What Are You Reading?

[no bounce no play]

He has a collection of novellas coming next year. It's called Strange Weather.

I LOVE the title I hope it's coming out in early 2017. I hate waiting lol. Only three more days until The Cell DVD is released! I know the reviews havn't been the best but I'm really anxious to see it

This is a great ghost story with lots of atmosphere. I think you would like it, NBNP.

I know I shouldn't judge a book by its cover but I love the cover and had to buy it I love gothic novels - I used to read anything with a book cover depicting a woman running away from a castle I'm going to start it as soon as I finish one of those kindle specials titled Carnival. The story is predictable but I like stories with a carnival setting so I'm giving it a try lol.

The Ceremonies by T.E.D. Klein is a fantastic read- wonderful atmosphere there. Ghost Story by Peter Straub. Song Of Kali by Dan Simmons. Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin. The Other by Thomas Tryon. Mine by Robert McCammon.

The Ceremonies looks good! but it isn't on kindle (I'm hooked on kindle.) Ive read Ghost Story, Rosemary's Baby and The Other - they were all excellent Swan Song is the only McCammon novel I've read so I'll give Mine a try

About Dan Simmons... I loved Hyperion but the book's tiny type made me cross-eyed Dan Simmon's novels were one of the reasons I got a kindle but since I'd already bought a few of his books and I'm too cheap to buy kindle replacements for books I already own, I'm putting him on hold for a while. I keep checking BookBub to see if any of his kindle editions are specially priced

 

[Haunted]

I am currently reading:

JAMES PATTERSON Bullseye
KAREN HALL Dark debts
B. A. PARIS Behind closed doors

All terrifying in their own way.

 

[Bardo]

Okay, fog has lifted,
Moving onto "Dolores Claiborne" for the first time, (yep, cut/paste)

 

[Haunted]

Okay, fog has lifted,
Moving onto "Dolores Claiborne" for the first time, (yep, cut/paste)

One of my favorites, enjoy.

 

[RichardX]

"A Gentleman in Moscow" by Amor Towles. An aging Russian Count is exiled to the Metropol Hotel in Moscow during the 1920's. A bit of a slow burn but interesting premise.

 

[rudiroo]

Zombies and TEOTWAWKI.
Okay. Nothing unusual there.

But, hold that thought, take that idea and make the UK the only surviving outpost of humanity.
Yep, the world's most weapon-averse society at the heart of the action?

Stephen Michael Fuchs (and Glynn James) have done precisely that with the Arisen series (they wrote the first nine books together then parted company):
https://www.amazon.com/ARISEN-Omnibus-One-Glynn-James-ebook/dp/B00K870UE6/ref=pd_rhf_se_s_cp_2?ie=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00K870UE6&pd_rd_r=P4RCMTMGFCG7N7XA5KRX&pd_rd_w=mxyLp&pd_rd_wg=yetPw&psc=1&refRID=P4RCMTMGFCG7N7XA5KRX
I'm reading the entire series for the second time.
It's that good

 

[fljoe0]

American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst - Jeffrey Toobin

I can tell early on here that Jeffrey Toobin does not buy the Stockholm Syndrome excuse for Patty. I'm not sure how much this will interest everyone else but I was a teen in the 70s and remember all this stuff so I'm finding the book fascinating. The early 70s were very turbulent and Toobin makes the claim that we had over 1,900 domestic terrorist bom*ings or attempted ones (sorry, I'm paranoid about typing that word on the internet ) in 1972. The domestic groups were more interested in destruction and making statements than killing but many people were killed in these attacks. I'm finding the book very interesting so far.

 

[cat in a bag]

This is a great ghost story with lots of atmosphere. I think you would like it, NBNP.

I am reading this right now. I am really liking it. Reminds me a little of Rebecca and a little Jane Eyre.

Finished up my reread of Duma Key finally. I was really enjoying it, just time factors, was why it took so long. I did not remember the last 75-100 pages at all!

Also got started on the 5th Chet and Bernie book.

 

[kingricefan]

American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst - Jeffrey Toobin

I can tell early on here that Jeffrey Toobin does not buy the Stockholm Syndrome excuse for Patty. I'm not sure how much this will interest everyone else but I was a teen in the 70s and remember all this stuff so I'm finding the book fascinating. The early 70s were very turbulent and Toobin makes the claim that we had over 1,900 domestic terrorist bom*ings or attempted ones (sorry, I'm paranoid about typing that word on the internet ) in 1972. The domestic groups were more interested in destruction and making statements than killing but many people were killed in these attacks. I'm finding the book very interesting so far.

