I have an old book that my mom bought and I found a note in it from a father (he was a judge because he signed it as such) to his son's teacher about how they were working hard with the boy and the mother was doing his homework! hahahaha!
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I liked Joyland a lot. Great story.
I recently re-visited "From a Buick 8", this time on audiobook. For some reason that I cannot remember, the first time I read the book I just did not like it. I suppose that I just couldn't get into it at the time. As I finished the audiobook this time around, I loved it. The characters were satisfying and made you care about them. It was one of his best in the character development catagory, IMHO.
This mini ice-age we are in has made me think of a wonderful book I read a few years ago. Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin. There are large parts of the story that take place in winter, naturally but I can still feel the cold on my face from the descriptive passages in the book, much like it was when I got into my truck this morning. I highly recommend it, though there was a perfectly dreadful film adaptation from last year, please don't let that deter you.
I just finished The Girl on the Train as well. I actually picked it up after SK recommended it on Twitter. Overall, I thought it was a solid thriller. It felt like a Gillian Flynn novel to me. I agree with you that the twist wasn't all that shocking. It's still worth a read, though.
I'm listening to A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. Innnteresting, and I've learned a lot, but it sometimes makes me feel like a bear of very little brain.
I read it and would reread whole chunks over and over just to get it. And I did at the time.
Same here Todash. I kept having to go back and re-read pages and scratch my head every now and then while reading that one. An interesting book, Mr. Hawking is scary brilliant.
Just finished Natchez Burning....oh, dear, I love Greg Iles, but
IT WAS TOO LONG!!!!!!!!! 853 pages! Yes, I yelled that! I felt as if I were reading in circles with all the different characters retelling all the thoughts of the other characters who reiterated their thoughts and then retold the plot again...and then one more time! Sheesh. The plot was interesting enough for me to want to find out what happened, but I believe I'm done with Penn Cage. Plus, Caitlin Masters had absolutely no redeeming qualities at all. She didn't care what happened to anyone but herself. I was actually hoping the main mean dude would just kill her at the end! That's horrible! Penn recognized how she was a self-serving witch and didn't seem bothered by it at all. Okay, I'm done. Gonna read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to have a little fun.
I am re-reading an older book of Alberta ghost stories by Barbara Smith...who use to live here. I am a skeptic but I enjoyed ghost stories because they are great for finding out about local or not so local histories. This one is sorta ridiculous though. Gawd the things people blame on ghosts! Lose a pair of glasses......ghostly activity. Knocking on the door and nobody there....by gar, must be a ghost......couldn't be a prank...naaaaaaaaah.
The Girl In Times Square by Paullina Simons. I like it, but it does lack the depth and emotional punch of Tully. It's kind of fun, but not as memorable or hard edged, also the seventies and eighties setting of Tully, the background music and groundbreaking films mentioned, are awesome...helping to make the novel well-rounded and juicy.
That man can write a compelling tale, but it was a long book. I do think the main story about the racist killings was riveting but all the melodrama with Penn and his family and the overblown ending took away from my enjoyment.
I loved Natchez Burning with all of its many characters there to love or hate and the bigger the book the better. The follow on The Bone Tree is just as big and I look forward to reading it with relish. I so look forward to seeing Caitlin get dumped,
Listened to my audiobook of Mr. King reading L.T.'s Theory of Pets. Second listen for me. Great little story.
I do agree that Caitlin is annoying, maybe she'll change? I'm not sure what my bugaboo is with thrillers. So much fiction is implausible and I'm fine with them, but I'm so rigid when it comes to thriller writers.
Ha! Let me know how it turns out because I won't be reading it!
If a physics/science book doesn't make you do that, it's not worth the paper it's printed on. IMO.
After all, even the Hawkings of this world have to ask the questions and then have a good old ponder until they get it right (and then find a way to perform an experiement and produce the anticipated results under lab conditions...which is why the big bang will forever remain a theory, along with evolution (changes cannot be predicted, since they are rather random by nature and an improvement may or may not take, depending upon breeding success/ability to attract a mate, and therefore cannot be reproduced in the required "X was predicted and occurred, proving Y" manner) and, probably, gravity).
And poor old Hoyle couldn't see beyond the Steady State model, for all his other achievements.
I was wondering hoe faithful the movie was to the novel. I saw the book at the secondhand shop yesterday and hesitated--the movie was abysmal. Maybe I'll go back to day & see if it's still there
Being prodded by editor and publisher to finish up The Bookseller for review, so there goes my day. Time travel book, written by an interior designer. Tons of detail on clothes, furnishings, etc. that completely bogs down the 'eh' storyline. *sigh*
Try reading the Great Design by Hawking. It is also interesting but you'll find it is a headache warning there too, complicated stuff, black holes and things. but he does a good job of writing about it so you sort of understands.
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