It takes a bit to establish the plot, but it's vintage King. And he's never been a plot driven writer.
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Boy's Life is the one McCammon book I've read. I thought it was great! But I have tried a few of his others and they've never grabbed me and I know that puts me in a minority.
Had to set aside my tab with the Blackwater series and start House of Echoes by Brendan Duffy also have The Whispering Swarm by Michael Moorcock to read before due back at the library. Going to B&N today to buy Kathy Reichs's latest. So much to read so little time.
Have you tried his Matthew Corbett series? I highly recommend it; the first book is Speaks the Nightbird.
I've liked Boy's Life the best so far, and Gone South has the same level of character building that made Boy's Life memorable. I finished it last night and still didn't like what he did with the bounty hunters--it was pretty juvenile and pointless. Other than that, I think it's my second favorite of his.
I started Divergent when I woke up very early this morning & couldn't get back to sleep, and it's pretty good so far for a YA book. Decent world building, and not as Twilight-inspired as many that came out about that time.
I have. But I may not have given that one enough of a chance.
It's not about the plot, it's about the idea the book is based on.
The relationship between the killer and his mother is disturbing and though he is not sympathetic, King has created a believable character in Brady.
Currently reading Prayers for Rain by Dennis LeHane. Reading Dennis LaHane book was a total fluke for me but after I did so I was hooked! (my first was Shutter Island-before I wacthed the movie)
I think that is the third part of a trilogoy that began with The Given Day. He can be very good. Try Mystic River.
I quite enjoyed Divergent, so I'm moving on to the second book, Insurgent.
Just started book 2 of the Lil and Boris mysteries series - Gone Crazy by Shannon Hill. The first one was Crazy, VA. So far, they are quite enjoyable.
skimom2, I have wondered about the Divergent series. I may have to check into them soon.
skimom2, I have wondered about the Divergent series. I may have to check into them soon.
Agreed . . .I found it uncomfortable.
Apparently, Mr King has said that he found this trilogy more difficult than his other work I think because there is an inherent structure to most crime fiction and Mr Mercedes and Finders Keepers both stretch and strain within that structure.
I am still reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and I'm still enjoying it immensely. I really don't want to get to the end of it. It has made me laugh, cry and has kept me feeling hungry as hell and even cold.
It has also made me angry . . .at the father. I've read two other books that remind me of this tale and in each the fathers cared more about the drink than taking care of their families.
I want to send a shout-out to all the really good fathers out there . .the ones that take good care of their families. The ones that will always put their families first and give support and unconditional love. You are true men.
It has also made me angry . . .at the father. I've read two other books that remind me of this tale and in each the fathers cared more about the drink than taking care of their families.
I want to send a shout-out to all the really good fathers out there . .the ones that take good care of their families. The ones that will always put their families first and give support and unconditional love. You are true men.
I am currently reading Brene Brown's Daring Greatly. It's a book about embracing shame and vulnerability. She is famous for giving a Ted Talk on the subject.
Love Ted Talks.
I am stuck reading The Twelve. I know that sounds funny, but it's been feeling that way. It's not that I'm not enjoying the story still, it's something else. Don't know what, exactly. But I can't stop in the middle of a book...I have to know what happens! So, I'll keep plodding along a couple to a few pages a night and hope in the end it was worth my time. 
Sandford, Field of Prey. Must be about #86, 87 for the year (I keep track elsewhere.) but started this one some time ago and haven't had much chance to read, at all. Getting over this cold (cough and sniffles) that come on a couple days or three ago. Sandford has a pile of "Prey" stories and I imagine if you read one after another they'd start to sound the same but somehow he manages to change the pitch enough to keep it interesting. This one starts out, the two numbskulls, snatching women, so forth so on, a kind of prelude, followed by the story...some teenaged neckers come across a stink at an old farm, twenty-plus bodies found in a cistern. Read Stephen Gane's story, Consumed by Fire...time is slipping away from me, summer. Read another Robertson story, The Genuine Ideal Man...might be off on the title but I'm close...Robertson rocks. Check him out. Stephen Gane don't come 'round much as had been...judging from his website I'd hazard he's working on the third installment of the Liston Pearce series.
I get to go camping again today, finish scraping the moss off the roof, build a set of steps for the back door, glaze some windows, hang a ceiling fan...if it's not one thing it's a half a dozen others. Found out the other day that about 19 windows of this order from last fall came in double-glaze instead of triple. Doesn't say much for my aptitude, but a lady knocked on the door where I was mudding, wanted to know windows, and I'm about to brag 'em up, walk over to a double hung and my jaw dropped. I never realized! Heh! Picture windows came in triple-glazed. But not the double-hung. Told the customer, all red in the face. Must be that Anderson's disease...always one excuse or another. Sales rep stopped by the camp yesterday and we visited the windows....he took some pics with his camera...the numbers, this that the other. Said he'd turn it into...ah, Service. Mr Service. Onward and upward.
I get to go camping again today, finish scraping the moss off the roof, build a set of steps for the back door, glaze some windows, hang a ceiling fan...if it's not one thing it's a half a dozen others. Found out the other day that about 19 windows of this order from last fall came in double-glaze instead of triple. Doesn't say much for my aptitude, but a lady knocked on the door where I was mudding, wanted to know windows, and I'm about to brag 'em up, walk over to a double hung and my jaw dropped. I never realized! Heh! Picture windows came in triple-glazed. But not the double-hung. Told the customer, all red in the face. Must be that Anderson's disease...always one excuse or another. Sales rep stopped by the camp yesterday and we visited the windows....he took some pics with his camera...the numbers, this that the other. Said he'd turn it into...ah, Service. Mr Service. Onward and upward.
Doing my annual reread of The Stand. About 220 pages in now.
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