I just now finished my re-read of It. I feel elated (that I've re-read such an exhilirating novel) and I feel sad because, once again, it's over and I had to say goodbye to my 'friends' from Derry. What a magnificent book!!
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I was just saying that to my daughter yesterday! She was reading Sundays at Tiffany's and loved it...at first. I had the same experience a couple of years ago. After the first chapters it was clear that someone else took over writing the book; the level of story telling changed drastically.
The short chapters are for commuters reading on trains, etc. you can even get one or two in between stops on the NYC subway!I stopped reading his books when it seemed like he had a new one come out every month. I was hoping that he wouldn't use a 'co-author' on his Alex Cross books, but he finally gave in on that so I don't even read the Cross books anymore. I really liked his older novels like Virgin, The Midnight Club, The Jericho Commandment- those are at least not done in the 'style' of writing he uses now. I like my chapters to be at least more than a couple of lines long....
Hopefully they will knock you out for it i.e. general anestheticI felt like Hoffman a couple of days ago in that scene. They were supposed to take out a wisdomtooth (me and wisdom, thats a laugh!) but it broke during the attempt and the the part thats is stuck in the jawbone was left. They pulled, and pulled until they pulled me out of the chair. Said i had very strong jawbone that didn't want to release the tooth as usual. They couldn't do it and remitted me to a Jaw chirurg at the hospital. It seems it cant stay, infections and such... So now i await a summon to an operation. Can't say i'm looking forward to it.
I would imagine it is the same day as in the U.S? (Nov 11th for them, so the 12th for us?)Last night at the bookstore in Beaumont Street, Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Poets of the Great War: Siegfried Sassoon and The Call of CTHULHU and other weird tales( I bought it cause it's got 3-D glasses inside the front jacket.) I also asked the the lady at the store and she didn't know when Revival was due.
I recently did a reread of Tarzan and maybe 1 or 2 others in the series, plus a couple of the John Carter books. Like you said, not very literary but good reads nonetheless. It's nice to just sit back and get into a good adventure and not have to think hard about what you're reading.I'm just starting a reread of Edgar Rice Borroughs Tarzan of the Apes. It is not very literary. There are many writers that write better and he is not as consentious about research as for example Jules Verne was. But it is a good tale and i have always liked it in all its simplicity. Sometimes it is nice to read a straight forward adventure novel that doesn't even try to be something else. I was a fan of the comic as a kid, specially when it was drawn by Russ Manning or Joe Kubert, but i laerned too like the the books too. Well at least the the first three i have read. There is 22 in the series but as always in a series they don't get better than the first book.
Then it seems fitting. It was 100 years ago this year since it was published. Deserves a little tribute i think.
(Don't quote me on the 12th, it's just an educated guess. Will need to look into it.)The 12th, thanks for that. Do you follow Rugby League, Ms. Noir? If so, were you getting worried earlier today that New Zealand might lose to Samoa?
I'm almost finished with Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas. Not sure if I want to read the sequel or a King book to get ready for Revival next.
I read the first 3 in that series. Forever Odd was meh, but the third, Brother Odd, was interesting. I have the last two, but haven't read them.I'm almost finished with Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas. Not sure if I want to read the sequel or a King book to get ready for Revival next.
I have read the 5 first John Carter books. The first 3 is actually quite good but then it is starting to go downhill. But i still prefer Tarzan. I just love the tale more. But i adore the name for Mars that he uses. Barsoom! Much better than Mars! Just the sound of it makes me like it.I recently did a reread of Tarzan and maybe 1 or 2 others in the series, plus a couple of the John Carter books. Like you said, not very literary but good reads nonetheless. It's nice to just sit back and get into a good adventure and not have to think hard about what you're reading.
I have read the 5 first John Carter books. The first 3 is actually quite good but then it is starting to go downhill. But i still prefer Tarzan. I just love the tale more. But i adore the name for Mars that he uses. Barsoom! Much better than Mars! Just the sound of it makes me like it.