I have Wolf Hall here, but I haven't read it yet. Alison Weir doesn't go that direction, either (or at least her romances, when they occur, seem an integral part of the story).
What Are You Reading?
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I was not disappointed at all, great story, it brought me to the SKMB!
Reading Harlan Coben's "the Woods".
Re-reading Simmons' The Terror. One of the best books out there. Love the whole In Medias Res beginning, stuck in that monster ice. Grabs you right away and don't let go--the pages freeze to yer fingers. Dan Simmons is a master sometimes.
How do you like it so far? I read Six Years a while back and it was meh.
Reading The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman. I'm a lot more into it now towards the end, and the writing is beautiful.
"Six Years" was definitely "meh". I'm only a couple chapters into "the Woods" but it's reading like it's part of a series (like the characters have a backstory that the reader should already be aware of) and I don't really care for that. I have read a couple more recent books of his that feature two of the characters in this one, but without reading them back to back in order, I tend to get confused.
I have a love-hate relationship with this thread. I love it because it points me at books I might like, but I hate it for pretty much the same reason. Or should I say, my pocket hates it.
I'm currently reading 'Poirot Investigates...', which is a series of Christie-written short stories (seeing as that distinction has to be made now, seeing as the estate decided to commission 'new' books
), as well as re-reading Ian Rankin's The Complaints. Again.
I'm currently reading 'Poirot Investigates...', which is a series of Christie-written short stories (seeing as that distinction has to be made now, seeing as the estate decided to commission 'new' books
), as well as re-reading Ian Rankin's The Complaints. Again.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
One of our Ka-Tet members on this board sent me a beautiful first edition hardcover 11/22/63! (just recently). This is my all time favourite book so far of his.
I also bought a soft cover one while in Ohio two years ago.
11/22/63 brought me here to the SKMB also! (what a coincidence).
Neesy , unfortunately i read it only on my e-book, wished to buy it, but the paper quality of Russian version is a crap, so i'm looking for a better one.
Our life is full of coinсidences
Our life is full of coinсidences
This one i read in Russian, mostly because it contains a plenty of facts and local memes, which i'm not able to understand, they are too specific and connected with old zeitgeist and my english is not so good. But i read an original "IT", "Salem's Lot" and some of his short stories and have understood 'em at all.
Lockdain - if you have read a SK book in your native Russian, you may find it interesting to also read it in English. Each side by side, and referring to your Russian words to help better understand American "slang"/ memes.
On the last story of Bazaar of Bad Dreams
I bought the english 11/22/63 e-book for my e-reader a few days ago, so i hope i'll read it in English by the end of the Spring when it should be more free time.
Are you reading it for the first time or re-reading?
Okay. All finished It's an interesting collection of stories. Some numbers:
5 that I think are amongst the finest stories he's written in any collection
2 with the strangest (and that's saying a lot with Mr. King) matching deaths I've read
2 narrative poems that work better as narrative than poetry, but I liked them anyway
2 that made me cry
2 that I was disappointed that I didn't like more--they're popular here, but didn't ring as better than average in my noggin.
1 I thoroughly disliked--absolute bottom of all Mr. King's SS, to me
1 that is, to my mind, the finest SS he's ever published
I'll be interested to see if I think the same after a re-read
It's an interesting collection of stories. Some numbers:5 that I think are amongst the finest stories he's written in any collection
2 with the strangest (and that's saying a lot with Mr. King) matching deaths I've read
2 narrative poems that work better as narrative than poetry, but I liked them anyway
2 that made me cry
2 that I was disappointed that I didn't like more--they're popular here, but didn't ring as better than average in my noggin.
1 I thoroughly disliked--absolute bottom of all Mr. King's SS, to me
1 that is, to my mind, the finest SS he's ever published
I'll be interested to see if I think the same after a re-read
That "backstory" issue would bother me too. Just like finding out at the end of the book that it's the first in a series.
The Woods sounds good, though.
First time. I knew the first sentence by heart and much of the pop culture references and figured I needed to read it.
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