what are you currently reading?

[Vincent]

Vincent wrote: "Doctor Sleep by Stephen King. Pretty good so far :)"

I find it amusing that Koontz was mentioned in this book.

In verbatim "Just as Lucy was deciding she'd have to settle for an old Dean Koontz and a slightly newer Lisa Gardner..."

[Betsy]

Vincent wrote: "Vincent wrote: "Doctor Sleep by Stephen King. Pretty good so far :)"

I find it amusing that Koontz was mentioned in this book.

In verbatim "Just as Lucy was deciding she'd have to settle for an ..."

Vincent, I too liked DR. SLEEP but found it more suspenseful than scary ,except for the "baseball boy" scene. Loved how Abra kicked Rose's a$$ = dynamite!

[Vincent]

Hi Betsy! The thing that happened to Trevor boy was pretty gnarly. I'm not done with the book yet. Now you made interested about what's gonna happen between Abra and Rose. Woot! :D

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

I want to read more Stephen King. I am impressed with his writing. Most recently I finished The Green Mile.

[Barbara]

I'm reading King's new book...Revival
When he wants to tell a good story there are few who can touch him.....but some of his books have disappointed.....I don't give up on him though.

[Betsy]

Barbara wrote: "I'm reading King's new book...Revival
When he wants to tell a good story there are few who can touch him.....but some of his books have disappointed.....I don't give up on him though."

Barbara, I think that many King fans seem to be disappointed at his newer novels because they are not his typical Horror / Hide in the Closet type books; they are more suspenseful than horror , as I said above w/ DR. SLEEP. However, after his long career, I, for one, like to see him veering off into different directions , and I still love his "situations" , his stories and his characters so, I am not one of the unhappy ones. And, his newer novels make me think more, like REVIVAL, and that's not a bad thing :)

[Jim]

I am starting one of Dean's older books. In fact, it has one of his pen names listed on the front cover.

[Barbara]

Betsy.....I like King's new books.....it's some of the older ones I was disappointed in.....I have been reading him since I read Carrie in my teens.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Jim wrote: "I am starting one of Dean's older books. In fact, it has one of his pen names listed on the front cover.
"

Where did you find a copy?

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

To Betsy and/or Barbara: What are your favorite Stephen King Books and/or which would you most highly recommend? I have read & enjoyed Carrie, Duma Key, The Green Mile, Full Dark, No Stars, Just After Sunset. I didn't like Under The Dome as much.

[Jim]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "Jim wrote: "I am starting one of Dean's older books. In fact, it has one of his pen names listed on the front cover.
"

Where did you find a copy?"

I was surprised to find one in my library network. I was fooling around with the search function and I was doing his older books. I was getting no results until I finally hit on one.

I finished reading it and I liked it. I could tell it was one of his early works as the characters were not developed enough (one of the reasons I enjoy his work is Dean's development of characters). That being said I enjoyed the storyline esp. considering when it was written.

[Betsy]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "To Betsy and/or Barbara: What are your favorite Stephen King Books and/or which would you most highly recommend? I have read & enjoyed Carrie, Duma Key, The Green Mile, Full Dark, No Stars, Just Af..."

Hey Crazy, When I was "younger" and wanted a terrific scare, I enjoyed: SALEM'S LOT, THE SHINING, THE STAND, PET SEMATARY, IT, and MISERY. Then there were some that "got to me" but were more just darn good stories: STAND BY ME, SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, 11/22/63. Now, I'm "into" his newer stuff which has more suspense than horror; I liked: DR. SLEEP, MR. MERCEDES and his current REVIVAL. To me, you can't go too wrong with King= GREAT characters/ GREAT stories even when he's not scaring the beejeebers out of you. King says that he's a "kick a$$ storyteller" and I would heartily agree.

[Barbara]

Dustin.....Stephen King has many good books
The Shining
The Stand
The Dark Tower series
Bag of Bones
The Talisman....written with Peter Straub....a personal favorite of all time...book
Salems Lot
Carrie
Needful Things
Firestarter
Cycle of the Werewolf
Duma Key
Doctor Sleep

[Barbara]

Lol.....I ran out of room
I think I listed my favorites Dustin!!!

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Some of your Stephen King Listings made me remember others I have read: 11/22/63, Firestarter and Pet Cemetary.

I am most interested in reading Revival, Doctor Sleep, Mr. Mercedes, Bag of Bones, The Talisman.

It might be until January until I get into Stephen King. I have to finish about a dozen more books for my GR Reading Challenge and Stephen Kings books tend to be more lengthy than my typical 200-300 page novels. You will surely hear about it when I do try Stephen King again.

The last Stephen King book I read was 11/22/63. I love anything about time travel and alternate realities :-)

[E.]

The Talisman is about alternate realities/ parallel universe
I'm re-reading it now, after 30 years, so that I can intelligently read Black House, the sequel.

[Toni]

I'm currently reading two books: Relentless, which I've almost finished, and Airport by Arthur Haley. I also have Breathless, by Dean Koontz, and Tomorrow When The War Began, which I hope to finish reading this month.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

E. wrote: "The Talisman is about alternate realities/ parallel universe
I'm re-reading it now, after 30 years, so that I can intelligently read Black House, the sequel."

