The Dark Tower, Volume 2. Also some short stories from Worlds to Come, edited by Damon Knight.
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About 230 pages into The Troop. This book is f*cking disgusting.
I really liked Clan of the Cave Bear! The second one is pretty good too, but then they go downhill.Finished the second in the Sebastian St. Cyr series, When Gods Die. It was just okay...one of those books where there are so many characters and royal titles, that I lost track of who was whom. I really liked the first book too.
Now, after many years of hearing how great it is, I'm reading The Clan of the Cave Bear. About 50 pages in and really enjoying it so far.
Just finished Fluke by James Herbert.
It wasn't really my cup of tea to be honest.
The story never really got going and then, when it did...it ended!
Still waiting for my copy of Scarlet Gospels to arrive, so I am unsure what to read next.
Just ordered a copy of Stinger by McCammon from ebay as well
It wasn't really my cup of tea to be honest.
The story never really got going and then, when it did...it ended!
Still waiting for my copy of Scarlet Gospels to arrive, so I am unsure what to read next.
Just ordered a copy of Stinger by McCammon from ebay as well
Is that the one by Nick Cutter?
I thought that I had read good things about that?
FINALLY back to Boy's Life. Not quite halfway through. Think I like the writing style in this one the best of all of his I've read so far.
Don't you mean the third (the Mammoth hunters)? The second(Valley of the Horses) i think is horrible. Jondalar is a very boring character that mainly is introduced because Ayla needs a mate. You just know that its gonna end the way it does from the first chapter. But then they go downhill as you said.
I've no expert on him but i think Boys Life is without a doubt his best.
It's good but don't read it if you have a weak stomach.
There were a couple of 'scenes' that I had to just skim thru (the turtle comes to mind).
For me it was the turtle and the cat. I'm a big cat lover and had to pretty much skip that part.
Tapeworms gross me out anyway, so this book has been a constantly grimace-and-skim experience. Haha.
Well paint me intrigued!
Will have to move it up the "to be read" pile
Will have to move it up the "to be read" pile
I wasn't in love with the second one, true, but The Mammoth Hunters is where the prevalence of 'cave porn' starts
I got very, very tired of it very, very quickly.So far I like it the best. It's a nice 'slice of life' book. I am wondering, though, when the story will get back around to what I thought was the main point. If it doesn't, that's fine--the writing is lovely--but it might have been better to leave it without the beginning sequence. This is from someone just south of the middle of the book, though, so I could definitely be proven wrong before I get to the end.
Started Bag of Bones last night.
After the strange style of Fluke by Herbert, it feels good to slip back into a more familiar style
After the strange style of Fluke by Herbert, it feels good to slip back into a more familiar style
The Nameless
M-O-O-N - That spells Nameless
I don't know what to read next, I picked up breathless by Dean Koontz and read the synopsis but that sounds a bit like firestarter. I have a bunch of James herbert books and still a load of King books. I'm wondering if it is possible to enjoy Salems Lot without being a fan of the vampire genre? that's the only reason I've not read it yet, I've just never been into vampire stories/films.
Salem's Lot is a great story, I enjoyed it and I aren't a big vampire fan either.
Breathless wasn't like Firestarter, it was a very interesting premise which I thought faltered a little. Still worth a read though
Breathless wasn't like Firestarter, it was a very interesting premise which I thought faltered a little. Still worth a read though
'Salem's Lot will rock your face off.
I'm currently triple-teaming it:
Summer of Night - Dan Simmons
Carrie - Stephen King (starting a King re read project for my blog)
Stay out of the Basement - RL Stine (also doing a reread project of the Goosebumps books for my blog)
I'm currently triple-teaming it:
Summer of Night - Dan Simmons
Carrie - Stephen King (starting a King re read project for my blog)
Stay out of the Basement - RL Stine (also doing a reread project of the Goosebumps books for my blog)
I finished "The Accident" by Linwood Barclay and did not like it very much. It started out good but went downhill fast after the halfway mark. With thrillers, there is a line an author can cross where there are just so many twists, turns and shocking surprises that the novel loses believability. Not only did Barclay cross the line but he took a running start and leaped over it like an Olympic long jumper. Most of the shocks and surprises seemed forced. Hopefully, this is not the case with his other books. I've read one of his books before this one and loved it but this one was a mess.
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