What Are You Reading Now? Pt 2. Showing 3,101-3,150 of 10,433

[Nick]

Traveling to the National Parks with audio books. Just finished a 3rd listen/read of Joyland and it's every bit as good as I remember it. Maybe an underrated King book. Now we're deep into Bag of Bones which I put off because King was the narrator himself. But he does a very credible job... maybe because the hero is an author and King's POV fits right in with all the opening author business. Not sure how he'll do when the real horror starts. Also reading Don't tell Presley by John Locke.

[Kenneth]

Which National Parks, Nick?

[Doreen]

Just started In The Tall Grass tonight.

[Nick]

Ken wrote: "Which National Parks, Nick?"

Five days in Yosemite, then five more in Kings Canyon. Love Kings Canyon (right next to Sequoia) A road goes into the park for a few miles (through a spectacular canyon, maybe the deepest in America) and then the rest is wilderness. A friend of mine from the middle east said that KIngs Canyon is the part of America that looks the most like the mountains in Afghanistan.

[Nick]

Nick wrote: "Ken wrote: "Which National Parks, Nick?"

Five days in Yosemite, then five more in Kings Canyon. Love Kings Canyon (right next to Sequoia) A road goes into the park for a few miles (through a spect..."

Here's something to make your blood boil. When Kings Canyon National Park was created in the 40s, they left the spectacular canyon itself out of the park so that they could build a dam and flood it if the government ever thought they needed to.

[Anne]

Cody wrote: "Just started Y: The Last Man, by Brian K Vaughan (author of Saga) and so far it's pretty good. Picked up book 2 as well."

Loved that series! I've recommended it to a lot of people. I hope you enjoy it too.

[Kenneth]

Nick wrote: "Nick wrote: "Ken wrote: "Which National Parks, Nick?"

Five days in Yosemite, then five more in Kings Canyon. Love Kings Canyon (right next to Sequoia) A road goes into the park for a few miles (th..."

I am so jealous! Those two NPs are high on my list!

Unfortunately, It doesn't surprise me about them leaving the canyon to possibly be damned.

[Novia]

Lord of The Flies.

it has a very slow start but it's getting better now.

[Anne]

Lord of the Flies is great. Has always stuck with me. I thought recently that I should read it again. A lot of books and movies that followed definitely took things from that book.

[Jason]

I'm currently reading Gone, Baby, Gone, by Dennis Lehane. It is the 4th book in a series of 2 private detective novels, but I don't really care. Each book has a different plot. This book came as a two-book deal I got off of a thrift site (I originally ordered Shutter Island). I picked it up and decided what the heck. It's pretty good and I'm about 63% into it.

[Jeff]

Just started Vineland by Pynchon and it's brilliant so far!

[Andrew✌️]

I've finished The Martian. I liked so much and I'm looking forward to see the movie. I read The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 and today I started The Name of the Wind. The beginning is good and I think it's a great story.

[Shadi]

Wizard and Glass , 4th book in the dark tower series

[Nick]

Shadi wrote: "Wizard and Glass , 4th book in the dark tower series"

Just wanted to tell you, Shadi, not to oversell it but, W & G is way way way up on my list of King's best. Others disagree strongly, but still...

[Nick]

Ken wrote: "Nick wrote: "Nick wrote: "Ken wrote: "Which National Parks, Nick?"

Five days in Yosemite, then five more in Kings Canyon. Love Kings Canyon (right next to Sequoia) A road goes into the park for a ..."

Go to Yosemite in the spring when the waterfalls are the fullest, maybe in early May. Later the crowds are deadly and so is the heat. I never actually set one of my novels there, but scenes from the hikes and adventures show up a lot disguised as other locals. They close King's Canyon some time in October, so you have to see when it's open. We made it all the way through Joyland on the drive from SF to Yosemite, but only scratched the surface of Bag of Bones in all our later driving. Now my wife (a non-reader) wants to give up TV for about a week so she can hear the rest of the novel. I wonder if I should give her a hint of what's in store for her.

