I was just 'fishing'. Thru out Patterson's name because Steve doesn't have nice things to say about him.......
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Understandable i think. Tried to read one of his books once. Totally impossible, bad writing and boring plot.
His books are contributing to the 'dumbing-down' of our world.....Kidding!!! All of you Patterson fans don't have to flame me!
I used to be a huge Patterson fan but now he just puts his name on the cover of other peoples books! Also I felt so cheated after his last Alex Cross novel! I pay good money to read a story not to read the words "to be continued" at end! Wrap it up and give me a beginning , middle & end!His books are contributing to the 'dumbing-down' of our world.....Kidding!!! All of you Patterson fans don't have to flame me!
Oryx & Crake is my favorite, with MaddAddam being my least favorite. Just goes to show how we can agree to like something, but for different reasons. In the end, I love the trilogy as a whole and Atwood's writing is strong throughout.I thought The Year of the Flood was the strongest of the three, but I liked them all. Oryx & Crake is probably my least favorite of the three, but it was obviously good enough that I read the other twoMaddAddam was interesting, and wrapped it up well.
I worked for 3 years for James Patterson's publisher. You have to keep in mind that Patterson was first and foremost the head of a very successful advertising agency. Given that, he has always treated the name "James Patterson" as a brand and marketed his books as a brand as well. At first I believe his heart was in the writing, but as the brand known as James Patterson picked up steam and became the full-throttle locomotive that it became, the focus was on how much the man could produce to keep it going. At this point I really think he comes up with a storyline and then an outline of chapters. I believe he depends a lot on his cowriters to fill in the blanks, so to speak.
Absolutely. I admire her so very much, regardless of the book. She's a wonderful poet, as well.
I was just saying that to my daughter yesterday! She was reading Sundays at Tiffany's and loved it...at first. I had the same experience a couple of years ago. After the first chapters it was clear that someone else took over writing the book; the level of story telling changed drastically.
You consider her Nobel Prize material in the future?
Wow, what a good question! I think that if she didn't do much of her work in the genre of 'speculative fiction' (her name for what she does) she might already have one. She's a brave writer--very literary, but instead of sob sister stories (prize bait stories--lol), she very often writes of possible futures or 'what would happen if' that goes off the range of some readers of literary fiction. In that way, she reminds me of Kazuo Ishiguro. Sort of high brow literary fantasy (like Lisey's, actually).
I think as some of the old stiffs sitting in the Committe starts to die off we get in a little fresh blood. I think sooner or later that Speculative fiction will get its first winner. It can be very literary high quality even if it is science or speculative fiction. I Remember Ursula K. Leguin... Thought she wrote some real high quality ones with The Dispossessed, The Left Hand of Darkness and The Word for World is Forest among others. Than of course there was some a bit more light weight like the Earthsea Trilogy but it was good too.
I am reading the third book of Adrian's Undead Diary, enjoying it thoroughly. I've gotten used to the 'editing by machine' atmosphere and am flowing with the story. I have two more books on Adrian (I think there are eight) but I am ready to set my tab down and hold a real book. Tuesday, I bought from the B&N, Anne Rice's new book Prince Lestat . I wanted to buy it before it went to the back of the store where I wouldn't be able to find it. B&N has a strange sorting, stacking method for their books. Mz. Rice's book will have to go into my TBR pile behind Harkness and Deaver. Course that list goes all to Hades when the mail lady comes knocking with my copy of Revival.
Reread some Tana French. I saw she has just released her fifth book Secret Place. Considering the quality of her other four books, In the Woods, The Likeness, Faithful Place and Broken Harbour it is probably worth checking out. I'm gonna get it when i find the time. Crime novels set in Irland. Really good, convincing and wellwritten. The Likeness probably my fave.
Just finished Dean Koontz's Frankenstein: Prodigal Son. Going to start Doctor Sleep tonight.
I stopped reading his books when it seemed like he had a new one come out every month. I was hoping that he wouldn't use a 'co-author' on his Alex Cross books, but he finally gave in on that so I don't even read the Cross books anymore. I really liked his older novels like Virgin, The Midnight Club, The Jericho Commandment- those are at least not done in the 'style' of writing he uses now. I like my chapters to be at least more than a couple of lines long....
I like her books a lot. In The Woods was probably my favorite, but all were worth reading.
No spoilers, please!All the way to the cellar?
There you go!The Turn of the Screw-Henry James. I've not read it previously, and enjoyed the movie called The Innocents so much that I decided it was about time
"kingricefan, post: 257572, member: 1417"]His books are contributing to the 'dumbing-down' of our world.....Kidding!!! All of you Patterson fans don't have to flame me!
I Know that I read James Patterson! For the life of me - I forgot ... I had to go look him up.. Oh yea... I read that...And that one too.... I guess he did not make that much of an impression on me.
I'm reading a collection of short stories, Welcome to the Goat Rodeo by Tom Barlow
These are pretty neat stories.
These are pretty neat stories.
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