What Are You Reading?

[lowman]

Well im not liking the way it starts out with the first page just WHAMO! Got drunk and woke up with horns. But will see how it goes.

 

[Kurben]

Well im not liking the way it starts out with the first page just WHAMO! Got drunk and woke up with horns. But will see how it goes.

Is it someone else that think of Kafka? The story where a man goes to bed and wake up as an insect? The change? Not sure about the english name. Has Hill ever mentioned an influence?

 

[Demeter]

Is it someone else that think of Kafka? The story where a man goes to bed and wake up as an insect? The change? Not sure about the english name. Has Hill ever mentioned an influence?

Ha, that is similar. I never made the connection but would be interesting to know if one exists.
I loved The Metamorphosis. Even stranger is the fact that Kafka doesn't provide an explanation. It's one of my favorite novellas and I think it qualifies as horror.

 

[Neesy]

Watch the movie. Seriously. The book is good, but the narrative format is a little confusing. The movie does a good job at streamlining that while not changing the story very much. My daughter said she understood some things in the book better after having seen the movie (it took me two goes to get through the book, as well.) I liked Horns quite a bit, once I got through it, but it feels experimental with the way the story is laid out and not altogether successful.

Thanks for this advice. I have only read Joe's book NOS4A2 so far, which I enjoyed very much. He has a good sense of humour, I think (like his Dad).

 

[imaginary friend]

Watch the movie. Seriously. The book is good, but the narrative format is a little confusing. The movie does a good job at streamlining that while not changing the story very much. My daughter said she understood some things in the book better after having seen the movie (it took me two goes to get through the book, as well.) I liked Horns quite a bit, once I got through it, but it feels experimental with the way the story is laid out and not altogether successful.

i was unaware a Horns movie version was out there, the book was excellent reading perhaps someday i may find the motivation to hunt the movie down.

Spoiler: please don't read if you've not read the book

i can relate to many of Ig's adventures, not that i've ever actually grown horns but i did ride a shopping cart down a dirt trail on a hill in the neighborhood. i remember i was quite sore for a short time, probably lucky i did not break my skull.

my personal favorite from that author is Heart Shaped Box but NOS4A2 is excellent reading, it's a bit of a toss for me but i'm more into ghostie stories........

 

[Kurben]

Ha, that is similar. I never made the connection but would be interesting to know if one exists.
I loved The Metamorphosis. Even stranger is the fact that Kafka doesn't provide an explanation. It's one of my favorite novellas and I think it qualifies as horror.

Ah.... Thats the name. I read it in a Swedish translation since my language skills does not cover Kafkas language. My fave Kafka story.

 

[skimom2]

i was unaware a Horns movie version was out there, the book was excellent reading perhaps someday i may find the motivation to hunt the movie down.

Spoiler: please don't read if you've not read the book

i can relate to many of Ig's adventures, not that i've ever actually grown horns but i did ride a shopping cart down a dirt trail on a hill in the neighborhood. i remember i was quite sore for a short time, probably lucky i did not break my skull.

my personal favorite from that author is Heart Shaped Box but NOS4A2 is excellent reading, it's a bit of a toss for me but i'm more into ghostie stories........

HSB is my favorite of his so far, too. The Kindle shorts aren't to be sneezed at, either! I've really enjoyed all of them

 

[skimom2]

Thanks for this advice. I have only read Joe's book NOS4A2 so far, which I enjoyed very much. He has a good sense of humour, I think (like his Dad).

He has humor, for sure. I don't think his writing style is copy-cat, though. He's...tougher than Mr. King, maybe? Less sentimental? It was interesting reading In The Tall Grass; after having read Mr. King's books and stories since I was a young teen, it was immediately obvious to me which writer wrote which bits And please don't think I disliked Horns--I really did like it. It was just a challenging narrative style--jumped around a lot. Definitely one I needed to read twice to really love.

 

[skimom2]

Is it someone else that think of Kafka? The story where a man goes to bed and wake up as an insect? The change? Not sure about the english name. Has Hill ever mentioned an influence?

There are definitely similarities with Metamorphosis! That's one of my favorite short stories

 

[carrie's younger brother]

He has humor, for sure. I don't think his writing style is copy-cat, though. He's...tougher than Mr. King, maybe? Less sentimental? It was interesting reading In The Tall Grass; after having read Mr. King's books and stories since I was a young teen, it was immediately obvious to me which writer wrote which bits And please don't think I disliked Horns--I really did like it. It was just a challenging narrative style--jumped around a lot. Definitely one I needed to read twice to really love.

Very much agree with you about Horns. Of all his writing, it's the most "experimental" if you will. I like the book, but it's my least favorite of his.

 

[skimom2]

Very much agree with you about Horns. Of all his writing, it's the most "experimental" if you will. I like the book, but it's my least favorite of his.

Yep. I liked the story, but not so much the style in which it was written. Experimental is a GREAT word for it.

 

[no bounce no play]

Been reading the Mammoth Book of Native Americans. Good.

Have you read Touch the Earth: A Self-Portrait of Indian Existence by T. C. McLuhan? It's like spiritual and philosophical and it has wonderful old photos.

 

[no bounce no play]

He has humor, for sure. I don't think his writing style is copy-cat, though. He's...tougher than Mr. King, maybe? Less sentimental? It was interesting reading In The Tall Grass; after having read Mr. King's books and stories since I was a young teen, it was immediately obvious to me which writer wrote which bits And please don't think I disliked Horns--I really did like it. It was just a challenging narrative style--jumped around a lot. Definitely one I needed to read twice to really love.

lol... I tried to guess who wrote what and couldn't. At first I thought the dialog with natural cussing had to have been written by Joe and the quirky stuff by SK but I kept changing my mind

 

[Liz Sanders]

I didn't "like" the ending, but I thought it was believable for those characters.

What you said! So many ppl felt the ending was awful. I liked the ending in that I thought it was realistic for the characters even though I disagreed with the ending.

 

[Kaidan Shadowplay]

I just started reading Selected Tales by the Brothers Grimm.

 

[Samantha_]

So, I just picked up a copy of Revival; going to start reading it soon. Hope it's awesome.

 

[staropeace]

So, I just picked up a copy of Revival; going to start reading it soon. Hope it's awesome.

.....er.

 

[Haunted]

I just finished reading Omens by Kelley Armstrong; it held my attention and was exciting in several places. Has anyone else read this series? There are two follow on efforts and I am wondering with my TBR pile as high as the sky should I place Ms. Armstrong on my 'gotta read more list'?

 

[Haunted]

.....er.

Perszactly.

 

[skimom2]

Really struggling with the latest review book. There are moments of humor, but it mostly feels phoned in, with many info dumps--formula to the rescue. I'm sorry to see that, because when I heard the author speak at a conference last year she was very funny and relatable.