The movie Skipping Christmas wasn't all that good IMO, but the book cracked me up.
What Are You Reading? Part Deux
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Oh do try to make time for it. You won't be sorry
I remember that the movie was panned by critics and didn't stick around long in the theaters either.
Reading Free State of Jones that the film was based on. The first part is an oral history fold by one of Newts sons and the second is based on a series of interviews with the man himself. He lived into the 1920's and it's fascinating to read an actual first hand account of the way life was at the time.
Thanks for getting back. I agree it could be anti-gun but the last sentence...
made me sit back and think a bit.
I'm about 550 pages into Sleeping Beauties, and it's just OK. I'm hoping it's building toward a good ending. I'll post about the novel in more detail when I'm finished.
I’m reading Jane Harper’s The Dry. It’s ok. A quick read, but not as good as I was hoping.
It’s good for like having it on during Christmas with family on cable tv, and clean for kids. It’s just to stuntish for me. It’s get silly after a while. The boom is good so far. Only on page 36. Lol
During the tour he has said he does not whan5 to sound preacher like, it’s take it for what is I think
Beautiful Hell - Jeffrey Thomas
I just finished this twisted novella. The demons and the damned are rebelling and civil war is about to erupt in Hell. The Creator has to come down to try and sort things out.
I purchased a grab bag from Dark Regions Press and this was in it. It was a hell of a book.
I just finished this twisted novella. The demons and the damned are rebelling and civil war is about to erupt in Hell. The Creator has to come down to try and sort things out.
I purchased a grab bag from Dark Regions Press and this was in it. It was a hell of a book.
Starting The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How modern science is rewriting their story (2016)
Very interesting!!!
Very interesting!!!
I’m reading The Last Witchfinder by James Morrow and loving it. Very satirical towards religion, hilarious in parts, touching in others.
The book is set in late-17th-century London and colonial New England, a time when everyday actions were judged according to the rigid Parliamentary Witchcraft Act, and suspect women and men were persecuted for alleged acts of sorcery. It plots rationality against superstitious bigotry, with the writing still somehow poetic and the plot meaningful in today’s world.
I hope it continues to be good until the end. Morrow has written several books. Anyone else read him?
The book is set in late-17th-century London and colonial New England, a time when everyday actions were judged according to the rigid Parliamentary Witchcraft Act, and suspect women and men were persecuted for alleged acts of sorcery. It plots rationality against superstitious bigotry, with the writing still somehow poetic and the plot meaningful in today’s world.
I hope it continues to be good until the end. Morrow has written several books. Anyone else read him?
....it was not the twist I was expecting.....
Rereading Bag of Bones for the first time in at least four years. Wow, what a difference time makes! This one is hitting me hard. And it’s so beautifully written, so atmospheric.
Also reading Robert McCammon’s The Five and Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You.
Also reading Robert McCammon’s The Five and Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You.
About the baseballer, Henry (Hank) Aaron born in Mobile, Alabama. It said on the 1998 World Book CD I got that he beat Babe Ruth's record of 713 runs in a regular season so I had to check that. Also still reading The Talisman by Straub and King and read Conan the Conqueror (The Hour of the Dragon).
That sounds interesting, danie. Haven't read anything by him yet but think this might be worth checking out.
I picked up a copy of the Penguin Book of Witches a while ago and some of the testimonies and actual case stories included were shocking.
On the night shift and going to read some more of Clive Barker's Coldheart Canyon. I downloaded it to my phone from the app store, recently. Pretty good so far.
The Kindle version is only $7.99 at Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000S1L87K/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1512438906&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=the+last+witchfinder
The Kindle version is only $7.99 at Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000S1L87K/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1512438906&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=the+last+witchfinder
I haven't got Kindle but should be able to get it on the Google Play Store that I use or in paperback.
Thanks for the info all the same. Appreciate it.
I think the paperback is $7.99 as well. I looked up The Penguin Book of Witches, and now you owe me $9.99.
Another book by the same author is The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane and Conversion. Have you read it? It looked good too.