What are you reading in September 2014?

[Lee]

Finally got to the library today. And I managed to pick up Bird Box and The Steel Remains. I'll try to at least one of them before the end of the month but probably not both. I also got The Burning Dark and Red Hill.

[Lee]

Finished Fool's Assassin. The first few chapters felt like coming home. Then things got weird... and weirder. It's a very slow book and had a pacing problem that probably could've been resolved with tighter editing. But the last few chapters more than made up for it.

The only bad thing is the long wait for book 2...

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

I finally received the copy of The Girl with All the Gifts that I've had on reserve at the library for MONTHS. Everybody was reading this one so it took forever (and two different hold requests).

I'm about 7-8 chapters in. So far I really like the writing but there's an ominous feeling that is making me a bit hesitant. I guess this is my other "scary" Oct read.

[Nan]

I've just started American Elsewhere.

[Paolo]

I finished Authority - it wasn't nearly as good as the first book, but I will keep on reading and finish this trilogy.

Now I started Nightmare At 20,000 Feet: Horror Stories By Richard Matheson for October's read. The first story was really good! I'm also about to start Leviathan Wakes .

[Paolo]

MrsJoseph wrote: "I finally received the copy of The Girl with All the Gifts that I've had on reserve at the library for MONTHS. Everybody was reading this one so it took forever (and two different ..."

That one looks really good, Mrs J. Let us know how it goes.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Paolo wrote: "MrsJoseph wrote: "I finally received the copy of The Girl with All the Gifts that I've had on reserve at the library for MONTHS. Everybody was reading this one so it took forever (..."

will do!

[Lee]

MrsJoseph wrote: "I finally received the copy of The Girl with All the Gifts that I've had on reserve at the library for MONTHS. Everybody was reading this one so it took forever (and two different ..."

I really liked that one. It's an unnerving read but I wouldn't call it scary. And I'm a chicken.

[Lee]

So... I've started Interview with the Vampire. This was my favorite book way back when. Seriously. I read this like girls today read Twilight. I haven't read it in years. And I've been afraid to, sometimes it's best to leave the past in the past. But, there's a new book coming late October, so I figured what the hell.

So far... Not bad... Not good. It's actually a little boring. And not really the kind of book I go for. I'm not really a fan of narrative type of stories. Oh, well. I'm going to try to read the first 3-4 books, but if I get too bored I probably won't.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

Nienna wrote: "So... I've started Interview with the Vampire. This was my favorite book way back when. Seriously. I read this like girls today read Twilight. I haven't read it in years. And I've been..."


Good luck! Tell me how it goes.

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

So, with the new movie Dracula movie coming out (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829150/) I decided to re-read Once Burned .

The romanticism in the movie previews really remind me of Once Burned so I think its a good choice - especially since I'm not going to see the movie (it looks sad).

And the guy on the cover of Once Burned kinda looks like the guy in the movie... Maybe Jeaniene Frost needs to talk to them, lol.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

I'm totally gonna go see that Dracula movie. Well, maybe. I'm expecting the reviews to be terrible, but we'll see how terrible...

[MrsJoseph *grouchy*, Bad Girls Deadlift]

colleen the contrarian ± (... never stop fighting) ± wrote: "I'm totally gonna go see that Dracula movie. Well, maybe. I'm expecting the reviews to be terrible, but we'll see how terrible..."

It looks too sad but the action scenes look pretty nice.


I'm supposed to go see The Equalizer tonight - depends on what the day holds.

[colleen the convivial curmudgeon, Not a book hipster!]

I'm currently read - almost finished - Havoc, sequel/conclusion to Malice.

I'm not liking it quite as much as the first, mostly because some of the creep factor is missing, but I think it's gonna be a decent conclusion.

[Laurel]

I saw Stephen King on a few programs promoting the new movie A Good Marriage, based on a novella of the same name. It sounded like a neat premise, and the novella was just re-released today as a Kindle. So I picked it up. Couldn't put it down, until the battery died on my phone. Damn, the man can write!

A Good Marriage

[Chris , cookie guilt]

They're doing that with Big Driver too.

I guess he didn't make enough money on Full Dark, No Stars

[Laurel]

I heard Big Driver is being adapted for television? I'll have to try and catch it.

You should catch some of the clips on YouTube. He was incredibly interesting on Seth Meyers. I think the other was Jimmy Fallon, maybe Kimmel? Love Kimmel!

He found the idea that the BTK killer, a man who was happily married with kids for more than 20 years, could keep his wife in the dark a fascinating premise. During the interviews, he says that it makes sense. There are doubtless things about himself and his wife that both still do not know about each other. Not homicidal things of course, but things none the less. And so the idea niggled and nagged at him until he began to put a story to paper. The opening chapter is amazing! Man, can he write a hook! You don't even realize he's sliding the barb in until its far too late to put the story down. A master!

[Becky]

I think I'm going to put down Revelation Space for a while (it's not really calling my name right now) and try Chris's B-day pick while I audio Tigana - which I'm enjoying.

Then, it's Horrortober!

[Laurel]

Has the Tigana read begun! I'll have to get on that :)

[Becky]

Laurel wrote: "Has the Tigana read begun! I'll have to get on that :)"

I dunno... I started it because I've been reading slower than molasses lately.

[Laurel]

Ditto...