The Lobster Kings (Alexi Zentner). Very good so far--strong writer
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I love Eddie Dean!Just starting book two of Dark Tower series - so far I have just met Eddie Dean - it is a pretty cool book!
Have only read about the first ten or so pages. It's too early to tell. I'll keep you posted. The last page or so that I read started to get too much into detail about this and that, so warning bells started going off. If it doesn't pick up soon I may have to put it in the WFI pile, which means Won't-Finish-It. I went to Seattle to see Simmons when he toured for this book and he even said that it might be a little too 'technical' for most of his readers. I hate not finishing a book (never did this with a Simmons book) but there's others in my TBR pile that are calling......Really interested in what you think of this. Lemme know??
'Twas my favourite of the series, Drawing of the three. I loved Roland's bemusement at our world, and his amazement at how good a "Tooter Fish Popkin" tasted.Just starting book two of Dark Tower series - so far I have just met Eddie Dean - it is a pretty cool book!
"Hold the mayo"?'Twas my favourite of the series, Drawing of the three. I loved Roland's bemusement at our world, and his amazement at how good a "Tooter Fish Popkin" tasted.
Ha ha, we find out rolands thoughts on mayo in book 6 or 7 don't we. don't blame the old gun slinger though, mayo is rancid."Hold the mayo"?
Yeah, I think we do, but I couldn't resist.Ha ha, we find out rolands thoughts on mayo in book 6 or 7 don't we. don't blame the old gun slinger though, mayo is rancid.
As for me, I just finished the long ass, dragging chapter in the regulators that was proving a stumbling block. I seem to read the bits about Seth and Audrey quite quickly, but the attacks that pinned the others onto the 2 houses - I could only seem to get through a page or 2 at a time.
About the Regulators i've a little suspicion that it has a little to do with the order you read them in. Desperation and the Regulators i mean. Since it is the same names but not the same characters (sometimes they are the same which just makes it even more complicated). If you read Desperation first you go into the other one with an unconscious expectation that when you see the same name it will be a similar character. So you get a bit confused and it doesn't hook because of it. I read The Regulators first and not long after Desperation. Didn't like D at all then. Then read it again 15 years later. Now it was really good. Then i tried to reread the Regulators and now that one failed to grip me the way it had once. So my advice is: don't read these two to close to one another or they will possibly affect a true judgement of the other book. At least that is how it seems to me. I have read Kings comments on the idea behind it all and it is interesting but i doubt he had considered this little side-effect. It might be only me that reacted this way but thought i should mention it anyway.You might enjoy Misery, it's quite different to those you've mentioned. I'm still on The Regulators myself and have to admit I've slowed down momentum also. Not sure if it's more to do with having less time, (and I tend to fall asleep easily when I read these days ) or if it is story related.
I'm with you Danie. I've read The Passage and really enjoyed it and then went on to The Twelwe which was OK, i guess, but not close to the first book i thought. Has he written a third yet?Okay, okay, I'll keep slogging through...but I'm not happy about it.
When you or someone else has a coffee somewhere, watch and you will notice most people head straight for an electronic device. Read a book and they will look at you like your'e a barbarian. Barbarians are good. Mark.I've had this book in my wishlist for a while, can't wait to hear what you think of it!
I have just not had time for reading. Still working on The Kept, and also a Different Seasons reread. Need to clear the deck for Mr. Mercedes, release day is also first day of summer vacation here. Can anyone think of a better way to begin summer than with a new Stephen King book in hand?
That's good news then. Been wanting to get this book. Love Tan!Still thoroughly enjoying The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan, wonderful characters; 'tis 599 pages long and I don't want it to end!