Tell me if you do find a good Rushdie...... I haven't come across one. Only read three, then gave up on him.A pretty abysmal hipster novel. Writer can write, but wastes her talent on snark and pop culture references that aren't meant to demonstrate anything but that she's a 'hip cat'. Such a bad idea, because even if you find something enlightening to say, the references date the work so terribly that it becomes unreadable quickly. It will drop to the market and sink, never to be heard from again. I don't have patience for crap novels anymore, I'm finding. There are so many good books out there that I'll never have time to read... *sigh*
I have the new Rushdie waiting in the wings, for when I just can't take it anymore. I'm determined to find SOMETHING by him that I can enjoy (or at least something that doesn't make me feel thick), and I have a good feeling about this one
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I loved this series, hope she has more in the hopper!I have been reading the trilogy of "A Discovery Of Witches" by Deborah Harkness. It is pretty good, although I am finding the last book slower than the first two.
Finished Day Four, wooooweee, what a ride!!! Spoooooky, another Mr. King recommendation. Also halfway through Beach Town, fluffy for sure, but I needed that at this point.
Has anyone here read the book, Dawn Of The Dead by George Romero? I didn't even know a book existed but it showed up today in the kindle daily deals. I read the reviews and they are mostly positive and most of the reviewers say that they like it because you get much more backstory on the characters than you do in the movie. I'm going to get it (It's only $1.99 today) but I was curious if anyone here had read it and what they thought of it.
Yeay! Can't wait to hear your thoughts!
It's on my list. I really enjoyed Me Before You, so I am excited to see what gets "turned on it's ear"!
I think it comes out on the 29th? Something like that. There was one subplot that was overdone, but not enough to spoil my enjoyment of the story. My suspicion is that it wasn't originally part of the manuscript and Moyes was 'encouraged' by editor/publisher to add the melodrama. That's becoming a real issue in publishing: they call it 'high-concept', but what it boils down to is something that they think will cause high emotion and that they can call a 'twist'. It makes stories needlessly complex, and often melodramatic. IMHO (lol). (You'll find I'm pretty opinionated about publishingYeay! Can't wait to hear your thoughts!
It's on my list. I really enjoyed Me Before You, so I am excited to see what gets "turned on it's ear"!
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Got the comic book monkey on my back again. Ugh. Just when I think I'm out, they pull me back in...reprint collections this time. Oh lord, they're reprinting everything these days. Marvel and their damn Omnibus series. These full color deluxe mammoth editions (900 to 200 pages) collecting around forty issues of continuity, plus oodles of extras, like annuals, alternate covers, and (in the case of the silver age stuff) original letters pages. I have Spider-Man vol. 1 on the way--every damn issue Steve Ditko ever did in one giant obscene hardback. Got a deal, but still pricey for one book; but not really, considering the originals would set you back in the triple digits, and even the old Marvel Tales reprints are going up in value (never thought I'd see the day).
Of course, I've already got my eye on vol. 2 (Jazzy Johnny Romita, tiger), oh, and the Roger Stern Ominbus (Enter...The Hobgoblin!), maybe Tomb of Dracula...somebody help me. No way my shelves will withstand this behemoth invasion.
Of course, I've already got my eye on vol. 2 (Jazzy Johnny Romita, tiger), oh, and the Roger Stern Ominbus (Enter...The Hobgoblin!), maybe Tomb of Dracula...somebody help me. No way my shelves will withstand this behemoth invasion.
I'm gonna start exploring. When i'm done with the joe Hills ghosts (soon) i intend to start Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry. As you might guess from the title it is zombie story. I've really only read two zombienovels that was really good, Max Brooks World War Z and M.J Careys The Girl With All the Gifts. Tried Mira Grants Feed-series but not good enough i thought. Also read some others that were not really memorable so this is kind of taking a chance. Hope it pays off!
Fates and Furies, by Lauren Groff and Bleak House, by Mister Dickens
A new book about Neil Peart, his writing and philosophy.
The Rot & Ruin series is YA, keep in mind. I liked it a lot, but I don't mind a simpler story if it's told well. He also has a zombie series for adults called the Patient Zero series (I think that's what they call it--Patient Zero was the first book, anyway) that's pretty good.
I don't mind YA if it is good and well written. I don't like fluff like Twilight. But i had no problems with Hunger games or Divergent series. And that etiquette YA is sometimes very misleading. I remember a book, The Bookthief by Markus Zusak that was marketed as YA. To me that was a rather adult novel. OK, it was a child that was the main character but the scene was WWII, the narrator was Death himself and overall it never entered my mind to think of it as YA. Then you could just as well call Empire of the Sun by JC. Ballard for ÝA. Great book btw.....
I have the new Rushdie waiting in the wings, for when I just can't take it anymore. I'm determined to find SOMETHING by him that I can enjoy (or at least something that doesn't make me feel thick), and I have a good feeling about this one
I just finished The Enchantress of Florence by Rushdie. It took me a while to get into it. A pretty long while actually but in the end I just went with the flow and enjoyed it. Somehow it reminds me of A Hundred Years of Solitude, the same hypnotic, magical, often hard to keep track of story.
I am now reading The Ruins by Scott Smith. Quite a few gruesome things have already happened in the book and I'm afraid of what the next page will bring. My guess is - nothing good.
The Enchantress of Florence was one of his that I finished (I also finished Satanic Verses and Fury), and while I can objectively see the beauty of his writing, it's often florid and needlessly complex for my taste.
I just picked up The Ruins during my library book sale run! I'm interested to see what you think of it, ultimately I've heard good things.
I just picked up The Ruins during my library book sale run! I'm interested to see what you think of it, ultimately
I've heard good things.
I freaking forgot Frodo left Bag End on September 23
I really enjoyed The Ruins. Let us know when you are done, if you felt it kept up the pace.
The Ruins had pace all right. My problem with it was another. I never really connected to the characters so when bad things start to happen i never really cared enough to make it really scary. But it was an easily read book.
The Enchantress of Florence was one of his that I finished (I also finished Satanic Verses and Fury), and while I can objectively see the beauty of his writing, it's often florid and needlessly complex for my taste.
I just picked up The Ruins during my library book sale run! I'm interested to see what you think of it, ultimately
Finders Keepers, finally. Which reminded me that Puppy Maggie ate the last 40 pages of Mr. Mercedes, so I never did finish it. 
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I'm a little more than half-way through Madeleine Albright's Prague Winter.
It's her account of her family's experience of WWII while being part of the Czech diplomatic corps in London. It's really interesting.
F'rinstance: she was Jewish and didn't know it until both her parents were dead and she was 59. Yup. She learned that the year she took office as Secretary of State.
It's her account of her family's experience of WWII while being part of the Czech diplomatic corps in London. It's really interesting.
F'rinstance: she was Jewish and didn't know it until both her parents were dead and she was 59. Yup. She learned that the year she took office as Secretary of State.
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