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The Croning
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The Croning by Laird Barron
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I'm in. Just got to download it!
Yep
I thought I had this one, but I don't. I'll have to pass:(
I'm happy dancing in my head because I think we're going to have a good time. :)
Happy dancing is awesome, dance on lady! :)
So, are you guys looking at the week of the 16th or the 23rd?
lurking. read it last year. I still need group help with it.
The 16th sounds good. And we'll be here to help eleven. Is laird Barron a more poetic writer? If so, I may need help myself....lol.
Addy wrote: "The 16th sounds good. And we'll be here to help eleven. Is laird Barron a more poetic writer? If so, I may need help myself....lol."I'm not sure I would call him poetic. I've read one of his collections and a novella and loved them both so much, I bought a couple of more collections and The Croning.
I would say that his writing is...dense. There is a lot packed into a sentence and if you read too fast, you might miss a lot. That's just my opinion. :)
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Barron's writing requires a certain amount of attention that a lot of genre writing doesn't.
The 16th works for me.
Hmm I'm definitely interested to try him out.
Join me in. I read the book a few weeks ago and will be happy to reread it next month.And you do have to think and keep track of things throughout his works. Small details become very important later on.
Cool, and thanks for chiming in, Paula. :)
Sounds like a literary egg hunt. Sweet! :)
me! *waves excitedly*
Oh shoot, I can't pass this up :) I'm in.
Sweet! I'll add you guys and I'm affirming the date of the 16th of March to start! :)
ok, that works for me. thanks Charlene :)
Charlene wrote: "Addy wrote: "The 16th sounds good. And we'll be here to help eleven. Is laird Barron a more poetic writer? If so, I may need help myself....lol."I'm not sure I would call him poetic. I've read on..."
Char, I was gonna use the same word - dense. His work is not meant to be skimmed. His short stories read like novels. The only other two authors I can think of for comparison is Lovecraft and Clive Barker.
11811 (Eleven) wrote: "Charlene wrote: "Addy wrote: "The 16th sounds good. And we'll be here to help eleven. Is laird Barron a more poetic writer? If so, I may need help myself....lol."I'm not sure I would call him poe..."
That's a good comparison-Lovecraft and Barker. I agree.
I think we're going to have a good time with this.
that's cool! I like them both. this is my first time reading Barron.
16th it is :)
This has a really lovecraftian feel to it. Usually, I would hate this but Laird has a way of enticing me with his words and descriptions I can actually visualize. I love it! Sort of has a GOT vibe too which is a plus!
Getting a headstart on us, Addy? By GOT do you mean Game of Thrones?
I was hoping to lurk passively but this was a heavy book. I'm gonna reread.
Yes, I meant Game of Thrones:) And not too much of a head start. I thought I was reading a lot and then I look at the % and I'm only 10% in. This is gonna be a lengthy read! But it seems so worth it.
Whoops! Forgot we ain't starting til third week of March. Sorry guys! Have so many reads going on. I'll stop cause now I can read Kin instead.
Oh, no worries! I may start sooner myself, depending on when I finish my current one. :)
I started a week early but I'm only on chapter 2. I was pleasantly surprised at the first chapter. I had no idea!
No worries, Latasha. I'm glad you're enjoying it so far. :)
I think I will start this weekend since I'll be on a short vacation with plenty of downtime. This is my first Laird Barron read but I also have The Light Is The Darkness and want to tackle that one soon too.
Addy wrote: "This has a really lovecraftian feel to it. Usually, I would hate this but Laird has a way of enticing me with his words and descriptions I can actually visualize. I love it! Sort of has a GOT vibe ..."
Whoa... A Laird Barron story with a Game of Thrones vibe? I actually have this book already but haven't gotten around to it yet. I loved The Imago Sequence and I love Game of Thrones. I may have to jump in on this.
Whoa... A Laird Barron story with a Game of Thrones vibe? I actually have this book already but haven't gotten around to it yet. I loved The Imago Sequence and I love Game of Thrones. I may have to jump in on this.
Andy wrote: "Addy wrote: "This has a really lovecraftian feel to it. Usually, I would hate this but Laird has a way of enticing me with his words and descriptions I can actually visualize. I love it! Sort of ha..."I like your enthusiasm, Andy! :)
Hey! I'm just a little ways into the book, but I am loving the vibe. It is really creeping me out. Will not be reading this one directly before bed. This has at it's base one of my very favorite fairy tales.
Charlene wrote: "I like your enthusiasm, Andy! :)"
Thanks Charlene. I could get just as excited about a bunch of the other group reads/buddy reads - this group is killing it this month! I already did Broken Monsters and if I had time to squeeze in that many books in such a short period I'd also jump in on Patient Zero, House of Leaves, Blindsight, and maybe Koko (which I've read already, but a long time ago).
Thanks Charlene. I could get just as excited about a bunch of the other group reads/buddy reads - this group is killing it this month! I already did Broken Monsters and if I had time to squeeze in that many books in such a short period I'd also jump in on Patient Zero, House of Leaves, Blindsight, and maybe Koko (which I've read already, but a long time ago).
Andy wrote: "Charlene wrote: "I like your enthusiasm, Andy! :)"Thanks Charlene. I could get just as excited about a bunch of the other group reads/buddy reads - this group is killing it this month! I alread..."
LOL Welcome to HA, Andy! There's no reason your TO Be Read pile shouldn't be as big as everyone else's here. :)
Yes, join us Andy! We have cookies... :)
Today's the day, peoples! I'm 10% shy of finishing what I'm reading now, (The Little Stranger), and then I will be starting The Croning. Possibly tonight, latest tomorrow!Jori and Andy, I've added you to the official roster above. I hope you both will be reading with us. :)
I finished my other book and The Croning? Here I come! :)
Thanks for adding me Charlene. I've been reading another book with another group and I still have a big chunk of that to go, but hopefully by later this week I'll be on to this one. Looking forward to it (save me some cookies)!
No worries, Andy! Pop in when you're ready and there will be cookies saved for you. :)
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