You should watch the film Running On Empty. It's about two adults with two young boys who have been on the run from the government after such a bombing. Judd Hirsch and River Phoenix are two of the stars. It's a great movie.

 

[fljoe0]

You should watch the film Running On Empty. It's about two adults with two young boys who have been on the run from the government after such a bombing. Judd Hirsch and River Phoenix are two of the stars. It's a great movie.

I saw that a long time ago. I remember it was good.

 

[kingricefan]

I saw that a long time ago. I remember it was good.

It's definitely not a shoot-em-up movie. It's a wonderful drama. If I remember right Phoenix was nominated for Supporting Actor.

 

[fljoe0]

It's definitely not a shoot-em-up movie. It's a wonderful drama. If I remember right Phoenix was nominated for Supporting Actor.

Such a shame he left us so early, he was awesome. I thought he was great in The Mosquito Coast and really great in My Own Private Idaho when he was a little older.

 

[kingricefan]

Such a shame he left us so early, he was awesome. I thought he was great in The Mosquito Coast and really great in My Own Private Idaho when he was a little older.

It broke my heart when he died. He was amazing in MOPI. But, from what I've read since then, that was the movie that did him in- he was exposed to the real underground of drug use in Portland, Oregon and became hopelessly addicted to them at that time. He hung out with a lot of unsavory characters who led him down the wrong path and it cost him his life.

 

[no bounce no play]

This is a great ghost story with lots of atmosphere. I think you would like it, NBNP.

I am reading this right now. I am really liking it. Reminds me a little of Rebecca and a little Jane Eyre.

Finished up my reread of Duma Key finally. I was really enjoying it, just time factors, was why it took so long. I did not remember the last 75-100 pages at all!

Also got started on the 5th Chet and Bernie book.

I finished reading This House is Haunted last night. It is good! 19th century England is the perfect setting for a gothic mystery novel - no automobiles, no telephones, no 911. I was a bit disappointed that

Spoiler

the governess didn't find romance (I've read too many gothic romances lol).

 

[cat in a bag]

I finished reading This House is Haunted last night. It is good! 19th century England is the perfect setting for a gothic mystery novel - no automobiles, no telephones, no 911. I was a bit disappointed that

Spoiler

the governess didn't find romance (I've read too many gothic romances lol).

I can't read your spoiler yet, I have about 50 pages to go!

 

[no bounce no play]

I'm going to start The Halloween Man by Douglas Clegg today. I've never read anything by Clegg so I thought I'd give him a try.

 

[cat in a bag]

I finished reading This House is Haunted last night. It is good! 19th century England is the perfect setting for a gothic mystery novel - no automobiles, no telephones, no 911. I was a bit disappointed that

Spoiler

the governess didn't find romance (I've read too many gothic romances lol).

Ok, I finished it yesterday afternoon. Agree with your spoiler! I liked this book a lot. It had tons of atmosphere!

 

[danie]

I finished reading This House is Haunted last night. It is good! 19th century England is the perfect setting for a gothic mystery novel - no automobiles, no telephones, no 911. I was a bit disappointed that

Spoiler

the governess didn't find romance (I've read too many gothic romances lol).

Ok, I finished it yesterday afternoon. Agree with your spoiler! I liked this book a lot. It had tons of atmosphere!

I'm glad you guys liked it! If you read any of Boyne's other books, let me know if they're good. I keep trying to decide which of his I should buy.

 

[cat in a bag]

I'm glad you guys liked it! If you read any of Boyne's other books, let me know if they're good. I keep trying to decide which of his I should buy.

I have not read the book, but he also wrote The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. I have seen the movie, it is really good. But extremely sad. I would guess the book would be good. But it is an entirely different subject, WWII and Nazis.

 

[Steffen]

I just spent the last 3 years catching up on all my SK books, and now I've read all. Time to dig into some other stuff.

Since I have a habit of reading several books at a time (so it always takes my a while to finish one; I'm eccentric like that), here is my current list.

I'm presently re-reading Lord of The Rings, and am about to start: