It's a good book though I enjoyed Heart Shaped Box more. Somehow this last one seemed more believable. I'd say stick with it if you can. It has a few nice surprises.
I'm not really keen on Nos4eratu, the subject matter kinda makes my skin crawl.
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It's a good book though I enjoyed Heart Shaped Box more. Somehow this last one seemed more believable. I'd say stick with it if you can. It has a few nice surprises.
I'm not really keen on Nos4eratu, the subject matter kinda makes my skin crawl.
I'm hoping to read OM at some point as well. Do let me know if you get to it this year (maybe that pile of books will shrink in time).
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Poisonwood Bible - could not finish it, but to each his own I guess!I really liked Prodigal Summer but absolutely loved The Poisonwood Bible. She does have a tendency to rant on ecological issues but that never bothers me. In fact I think more people should rant about that more often.
I love how you described Irving's books. He does have an eye for detail. I remember reading about some photographs in A Widow for One Year. They were placed on the walls of a house, a hallway if I remember correctly and he was going on and on about them. That was a bit too much but then the book was so wonderful overall I don't hold it against him.
Poisonwood Bible - could not finish it, but to each his own I guess!
Definitely! I really liked the book and hope to read more by her. Why did you stop?
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
It was quite a few years ago - I ordered it from a book club. Perhaps if I picked it up now I would enjoy it more, now that I am older
Dickens is a wonderful comparison, and apt, since Irving has written about his love for Dickens' stories. The scene of his that brought me to tears of laughter the first time and still makes me giggle when I think about it is in Hotel New Hampshire. The Nativity play scenes in Owen Meany always get me, too
Are you referring to the stuffed dog scene? There are so many funny parts. The intercom system in the second hotel they buy results in much humor. Hmmm...you have me wondering.
Ill stick with it,i dont like to stop a story once i start it even if i dont like it plus you never know when it might actually get good so ill finish it for sure.
Neither could I! I made it 3/4 of the way through and then gave up.Poisonwood Bible - could not finish it, but to each his own I guess!
It's the sceneAre you referring to the stuffed dog scene? There are so many funny parts. The intercom system in the second hotel they buy results in much humor. Hmmm...you have me wondering.
with the plumbing that worked backwards. A gentleman who forgot to flush upward stomps up to the registration desk to complain I can just see Win's hopeful smile when he says, "A little air in the pipes?", and the mess dripping from Bathrobe Guy when he shouts, "A lot of s**t in my hair!" I'm apparently an adolescent boy--the poop humor always makes me giggle
I can just see Win's hopeful smile when he says, "A little air in the pipes?", and the mess dripping from Bathrobe Guy when he shouts, "A lot of s**t in my hair!" I'm apparently an adolescent boy--the poop humor always makes me giggle) Now I want to read that book again. One of my favorite Irving books, and the movie wasn't that bad either, as I remember.
Yeah, I had forgotten that! I read it for the first time two summers ago. His staging and set up is always perfect; the pay off always sneaks up on the reader and is so worth it. I've listened to Irving give "talks" via the internet and he has the same tactics and style in his oral storytelling, too.It's the scenewith the plumbing that worked backwards. A gentleman who forgot to flush upward stomps up to the registration desk to complain
There's another couple scenes at the beginning of the novel involving a bear and his trainer named Freud. I believe the Berrys are living at the first hotel. My memory has been awful, lately. I usually can recite all my favorite parts from books...even those I've read a decade back. I laugh at bathroom humor or anything that makes me uncomfortable. Funeral laughter, for example. That kind of thing.
I LOVE reading and I love writing. Books/stories are the way we both preserve and share our culture, and show who we really are. I have so many friendships that started with liking the same book, and then blossomed.
Irving nearly always gets a belly laugh from me, aside from Until I Find You (and I might have had a giggle or two in that one that I can't remember). Have you read Trying to Save Piggy Sneed? SO many funny essays in that book, and some damn fine short stories, as well. The essay where he talks about being a wrestling referee about killed me, especially when he wrote about wrestling meets in deepest Maine
No, I haven't read that one but I did check it out from the library once. I'll be sure to read it now that you've recommended it. The only pre-Garp novel I've read is Setting Free the Bears.I LOVE reading and I love writing. Books/stories are the way we both preserve and share our culture, and show who we really are. I have so many friendships that started with liking the same book, and then blossomed.
Irving nearly always gets a belly laugh from me, aside from Until I Find You (and I might have had a giggle or two in that one that I can't remember). Have you read Trying to Save Piggy Sneed? SO many funny essays in that book, and some damn fine short stories, as well. The essay where he talks about being a wrestling referee about killed me, especially when he wrote about wrestling meets in deepest Maine
I've formed some long standing friendships that began from similar author/book interests, as well.
Started 1888. It is a Jack the Ripper novel and it is a bit unusual in that it take the victims and give them a voice. They actually live and talk and interact with other people before they are murdered. So does some of the usual Suspects (before they are to become Suspects i mean). Just people living in London. Author is a guy called Charlie Revell Smith. Will be interesting to see which Suspect he will make a murderer. The book could have needed some more editing but otherwise ok so far.
Jack the Ripper features prominently in the novel I'm currently reading entitled, "Shadow of Frankenstein." It's officially licensed by Universal. From the blurb on the back:
"Henry Frankenstein--a brilliant scientist, driven to unlock the mysteries of life and death, he created a monster of incredible strength. Following his lab's explosion, Henry and his wife, Elizabeth head to London. The monster, still alive, follows. There, on the streets of the Whitechapel district, the undead creature is mistaken for a disfigured, mentally disabled mand and befriended by local prostitutes. When one of the women is horribly murdered, the creature finds himself at odds with the real killer--Jack the Ripper. Almost a half century since his first reign of terror, the Ripper has been kept young by black magic rites, sorcery that is no longer working. In the Frankenstein monster the killer sees the secrets of immortality and vows to let nothing stand in his way."
It's set in the same universe as the Universal Monster movies and it's relatively well written. I'd highly recommend it to any Frankenstein or classic monster fan.
Let me know what you think. I love Ripper books.
Arcadevere
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i was playing AC syndicate DLC : Jack The Ripper, i like ripper story in this game, but i'm still want to find other ripper stories, mind giving me ripper book suggestions?
Most of the ripper books I have read are nonfiction. People out there trying to solve the crime or think they have.
Here is a list from Goodreads:
Popular Jack The Ripper Books
DJ, have you read WHAT ALICE KNEW? My daughter recommended it to me, and I quite liked it! YA, but I don't think that matters to you, right?
If you mean factbooks. Donald Rumbelows The Complete Jack the Ripper is good.
Avoid Patricia Cornwell and Stephen Knights books. Pure propaganda for a solution that is more fiction than fact but are good in disregarding facts.
Also Paul Rolands The Crimes of Jack The Ripper: The Whitechapel Murders Re-Examined. Can be recommended.
If you meant fiction i liked Sarah Pinboroughs Mayhem
Also 1888 by Charlie Revell Smith
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