yes, it seems like i remember that too.
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I haven't read the book in some years, but when I did read it I had seen the movie a number of times already. While reading the book I remember that I kept thinking, "Gee, this book reads almost like a script for the movie."
Just picked up ‘America: Imagine the World Without Her’
It's definately not one of his best....
Just started Infected by Scott Sigler. Started very promising. Gave that Koontz book a look over and decided to skip it. If Kingricefan and Shasta are united then i'm with them. And i'm always been a sucker for diseases that threaten humankind storylines..........
Started to read Dolores Claiborne yesterday. It's a re-read for me.
Shooting Star - Robert Bloch
I bought a bunch of "Hard Case Crime" e-books a year or so ago with the "Daily Deal" and have read 4 or 5 of them so far. This one I'm reading now was written in 1958 and is entertaining as histroical perspective as well as being a good detective story. What is so funny about it (from a histroical perspective) is that the story is about a murdered Hollywood star who was found in his home along with some marijuana in his ashtray. The marijuana has caused quite a scandal and his movies have been pulled from TV because of it. So, not only is the detective trying to solve a murder but he is also trying to clear the actor's good name from the marijuana scandal. Oh, the horror of a Hollywood marijuana scandal.
I bought a bunch of "Hard Case Crime" e-books a year or so ago with the "Daily Deal" and have read 4 or 5 of them so far. This one I'm reading now was written in 1958 and is entertaining as histroical perspective as well as being a good detective story. What is so funny about it (from a histroical perspective) is that the story is about a murdered Hollywood star who was found in his home along with some marijuana in his ashtray. The marijuana has caused quite a scandal and his movies have been pulled from TV because of it. So, not only is the detective trying to solve a murder but he is also trying to clear the actor's good name from the marijuana scandal. Oh, the horror of a Hollywood marijuana scandal.
The horror, the horror........Anyone remember back in the day when a video showing Rob Lowe having sex with an under age girl? Ruined his career (at least for a decade or so). Nowadays- starring in a home-made porn starts a huge lucrative career in Hollywood, just ask Kim Kar-trash-ian!Shooting Star - Robert Bloch
I bought a bunch of "Hard Case Crime" e-books a year or so ago with the "Daily Deal" and have read 4 or 5 of them so far. This one I'm reading now was written in 1958 and is entertaining as histroical perspective as well as being a good detective story. What is so funny about it (from a histroical perspective) is that the story is about a murdered Hollywood star who was found in his home along with some marijuana in his ashtray. The marijuana has caused quite a scandal and his movies have been pulled from TV because of it. So, not only is the detective trying to solve a murder but he is also trying to clear the actor's good name from the marijuana scandal. Oh, the horror of a Hollywood marijuana scandal.
The Birth House by Ami McKay. Great characters set in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland during the early 20th century.
That's funny ! Those rebels!Shooting Star - Robert Bloch
I bought a bunch of "Hard Case Crime" e-books a year or so ago with the "Daily Deal" and have read 4 or 5 of them so far. This one I'm reading now was written in 1958 and is entertaining as histroical perspective as well as being a good detective story. What is so funny about it (from a histroical perspective) is that the story is about a murdered Hollywood star who was found in his home along with some marijuana in his ashtray. The marijuana has caused quite a scandal and his movies have been pulled from TV because of it. So, not only is the detective trying to solve a murder but he is also trying to clear the actor's good name from the marijuana scandal. Oh, the horror of a Hollywood marijuana scandal.
I've read that, and though I remember I really enjoyed it, I can't remember a thing about it. I do know I wanted to read more by Ami McKay after I read it, but it's been a while.
I keep forgetting to use multi-quote.
I'm still working on Middlesex. It's good, but it's not one that is so good I have to stay awake to finish it. I'm thinking of moving on to something more absorbing.
Going to read the new King story that's in the new Esquire mag.
The Nameless
M-O-O-N - That spells Nameless
Ha ha, oh the innocence of the 50s. If an actor doesn't die of a heroin overdose or auto erotic asphyixiation these days, the public just don't want to know.Shooting Star - Robert Bloch
I bought a bunch of "Hard Case Crime" e-books a year or so ago with the "Daily Deal" and have read 4 or 5 of them so far. This one I'm reading now was written in 1958 and is entertaining as histroical perspective as well as being a good detective story. What is so funny about it (from a histroical perspective) is that the story is about a murdered Hollywood star who was found in his home along with some marijuana in his ashtray. The marijuana has caused quite a scandal and his movies have been pulled from TV because of it. So, not only is the detective trying to solve a murder but he is also trying to clear the actor's good name from the marijuana scandal. Oh, the horror of a Hollywood marijuana scandal.
I love the idea - loved the stand, loved the plot arc in Heroes of that nature (until the writers strike screwed it up), and "The Last Of Us" is the best video game I have ever played. I really should read more on it.
Bunch of reviews - apologies if some of these were previously posted.
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
Another entertaining yarn from the Master Yarn Slinger that is firmly planted in reality. The book's strengths as expected lie with King's innate ability to create interesting and endearing characters. Flawed and all the more emotionally engaging because of them. Hodges and Hartsfield make for a great protagonist/antagonist duo and Hodge's unlikely posse of Jerome and Holly - especially Holly, a damaged character who makes great strides through the course of the book. Wish she had been introduced earlier in the book.
