Started Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke. A classic of its time. Written in the early 50-ties.
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Different Class (Joanne Harris), Which is pretty good so far, followed by All Grown Up (Jami Attenberg) for review. I have a book waiting for me at the library: One Year After (Willian Forstchen). Any one read this one? It's a post apocalyptic that I picked out on a whim. I know little about it, other than it looked interesting.
The laughing/screaming book is exhaustive(I'm only on page 200 or so) but it goes into the history of the gross-out movies, featuring horror and comedy. Horrorwise, he features the movie Carrie(hence the cover), and mentions Stephen King in the index a fair few times, mostly quotes from Danse Macabre, like King's opinion on the most important horror movies/books.
I also ordered those Stephen King books at the bookstore. While I was in there I was looking at the SF section, and bought a book called 'The Last Colony' by John Scalzi. I never read any of his stuff but I noticed Joe Hill said on the back of the book that he is one of the best SF writers going around so I bought the book, I also like the cover, but I thought it was a recent publication but it was originally published in 2007. The lady in the bookstore said she had to order Night Shift and Skeleton Crew from the publishers. King's most recent books from Doctor Sleep on where on the shelf and in the fantasy section they had like the first three Dark Tower books. And author's A-Z section they had It and The Shining, I think.
I finished The Quickie by Patterson and Ledwidge. It was over-the-top. Filled with so many implausible scenarios that I couldn't stop reading! Was too consumed with curiosity to find out if they could end the book with any credibility at all. Such a stretch. Felt as if I was reading a darker version of a Harlequin romance novel. Just bizarre.
Received my copy of Hag-Seed from the library, but don't feel like reading it right away. Maybe another SK reread first.
Received my copy of Hag-Seed from the library, but don't feel like reading it right away. Maybe another SK reread first.
I read his first one "One Second After" last year. It was very good, solid post-apocalyptic book. Good character description and a very good plot. I didn't know he'd wrote a sequel. Thank you ma'am, might have to check that one out.
An excellent book.
The Library Of The Dead
I'm enjoying this one. It's a horror anthology with a theme. All of the stories are connected to Chapel Of The Chimes. Here is the description from Dark Regions Press:
The Library of the Dead is an anthology of literary fiction inspired by Chapel of the Chimes, a crematory and columbarium founded in 1909 in Oakland, California, and one of the area’s most beautiful historic buildings. Thousands are entombed in golden books (urns) shelved from floor to ceiling in a glowing labyrinth of nearly countless rooms. The stories within The Library of the Dead represent a few of those golden books, and when opened, reveal the stories of those inside.
I'm enjoying this one. It's a horror anthology with a theme. All of the stories are connected to Chapel Of The Chimes. Here is the description from Dark Regions Press:
The Library of the Dead is an anthology of literary fiction inspired by Chapel of the Chimes, a crematory and columbarium founded in 1909 in Oakland, California, and one of the area’s most beautiful historic buildings. Thousands are entombed in golden books (urns) shelved from floor to ceiling in a glowing labyrinth of nearly countless rooms. The stories within The Library of the Dead represent a few of those golden books, and when opened, reveal the stories of those inside.
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...Imma gonna hit up Ebay for that.....thanks for the tip Tonto!.....annnnd, I'm back....if you go the same route I did, watch-because this anthology is by Yvonne Navarro-however, there is another book by the exact same title authored by Glenn Cooper....
I ordered the first one, too, but it's checked out until the end of the month. I wonder if it will hurt to read them out of order? I love a good dystopia/post-apocalyptic novel. Thanks for the info, sir.
Lots of back story in the first one about what happened, and especially about the main guy's family. I was looking him up, apparently there's also a third novel...who knew??? I'm going to try and buy both from B&N to add to my TBR pile which is piling up quickly....
Harvey Horrors: Witches Tales, vol. 4 (issues 17 - 22, 1953). Pre-code horror at its finest, featuring top-notch art by classic ghouls such as Bob Powell, Lee Elias, and the amazing Howard Nostrum. I really dig these Harvey reprint TBs (or, Softies, as they're called). They're printed on old school newsprint, full color, with glossy covers, including long defunct ads and all--just like having six pristine mint horror comics bound inside of two card stock covers. And dirt cheap (grave dirt, natch)--around five to ten bucks a pop. Think I'll be buying the whole set.
Harvey Horrors: Witches Tales, vol. 4 (issues 17 - 22, 1953). Pre-code horror at its finest, featuring top-notch art by classic ghouls such as Bob Powell, Lee Elias, and the amazing Howard Nostrum. I really dig these Harvey reprint TBs (or, Softies, as they're called). They're printed on old school newsprint, full color, with glossy covers, including long defunct ads and all--just like having six pristine mint horror comics bound inside of two card stock covers. And dirt cheap (grave dirt, natch)--around five to ten bucks a pop. Think I'll be buying the whole set.
Cool cover!
I'm about 3/4 through Kindred and liking it a lot more than I did at first. Damn, slavery is a tough subject to digest.
Started The First World War by Hew Strachan. So far i like it. It does take a global view of it and, above all, it is not so bloody westoriented! Most of the books i've read were centered if not all of it around the western front with Somme, Ypres, Verdun and so on. But very little about the intense battles fought in the east between Austria and Serbia and Russia. Also the politics are better done. Not so englishcentered but also political concerns in Austria, Germany, Serbia, Rumania, Bulgaria and the Ottoman empire that were important. (so tired reading about Edmund Grey and his doings, great that other statesmen doings are incorporated).
I'm just reading The Steel Remains trilogy by Richard K Morgan - highly recommended.
I finished the first Inspector Wexford book by Ruth Rendell, From Doon with Death. I enjoyed it--was a very quick, entertaining read.
I'm now in the middle of The Girl with All the Gifts--very interesting story.
I'm now in the middle of The Girl with All the Gifts--very interesting story.
Recently finished SEVEN FEET UNDER by Matthew Weber, halfway through THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS by Mr. King...
Next up is an advance of BENEATH by Kristi DeMeester.
Next up is an advance of BENEATH by Kristi DeMeester.
One of the two best Zombienovels ever!!!
You wanna know what I'm reading? Freakin Iron Man Omnibus Vol. 1. The ENTIRE first run of Michelinie and Layton's Shell-Head, issues 115 - 157, like this one here:
This book is HUGE.
This book is HUGE.
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