Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
I have one of her books called "Death du Jour" on my bookshelf - still haven't started it yet - so what did you think of her writing style? Was it good?
What Are You Reading? Part Deux
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Did a sudden detour from my zombies.. Read The Great Mortality - An Intimate History of The Black Death. by John Kelly. Really good You not only get to know how and when and from where to where it spread but you also get to know the Plague chroniclers much better. Not only the famous ones like, Petrarch and Boccaccio and Chaucer but also people like Angelo De Tura and Giovanni violanni.
....coulda been zombies there as well........perfect backdrop dontcha know......
Decided to try a little Bentley Little. The one King has called "The Horror Poet Laureate". Found The Haunted, The Resort and The Academy in a thrift store. Started with The Academy. Started in a creepy way, that principal is up to no good i think but i read 100 pages and i'mstill not sure where the story is going which is a good thing in a story. Have you read Bentley Little?? Is he good? Any special titles to look for? He is an new author for me even if i knew of him for a while but this is my first book.
Something to Remember You By
by Gene Wilder
Gene was a romantic.
I'm not a romance reader. I avoid them like a flea infested, rat biting plague. But, I love Gene Wilder and this work is a small little romance set during WWII, as was My French Whore.
Are these Pulitzer Prize winning books? No. Is the writing sophisticated and complex? No.
I've said this before and I'll say it again, they are very simple little tales simply told.
I'm sentimentally drawn to the storyteller.
by Gene Wilder
Gene was a romantic.
I'm not a romance reader. I avoid them like a flea infested, rat biting plague. But, I love Gene Wilder and this work is a small little romance set during WWII, as was My French Whore.
Are these Pulitzer Prize winning books? No. Is the writing sophisticated and complex? No.
I've said this before and I'll say it again, they are very simple little tales simply told.
I'm sentimentally drawn to the storyteller.
Yap, i really liked it, especially the main Character Tempe Brennan.
She is a real eccentric with a strange kind of Humor, that i like so much
I have read two Books, "Bones to Ashes" and "Devil Bones"
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Thanks for taking the time to answer - I'm still thinking of reading that new one by SK (at least it will be easy to take with me, as it's very light!) {Good waiting room material}
Started and am halfway through The Collector by John Fowles. Very interesting......
Have this in my to be read pile. Let me know your thoughts on it.
It's a good tale, although good bit outdated (no cell phones, etc.). The first half of the book is told from his point of view and the second is told from the woman that he's kidnapped. I haven't reached her part yet.
I'd like to hear your review, too. It's a brilliant book. I like that it's told through his and her (1st person) POV. The psychology was staggeringly realistic. I have an original '60s paperback but I'd like to find hardcovers of it and The Magus.
Thanks for the vote of confidence. Maybe it will get moved up in the line.
That whole chapter with Mia and Susannah on the castle allure really made my head hurt
Just finished Under the Dome and started to read 11/22/63. 11/22/63 is one of my favourite/favorite novels. Stephen manages to convey a vivid description of late 50 early 60's America. Also, Time travel is a little hobby of mine. I wrote this before, But there could have been a time travel paradox in this book. But STephen did his research. In the book Timeline by Michael Crichton, , There IS a time travel paradox. Whew, heavy stuff. there is smoke coming out of my ears.
And now for something totally different, I keep on having a recurring dream, that I score the winning try in the final of the Rugby World Cup against, Guess who? yep the All Blacks.
And now for something totally different, I keep on having a recurring dream, that I score the winning try in the final of the Rugby World Cup against, Guess who? yep the All Blacks.
Driving To Geronimo's Grave - Joe Lansdale
A collection of 6 short stories that aren't quite novellas (they are around 40-50 pages each). I like it so far (I've read 4 of the 6). There's quite a variety here. Of the 4 that I've read, 1 is a depression era tale, there are a couple of science fiction-ish tales and 1 is a coming of age story.
Recently finished:
Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandell
I liked this one quite a bit. It's a world destroyed by flu tale (sound familiar so far?
) but it has some interesting differences from most of these type of stories. For one, a good portion of the story is about some characters that didn't even survive the flu outbreak. Also, most of the survivors have settled into communities and are (more or less) comfortable where they are and scared to move around. The story is mainly about a traveling theater group that goes from town to town and performs plays and music in the different communities.
Amityville Horrible - Kelley Armstrong
Humorous and suspenseful novella about a spiritualist doing a reality TV ghost show.
A collection of 6 short stories that aren't quite novellas (they are around 40-50 pages each). I like it so far (I've read 4 of the 6). There's quite a variety here. Of the 4 that I've read, 1 is a depression era tale, there are a couple of science fiction-ish tales and 1 is a coming of age story.
Recently finished:
Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandell
I liked this one quite a bit. It's a world destroyed by flu tale (sound familiar so far?
) but it has some interesting differences from most of these type of stories. For one, a good portion of the story is about some characters that didn't even survive the flu outbreak. Also, most of the survivors have settled into communities and are (more or less) comfortable where they are and scared to move around. The story is mainly about a traveling theater group that goes from town to town and performs plays and music in the different communities. Amityville Horrible - Kelley Armstrong
Humorous and suspenseful novella about a spiritualist doing a reality TV ghost show.
Just finished a big anthology of Jewish folklore I found in the Salvation Army, published in 1948. It is funny as hell and teaches a lot about moralistic behaviour through humour. Oy vey was it good!
Recently read Twilight by Peter James & was surprisingly hooked!! I won't divulge any spoilers but if you're a fan of the supernatural its one I'd recommend.
Currently reading Cujo (currently in the stalled car with Donna & Tad) and also still getting through Wizard & Glass which seems to me, maybe to others of you too, that most of it is quite irrelevant to the whole Dark Tower story??
Currently reading Cujo (currently in the stalled car with Donna & Tad) and also still getting through Wizard & Glass which seems to me, maybe to others of you too, that most of it is quite irrelevant to the whole Dark Tower story??
....the legend of the Golem was Jewish was it not?......
....nothing is irrelevant in that Universe.....
Lol i thought that too, it picks up after the second act of the flashback. It’s important for character development/world building, introducing some key items to the story.
Wizard’s Rainbow
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