Or was it a book about Bjork?
I bet she stinks when she's wet, too.
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100 or so pages into WOOL and I am utterly hooked.
I always approach new (to me at least) authors with trepidation.
Despite the great reviews, I do wonder if I will take to their style of writing etc.
No such problems with Hugh Howey (for me) though, absolutely loving it.
Ordered books 2 and 3 in the series too
I havn't read Shift or Dust. I'm going to wait to see if you like them before I order them
I'm thinking about ordering the Sand Omnibus. I'm not for sure but I think it's a different story - different than the Silo Series.
Re-reading The Shining. Still creepy, still awesome.
Well, Shift arrived today. So I will keep you postedI havn't read Shift or Dust. I'm going to wait to see if you like them before I order them
I'm thinking about ordering the Sand Omnibus. I'm not for sure but I think it's a different story - different than the Silo Series.
Arcadevere
Gentle Lady From Brady Hartsfield Defense Squad
I'm done fo the five books of the secret series By Pseudonymous Bosch. I'm definitely going to buy the first two of the bad books when i have a money.
Now continue reading Proxy by Alex London. I'm shaking my head and felt so pity to Syd during first chapters because
Now continue reading Proxy by Alex London. I'm shaking my head and felt so pity to Syd during first chapters because
the first chapters of the novel was bit brutal and i feel so sorry to Syd, he was tortured because of his Patron's sin, that i want to hug this guy so tight. Imagine that you were tortured because of the crime of others, especially rich people
I saw that some watched Village Of The Damned during our horror movie marathon. That inspired me to reread the very good little SF novel by John Wyndham it is based on, The Midvich Cuckoos. It is not Wyndhams best (probably The Chrysalids, or The Day of The Triffids, or The Kraken Wakes, or The Trouble With Lichen......) but it is darn good anyway. Most of Wyndham is. Even his weaker novels like Chocky and The Net and The Outward Urge have qualities which makes them worth reading. And he wrote in a time when you told your story and then you wrote The End under it. It didn't matter if it consisted of 150 or 500 pages. So many novels today, in every genre, suffer from elephantaiasis of the words. A book does not get better just because it is longer. So many books today could be better if you took away 200-300 pages. The stories told yesteryear aren't really less complicated than today but are told in a more economic way. Then the story was served to you, now you often have to dig for it among all the words. Sorry, i digress.............
I just picked up an amazing book titled:
13Bites Volume IV
with some great short stories in it. one writer, his name escapes me at the moment, pens such an amazing story of supernatural mystery, family tragedy- and sadness, it brought me to tears.
it's waaaay better than last years, so look out for his next one sold in obscure internet purchase sites, next to the bargain Kindle editions, and self help tuition.
13Bites Volume IV
with some great short stories in it. one writer, his name escapes me at the moment, pens such an amazing story of supernatural mystery, family tragedy- and sadness, it brought me to tears.
it's waaaay better than last years, so look out for his next one sold in obscure internet purchase sites, next to the bargain Kindle editions, and self help tuition.
I'm reading my first John Grisham novel- his latest, The Whistler. Enjoying it so far.
Started The Lost And The Found by Ursula K. LeGuin. A collection of her novellas. So far very rewarding. She is never uninteresting. Her stories isnt filled with action or adventure in the traditional sense. She comments on it by saying she always found it boring unless the physical action was the result of a psychological action inside the person. Therefore to write about what goes on inside is just as important. Starting The Buffalo Girls now.
I've started reading some classics. I get them free through Amazon Prime. Already read The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dracula and The Count of Monte Cristo. Downloaded Treasure Island (reading now), Frankenstein, Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde, and the horror collection of Arthur Conan Doyle. Enjoying every minute of it.
Arcadevere
Gentle Lady From Brady Hartsfield Defense Squad
I'm done of Alex London's Proxy, and i love it, altho one of the character of the book was fall again to the category of my books who fell under my curse called "The Fictional Characters that Sam (or in my actual nickname, Reg) Loves will Die" curse.
(Seriously, i hate the fact that almost all of my fave characters in novels, videogames, movies, and series would end up dead)
I'm going to read the sequel of this book tomorrow, because i finished the book (including the mini-prequel) and the time was already midnight
(Seriously, i hate the fact that almost all of my fave characters in novels, videogames, movies, and series would end up dead)
I did not expect the last and shocking plot twist at the very last chapter, altho i'm fully aware that Syd's Blood was used to Knox as a transfusion after a set-up accident at the very start, i did not see that ending coming. Maybe i was overshadowed by Syd's fate of being sacrificed to upload the virus (which ended up avoided because Knox sacrificed himself to upload the virus, considering he was also infected by Syd's virus due to transfusion)).
I just left shocked by the ending
I just left shocked by the ending
I'm going to read the sequel of this book tomorrow, because i finished the book (including the mini-prequel) and the time was already midnight
Still plodding through Requiem for a Dream.
The story is definitely interesting, but told in the voices of some poor, uneducated people and the lack of punctuation, etc is slowing me down.
The story is definitely interesting, but told in the voices of some poor, uneducated people and the lack of punctuation, etc is slowing me down.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Made abrreak in Leguin and started Sabertooth by Lou Coble. Its a kind i guess you'll call it YA but. Its a group of paleontology interested students that go on an excursion with their teacher and two paleontologists as a guide. Then they pass through a timegate and find themselves 30 million years back in time. How to survive? They havent brought weapons, onlu some things to bring a fossil to earth. Now they are surrounded by live Sabertooths, Creodonts (a kind of bonecrushing packhunting hyenalike creatures) Oreodonts (I guess sheep would be closest but they are not really related) and many more. Entertaining if rather lightweight.
I'm currently watching a documentary on Thomas Quick, do you have some personal story or insight to this guy?
I dont believe Quick has ever murdered anyone. He likes the attention. Every place where he has said he has buried bodies noone has been found. The trial was a joke, they wanted closure but there was no proof and actually quite a lot of proof he didn't do it. The result is that one or several murderers got away because a deluded attention seeker wanted to be Swedens premier serial killer. Rubbish. Fact is that he actually has an alibi for some of the murders he claims to have committed. But he never mentioned it. Some of the interrogations of him were jokes too. Not a proud moment for the swedish police. Now time has caught up to him and most see him as the fraud he always was except a few polices that refuse to accept that they were so eager to catch someone that they caught the wrong guy. A sad story altogether. What view does the ducumentary take? That he did commit murder (which has been proven to be rubbish) or that he didnt?
So far, it is setting it up that he DID. But, I think the ultimate goal of the documentary itself is to show he didn't. Not quite at the end yet.
How tragic for all these people who are still searching for loved ones. Because he was convicted, they stop looking for the real killer.
Have ANY of these young people ever been found and their REAL murderer found?
Started Forever Odd by Dean Koontz last night. I've got the flu so it's going to be awhile til I get back to it as I hate reading (or doing anything that requires concentrating) when I'm sick.
Oh, feel better!
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