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Just finished "Birdwatcher: the Life of Roger Tory Peterson" by Elizabeth J. Rosenthal. I had downloaded this to my Kindle months ago, and started it then, but got way-laid until this past week when I picked it up again. It's a great biography, published in 2008, and it's given me a fairly large list of follow-up reading material to pursue. I began birdwatching fairly late in the game, but don't travel anywhere now without my Peterson's field guide! I'm strictly an amateur, but becoming aware of birds has broadened my experiences in the outdoors immeasurably and given me so much enjoyment. Reading about Roger Peterson's life was so interesting. I can't wait to get my hands on a copy of his classic, "Wild America". If you've ever used a Peterson's field guide, you'll love this book.
 
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The Nameless said:
Trying? Are you struggling with it? For me it was one of the fastest, easiest to read, and best books I ever picked up.
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Having a difficult time getting into it at all.

I have never not finished a King book, so I'm trying to get through it. Even that damn dog book, which I hate because of how absolutely terrifying it was...even that one I finished. (That book came to life and I could not leave those poor people stuck forever, I had to read to the end...for them.)

But so far, nothing and no-one in Joyland has come to life.
 
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AnnaMarie said:
Having a difficult time getting into it at all.

I have never not finished a King book, so I'm trying to get through it. Even that damn dog book, which I hate because of how absolutely terrifying it was...even that one I finished. (That book came to life and I could not leave those poor people stuck forever, I had to read to the end...for them.)

But so far, nothing and no-one in Joyland has come to life.
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There have been some folken that have stated here that they couldn't 'get into it' when they first started it, but then after 25 or so pages it just 'clicked' and off they went. It really is one of King's better novels, right up there with The Green Mile or Shawshank Redemption. Keep going- it will hook you eventually.
 
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The Nameless said:
Trying? Are you struggling with it? For me it was one of the fastest, easiest to read, and best books I ever picked up.
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Joyland is one of my top 5 favorite SK books of all time. I was hooked from page 1 and teared up at the end. The writing, the characterizations and especially the sense of place and time are amazing. I was really hoping that this feeling would have trickled over to Doctor Sleep, but alas, for me it did not and I found that book particularly disappointing and lacking.
Different strokes for different folks.
 
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I agree with you guys on Joyland. It was a one of the best novels in years by SK. The slow beginning has always been the trademark of Stephen King, and the story didn't let an SK fan down.
Reading NOS4A2 by Joe Hill. Some 1/4 to go, and I think this is as good as Horns or better, but a couple of hundred pages to go still.
And also reading Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis. I don't know what is going on, this could turn out either way. So different compared to American Psycho, is all I can say for now.
 
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carrie's younger brother said:
Joyland is one of my top 5 favorite SK books of all time. I was hooked from page 1 and teared up at the end. The writing, the characterizations and especially the sense of place and time are amazing. I was really hoping that this feeling would have trickled over to Doctor Sleep, but alas, for me it did not and I found that book particularly disappointing and lacking.
Different strokes for different folks.
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Just at the end? lol I had to put it down for a couple of hours mid way through--totally unprepared for
a dying kid book, especially a dying kid who knows it and is so pragmatic about it.
It's my favorite King in a while--really, really loved it.
 
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skimom2 said:
Just at the end? lol I had to put it down for a couple of hours mid way through--totally unprepared for
a dying kid book, especially a dying kid who knows it and is so pragmatic about it.
It's my favorite King in a while--really, really loved it.
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You know, your spoiler reminded me that I did actually tear up a few times during the book. So glad to know someone else thinks of it as their "favorite King in a while." And to think I was not that jazzed about it when it was first announced!
 
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Finished Joyland a couple of days ago, and am now a couple hundred pages into Dr. Sleep. Liked the first, and am enjoying the second.
Also, I like to read a nonfiction book on the side as I read my fiction, so have been reading A Private Disgrace about the Lizzie Borden murders.
 
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