What Are You Reading?
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I am really tired of waiting for revival. Please, announce books a month (max) before they are scheduled to come out. It's infuriating 
Anyone interested in good Vampire stories should try Elisabeth Kostovas The Historian. An update of the dracula story with a different angle and twist to it. Well written creepy little tale.
Loved this book! She writes wonderfully here, keeping the 'heart' of Dracula (the novel) in her writing style.
Read when it first came out, had her autograph for me; a wonderful birthday present from my sister. Awesome story.
Kurben, I finished "The Burning Court". I had never read anything like it, so the first 80 pages intrigued me. But then, the middle bored me enough for me to skip most of it. Still, very well written and engineered. I reckon that he was also very prolific. I always admire that in an author
So funny! I think exactly the opposite
The first edit took out stuff that was weak (the entire The Kid storyline) or unnecessary to the extensive narrative (the extra Trashcan Man material). For me, the expanded edition was full of unnecessary fluff. Ah, the wonders of differing perspective That's part of my joy in coming here: to get another view of things about which I feel passionate.I remember getting lost in it so much that a horrible moaning sound during the funeral shocked me--then I realized I was the one making the noise! Nothing since shocked me into really ugly crying like that until I saw Rust and Bone.
The Regulators (1st read)
Murder Machine (non-fiction mafia book) by Gene Mustain and Jerry Capeci
Murder Machine (non-fiction mafia book) by Gene Mustain and Jerry Capeci
The Yiddish Policeman's Union, Michael Chabon
Just finished "The Dark Half". Had not read this SK book, and found it at a garage sale this past spring. As much as I love reading King, I can't say this novel did much for me. I could never get excited about the story, or the characters, either. Guess they can't all be "the best yet"!! That said, I did enjoy the commentary on writers and writing throughout the book.
Just started Murder 101 by Faye Kellerman, being in New York gives a whole new perspective, lots of family!! Loving it.
I found the book to be complete garbage, sorry for the honesty. It is, undoubtedly, the worst Stephen King book ever.
Always a good one to pick up!
Norman is a real sweetheart, aint he?
I finished Station Eleven, by Emily St John Mandel. It's a dystopian novel, but it doesn't follow the usual tropes. The focus is on a handful of characters and the author deftly ventures back and forth before and after " The Collapse" and asks questions not usually found in most apocalyptic stories. And what was more disconcerting for me was that large parts of the story were set in Toronto on either side of the virus that decimates 99 percent of the population.
I also read Maigret and the Loner. I'd never read anything by Georges Simenon. It was a lot of fun.
And finally. I started All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr. It's pretty amazing so far! And still engrossed by Natchez Burning and marvel at Mr Iles ability to keep up the narrative drive.
I also read Maigret and the Loner. I'd never read anything by Georges Simenon. It was a lot of fun.
And finally. I started All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr. It's pretty amazing so far! And still engrossed by Natchez Burning and marvel at Mr Iles ability to keep up the narrative drive.
I really liked All the Light We Cannot See, I hope you do, too!
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