I'm reading "The Next Time You See Me" by Holly Goddard Jones. I'm doing a 50 books in 2015 reading challenge on another forum, this is number 17. Only two Kings so far. Need to get that number up
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I read it as a child and loved it.I've had this one on my radar for a long time. One of these days, I'm going to read it again. I read it once but it was an eon or two ago.
I LOVED this, Mz. MM, the second of his trilogy comes out on the 21st of this month, called The Bone Tree.Natchez Burning by Greg Iles . . .this is a very good book. I hate to put it down and can hardly wait to pick it up again.
It is so very Southern . . .history.
Do not forget the children and dogs who should be canonized saints.I just finished Odd Thomas, after being encouraged to read it by many people. I liked it, but it had its flaws. I doubt I'll continue with the series.
I know a lot of people love Koontz, and I am happy for them that he writes, because I'm sure that they'd be sad without his books. But for me, I just have trouble getting into his stuff. I can never forget that I'm reading a book, because in my mind's eye I can always see him writing. The too-clever phrases, the elephantine foreshadowing, the axes he has to grind, the light characterizations ... I just have a really hard time getting into the story. Even Odd Thomas, which is maybe the best book I've ever read by him, had some of those qualities.
Wow, now you know your twinner will be ordering this one!The Light of the World by Elizabeth Alexander. She's the poet who read at President Obama's inauguration, and a professor of African American studies at Yale. This is a memoir of the year after her husband died, with liberal side stories from their life together, and a few recipes from his restaurant thrown in for good measure. I've never been so affected by a book, ever, and I can't imagine anyone who has lost someone they loved remaining unaffected. Cried my eyes out for a good deal of it. Definitely the best memoir of this time in life that I've ever read (especially coming close after Jai Pausch's stilted, precious book on the same theme). It was crushing and lovely and hopeful and POWERFUL. Prose, but it reads like poetry. Comes out in a couple of days--it has made my lifetime top 10 books.
Side note: the first person I thought of while reading it was John D. He would have loved this book, even through his tears.
LOL ... How could I forget those? He certainly reminds his readers often enough.Do not forget the children and dogs who should be canonized saints.
I agree, Todash. The only book by Koontz I really liked was Intensity. I have tried and tried to like others of his, but simply have not.I just finished Odd Thomas, after being encouraged to read it by many people. I liked it, but it had its flaws. I doubt I'll continue with the series.
I know a lot of people love Koontz, and I am happy for them that he writes, because I'm sure that they'd be sad without his books. But for me, I just have trouble getting into his stuff. I can never forget that I'm reading a book, because in my mind's eye I can always see him writing. The too-clever phrases, the elephantine foreshadowing, the axes he has to grind, the light characterizations ... I just have a really hard time getting into the story. Even Odd Thomas, which is maybe the best book I've ever read by him, had some of those qualities.
I read the description of Intensity and had to pass. I've got a very low tolerance for violence in books and movies and such. I know, I'm a big weenie, but even telling myself "It's just a story" does not help.I agree, Todash. The only book by Koontz I really liked was Intensity. I have tried and tried to like others of his, but simply have not.
Wow. I must read this.The Light of the World by Elizabeth Alexander. She's the poet who read at President Obama's inauguration, and a professor of African American studies at Yale. This is a memoir of the year after her husband died, with liberal side stories from their life together, and a few recipes from his restaurant thrown in for good measure. I've never been so affected by a book, ever, and I can't imagine anyone who has lost someone they loved remaining unaffected. Cried my eyes out for a good deal of it. Definitely the best memoir of this time in life that I've ever read (especially coming close after Jai Pausch's stilted, precious book on the same theme). It was crushing and lovely and hopeful and POWERFUL. Prose, but it reads like poetry. Comes out in a couple of days--it has made my lifetime top 10 books.
Side note: the first person I thought of while reading it was John D. He would have loved this book, even through his tears.
I did like Life Expectancy...do not like many of his books, though.I agree, Todash. The only book by Koontz I really liked was Intensity. I have tried and tried to like others of his, but simply have not.