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What Are You Reading Now? Pt 2.
Started reading Misery last night, and the writing is brilliant! Don't think it'll measure up to The Stand, which was the last King novel I finished, but it's pretty darn great :)
@Kathryn yea thats a positive lol currently drying out my copy! reading in the bath didn't go so well, I dipped it while trying to hold in with my bad arm ha
I'm reading 77 Shadow Street by Dean Koontz. I found the hardback book at a bargain bin at Walmart. I had wanted to read this book. The description I read made it sound great. Wrong! I can't believe Koontz wrote this. I'm having trouble finishing it, but I probably will to be sure all the good stuff isn't at the end.
Rhian wrote: "@Kathryn yea thats a positive lol currently drying out my copy! reading in the bath didn't go so well, I dipped it while trying to hold in with my bad arm ha"
You'll have to put your book in a plastic bag, also!
You'll have to put your book in a plastic bag, also!
Currently reading Rules of Prey. King is obviously a fan of John Sandford - he gave this book a glowing review and and he has Daniel Torrance reading him in Doctor Sleep. I was gonna give Sandford a try anyway, but it's cool that King is a fan.
:æ: wrote: "Currently reading Rules of Prey. King is obviously a fan of John Sandford - he gave this book a glowing review and and he has Daniel Torrance reading him in Doctor Sleep. I was gonna g..."I'm glad that you are starting at the beginning of the Sandford series as to me it just makes more sense character development-wise etc. and IMO, his earlier books are his best books , although I just finished GATHERING PREY, his latest, and it was pretty darn good.
Gary, Koontz can truly be hit or miss. Some, like Odd Thomas series, Moonlight Bay series, Intensity, Innocence, The Face - those I really liked. Most else has been so-so. Betsy, I like the Prey series also. Recently picked them back up again after a 20 year hiatus.
Besides the usual thriller/mystery, I'm on a humor/horror binge (thanks to Invisible Monsters last month). I just finished three of the "White Trash Zombie" series, read 2 more Palahniuk (liked Survivor the best) and then "John Dies At the End". I'm halfway through "This Book is Full of Spiders" and I'm still craving more. "Spiders" is quite the horrific roller coaster.
@kathryn, It's getting a lot better the doctor was impressed with my movement so thanks to SK for such a heavy book!
Glen wrote: "Oh the weight if King novels. They are like bricks to read but GOLD bricks indeed. That wasn't even meant to rhyme. They can really be wrist twisters, and tire the reader out due to their enormous ..."And then there's the business of keeping the book open when 900 pages are on the right and 50 on the left at the start of the book, and the opposite at the end... almost impossible to read what's in the gutter of the book without cracking the spine. E-books solve that problem completely. But then - when I can afford it - I buy both so that I can have the easy reference of a real book, see my progress through it, and easily go back a reference some part that I'd forgotten to book mark.
Kathryn I am TOTALLY a poet! Haha!Nick I simply have to have King HB's everything else is ereader and having the hard copy would turn my space into a hoarders domain to match the ever growing toy collection of my twin daughters. Divorce would be imminent!
Your description matches my battle of reading Under the Dome! It was comparable to getting into the ring with a heavy weight champion and getting knocked around reading that beast!
Glen wrote: "Kathryn I am TOTALLY a poet! Haha!Nick I simply have to have King HB's everything else is ereader and having the hard copy would turn my space into a hoarders domain to match the ever growing toy ..."
Great simile. Or maybe you're wrestling the book, and it keeps slipping out of your grasp until it's pinned you. :-)
I don't own an reader so I'm faced with the task of finding the space to store my growing collection. I try to buy paperbacks, as I find them easier to read, but hardbacks are much more durable. I'm reading Misery (for the umpteenth time) and finding my beloved paperback is rather battered, I suppose that's +1 for hardbacks & ereaders?
I always prefer a used paperback they are so much easier to use when reading in bed, plus I get 95% of my books from charity shops
Rhian wrote: "I always prefer a used paperback they are so much easier to use when reading in bed, plus I get 95% of my books from charity shops"I do that too. Not 95%, but used books whenever I can get them. Nothing like that well broken in feeling.
Nick wrote: "Rhian wrote: "I always prefer a used paperback they are so much easier to use when reading in bed, plus I get 95% of my books from charity shops"I do that too. Not 95%, but used books whenever I ..."
Yes, I like used books best; you can buy more and i don't feel as guilty about breaking the spine etc as somebody has normally done it for me.
:æ: wrote: "Currently reading Rules of Prey. King is obviously a fan of John Sandford - he gave this book a glowing review and and he has Daniel Torrance reading him in Doctor Sleep. I was gonna g..."
I love the Lucas Davenport series, along with Virgil Flowers.
I love the Lucas Davenport series, along with Virgil Flowers.
For actual books, I buy used, with the exception of a few authors, King being one of them. It also makes it so much easier to give them away when I finish and haven't spent gobs of money on them. Otherwise, it's ebooks all the way!
I actually may finish under the dome tonight, done quite a bit of reading today so fingers crossed I don't fall asleep with 20 pages to go like I usually do!
I'm getting ready to start reading my first Inspector Maigret novel by Georges Simenon. Penguin is re-translating all 75 novels and they are releasing one per month.
Aneela wrote: "
"Excellent book! Hard to believe it's written by a man.
