I just now finished my re-read of It. I feel elated (that I've re-read such an exhilirating novel) and I feel sad because, once again, it's over and I had to say goodbye to my 'friends' from Derry. What a magnificent book!!
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The short chapters are for commuters reading on trains, etc. you can even get one or two in between stops on the NYC subway!
I've been reading Mr Mercedes (still only about 1/4 of the way through as it's a (very) recent purchase), but tonight I'll be found in the company of Messrs Poe and Lovecraft.
(All night, seeing as the UK TV bods can't be bothered with putting any decent movies on. Yet, come Christmas, it'll be wall-to-wall horror. Pillocks.)
(All night, seeing as the UK TV bods can't be bothered with putting any decent movies on. Yet, come Christmas, it'll be wall-to-wall horror. Pillocks.)
Reading Rainy Season in Nightmares & Dreamscapes for tonight's Discussion Group @ 8:30 p.m. (Central). Join us! 
To add, I'll also be taking in a bit of M.R. James. And in the aforementioned absence of decent TV options, I'll probably re-watch The Thing.
EDIT: It's come to my attention that these last posts of mine have a definite ghoulish element: I'll be in the company of two long-dead writers, whilst taking in a bit of a third.
Om-nom-nom and don't worry about the dust or mould...
EDIT: It's come to my attention that these last posts of mine have a definite ghoulish element: I'll be in the company of two long-dead writers, whilst taking in a bit of a third.
Om-nom-nom and don't worry about the dust or mould...
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Hopefully they will knock you out for it i.e. general anesthetic
I just finished "Last Night in Montreal," by Emily St. John Mandel. It was good.
I'm just starting a reread of Edgar Rice Borroughs Tarzan of the Apes. It is not very literary. There are many writers that write better and he is not as consentious about research as for example Jules Verne was. But it is a good tale and i have always liked it in all its simplicity. Sometimes it is nice to read a straight forward adventure novel that doesn't even try to be something else. I was a fan of the comic as a kid, specially when it was drawn by Russ Manning or Joe Kubert, but i laerned too like the the books too. Well at least the the first three i have read. There is 22 in the series but as always in a series they don't get better than the first book.
Then it seems fitting. It was 100 years ago this year since it was published. Deserves a little tribute i think.
Then it seems fitting. It was 100 years ago this year since it was published. Deserves a little tribute i think.
I'm reading more H.G Wells. I just wish I'd STOP reading Good Reads reviews of books before I start them. I can't find a single book that doesn't have at least one terrible review.
I've never found a single book of his to be terrible, but I couldn't read the Island of Dr. Moreau. Cannibalism turns me off in a major way. I can't even eat meat from animals much less my own species.
I've never found a single book of his to be terrible, but I couldn't read the Island of Dr. Moreau. Cannibalism turns me off in a major way. I can't even eat meat from animals much less my own species.
Last night at the bookstore in Beaumont Street, Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Poets of the Great War: Siegfried Sassoon and The Call of CTHULHU and other weird tales( I bought it cause it's got 3-D glasses inside the front jacket.) I also asked the the lady at the store and she didn't know when Revival was due.
I would imagine it is the same day as in the U.S? (Nov 11th for them, so the 12th for us?)
The 12th, thanks for that. Do you follow Rugby League, Ms. Noir? If so, were you getting worried earlier today that New Zealand might lose to Samoa?
I recently did a reread of Tarzan and maybe 1 or 2 others in the series, plus a couple of the John Carter books. Like you said, not very literary but good reads nonetheless. It's nice to just sit back and get into a good adventure and not have to think hard about what you're reading.
(Don't quote me on the 12th, it's just an educated guess. Will need to look into it.)
I'm more of a (Rugby) Union fan so didn't see this game, but the Kiwi's (eventually) won I heard?
I'm almost finished with Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas. Not sure if I want to read the sequel or a King book to get ready for Revival next.
Oh, please, the sequel.
I read the first 3 in that series. Forever Odd was meh, but the third, Brother Odd, was interesting. I have the last two, but haven't read them.
I have read the 5 first John Carter books. The first 3 is actually quite good but then it is starting to go downhill. But i still prefer Tarzan. I just love the tale more. But i adore the name for Mars that he uses. Barsoom! Much better than Mars! Just the sound of it makes me like it.
I liked the first books in both series quite well--not high art, but fun stories. I think you're right that they went downhill after the first few, but for a quick fun read, I'll take them
Started Sanctified And Chicken Fried by Joe Lansdale last night. It's a collection of some of his short stories, most of which I've read before, so I'll skip those ones. It was published by the University Of Texas Press in 2009, so it's a fairly recent book. Loves my Lansdale!!
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