What Are You Reading? Part Deux
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Funny.
One starts reading Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and his boy. Then the person falls asleep.
Nice Job Steven King and Owen. You somehow put a sleeping spell on the new book literally lol
One starts reading Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and his boy. Then the person falls asleep.
Nice Job Steven King and Owen. You somehow put a sleeping spell on the new book literally lol
Abandon by Blake Crouch. Kind of a Roanoke situation where a mining village is completely abandoned. No bodies, meals left uneaten, etc. Although I'm getting suspicions I'm still enjoying it immensely.
My first ever evanovich book. Visions of sugar plums. Pretty good so far.
Your visions or the book?
(I know it's the name of the book)
240 pages into David Copperfield, by Dickens. Started yesterday and finding it hard to put down.
I have never read Dickens. I know, what a slacker, right? I guess I might have to remedy that. How did work/class go today?
I'm not as far along as you, though. You read as fast as a goat eats weeds.
Oh, Dana!!! Yes, you are missing out!! Dickens is one not to be missed. Perhaps start with Oliver Twist or A Tale of Two Cities and work from there. I am not being hyperbolic when I say the sheer beauty of the language of Dickens’s novels often brings me to tears.
It was exhausting. Six hours of first aid/CPR training—not physically taxing stuff, but six hours of (mostly) watching videos can drive anyone insane. Ha!
WHAT. I didn’t know you were reading David Copperfield.I'm not as far along as you, though. You read as fast as a goat eats weeds.
I couldn’t finish Son of the Circus....
I am finding it difficult to finish, as well. It's the first time where I think Irving's narrative thread gets bogged down in a circuitous mess. What chapter did you reach?
I think 14 or 15.
I just finished reading Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer. It's the first novel in the Southern Reach Trilogy. It's sci-fi.
Annihilation won the 2015 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 2014 Shirley Jackson Award for best novel. It's been made into a movie that will be released in February 2018.
I liked it but I'm not sure why. There's not a whole lot of action or dialog. It's mostly about the thoughts of the main character but Vandermeer is such a good writer, the story flowed right along. It was a bit disturbing - I'm going to have to read a couple cozy mysteries to put my mind back in order.
Annihilation won the 2015 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 2014 Shirley Jackson Award for best novel. It's been made into a movie that will be released in February 2018.
I liked it but I'm not sure why. There's not a whole lot of action or dialog. It's mostly about the thoughts of the main character but Vandermeer is such a good writer, the story flowed right along. It was a bit disturbing - I'm going to have to read a couple cozy mysteries to put my mind back in order.
oops......fell asleep.
What did i miss?
What did i miss?
Good to see you back!
You've been missed, too. Hope you can stick around now that you've had a good snooze.Hey, Ms. Mod! Great to be back