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Stacia (the 2010 club)
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Aug 30, 2013 11:13AM
I think you'd really like it, Wendy. And I'm pretty sure you'd want to read Danny's book after finishing. I am needing to know what happened to him after he grew up.
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Wow. It's a LOT shorter than I thought it would be! I think I will read that as my next King so I can read Doctor Sleep, lol!
Oooh, I hope you do. It's rare that I get that "need to have the next book" feeling, but I'm really wanting Doctor Sleep.
LOL, I'm totally going to! I'm reading Catching Jordan right now. Then Regina and I are doing Spook Squad on Sunday. Then I am doing Girl of Fire and Thorns with Sandra. But by Wednesday of next week, I'm totally going to be reading the Shining.I put it off because I thought it was a doorstop like It or Under the Dome. But it's only a bit over 500 pages. That's really not bad. Now I'm excited for it!
Wendy F wrote: "I need to read The Shining, I heard it's a good one.Marcella, Regina and I are starting Spook Squad together on Sunday, if you want to wait I'd love to chat about it in the Psycop thread!"
I didn't have a specific date in mind so I will be joining you Sunday. WOO HOO I am fricking excited.
Not sure I can wait for Sunday for Spook Squad, but no spoilers from me.
I hope it's OK to post this in here. I wasn't sure where to go with this.Is anyone else getting sick of bitchy heroines? I get that authors want to get the point across that the woman in their book is independent and maybe a spitfire, but turning her into a bitch--or making her spoiled rotten--isn't the way to do it. I am getting so frustrated with these unlikable heroines. I'm not saying there isn't a place for them, because I do think there is. But it's not usually the lead in a romance novel.
hahaha, it's rough but i've got other things to tide me over.
Angie wrote: "I hope it's OK to post this in here. I wasn't sure where to go with this.Is anyone else getting sick of bitchy heroines? I get that authors want to get the point across that the woman in their bo..."
I am with you Angie. The bitchy heroines ruin the book where otherwise I would have liked it. It is such a turn off for me.
Wendy you are a good friend! Thank you for waiting.
I am reading the shining (via audio) next week too!!
Stacia Stacia Stacia wrote: "I think Wendy and Regina were going to read it? I'm still far behind in the series. I've only read the first two.Angie wrote: "I really need to take a break from
. I've..."Stacia it isnt published yet - it is to be published in October. Or so I thought.
Awww, Thank you Regina! :) I just prefer reading them with you!I guess then we'll be inadvertently buddy reading the Shining too! Yay!
Regina wrote: "
will be released 10/15: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B009KUX...So it is safe to request!"
Oh weird. I swore that I'd seen it had been released already. Okay, I might request it then because I won't feel rushed to have to read it.
I just don't want you to miss out!Wendy I love your insights, can't wait I read it with you. I am really excited about the shining.
Me too! I'm gonna try to do The Shining and Doctor Sleep this month, lol.
I don't know what doctor sleep is. I am afraid to look it up and find out I like it!
HAHAHAHA!! Did you look it up?
I liked but didn't love Shining, but my favorite character was Danny hands down. Doctor Sleep will be his continuing story with him as an adult (he was only a 5 years old in Shining).
I don't think I'd ever be able to read The Shining. That movie scared the life out of me. I tried to read Salem's Lot, but I just couldn't get into it.
Lol. I did!I heard the book is slightly different.
But the movie is freaking scary.
This is one instance where the movie might have been scarier than the book. The book itself was more about an interesting atmosphere with some creepy things happening because of it. Not sure if that makes sense. My friend who buddy read with me said that there was a mini-series made later which was closer to the book than the movie was. I really want to see that now.
I think I'd like to try reading Cujo, Pet Sematary, and The Running Man at some point. Out of King's older works, those are the three which interest me the most in print to see how they compare to their movies. Maybe also Shawshank (although it's a short story) and Green Mile because my husband watches those movies every time they're on.
Stacia Stacia Stacia wrote: "This is one instance where the movie might have been scarier than the book. The book itself was more about an interesting atmosphere with some creepy things happening because of it. Not sure if tha..."I agree about the movie being scarier. I've seen that film about 6 times and all I have to see now is a clip of (view spoiler) and I freak out!
That said, has anyone heard of/seen a documentary that was done about The Shining that posits Kubrick's role in faking footage of the moon landing and all the clues he laid out in The Shining if you can decipher it?
Stacia Stacia Stacia wrote: "This is one instance where the movie might have been scarier than the book. The book itself was more about an interesting atmosphere with some creepy things happening because of it. Not sure if tha..."I wouldn't mind giving Shawshank a go or Dolores Claiborne. Dolores Claiborne was such a great movie. I would love more of the backstory that's probably in the book.
Also, have any of you read
which I thought he wrote under a different name. I still love that book. And King's Dark Tower series but that's a hell of a commitment plus it gets rather self-indulgent at times. But what a brilliant ending!