As a straight crime novel - not a genre I naturally gravitate to - Mr. Mercedes shares the same restrictions of the genre in that fortuitous events must occur so that the antagonist can be stopped. King supplants supernatural forces with technical voodoo to facilitate those circumstances and they are more visibly obvious as a result. In his horror works those otherwordly forces are less obtrusive and tied into larger unseen forces that are engaged in a perpetual duel of good and evil.
Case in point, Hartsfield's mother - a confirmed lush - leaves vital clues on her personal PC which seems at odds with her established mental and emotional states.
Like, Colorado Kid this is a great change of pace and I look forward to more forthcoming adventures with King's new ka-tet. Mr. Mercedes is an awesome appetite whetter for his next book, Revival which is back in familiar King horror territory and is the one of the two 2014 releases I am most eager to read.
The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder
It's hard to decide which is scarier:
- the ease at which Charles Cullen - "The Angel of Death" - committed his crimes,
- the ease at which he slipped through the health care systems cracks to carry his deeds out at so many different hospitals
- his continuing hiring at said locations despite a known history of suicidal mental and emotional illnesses
- the bureaucracy that did more to protect it's own interests and by extension - Cullen rather than identify him as a health hazard and prevent him from killing others
- the stumbling investigation into Cullen's history thoroughly handcuffed by said bureaucracy
- or the total tally of Cullen's victims will never be known - could be anywhere from 40 to 400.
Fact is truly stranger than fiction.
Skin Game (The Dresden Files, #15) by Jim Butcher
Amazing how this series, fifteen books in now, shows no signs of flagging. I loved this latest instalment and devoured it in two days.
So many great characters!
Butters!!!!!!
The River of Souls by Robert McCammon
This book truly represents the midway point of McCammon's planned 10 book series. It's the tipping point or fulcrum in the series coming in at a relatively slim 257 pages when compared to the rest of the books in the series.
Loved the story concept and I can forgive the somewhat clunky concluding chapters because it leaves Matthew Corbett in such a precarious position. Hope new character Magnus Muldoon continues to a major player in the upcoming books and dear, oh dear how will his friends - especially Berry - react to the news of Corbett's supposed demise?
It is going to be a killer wait for book 6.
McCammon is one of my favorite writers and along with Stephen King and Jim Butcher this has been a helluva of a great summer for reading!
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
Another entertaining yarn from the Master Yarn Slinger that is firmly planted in reality. The book's strengths as expected lie with King's innate ability to create interesting and endearing characters. Flawed and all the more emotionally engaging because of them. Hodges and Hartsfield make for a great protagonist/antagonist duo and Hodge's unlikely posse of Jerome and Holly - especially Holly, a damaged character who makes great strides through the course of the book. Wish she had been introduced earlier in the book.
As a straight crime novel - not a genre I naturally gravitate to - Mr. Mercedes shares the same restrictions of the genre in that fortuitous events must occur so that the antagonist can be stopped. King supplants supernatural forces with technical voodoo to facilitate those circumstances and they are more visibly obvious as a result. In his horror works those otherwordly forces are less obtrusive and tied into larger unseen forces that are engaged in a perpetual duel of good and evil.
Case in point, Hartsfield's mother - a confirmed lush - leaves vital clues on her personal PC which seems at odds with her established mental and emotional states.
Like, Colorado Kid this is a great change of pace and I look forward to more forthcoming adventures with King's new ka-tet. Mr. Mercedes is an awesome appetite whetter for his next book, Revival which is back in familiar King horror territory and is the one of the two 2014 releases I am most eager to read.
The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder
It's hard to decide which is scarier:
- the ease at which Charles Cullen - "The Angel of Death" - committed his crimes,
- the ease at which he slipped through the health care systems cracks to carry his deeds out at so many different hospitals
- his continuing hiring at said locations despite a known history of suicidal mental and emotional illnesses
- the bureaucracy that did more to protect it's own interests and by extension - Cullen rather than identify him as a health hazard and prevent him from killing others
- the stumbling investigation into Cullen's history thoroughly handcuffed by said bureaucracy
- or the total tally of Cullen's victims will never be known - could be anywhere from 40 to 400.
Fact is truly stranger than fiction.
Skin Game (The Dresden Files, #15) by Jim Butcher
Amazing how this series, fifteen books in now, shows no signs of flagging. I loved this latest instalment and devoured it in two days.
So many great characters!
Butters!!!!!!
The River of Souls by Robert McCammon
This book truly represents the midway point of McCammon's planned 10 book series. It's the tipping point or fulcrum in the series coming in at a relatively slim 257 pages when compared to the rest of the books in the series.
Loved the story concept and I can forgive the somewhat clunky concluding chapters because it leaves Matthew Corbett in such a precarious position. Hope new character Magnus Muldoon continues to a major player in the upcoming books and dear, oh dear how will his friends - especially Berry - react to the news of Corbett's supposed demise?
It is going to be a killer wait for book 6.
McCammon is one of my favorite writers and along with Stephen King and Jim Butcher this has been a helluva of a great summer for reading!
I'm on my second DT journey. The first time I read it I was gobsmacked by someting I'd spent so many years ignoring. I'm enjoying it more this time as I'm taking in more details. I'm about 1\4 through Waste Lands. MAN OH MAN!
It gets better each time, trust me!
As I expected.
I finished Wool. It was awesome. I couldn't stop myself from reading, even when I needed to do other things. I so totally want the other books in the Silo series! They are going straight on my to-get list.
Who IS Jordan? I couldn't find the person by looking in the 'Search For..' box. It came up with the word but not who the name belongs to.
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