I thought so. Hunger was a hard book--maybe because it was kids. The ending wasn't as strong as the beginning, but I like the series quite a bit
What Are You Reading?
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So I'm at the part in Gone Girl where it's told from Amy's (the wife) point of view and have to say that
she is one big whack-a-doodle!!!!
Ooooh I loved Gone Girl! Aside from the ending.
I have an old favorite paperback somewhere with stories by Bloch and Bradbury. I think it included Bradbury's The Black Ferris (the short story Bradbury later expanded into Something Wicked This Way Comes). Is The Black Ferris included in your paperback?
I'm about halfway through Passages. This is a difficult novel to read if you don't have a good memory for names! I had just gotten a few main character names memorized when... y'know... *sigh* Luckily, I'm reading Passages on my kindle so when I wonder, Who is this? Am I supposed to know who this is?, I can click on Search This Book
One thing I love about ebooks, because I too forget names when there are too many minor characters.
I'm reading The Winter People by Jennifer MacMahon, divinely creepy!
YES! It's one of the best thing about e-books. You just click on the name and if x-ray is enabled (at least with a Kindle), you can find out who the character is. Worst case scenario, you can easily go back to when the character was introduced and refresh your memory. The same with place names, etc. And I also love the fact that you can look up the definition right there of any word.
Exactly.
I'll confess if I'm reading a real book, I usually make the teeniest tiniest dog ear in the bottom corner of the page when a new character is introduced or when there is obvious foreshadowing (I bookmark in ebooks).
When I finish the book, I undo the folds.
I really enjoyed Gone Girl b/c of the tone of the book. I was so engrossed in the character of Amy. I haven't been able to read any of Gillian Flynn's other books yet. I tried starting Dark Places but I don't like reading about things that are too march on the weird, dark, scary side b/c I can't just stop thinking about things when I close a book. My mind doesn't work that way. I can't watch scary movies or movies where ppl are harmed in a really bad way... I don't know if I am making sense.
Anyways... if you enjoyed Gone Girl I would recommend Luckiest Girl Alive. The cover said it was the next Gone Girl and I disagree with that although that was the reason I picked up the book... I would say that the main character in Luckiest Girl Alive did remind me of Amy in a way... I even pictured Rosamund Pike as the character just like I did when reading Gone Girl.
I just finished reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn for my book club and I liked it very much. Nothing really happens in the book; the story is just about a girl's life growing up in Brooklyn in the early 1900's. But I enjoyed the main character so much and seeing how her perceptions of life changed as she got older.
Currently reading The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin and The Obituary Writer by Ann Hood.
Finished The Institute, started the follow up, The Resistance.
Been a while since I've been able to read because of an eye issue but I'm back on the Kindle again with...
I am currently reading "It" by Mr. King, although The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle is also as a long-time-reading on my shelf.
I'm reading "Socrates" by Josef Toman and Miroslava Tomanova (his wife). It's the second book by Josef Toman that I'm reading and I love it. I can see a pattern which is similar the first book of his that I read, but this does not take away from the great story and the beautiful writing. I had no idea Socrates was a stonemason the first part of his life.
Well...I actually make books for a living. I manufacture the machine knives that are used in what we call "spine preparation", and I actually think the E-book has reached it peak, and paper books are making a comeback. I have all of Kings books in first edition...and I still love the way they smell at night during a Boston blizzard.....
I'm a bit stuck at the moment lol. Just finished Bag Of Bones & i'm not sure whether I want to re read Lisey's Story next or start The Passage trilogy by Justin Cronin so I can be caught up for the 3rd releasing in May. Decisions, decisions! I would like to experience re reading Lisey's right after BOB though. Might start that one & crack open The Passage after.
Been a while since I've been able to read because of an eye issue but I'm back on the Kindle again with...
How do you like it?
Passages is a trilogy? $&@#%^* Does anyone know if the next two books have to be read in order to get an ending? or are they like sequels you don't have to read?
A Prayer for Owen Meany. Never read an Irving novel before, but I (think?) I saw the film adaptation of Owen Meany way back when? Maybe.... Is there even a movie version of it?
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