I figured as much when I saw it in the clearance bin at Big Lots a few years ago!
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Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
Yes - I feel that way, toohmm kinda puts me off a bit, I have The Deep on my 'To Read' list too. Need a book I can really get in to
Have you tried 11/22/63 yet?
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Yes - I feel that way, too
Have you tried 11/22/63 yet?
I haven't read it, I haven't watched the mini-series yet either. Is it a good one?
I love this picture by the way!
You might try Blood Meridian. It isnt exactly full of light but it is good. IMO not as dark as The Road.Egad! I may not be able to read any more then.
Almost done with Tommyknockers now, (slow reading what with mini vacation and all), then it's on to Rose Madder! It's been a while since I've visited the Woman in Red, so looking forward to that.
Thanks! I will add that to my list.
Just finished a Crime Thriller called The Girl In The Ice, am about to make a start on the Shining tonight I want to try and read my way through all of the SK novels this year.
I want to try and read my way through all of the SK novels this year.
Just finished a Crime Thriller called The Girl In The Ice, am about to make a start on the Shining tonight
There is another member here who is doing that very thing! Have you seen his threads?
The Quest Through King (New Video Series) | The StephenKing.com Message Board
My Video Shining Review | The StephenKing.com Message Board
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As far as I'm aware, he is only three books into his project so far, so it might not be too hard for you to catch up and keep pace. Reading along with him might not be a bad idea - it would probably be easier to stick to your resolution if you were doing it with someone else and working to deadlines.
It sounds like a lot of fun! You would get through a LOT of excellent reading in the next few months.
Good luck with it!
There is another member here who is doing that very thing! Have you seen his threads?
The Quest Through King (New Video Series) | The StephenKing.com Message Board
My Video Shining Review | The StephenKing.com Message Board
Mr. Mercedes Video Review & Stop Motion | The StephenKing.com Message Board
As far as I'm aware, he is only three books into his project so far, so it might not be too hard for you to catch up and keep pace. Reading along with him might not be a bad idea - it would probably be easier to stick to your resolution if you were doing it with someone else and working to deadlines.
It sounds like a lot of fun! You would get through a LOT of excellent reading in the next few months.
No I hadn't seen the threads, I may be able to catch up.
Started The World in Winter by John Christopher. Depicts England and its reactions when a new Ice Age arrives. He captures the disbelieving phase very well (its only temporary, Its just a few degrees, A little ice on the thames is okay) and how they for a long time refuses to see the bigger implications. Then the emigration (read escape) to warmer countries like Egypt and Nigeria and how the proud english have difficulties not being on the one who decides. This phase have just begun.
Finished Thrones, Dominations. Or at least the part of it that Sayers wrote. It is the last Wimseybook and Sayers abandoned it when no murder had occurred yet, somewhere 1936-37. Her part is delightful to read and it it is a pity that the rest does not hold the same calibre. I just glanced through that part(it was a reread) . Jill Paton Walsh was asked to finish the book and IMO did NOT do a good job. Everyone else seems to think so (glowing praise from everyone from P.D. James and down makes me wonder if they have read it. Calling the transition from Sayers to Walsh seamless is ridicolous). Not that Sayers was a plotmaker in the class of Christie but she had other strenghts that evened that out. Walsh has not. She is obviously, like many, a deep admirer of Sayers but that does not qualify her to write like Sayers. Very soon after the murder has occurred it become obvious who the guilty party is. So as a crime novel it is a bust. If you like Lord Peter Wimsey it is interesting to see what happens to him. And Sayers part (up till shortly before the murder i should imagine, perhaps a chapter or two before. That is just my guess the only thing i know for a fact is that Sayers did not write about a murder when she stopped and perhaps she never intended to. In Gaudy Night, her best, no murder is actually committed). If you are really good in characterization, as Sayers was, you dont need blood and violence to keep the tension high.
Oh, Jill Paton Walsh wrote another Wimsey novel, forgot the title, from scratch. That is probably one of the worst crime novels i ever read. Never has a solution been so obvious and never has the cops and the "brilliant" detectives refused to put relevant questions for so long.
Oh, Jill Paton Walsh wrote another Wimsey novel, forgot the title, from scratch. That is probably one of the worst crime novels i ever read. Never has a solution been so obvious and never has the cops and the "brilliant" detectives refused to put relevant questions for so long.
Do you like Edward Rutherford? He writes about England at different moments in history. I really enjoyed The Forest.
Thats an author i haven'r read. Worth to dip into his work?
I think so. He's a bit more sophisticated than Ken Follett but just as exciting. His novels are generally historically accurate but great fun. I've sampled his other work but only so that I could get an idea of his writing style. Since I've only read The Forest I'll recommend that one. I didn't want it to end.
Thank you! I'll check it out. I like Follett.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
The book is great - so much better than the mini-series. I did record and save the mini-series but the book is 10 times better - you should read itI haven't read it, I haven't watched the mini-series yet either. Is it a good one?
I love this picture by the way!
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
That's a very ambitious goal! - Good luck with it - are you a fast reader?Just finished a Crime Thriller called The Girl In The Ice, am about to make a start on the Shining tonight
That's the problem. He writes so beautifully and yet none of them have a happy ending.Egad! I may not be able to read any more then.
I will doThe book is great - so much better than the mini-series. I did record and save the mini-series but the book is 10 times better - you should read it
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It is ambitious, especially as I keep seeing other books I want to read too!
I have read 2 books in the last week or so
Lots of SK books are so chunky though! We will see how it goes.
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