Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
I am slowly going through this one while soaking in the bath tub
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I am slowly going through this one while soaking in the bath tub
I'm reading a wonderful dental brochure that I'm not qualified under my current insurance.
Dana Jean Do you dislike all Steinbeck books or just The Grapes of Wrath?
Dana Jean Do you dislike all Steinbeck books or just The Grapes of Wrath?
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Only grapes. I think the writing is fantastic in the book. It's not the writing. It's the story. And the family. Connie was the brainiac of the bunch -- he split!
Don't forget the turtles......
OK. I admit to some serious holes in my american classics reading. Now i need some suggestions. Steinbeck i have read Of Mice And Men and Grapes of Wrath. Conrad i have read Heart of Darkness. Faulkner i havent read at all. Hemingway not my kind of guy. I'm well read in Twain, Poe, Lovecraft and so. But i would be thankful for some suggestions of where to go from where i am.
You have to read East Of Eden by Steinbeck- I think it's his best novel.
Currently reading "It." Just finished The Dead Zone. 
Finished the Verdict by Nick Stone. Not a hit with me. He writes tolerably well but the main character is ,to me at least, unbelievable. And the ending wasn't good enough but the courtroom scenes were good. Grisham can rest easy. This is not close to his best as some have said.
I just finished Storm of the Century. I loved it. Though I've seen only part of the movie, which I think is a good one, I'll say the book is better.
Now what to read next...
Now what to read next...
I finished The Silkworm, by Robert Galbraith. In the this the second book of the series, we get much more back story regarding Cormoran Strike, and Robin his assistant is given a larger role. It was really quite good and it does make you crave the next installment.
And I started Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes. After a hundred pages it's a fresh take on several genres with several very engaging characters.
And I started Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes. After a hundred pages it's a fresh take on several genres with several very engaging characters.
Superheroes Anonymous by Lexie Dunne
Full disclosure - the author and I are virtual acquaintances having done a Fringe podcast together for a couple of years. At the time she was already writing and the first time I read something by her, I knew she was destined to hit the big time. So is this review influenced by all of that? Hell yeah! But when somebody is this talented it makes it easy to extol the virtues of her work.
First time author Lexie Dunne comes out of the gate swinging with this genre bending tale of Hostage Girl aka Gail Godwin who is on her way to becoming whom exactly?
An obvious apostle of the Jim Butcher school of sharing the protagonist's worse day(s) with the readers, Lexi puts her gal Gail through the ringer right up to the final pages of the cliffhanger ending.
The book starts out as a screwball comedy - echoes of those Tracy/Hepburn movies throughout - with misunderstood relationships and superhero conventions skewerings aplenty. As the story unfolds and Gail finds herself drawn into the world of superheroes; things sneakily ramp up on the serious side of things and end with a big emotional wallop!
Lexie juggles dialogue, character, themes, and action sequences with equal aplomb. I read it in a day.
Book lands November 18th with the sequel scheduled for next year.
Full disclosure - the author and I are virtual acquaintances having done a Fringe podcast together for a couple of years. At the time she was already writing and the first time I read something by her, I knew she was destined to hit the big time. So is this review influenced by all of that? Hell yeah! But when somebody is this talented it makes it easy to extol the virtues of her work.
First time author Lexie Dunne comes out of the gate swinging with this genre bending tale of Hostage Girl aka Gail Godwin who is on her way to becoming whom exactly?
An obvious apostle of the Jim Butcher school of sharing the protagonist's worse day(s) with the readers, Lexi puts her gal Gail through the ringer right up to the final pages of the cliffhanger ending.
The book starts out as a screwball comedy - echoes of those Tracy/Hepburn movies throughout - with misunderstood relationships and superhero conventions skewerings aplenty. As the story unfolds and Gail finds herself drawn into the world of superheroes; things sneakily ramp up on the serious side of things and end with a big emotional wallop!
Lexie juggles dialogue, character, themes, and action sequences with equal aplomb. I read it in a day.
Book lands November 18th with the sequel scheduled for next year.
I didn't think it was a book. I thought it was a play written into a book, like most of the books I have of Shakespeare's stories. I think all of them are written as plays.
Although, for the record, I don't understand why he emphasized the word 'light' at the beginning of the story when he mentions the character "speaks in a light Maine accent."
I just watched a true story of a medical emergency that happened in Maine (we watch videos for continuing education) and everyone who spoke on the video had such accents that we had to listen really hard to understand any of the people talking.
I suddenly thought to myself, what the heck was he playing at to get upset about actors talking in an intense Maine accent? More than a dozen people on our video spoke with extremely obvious accents. Just like natives of Boston, I had to work really hard to understand what they were actually saying.
There was only one person on that video who talked with an accent, light or not, and he probably transferred there.
He probably doesn't hear an accent when he listens to people from Maine, but I do.
It's an original screenplay. I don't know about the 'light' thing, other than maybe Steve is tired of hearing actors botch his 'native' tongue? I've heard some God-awful takes on that accent and it's really distracting when you're watching a movie or TV show.
I re-read "Dedication" from Nightmares and Dreamscapes.
I had forgotten how, ....well.. disturbing it was.
I had forgotten how, ....well.. disturbing it was.
Ayup!I re-read "Dedication" from Nightmares and Dreamscapes.
I had forgotten how, ....well.. disturbing it was.
I read the notes, it seemed he was really put off by a certain writer that he did not name.. and that inspired the story.
James Patterson????
Last night I (re)started Black House. I know I'm going to dig it this time.
I'm reading a story about stuffed rats. That's right, lots and lots of stuffed rats. And dolls. And stuffed kittens dressed up in nice dresses. Something tells me this isn't the most disturbing thing in the book yet. It's called House of Small Shadows by Adam Nevill.
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