I heard The Shining the movie was VERY different from the book, but I haven't seen it or read it yet, lmao.Stacia, Funny because prior to my recent King kick Pet Semetary and The Green Mile were the only two I had already read. (Also, I have heard about the Kubrick Conspiracy Theory. My mom watched a movie about it and was telling me all about the flight pattern being on the floor in front of the boy, and the astronaut flight suit and stuff.)
I read The Talisman! I loved it! I still need to read Black House (the sequel) but haven't gotten around to it because I heard it wasn't quite as good as The Talisman.
I am DYING to read Dark Tower series, but my friend who is a Stephen King fanatic (and the reason I've read as much as I have recently) has said that they're even better when you have quite a few of his other books under your belt because you ipck up on crossover hints and I love things like that. So I've been holding off until I've read more of his books.
I hadn't heard that. What I did read is that king was pissed how scary the shining was. And he was more satisfied with the tv series.
I heard the end of dark towers does not end great. I have read the first one and really liked it. I plan to read the second. King is a crazy amazing author.
I've never been able to make it through any of his books, but he is still one of my favorites.
My mom also was telling me how in the book the vw bug is driving down the winding road and its read, but in the movie it's black and it passes by a red vw bug that's gone off the side of the road in a wreck, and that the rumor is it was Kubrick's way of thumbing his nose at King, lol.
Angie wrote: "Is anyone else getting sick of bitchy heroines? I get that authors want to get the point across that the woman in their book is independent and maybe a spitfire, but turning her into a bitch--or making her spoiled rotten--isn't the way to do it."Can you give a couple of examples? There are a few archetypes that really bug me. I get a bit tired of every hero who is former military being a Navy SEAL...Navy SEALs are great if you need something blown up....those guys struggle with subtlety. Just once I'd love a hero from the USAF STS...hell I'd lick the gravel off an author's boots if they'd have a hero who was a Navy Seabee.
It really bugs me the way women who are down on their luck are portrayed. Working hard but can't catch a break...often a virgin. Then the rich guy swoops in and makes everything right. That infuriates me.
Ian wrote: "Angie wrote: "Is anyone else getting sick of bitchy heroines? I get that authors want to get the point across that the woman in their book is independent and maybe a spitfire, but turning her into ..."I agree with you about the way a woman who is down on her luck is portrayed. If she can just stick it out long enough, someone will swoop in and save her. Ugh.
The one that's driving me nuts right now is a woman who's a doctor insanely attrached to a man, but she doesn't want to date him because he's 'just' a carpenter. So she embarks on a no strings affair with him. Then she invites him to go to her hometown for the weekend to rub him in her father's face, because she knows he won't approve of her dating a carpenter. That just rubs me the wrong way and makes her bitchy and unlikable from the start.
Yeah...that is kind of off-putting. I guess he'll dump her for her shallow ways, maybe say something along the lines of 'if you ever get over yourself, I'll be waiting'...she'll see the error of her ways....he'll take her back with not nearly enough grovelling and they'll live happily ever after.
Books like that ruin men for me in real life because I keep waiting for them to come and sweep me off my feet. Ha ha!
Oh, even better, Ian. He owns the business but hasn't I told her yet because he wants her to fall in love with him not his money. *eye roll* The bitch is gonna be able to have her cake and eat it, too!
I actually can't thing of any heroines that annoy me. But like Ian I can think of many irritating male characters. I hate the virgin trope. Hate it and can't identify with it. Ha!
Lol. They struggle with subtlety. :)
What you describe is why love Cara mckenna's books - real people are who she writes about.
I don't mind virgin trope if it's age appropriate.
Lol Marcella! You'll be waiting a long time!
Angie wrote: "Lol Marcella! You'll be waiting a long time!"Tell me about it.
I can't think of one time I liked it. It seems always to be used as an ideal, and it is just not for me. One time I liked it (just remembered) -- Outlander.
Wendy F wrote: "LOL, I'm totally going to! I'm reading Catching Jordan right now. Then Regina and I are doing Spook Squad on Sunday. Then I am doing Girl of Fire and Thorns with Sandra. But by Wednesday of nex..."Maybe i'll join you for the shining next week?
I tried reading Dark Tower book 1 and got about halfway in and took the book back to the library. The story read very choppy to me and the guy traveled in the desert doing not much of anything. But I know that people say the series increases in quality because book 1 was one of his earliest works in progress. I might go back someday. It's weird but I have no desire to read Carrie or Christine, even though I like both of those as movies. Who knows, maybe a haunted car would be scary in book form? I think I want to read Cujo the most though. Dogs can be scary as hell.
Lol Regina...again with the focus on the men!
Leea wrote: "Maybe i'll join you for the shining next week? "That would ROCK!
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