I picked up Bag of Bones for a reread the other day, just as a filler until my copy of Scarlet Gospels lands (still no sign, I have since bought the kindle version to sate my need for all things Barker) and I have to say that I am hooked. It's another of King's books that I originally read a long time ago, but I don't remember enjoying it this much. Great story, great characters and just the right amount of creepy! Loving it! :)
finished the eyes of darkness by Koontz today so brought a few books to browse through to help me decide on my next read, I started reading Rage and was hooked immediately I may even finish it tonight
John wrote: "I picked up Bag of Bones for a reread the other day, just as a filler until my copy of Scarlet Gospels lands (still no sign, I have since bought the kindle version to sate my need for all things Ba..."It's on my to re-read list, John, though I thought it was great the first time though, so just hoping not to be disappointed.
I just finished Absolute Power and David Baldacci has one more fan. I will definitely read his other books. I just started Along Came a Spider. Two books in a row set in the Washington DC area, where I've lived since 1986.
:æ: wrote: "I just finished Absolute Power and David Baldacci has one more fan. I will definitely read his other books. I just started Along Came a Spider. Two books in a row set in t..."Along Came a Spider is one of Patterson's best in my opinion, right behind Kiss the Girls. Have you read that?
Kandice wrote: ":æ: wrote: "I just finished Absolute Power and David Baldacci has one more fan. I will definitely read his other books. I just started Along Came a Spider. Two books in a ..."I read them both, loved them both... isn't it better to read one before the other Kandice? I can't remember which comes first.
Kandice wrote: "Along Came a Spider is one of Patterson's best in my opinion, right behind Kiss the Girls. Have you read that? "
Nah, this is my first Patterson. He's been so popular for so long (literally the best selling thriller writer on Earth) so eventually I had to see if I would like him.
Nah, this is my first Patterson. He's been so popular for so long (literally the best selling thriller writer on Earth) so eventually I had to see if I would like him.
Kiss the Girls is first, I think, and introduces Alex Cross who becomes a Patterson staple. I used to read everything he put out as soon as it was available. He has such a snappy way of writing that you can just fly through his books which can feel pretty good after slogging through something heavy.I stopped that when he got "partner" writers. I don;t even know how that is supposed to work, but the whole thing kind of bugs me.
Two more I can strongly rec are The Lake House and Cradle and All in that order. They are the introduction to the main characters in his YA Maximum Ride Five-Book Set series which I read with my children. The "adult" precursors are terrific and as much as I love the YA series, I wish he had continued with the adlut version concurrently.
Kandice wrote: "Kiss the Girls is first, I think
Along Came A Spider is first
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Cro...
Along Came A Spider is first
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Cro...
I am reading Natchez Burning by Greg Isles. Picked it up in a train station on the way to New York City after reading front cover recommendation by Stephen King daring anyone to try to put this book down. He was right!
I've just started reading The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham. I picked it up by chance, and I've seen its got some very mixed reviews, but so far it's quite engrossing. It's also non-fiction, which I don't read a lot of, so it will be interesting to see how I get along with this one.
Has anyone else read it?
I bought that meliss but it's a huge hardcover copy so I've put off reading it for months
I am currently reading sick bastards, really struggling with this one.
:æ: wrote: "I just finished Absolute Power and David Baldacci has one more fan. I will definitely read his other books. I just started Along Came a Spider. Two books in a row set in t..."
I love the Alex Cross series!
I love the Alex Cross series!
Kandice wrote: "Kiss the Girls is first, I think, and introduces Alex Cross who becomes a Patterson staple. I used to read everything he put out as soon as it was available. He has such a snappy way o..."
The Alex Cross series is the only one of his that he writes all by himself now. I do still like many of his other series, some more than others.
The Alex Cross series is the only one of his that he writes all by himself now. I do still like many of his other series, some more than others.
I think people get confused about the book Along Came a Spider being before Kiss the Girls because I think they did the Kiss the Girls movie before the Along Came a Spider movie. Weird!
Kathryn wrote: "I think people get confused about the book Along Came a Spider being before Kiss the Girls because I think they did the Kiss the Girls movie before the Along Came a Spider movie. Weird!"Maybe that's why I was confused, but I still like Kiss the Girls better. The whole Cross series is pretty good.
I have read quite a bit of his "shared writing", but Maximum Ride and Alex Cross will always be my faves of his.
Well, so far...
Reenie wrote: "I've just started reading The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham. I picked it up by chance, and I've seen its got some very mixed reviews, but so far it'..."I read it and found it to be enthralling just like a fiction story.
Just started with Richard Bachman's - blaze
I just finished, and enjoyed, JACK OF SPADES by Joyce Carol Oates, quite a departure from her usual. It's about a popular novelist who writes his "normal" novels and also writes dark, horror novels under the pen name Jack of Spades, a malevolent "personality" with whom he becomes obsessed, who prods him to commit two heinous crimes and finally to his own demise. It was a quick (short) read , maybe not hold-your-breath gripping but interesting to witness this man's deterioration. Maybe a 4 star.
Kandice wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "I think people get confused about the book Along Came a Spider being before Kiss the Girls because I think they did the Kiss the Girls movie before the Along Came a Spider movie. W..."
Did you know there is a new final Maximum Ride book that just came out?
Did you know there is a new final Maximum Ride book that just came out?
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Glen, you're a poet and you don't know it!