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John wrote: "What should I read next?"Since you mentioned just reading Carrie and Salem's Lot and The Shining, I would go with the chronologically next title: Rage. One of my personal favorites.
Advice, please. Many of you in previous posts have mentioned Joe Hill and have said that you have liked his books. I have read none so.... I looked up Joe Hill, pen name, and found that he has written three:HORNS, HEART-SHAPED BOX and NOA4A2.
I'm leaning toward HORNS as my first choice and his 1st novel.
Yay or nay? Hill has received many impressive awards so maybe can't go wrong here ?
Golly, he looks like his dad !
Betsy wrote: "Advice, please. Many of you in previous posts have mentioned Joe Hill and have said that you have liked his books. I have read none so.... I looked up Joe Hill, pen name, and found that he ha..."I personally have not read any of Joe Hill's books yet, but my husband has, and he really liked them, especially 20th Century Ghosts and Heart-Shaped Box.
Haven't read Horns, but Heart-Shaped Box and NOS4A2 were good fun reads
Kandice wrote: "I don't want to suggest something you would need to buy, but some of my favorites are The Long Walk, Lisey's Story and Duma Key.If you don't mind reading a ..."
I second the motion Kandice... all good choices.
Betsy wrote: "Advice, please. Many of you in previous posts have mentioned Joe Hill and have said that you have liked his books. I have read none so.... I looked up Joe Hill, pen name, and found that he ha..."I've read all three. Can't remember your preferences Betsy. Heart Shaped Box is the darkest of the three, Horns is closest to being a comedy and quite a bit of fun with some pretty good plot twists, N0S4A2 is maybe the most like Mr. King with a girl riding a bike across a mystical bridge and a vampire who's in love with santa clause land. The audio book of N0s4A2 is really great by the way, read by Kate Mulgrew who does a wonderful job.
Betsy wrote: "Advice, please. Many of you in previous posts have mentioned Joe Hill and have said that you have liked his books. I have read none so.... I looked up Joe Hill, pen name, and found that he ha..."I've read all of his fiction with the exception of Gunpowder and don't think any would disappoint.
NOS4A2 was my least favorite, but it was still very, very good. He has quite a bit of short fiction as well. A collection, 20th Century Ghosts, which had to have made his father proud and also Twittering from the Circus of the Dead, Wolverton Station, Thumbprint: A Story and Throttle which he did with his dad.
His graphic novel series with Rodriguez, Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft is amazing!
Thanks to all for your input. I've decided that my first Joe Hill book will be HORNS. I appreciate my Goodreads buddies; you always show up to help !
Betsy wrote: "Thanks to all for your input. I've decided that my first Joe Hill book will be HORNS. I appreciate my Goodreads buddies; you always show up to help !"Please, do not see the movie until after you've read the book.
Kandice wrote: "Betsy wrote: "Thanks to all for your input. I've decided that my first Joe Hill book will be HORNS. I appreciate my Goodreads buddies; you always show up to help !"Please, do not see the movie until after you've read the book. "
This is good advice! I saw the movie this weekend with my boyfriend. I read Horns, but he hasn't. He was soooo confused. Unfortunately, I had to explain parts of the movie to him and I think he lost interest in some bits. Not sure if he will pick up the book at some point after watching the movie.
Jackie wrote: "Kandice wrote: "Betsy wrote: "Thanks to all for your input. I've decided that my first Joe Hill book will be HORNS. I appreciate my Goodreads buddies; you always show up to help !"Please, ..."
The movie must have been a major failure. It went to cable and DVD very quickly... a very bad sign. That didn't mean that it was terrible, just meant that it didn't catch the popular imagination... and probably clobbered Dale Radcliff's Career.
I hate when english actors play Americans. I loved, loved, loved the book. Not as good as Heart-Shaped Box, but still really good (and sad in few places).
Betsy you gotta try Heart-shaped box as well. It's such a brilliant ghost story.
Funny, I'm the opposite when it comes to Heart-Shaped Box. I loved Horns and thought Heart-Shaped Box was just ok. It lost steam for me mid-way and I felt like I was dragging to the finish line.@Stephanie- I actually laughed at some parts too. It just didn't translate well to film. If you read the book you knew what was going on, but so much was missed in the film that I could see why people would be confused watching it.
I have to finish "the Talisman" and "Black House", then i will read "Different seasons, i can t wait! Can someone help me, i want to read "Bazaar" and "the Girl who loved Tom Gordon", should i?
Aymen wrote: "I have to finish "the Talisman" and "Black House", then i will read "Different seasons, i can t wait! Can someone help me, i want to read "Bazaar" and "the Girl who loved Tom Gordon", should i?"I really liked the girl who loved TG. Helps if you like baseball and hiking in the woods. But it's not critical. One good think to keep in mind is the research that King did on survival.
Thanks Nick, i like the survival part, but i don t understand most of Baseball :)
Aymen wrote: "Thanks Nick, i like the survival part, but i don t understand most of Baseball :)"You don't need to know too much. Just that part of pitching has to do with the pitcher psyching out the batter so that the batter doesn't know what's coming next, or is a little intimidated.
Aymen wrote: "Thanks nick, i will read it soon :)"Let us know what you think.
