What Are You Reading?

[Tooly]

Finished A River Awakens by Steven Erickson. Surprisingly good! Not unlike Stephen King, or Robert McCammon, with plenty of heart wrenching emotions and some truly awful stuff happening. I recommend this!
Now reading Jack of Diamonds by Bryce Courtenay. His last book, as he passed away just after publication. If you're not familiar with him, he wrote The Power of One, which was filmed with Morgan Freeman. Sticks most to Australian historical fiction, but has written a few about his native South Africa. Recommend pretty much all his books.

 

[champ1966]

Going to start A Storm of Swords (Game of Thrones series). I'm considering going straight through to book five, but I'm not sure.

I tend to read one book in-between.Can't leave it too long with there being so many characters. Tyrion is my favourite character btw.

 

[Myster_G]

I'm reading Ghost Story by Peter Straub a second time around, and still feeling a little uneasy - knowing how things pan out make the start of the novel all the more harrowing.

I've read Ghost Story a couple times too, and rate it highly! I first read it right after Salem's Lot and they still feel like literary cousins to me.

 

[AchtungBaby]

Ooooh, Ghost Story is SO good!

Just received my copy of Brother Odd in the mail, so I'll be reading that after I finish The Stand.

 

[danie]

I finished All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr. I was gobsmacked! There are novels about war that leave you speechless with their depictions of battle in the trenches, like for example Birdsong, by Sebastian Faulks. Or this one in which the battlefields are so far removed and yet the battle to survive each day is harrowing.

I just finished All the Light You Cannot See as well. Beautiful writing and story. Started Revival yesterday and I force myself to put it down every once in a while so I don't rush through it!

 

[Kurben]

Just finishing my reread of The Tommyknockers. Better than i remembered but not up there. Could have used a bit more editing, especially in the middle part. But i'm glad i reread it. I'll be putting in a few more rereads as times go by. Especially of the ones i only read in swedish. Next on my table is the first Robert Galbraith book. You know, these crime books written by Rowling under Pseudonym.

 

[Dana Jean]

Just finishing my reread of The Tommyknockers. Better than i remembered but not up there. Could have used a bit more editing, especially in the middle part. But i'm glad i reread it. I'll be putting in a few more rereads as times go by. Especially of the ones i only read in swedish. Next on my table is the first Robert Galbraith book. You know, these crime books written by Rowling under Pseudonym.

I've never read The Tommyknockers.

 

[Kurben]

I've never read The Tommyknockers.

You should. It is not Kings best book but it is far from bad. Tease: Has to do with a UFO but not in any way you think.

 

[EMARX]

I just finished All the Light You Cannot See as well. Beautiful writing and story. Started Revival yesterday and I force myself to put it down every once in a while so I don't rush through it!

I tried to ration myself with Revival but it was next to impossible. I did however read more deliberately for the last hundred pages.

 

[staropeace]

I am on a Grisham binge right now....The Last Juror, today. I love this lil town in Mississippi. I loved the others about the characters there, too. Fine writing.

 

[kingricefan]

I am on a Grisham binge right now....The Last Juror, today. I love this lil town in Mississippi. I loved the others about the characters there, too. Fine writing.

I always learn something from Grisham!

 

[MadamMack]

I'm reading Ghost Story by Peter Straub a second time around, and still feeling a little uneasy - knowing how things pan out make the start of the novel all the more harrowing.

That is the only book that I really like by him. Sadly, I'm not a fan of his but that is an amazing book.

 

[MadamMack]

I am on an Octavia Butler stroll. She is a great writer . . .look her up.

 

[Chelle71]

I just finished All the Light You Cannot See as well. Beautiful writing and story. Started Revival yesterday and I force myself to put it down every once in a while so I don't rush through it!

I wish I had done that...read it faster than I eat chocolate

 

[skimom2]

Started Early, Took My Dog-Kate Atkinson.Really good, compelling reading so far. I like that Jackson Brodie is a continuing character (as I found out after I started the book-it's from my random TBR pile) but the book reads just fine as a standalone.

 

[fljoe0]

There is a huge kindle book sale today at Amazon. I haven't looked it all over yet but I did see 5 Robert McCammon titles for 1.99. Go to the daily deal page

 

[EMARX]

That is the only book that I really like by him. Sadly, I'm not a fan of his but that is an amazing book.

Straub is one of those you either love or hate. Some of his I've read multiple times.

 

[EMARX]

I finished A Sudden Light by Garth Stein on the weekend. It is a story filled with ghosts both real and imagined and none of them induced a shiver. If anything they were very re-affirming about love, faith and our ever shrinking natural world.

 

[EMARX]

Started Early, Took My Dog-Kate Atkinson.Really good, compelling reading so far. I like that Jackson Brodie is a continuing character (as I found out after I started the book-it's from my random TBR pile) but the book reads just fine as a standalone.

Atkinson has said she never enjoyed writing the Brodie novels, like she did writing Life After Life. I've read a couple of the Brodie series and they are quite good.

 

[skimom2]

That is the only book that I really like by him. Sadly, I'm not a fan of his but that is an amazing book.

Same for me, MM.