Well, that makes The Talisman higher in priority now :-) Thank you for letting me know.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

I am currently reading I Thought You Were Dead

[Barbara]

I'm reading Revival and loving it

[E.]

After The Talisman I started reading Gone Girl for another group's December read. I'm about halfway through and I gotta say, it's pretty good! I had thought it would be "meh" because of the general public acclaim (I like to think I'm "special"), but so far it's a 4star
I have yet to restart Relentless, but December isn't over yet.

[Betsy]

Barbara wrote: "I'm reading Revival and loving it"

The Stephen King Fans Group had a great discussion going on re. REVIVAL = very thought-provoking and insightful! Maybe you were part of that discussion? I too really liked REVIVAL !! But then, I liked DR. SLEEP and MR. MERCEDES, both his newer books also.

[Barbara]

Betsy I enjoyed Mr Mercedes and Dr Sleep too.....I have been a long time King fan too....but....no I'm not on any fan site for him

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

I am a member of Stephen King Fans but it has been an awful long time since I visited :-)

[Betsy]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "I am a member of Stephen King Fans but it has been an awful long time since I visited :-)"
Come baaaaaaaaaaaaack , Dustin; I think that you will be pleasantly surprised!

[Tracy]

Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "I am a member of Stephen King Fans but it has been an awful long time since I visited :-)"

I am to DC and just last night I checked it out (because I haven't been on there in a long time either) and they have changed it somewhat. I was trying to find the other Dustin (we were friends on there before) but I couldn't find how to find my friends. I didn't stay on there long.

[Laura]

I am currently reading Forever Odd. However, I recently finished Dr. Sleep by Stephen King. It was a great book!

[Jilda]

I am currently reading Deeply Odd.

[Toni]

After reading DK's Breathless and Relentless, I'm reading Arthur Haley's Airport.

[Betsy]

Laura wrote: "I am currently reading Forever Odd. However, I recently finished Dr. Sleep by Stephen King. It was a great book!"

Laura, I am really enjoying King's newest books: loved DR. SLEEP, MR. MERCEDES and REVIVAL. Guess that I don't need horror anymore as I much prefer sustained suspense. Happy Reading!

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Currently reading Lightning by Dean Koontz for the third time :-)

[Hil]

I'm currently re-reading Fear Nothing and I just wanted to come here and say to my fellow Koontz fans that I do so love it, because I have nobody else to share that with! It has been nearly 16 years since I first read it!

I'm re-reading it, and then Seize the Night, in the expectation and anticipation of reading Ride The Storm in 2015!!! (It's already on my Goodreads 'want to read' list!)

Reading this again, it seems clear that Chris Snow is sort of an early model for Odd Thomas, in that he's around the same age and has the same relationship with his girlfriend...actually, all Dean's characters seem to have that exact same relationship with their girlfriends, so forget I said that. I like to think he models it on his own with Gerda, which means he's very lucky.

Ok...back to reading now.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Have you heard news that Ride The Storm will published in 2015? I hadn't heard, but will look on Goodreads to see if it is listed.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

[PF]

if you set your GR acount to librarian mode, you can add books to any author

[Hil]

No, not definitely (although I think I did read it somewhere...) but I live in eternal hope. Yes I think I read somewhere that he wqs writing it when he'd finished all the Odds, which he now has. No excuses Koontz!

[Hil]

I know the book I've added isn't actually the book :) but maybe if more people add it he will see there is an audience waiting...

[PF]

count me in

[Hil]

Actually Dustin it was you you said it on here - tgats where I read it! Haha. Incidentally about 26 people have already rated the unwritten book on here, which is strange.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Yes. I believe my original posting was back in 2009. You are correct, with Odd Thomas completed, I think there is more of a chance of Christopher Snow's story finally being completed as well, with Ride The Storm.

Ride the Storm has been promised by Dean for many years. There is a discussion topic on this subject in the Chris Snow Folder where you will find quotes referring to Ride The Storm being started years ago and that Dean plans to finish it.

[Meran]

Betsy wrote: "Dustin Crazy little brown owl wrote: "To Betsy and/or Barbara: What are your favorite Stephen King Books and/or which would you most highly recommend? I have read & enjoyed Carrie, Duma Key, The Gr..."

I'm in total agreement with you, Betsy!

[PF]

Fantastic Fiction lists
" Ivy Elgin - Secret Forest " as the next Koontz after Saint Odd

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

I will have to look at Fantastic Fiction :-) Thanks for the heads up Paola.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

I didn't see anything listed. Do you have a link?

[Hil]

Damn him! (not really). Amazon has it due for release in July. The start of another trilogy! I'm starting to wonder if he's planning to release Ride the Storm posthumously... though he's only 69.

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Interesting.

[Tracy]

Koontz is starting another trilogy? About what?

[Hil]

Looks like it's based on a character from Velocity (which I've not yet read).

Happy New Year everyone. I'm about to start reading Innocence today. I'm so excited, it looks like a good one.

[Tracy]

Hope everyone has a happy 2015!

[Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl, Colorful Colorado]

Velocity was the one that really hooked me. I might have to re-read it this year. Have a great 2015 Koontzlanders!

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