I started Thackery's 'Vanity Fair' last week. Published much like Dickens 'Pickwick Papers' back in the day, monthly, in a newspaper. It's a pretty good story. Pretty, pretty good.
What Are You Reading? Part Deux
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Awesome text! Are you a fan of Victorian literature? It's late Victorian, but I think Eliot's Middlemarch is absolutely brilliant (also published in serial form).
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Tonight I started Twilight Eyes by Dean Koontz. It usually takes me ages to chose a new book but I looked at my non king book case and picked it up knowing it is generally thought of as one of his better books. So I read a few lines, realised it has a carnival setting and thought "Yes please". I do like a carnival/fun fair setting, it's why I loved Joyland so much.
Just finished this fascinating book about the guys who created most modern theme park rides as we know them. Roller Coasters, Flumes and Flying Saucers. These guys built the Matterhorn, the first steel tube roller coaster, created the water ride, the omnimover, the corkscrew... just about everything we now love to ride. Technical specs in it, too. Really fun read.
Twilight Eyes is one of my favorite Koontz books. I hope that you'll enjoy it as much as I did.
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I've only read lightning by Koontz, which I loved. From what I can gather, popular opinion seems to be that he had four stand out, well received novels in a short time frame in the late 80s/early 90s - lightning, twilight eyes, strangers and watchers.
I like it so far, very early on yet but I will say that he seems to have swallowed a thesaurus.
At least there isn't going to be any type of supernaturally gifted Golden Retrievers in Twilight Eyes. I'm not sure about the bougainvillea though.....
My favorite Koontz book as well.
I enjoyed it.
Also liked 'Watchers' but I was very young when I read it, I don't know how it would hold up for me now.
That's when the magic golden comes in.
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Trying to finish Skinny Dip by Hiaasen. About halfway through and keep getting sidetracked.
Finished Nocturnal by Scott Sigler. I liked it. a kind of horrorthriller. If you knew the things that roams the streets of San Fransisco..... Now i started Pandemic. A book about a real nasty outbreak with something worse than Ebola or Warburg. Dont know how good it is yet since i just started but i have always had a weak spot for outbreak that threaten the world stories so i just know i will enjoy it. Nothing can ever beat the Stand of course but i like even the bad ones for some reason.
Am 375 pages in Pandemic now (its 700 long) and i enjoy. Though i enjoy it i feel that the author (A.G. Riddle) ought to have edited one more time. The main story, the pandemic story, gets mixed with a bit too many backstories about the main characters youth. These are nothing special and could have been shortened. But as i said i have a serious weak spot for stories about infection, diseases, epidemics and pandemics. Come on, you can say it, I'm a sick kind a guy.....
I've been busy this past month and haven't gotten to read much, but I'm progressing steadily through "Wizard and Glass".
My moms only read "Firestarter" and "Christine"
My dads read a handful of King books through
I am about half way through The Deep - Nick Cutter. I'm not, not enjoying it, but I feel like I am still waiting for something to happen....
Hi, Toni. Got any other King books lined up?
I must sadly say that i have given up on Cutter. I read The Troop and decided not to go there again.
Thoroughly enjoying The Crooked Staircase by Koontz at the moment.
Jane Hawk's adventures have been pretty good so far, waiting for book 4 to release!
Jane Hawk's adventures have been pretty good so far, waiting for book 4 to release!
The new Michael Koryta book, How It Happened is a kindle daily deal today for $3.99.
Highly recommended by yours truly (and by some guy named Steve too).
Highly recommended by yours truly (and by some guy named Steve too).
Hey, how are you?
Just before I started The Deep I finished The DT series except from The Wind through The Keyhole, going to save it for later
I am now back to my 'reading in published order list' Christine is next