I`ve not yet read any of Tabitha King`s books. Does someone have a suggestion what should be my T.K. first read ...
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I haven't read any of her books either, but would be interested in where to start as well. Good question!
I read Tabitha's Small World and didn't like it at all. So I'd suggest starting somewhere else! I haven't given any of her others a chance.
I think AchtungBaby mentioned Pearl in another thread - can't remember if it was a rec though!I read Tabitha's Small World and didn't like it at all. So I'd suggest starting somewhere else! I haven't given any of her others a chance.
Found this in a thread Top Five:
Good idea! Mine is probably....
1. It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini (changed my life, and helped me during a horrible time).
2. Double Feature by Owen King
3. NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
4. Pearl by Tabitha King
5. Ghost Story by Peter Straub
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I didn't finish Double Feature (quit somewhere between 1/3 - 1/2 way point I think).
I'm hoping it was because of my state of mind at the time and have been meaning to give it another try! I rarely leave a book unfinished. The last one I couldn't get through was The Eye in the Door by Pat Barker (one of SK's recommended reads in On Writing). I recently discovered it is the second book in the Regeneration trilogy - might help if I read the first book! 
Agree with this.I read Tabitha's Small World and didn't like it at all. So I'd suggest starting somewhere else! I haven't given any of her others a chance.
I thought The Trap was well done
Tabby is a phenomenal author, but Small World is definitely a first novel. Not bad (I liked it a good deal), just sort of rough.
The thing to know about Tabitha's body of work is most of them make up a series set in Nodd's Ridge, ME., sort of her version of her husband's Castle Rock or Derry. However, unlike her husband's works it is vital that you read Tabby's in chronological order. Things won't make sense if you don't. The order those books are in are as follows:
Caretakers
The Trap
Pearl
One on One
The Book of Reuben
Of those, Pearl is definitely my favorite but I liked them all. I've yet to read Survivor, am hopefully going to do it this month.
Pulled an Amazon splurg last weekend, and Lordy, I think they half-teleported the damn books to my door. Ah, nothing like coming home from work to find big, fat packages in the mailbox.
Anyhoo...
So...who among you have read Melmoth The Wanderer by Charles Maturin? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
What about you, Kurben? I'm thinkin yer my only hope here, bubba.
Anyhoo...
So...who among you have read Melmoth The Wanderer by Charles Maturin? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
What about you, Kurben? I'm thinkin yer my only hope here, bubba.
Sitting on a shelf just above my reading chair is SEVENEVES, by Neal Stephenson and omnibus edition of Richard Ford's Bascombe trilogy and on my e-reader I may try the first book of the Barchester Chronicles, by Anthony Trollope.
I bought "I Am Legend" a long time ago when it was a kindle daily deal. This thread has made me remember I have it waiting on my kindle. So I've decided, it's next up. I'll report back later.
...so, if I decide to give her another whirl, because Small World, underwhelmed me, is her style like Owen's?....or I should ask, is his approach like Mom's?.....
I had a heck of a time with the second book for precisely the reasons Ms. Mod mentions. It took me a long, long time to muddle through it. Will try the third book but if I get a taste of the same, I will not waste my precious reading time and I will set it aside.
I recently read George RR Martin's Fevre Dreams and enjoyed it thoroughly.
Yes! Haven't seen that in years. It was one of the first movies I saw alone in a theater with friends. Geez... I was only 10 years old and allowed to go the movies without parental supervision. Imagine that! It was on a double bill with another movie of that genre, but I just can't remember what. Damn this aging thing!
...I need to buy a copy of that...it was one of my favorite flicks as a kid....
Yeah, Owen's style is sort of like his mom's. She's just not comedic. She's great at populating her novels with casts of memorable, down-to-earth characters set in small Maine towns (not unlike her husband).
Small World, I think, was her attempt at writing like her husband and burying her real strengths in the process.
...thanks man, I will re-visit at a future time...I was a much younger man when I attempted to read her, and that may have led to my stand-offishness....