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So, it's not just in my mind anymore?
Why do I feel like yelling 'You like me! You really like me!'?
Loved that one and Strangers.
That is effing awesome and I wish I'd know that. Love my Crichton.
In regards to the auto-pen, not sure how to differentiate and maybe someone could give me some pointers, but it certainly appears genuine. There's variation on the depth and the fade of the ink where he applied or decreased pressure.
Joe Hill has a deal with a bookstore up in his neck of the woods. Every once in a while he posts that his books are available for order and you can request his autograph and a personalized doodle. He pops into the store every few weeks and signs a bunch then they are shipped out. This is usually done when he has a new book or graphic novel or a new edition of something older. I have NOS4A2 signed and doodled.
There are a handful of King I can't/won't read again. Cujo is one, then Pet Semetary and Gerald's Game. Cujo and Pet Semetary because it hurts too much, and Gerald's Game because the whole time I read it I was tense, uncomfortable and claustrophobic. Powerful works all.
I did, too, up until the last chapter when
the dad destroys all of his son's heavy metal albums and hugs him.... Ummmm, what?
Yep - Pet Sematary is another I can't read again!
Yup, those three make me uncomfortable as well. I'd add "Apt Pupil" and The Dark Half to that list too-- especially the latter. Anything to do with damage to the eyes or brain gets to me, as well as razors.... That book has all of those things.
I think Strangers was my actual very first Koontz book that I read. It was fantastic!
The Taken by Sarah Pinborough
This is my second Sarah Pinborough book and her writing is really growing on me.
The Taken is a grim take on the Pied Piper and Pinborough makes me feel the guilt, the terror, the regret, the love and the joy of so many characters. This is a story of the best type, a story of victory with a high price.
At the heart of fiction is truth. Pinborough taps into truth with this book.
I look forward to reading more by this author.
This is my second Sarah Pinborough book and her writing is really growing on me.
The Taken is a grim take on the Pied Piper and Pinborough makes me feel the guilt, the terror, the regret, the love and the joy of so many characters. This is a story of the best type, a story of victory with a high price.
At the heart of fiction is truth. Pinborough taps into truth with this book.
I look forward to reading more by this author.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/farrahpenn/new-year-new-books#.cdok17LAG
16 New Year’s Resolutions Only Book Nerds Can Relate To
16 New Year’s Resolutions Only Book Nerds Can Relate To
#1 is a lie I've stopped telling myself. I will never stop buying books before reading the ones I already have. It simply cannot be done by me.
The one about loaning books, I don't do it anymore. If I just give them to people, I don't feel a sense of loss and resentment when I don't get them back.
It feels good to give them away with no expectations of ever seeing that copy again. It feels better sharing, knowing there's a chance it'll get read by your friend and in a stress free, I gotta make sure I don't lose this book or muck it up fashion.
And I love #12
12. You’ll swear to explore more of your local indie bookstores.
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Post Office - Charles Bukowski
Over the break I finished Cujo, and read Holly Brown's 'Don't Try To Find Me', William S. Burrough's 'Junky', Owen King's 'We're All In This Together', and Rainn Wilson's 'The Bassoon King'.
Over the break I finished Cujo, and read Holly Brown's 'Don't Try To Find Me', William S. Burrough's 'Junky', Owen King's 'We're All In This Together', and Rainn Wilson's 'The Bassoon King'.
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. I started my library copy when it was released but my two weeks expired on me. Now I have my own copy.
TBR list:
Comanche Moon- Larry McMurtry, 20th Century Ghosts- Joe Hill, Turtle Moon- Alice Hoffman, The Messenger of Magnolia Street- River Jordan.
TBR list:
Comanche Moon- Larry McMurtry, 20th Century Ghosts- Joe Hill, Turtle Moon- Alice Hoffman, The Messenger of Magnolia Street- River Jordan.
I am reading The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz, so far it rings true.
I saw him in quiz show in sweden. He was and acted rather stupid im sorry to say. But I liked the book well enough.
I loved Post Office
I'm going to start Robert McCammon's, Stinger tonight! I love the feeling of anticipating a new story.
LOL I got so excited I double posted.
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