and his characters, know all the time but not the readers of the trilogy.