I've just finished The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon two days ago. It was definitly good and worth reading, but it's also awfuly predictable.
John wrote: "That's a weird title."It is literally about a girl who loves the baseball player Tom Gordon. Oh! Who also gets lost.
Wondering if it is scary? The Girl who loved Tom Gordon??
Todd wrote: "Wondering if it is scary? The Girl who loved Tom Gordon??"Not really, but one of those that puts the character in a situation that could really occur which always lends a bit more discomfort for me.
John wrote: "It's put me off reading it."Gotta read the stuff that appeals to you. But everyone I've read it to has loved it. The audio book is especially good. Guess I've said that before.
I love audio books. Often I will really enjoy an audio book that I just couldn't get into on the page.
I was scared for Trisha :P. I spent enough time in the woods to know how terrifying a sitiuation like that would be for a little girl.
so im on the last 50 pages of duma key, all I can say is WOW, WOW and WOW lol I dont know how its going too end, 5 stars so far il let you guys know if that changes when I finish it.
and thank you for the reccomendation guys, you havnt disappointed lol
The Help its so cool and a light read with such a powerful messageThe Goldfinch a contemporary that will move you to bits and almost cry or cry like a bitch
Airman make you feel like your young again with wind literally in your face with each page you turn
Wolf I found it really really fun and i didn't see the plot twist coming its gruesome and very disturbing
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo One of the best trilogies of crime thriller you will ever read
Tom wrote: "I just found Rose Madder at the Goodwill!"Rose Madder has always been one of my favorites. Many people don't like it, but I do!
Rose Madder is one of my absolute favorites as well, can't see why so many people don't seem to like it!
Nancy wrote: "Dark Tower series is my favorite book series (by any author). My favorite is The Waste Lands."Love the DT too. I still think about it every day and see nineteen everywhere. Personally Wizard & Glass is my favourite but its really difficult to choose. :)
I loved Rose Madder as well. After I read it, I was sure that it would be included in some high school's or college course's literature curriculum someday.
Stevo wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Dark Tower series is my favorite book series (by any author). My favorite is The Waste Lands."Love the DT too. I still think about it every day and see nineteen everywh..."
That is too funny! Every tme I see or hear the name Blaine, I think Blaine is a pain.
Kandice wrote: "I love audio books. Often I will really enjoy an audio book that I just couldn't get into on the page." I agree. I tried and tried to read Song of Myself and couldn’t enjoy until I heard it.
So I've done:The Stand
Salems Lot
Mr. Mercedes
11/22/63
On Writing
And I'll finish IT probably by COB Sunday.
What next? Im leaning towards the Dark Tower series, but Im not sure if I should do a few more classics first. The Shining and Pet Semetary were the scariest movies I ever watched, and I don't think I want to try the books?
Im also thinking about Under the Dome, Bag of Bones and Lisey's Story.
What do you all think?
Messier110 wrote: "So I've done:The Stand
Salems Lot
Mr. Mercedes
11/22/63
On Writing
And I'll finish IT probably by COB Sunday.
What next? Im leaning towards the Dark Tower series, but Im not sure if I should do ..."
Personally, I would do The Shining and Pet Sematary, in that order. They are both excellent reads, regardless of whether you've seen the movies. The movie of The Shining is vastly different than the book and even the movie of Pet Sematary leaves out quite a bit from the book.
Aymen wrote: "Mr Mercedes or Duma Key? Which one?"Both are excellent! Mr. Mercedes is part of a trilogy, so if you dive into that one it may end up being a three book undertaking, if that sways your decision at all.
Thanks Jessica! think I will start with "Duma Key" , I have some series to finish and many other books I need to read. But I will read Mr Mercedes soon.
These are the King's books I enjoyed the most.:-Full Dark No Stars (short stories)
-22-11-63
-Shining
- Doctor Sleep(shining 2)
-Bag of Bones
-Misery
- the Green Mile
- Blaze (by Bachman)
Hi! So I have these two great books I m dying to read now, I don't know which one to read first..Lisey's Story and Dead Zone,which one do you think is better?
Aymen wrote: "Hi! So I have these two great books I m dying to read now, I don't know which one to read first..Lisey's Story and Dead Zone,which one do you think is better?"
That is a very tough decision! They are both among my favorites. One is much shorter, so maybe begin with that, depending on how much reading time you have.
Both are well worth reading. Soon!
As a traditionalist I would go with the order of publication. So I guess the answer is Dead Zone. But I concur with Kandice both are excellent books and the order is up to you.
Thanks Guys, I opened Lisey's story to read the first page, the book chose me lol
That's another way of choosing a book. lol.
Any ideas for stories like "The Cannibals", "The Langoliers", "The Mist"? Isolated environment, regular life goes awry stories are good fun. I don't know of too many other authors that do it, let alone many other King stories like these. I liked the bit of "The Cannibals" that we got even more than "Under the Dome." The character writing was the best I've ever read. The bleakness and stress of living in a crumby apartment in Pittsburgh during the filming of "Creepshow" let King's muse flow. I wish it were a full-length novel,
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No biggie. Just saying it's difficult (for me) to recommend given no history or preference.
Have fun - Read them all.