[Terri]

Reading "The Martian" really enjoying it so far, dont want to put it down.

[Kandice]

Listening to The Coldest Girl in Coldtown which I didn't expect to like, but am surprising enjoying.

[Aditya]

Finally got back to reading after about six months and just finished The Closers by Michael Connelly. Connelly is the most consistent writer I have ever read, so I expected his book to be satisfying and that it was. Not as evocative as some of his contemporaries like Lehane but neither as stupid as some others like Baldacci or Child; Connelly always guarantees an interesting plot with decent writing and The Closers had that though it is not the best in the Harry Bosch series.

[Cody]

Tonight I plan on starting The Dark Tower graphic novel series from Marvel. I've got volume 1 so far, but volume 2 should be coming in the mail today sometime...

[Kandice]

Cody wrote: "Tonight I plan on starting The Dark Tower graphic novel series from Marvel. I've got volume 1 so far, but volume 2 should be coming in the mail today sometime..."
I just re-read volume one and started on 2! I plan on going straight through. :D

[Kelli]

I'm rereading Nathaniel by John Saul. I read this one years ago, and enjoyed it very much.

[Kandice]

Seán wrote: "I just started reading the first Harry Potter book. I figured it was as good a time as any to finally get started on that series."

I certainly envy you reading it for the first time. HP is such a part of our world ow that I can't imagine reading it for the first time now. When I first read it there was a buzz, but no movies or huge hype yet.

[Kandice]

Seán wrote: "Kandice wrote: "I certainly envy you reading it for the first time. HP is such a part of our world ow that I can't imagine reading it for the first time now. When I first read it there was a buzz, ..."

If you can make yourself wait I would suggest not watching until you have completed the series. I wish I could have done that. I still haven't seen part 2 of The Deathly Hallows and probably never will. It will really be over when that happens.:*(

[Bruce]

Well, I finished off Anno Dracula: The Bloody Red Baron. I loved it, but maybe not quite as much as the first book. The main novel dealing with WWI was very interesting, and the references went from fun to goddamn mind blowing. The novella included in my edition was great fun as well, even if Winthrop felt like a totally different character.

And I've started on Anno Dracula: Dracula Cha Cha Cha. It's... pretty weird. But it's also pretty good so far. I don't know whether to be proud or embarrassed that I know where the Crimson Executioner comes from. XD

[Becky]

I agree with Kandice on this one - experience the books first. The movies are just nowhere near as good.

[Aditya]

A trip gave me a chance to do a lot of reading, finished The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly. Mickey Haller as a character is much more mufti-faceted than Harry Bosch so the writing was much more edgy and interesting than the usual Bosch books which ensured it ranked among one of Connelly's best. The only thing that let it down was the author's propensity to give a good-guys-always-win sort of ending which simply did not sit well with everything that had happened before it. Rating - 4/5

Also finished The Black Dahlia , have been wanting to read the series ever since I saw L.A. Confidential a long time back but never really got around to it. One of the best books I have read and greatly recommended to all fans of crime, thriller genre. The plotting is intricate, the atmosphere suffocating and the characters though neither perfect nor relate able are refreshingly real. I would finish the series within two-three weeks. Rating - 5/5

[Kandice]

I've wanted to read Black Dahlia for a long time as well! American Horror Story season 1 moved it up my TBR, but somehow I just never got around to it.

Maybe I'll move it up again. Thanks, Aditya!

[Aditya]

Kandice wrote: "I've wanted to read Black Dahlia for a long time as well! American Horror Story season 1 moved it up my TBR, but somehow I just never got around to it.

Maybe I'll move it up again. Thanks, Aditya!"

The only thing that can put off any prospective readers might be the excessive amount of violence and the overall bleakness that accompanies the book. Personally besides the great plot where every minute details acts as a smaller piece to a larger puzzle and the interesting characters what I really liked about it was that The Black Dahlia was one of those rare books where the passage of time actually has an effect on characters, they mature and re-align priorities and all the more kudos to it as it manages to do all that without ever becoming boring.

