I was visiting my sister this past week, and finished "Joyland" (which I began at home) while there. This was a pretty quick read for me, and I had no trouble getting into it, nor finishing it, for that matter. Just a good story that zipped along, and a neat ending. My sister lives in AZ, and after I finished "Joyland", I started reading a book her husband had, "Over the Edge; Death in the Grand Canyon". I only got through the first 4 chapters before leaving. I will probably just continue it on the next trip there. Very interesting accounts of recorded deaths in the canyon. The intent of the book is not just to be macabre, but to instruct readers to the perils of going into the Canyon so that more of these tragic, and mostly unnecessary, accidents hopefully won't be repeated. My brother-in-law got a little further into the book than I did, but put it aside because of the repetitious nature of the accounts. And, I agree, that was a negative aspect of the book.
Now home again, I haven't decided what to dig into next. I found a first edition copy of "Wild America" by Roger Tory Peterson, on Ebay and it should be waiting in the mail pile. Kind of thinking I might put it back until later in the spring, and stick with some novels for now, though. I downloaded "Phases of Gravity" by Dan Simmons to my Kindle and also have "Dr. Sleep" in hard cover, plus several Neil Gaiman paperbacks, so no shortage of choices!
I just wish I had more time to read. Salem's Lot has been on my list since reading the DT books, purely because of Father Callahan.
