César Hernández-Meraz
Wants to be Nick, ends up as Larry
First time or a reread? What a journey you are on either way!!
First time. I had only watched the mini series (and loved it).
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First time. I had only watched the mini series (and loved it).
What a deal! I killed my first copy through reading, then got a second copy from Owen King
PB, though it does have a lovely inscription and signature. He'd asked for volunteers to read and review a book by a friend of his in return for a signed copy of one of his books, and I volunteered. It was a damn good book, too: The Lobster Kings. I liked it a lot. I really loved We're All In This Together (death by overreading was a good sign--lol).
That's a pretty good one. Have you read its sequel, ^ ?
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Finished Wolf by Mo Hayder and really liked it. Now I have to wait for her to come out with another. I guess I'll always have a fond feeling for her because she broke my reader's block after seven months.
Now...what to read next? I've accumulated quite the TBR pile after having gone so long without reading...
Now...what to read next? I've accumulated quite the TBR pile after having gone so long without reading...
The Nameless
M-O-O-N - That spells Nameless
I'm having a strange old time with dream catcher. I've been reading on and off for a good while now, different things have been getting in the way including doing a teaching course. I still read mostly at night and I still do other things like watch telly, youtube, play my ps4 etc. As for what's strange, I don't seem to have any real desire to read it, but when I do I'm finding it mostly enjoyable and want to continue to find out what happens next, then when I put it down again, no real desire to pick it back up.
As for the book itself I feel it's a bit too long, and I'm very much over the whole "ruthless, secretive military/government" angle. Interestingly, the parts that most people talk about - all the "toilet talk" hasn't bothered me or taken away from the book. With about one hundred pages left, so far it's a good book, not great but a typical 7/10.
As for the book itself I feel it's a bit too long, and I'm very much over the whole "ruthless, secretive military/government" angle. Interestingly, the parts that most people talk about - all the "toilet talk" hasn't bothered me or taken away from the book. With about one hundred pages left, so far it's a good book, not great but a typical 7/10.
The Dirt Cure. Interesting book.
H.G. Wells short stories
The Border (McCammon)
H.G. Wells short stories
The Border (McCammon)
Please, rinse the images from the mini-series from your thoughts and give yourself over to Mr. King's wonderful words for true pictures for your mind! I read it first in its abridged version, then in its unabridged version, and again with a reading group here. Wonderful, masterful depiction of after an apocalypse! ENJOY!!
César Hernández-Meraz
Wants to be Nick, ends up as Larry
Yeah, I always try to separate different versions/adaptations as their own thing.
And no matter how cute Rob Lowe made Nick look, he can always look cuter in my mind. Increasingly broken with all of the scars he keeps getting all the time, though.
As I slowly make my way through a reread of Joyland, savoring the narration, the dialogue and the carefully written descriptive paragraphs, it dawned on me why I was so disappointed with Doctor Sleep and Revival, which were published after Joyland. To me, SK's writing in Joyland is definitely a cut above that of both those other two books. In reading Joyland the first time and now on this second time around, I feel like I know the characters and care for many of them. This never happened in both Doctor Sleep and Revival. In fact, I was hoping most of the main characters in those books would meet a grim ending because I found them all so one dimensional and dull; especially, Rose the Hat. I think The Cat in the Hat has more dimension and character than she does. Anyway, next to Carrie, Joyland is my favorite SK book. To me, it's a masterpiece.
I'm back to Joe Hill's 20th CenturyGhosts. Now reading Voluntary Committal.
Oliver Twist, for the very first time. Loving it!
The Nameless
M-O-O-N - That spells Nameless
While I agree with everything you said about joyland, did you really not care for the characters in Dr sleep? Even Abra? I thought Abra was another example of Kings ability to bring out the readers paternal/maternal protectiveness. He has also done it to me with all of the losers club, ellie from Pet cemetery, dinah from the langoliers, trisha from the girl who loved Tom Gordon, Charlie from firestarter. The guy knows how to tug on my heart strings.
Honestly, I found her forgettable. I feel like Doctor Sleep and Revival were written hastily (although that may not be the case at all, but that's how they come off to me). Abra was written so sketchily; no depth to her like Charlie from Firestarter, who is a favorite character of mine.
Just finished reading Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson. Loved, loved this book and I will be looking for more of her books.
Finished The Dirt Cure. About what I expected: we're too clean, eat too many chemicals, don't get outdoors enough, yadda-yadda , mixed with a little woo-hoo (edged into anti-vax territory a few times) that I could ignore. Interesting enough book
The Border is...okay so far. Some parts I like quite a bit, but I'm not crazy about starting the book out with a
. Kinda makes the outcome inevitable. I'll keep chugging along and see what happens.
The Border is...okay so far. Some parts I like quite a bit, but I'm not crazy about starting the book out with a
'magic' person
This is not my favorite McCammon book. I enjoyed Stinger more.Finished The Dirt Cure. About what I expected: we're too clean, eat too many chemicals, don't get outdoors enough, yadda-yadda , mixed with a little woo-hoo (edged into anti-vax territory a few times) that I could ignore. Interesting enough book
The Border is...okay so far. Some parts I like quite a bit, but I'm not crazy about starting the book out with a. Kinda makes the outcome inevitable. I'll keep chugging along and see what happens.'magic' person
Or maybe the writer's paternal protectiveness. Abra seemed to just kinda Mary Sue her way through the book. I never felt she was in any real danger, as if Sai King couldn't bring himself to have any thing bad happen to her. Ultimately, I found myself wishing somebody would just eat the annoying kid or something.
As you may guess, I didn't much care for Dr. Sleep.
Finished Ashley Bell over the weekend. It was good, the last 1/3 broke down a little bit for me, but overall I enjoyed the story. Parts of it were genuinely scary.
On a re-read of 11/22/63 now, zipping right along.
On a re-read of 11/22/63 now, zipping right along.
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