Hope you enjoy it if you give it a go, had not yet seen American Horror story, so did not get that reference.

[Rhian]

I'm really into the neighbour by Lisa Gardner at the moment, read a couple by her, kinda wish I'd read the series in order now

[Erin]

[Michael]

Perdido Street Station - I think you guys would like the spider that slips through space and time. Beautiful writing and, well, chilling.

[Kandice]

I am so often reading something by King that I don't report in this thread, but I just realized The Dark Tower Omnibus is actually Robin Furth! I've been digging into that for the past week and a half.

[Aneela]

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes.

A well written, gripping, funny, complex and heartbreaking novel. Loved it.

[Jason]

Currently reading

[Aditya]

Finished Bag of Bones , one of the more moving King books. A captivating ghost story with a haunting ending. The book could have been 100 pages lighter without any discernible effect and it takes a long time to get into the beautiful story it has to tell but bear with the buffering and a great book awaits. Rating - 4/5 stars.

[Aditya]

Erin wrote: ""

My favorite Grisham, contains all his signature elements - an underdog taking on the all powerful organization, twists and turns galore and brilliant courtroom scenes. On a personal note it made the American legal system and its process of selecting juries riveting to a 16 yr old Indian kid who did not even know what jury meant.

[Nick]

Finished Richard Laymon's Come Out Tonight. "The Horror The Horror!" My review is posted at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Check it out. Now I'm concentrating on Bag of Bones, which just keeps getting better and better.

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Jason wrote: "Currently reading "

Great book!

[Paolo]

Starting this today:



The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America

[Kandice]

I also feel The Runaway Jury was one of his best.

[Doreen]

Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the 2004 Season. My beloved Red Sox and also a favorite of Stephen King.

[Kandice]

Doreen wrote: "Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the 2004 Season. My beloved Red Sox and also a favorite of Stephen King."

I have always wanted to read it! I even have a copy, but haven't gotten around to it. Truthfully, if you weren't a Sox fan, would it be interesting?

[Doreen]

Kandice wrote: "Doreen wrote: "Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the 2004 Season. My beloved Red Sox and also a favorite of Stephen King."

I have always wanted to read it! I even h..."

Honestly I think it would except maybe not if you're a Yankees fan.

[Kandice]

No problems there! Maybe I need to pull it off the shelf and move it way up the TBR. :D

[Aditya]

Finished Echo Park in one sitting. Connelly's writing is easy to follow, the details he provide always lends an air of authenticity to the books and the ending feels both satisfactory and neat. However the plot in this particular Bosch adventure feels a bit too dependent on a couple of unbelievable coincidences making it one of the weaker additions to the series. Rating - 3/5.

[Lydia]

Seán wrote: "I just started reading 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill. I'm looking forward to reading some good short stories."

Hope you enjoy it! I loved this collection.

[Bruce]

I recently finished Anno Dracula: Dracula Cha Cha Cha. The main novel was pretty spectacular, playing out like one of those old giallo films where the plot gets stupidly complicated, but manages to mostly make sense by the end. I wasn't so hot on the novella included, called Aquarius. It wasn't bad, though, just not up to par.

[Ron]

Aneela wrote: " Me Before You by Jojo Moyes.

A well written, gripping, funny, complex and heartbreaking novel. Loved it."

I read it. The ending was tough. At first I didn't like the end, but after thinking about it, I understood.

[Ron]

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

By no means can it be classified in the King categories. Just started it actually. Liked it immediately. Glad I finally picked it up.

[Ron]

Kristine wrote: "Hi, I am new to the group and am currently reading The Wise Man's Fear, The Twelve, and Shift Omnibus (Silo, #2)"

Wow, I've read these. All good (in my humble opinion). Howey is something else!