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Hey, Dustin! Yeah, I probably miss most of them for not having read the series but in Insomnia there are a lot of obvious ones. I also immediately wanted to know how Patrick is linked to DT.
Dustin wrote: "Hi, Divya! Duma Key IS interesting, isn't it? I love it!"Dustin wrote: "Hi, Divya! Duma Key IS interesting, isn't it? I love it!"
Becky wrote: "Duma Key is one of my favorites. I loved it."
Absolutely! I finished the book today and its actually my 1st Stephen King book. It will be my favorite too.
Oh, Divya, that is AWESOME! Welcome to the Stephen King Universe! You're one of us now.Susanna- I hope you plan on reading DT soon!
Happy reading!
Dustin, can you mark that as a spoiler please? Some people like to find out things like that when they get there. Thanks!
Oh...I'm sorry about that, Becky...BTW, how would I mark something as a spoiler?
You can either do < spoiler > text < /spoiler > without the spaces which will give you this: (view spoiler) or just *********Spoiler******** it. ;)
Thank you, Becky!
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With that name, she certainly should.
Oh, definitely! I didn't even think of that!
Quite close, isn't it? I do plan on reading the series soon. I have all seven just waiting on my shelf to be picked up and read. Hard covers just waiting to be cracked for the first time. <3
Oh, that is SWEET, Susanna! I wish I owned all of them on hardcover!
I finished Owen's book, my review's up here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/.... I liked it, it was good, I'd recommend to any of y'all who are curious. :)I'll be reading
next, mostly because I happened to see the movie last night, and now I need to read the book. Have to do it, need to know more...
Hi, Kit!Mystic River's a great film, wouldn't you say? I plan on reading the book, as well.
Dustin wrote: "Hi, Kit!Mystic River's a great film, wouldn't you say? I plan on reading the book, as well."
Yes it is, I'm going to watch it again when I finish the book, maybe see it in a new light :)
I understand that movies can be more accessible to a person than books, but I cannot tell you how much better a book "Mystic River" is than it is a movie - and it's a tremendous movie -- but the medium of film cannot and never will be able to fit in all the little shadowings and workings that an author agonizes over.
I actually didn't care for Mystic River (the book) as much as I had hoped to. I listened to the audio, and the audio reader didn't do anything for me. He actually took away from my enjoyment of the book. =\Stick to the actual book - the story is good if you can identify with the characters. :)
The thing is, I'd been a huge fan of Lehane's long before "Mystic River" was even written, so I was definitely predisposed to like the book itself.
That would certainly help, Bondama. I've never seen any of the movies based on Lehane's books, so I can't compare them. I've only ever read Shutter Island and Mystic River, and of the two, I most definitely preferred Shutter Island. I was looking forward to Mystic River, but that damn reader just kept me at arm's length... It's a shame, because the story really IS good, I just didn't enjoy it like I wanted to.
What about it? Are you asking if I've seen it, Kevin? If so, the answer is no. I haven't seen any movies based on Lehane's books.
I own both Gone Baby Gone and Mystic River, still need to read both. Loved the book Shutter Island, movie not so much.
Gone Baby Gone is the 4th book in the Kenzie and Gennaro series. I would have to read the others first, even if they are independent stories that just have the same main characters linking each book. I can't read series books out of order... it makes me crazy! :P
Becky wrote: "What about it? Are you asking if I've seen it, Kevin? If so, the answer is no. I haven't seen any movies based on Lehane's books."No, I have not seen or read any of his work, even though I own Mystic River in paperback.
I have read Gone Baby Gone, Prayers For Rain and Moonlight Mile in the Kenzie/Gennaro series and Mystic River and Shutter island as stand-alones. With the exception of Mile, all were great books. Mile was just ok.
Finally finished
early this am. Still processing how I liked it. Will do a review later. Starting
today.
Hi, Barbara!I recently finished Full Dark, No Stars, too!!
Hi Dustin! Full Dark was good to me...not great...but as a fan, there were definitely points that were beautifully crafted to me. How about for you?Here’s my review.
Becky, I am exactly the same way about books in a series - I think I mentioned to you at one time that it got so bad at one time, I wouldn't even START the first one until I had all of the books in my possession!
I used to be like that, Bondama... I'm not so much like that anymore. I used to have to read them all back to back as well, but now I can read other books in between. :)
Barbara wrote: "Hi Dustin! Full Dark was good to me...not great...but as a fan, there were definitely points that were beautifully crafted to me. How about for you?Here’s my review."
Hello again, Barbara!
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I really enjoyed your review of FDNS, especially (in A Good Marriage) where you mentioned your lingerinq questions about Darcy's decision. I hadn't really viewed the novella from that precise angle before.
In 1922, the noted supernatural element is probably my favorite overall scene..
I'm reading multiple books, actually:Stephen King's Black House (The Talisman's my favorite book ever so I just HAD to read the sequel)
Edgar Allan Poe's Unabridged Collection
Stephanie Meyer's Twilight (I've been on Book 1 for the past 16 months)
Anne Rice's Interview with a Vampire
Kaen Moning's Highlander
I agree that they're all disconnected, comparatively-irrelevant, and completely different books - but it's fun that way!
Reading Dragons of Eden right now, but can't wait to dive into the Collected Stories of Drizzt on Thursday, a big fan always wanting to read the black stories/short stories, going to be a treat for me.
Dustin wrote: "In 1922, the noted supernatural element is probably my favorite overall scene..."Thanks Dustin. Maybe I will go back and reread 1922 again because I did love it up until that twist point. The dread and creep were there for sure.
You're welcome, Barbara! * * * SPOILER * * *
I just think it's an interesting way of knowing the whereabouts/situation involving Hank and Shannon. Seeing through Arlette's eyes is fascinating. And plus, I love supernatural stories!
Scott wrote: "I just started Ender's Game on the way home."Awesome, awesome book!! One of my all time faves, I wanted to use Ender for my kid's middle name, but we ended up using Jake instead. Tough choice there, both are my fave kid characters ever.
Bondama wrote: "I understand that movies can be more accessible to a person than books, but I cannot tell you how much better a book "Mystic River" is than it is a movie - and it's a tremendous movie -- but the me..."I completely agree, the books are always better than the movies, even when the movies are done extremely well. I also have The Given Day to read by Lehane, I really liked reading Shutter Island, and I'd love to find more of his work one of these days.
Kit, he has a series (mentioned above) about two detectives, Patrick & Gina, written before "Mystic River" - The first couple are a bit weak, but they get very much better as they go along, although they never reach the heights of "Mystic River" or "Any Given Day" - which is my big-time, all time favorite of his.
Cool, so it looks like I picked the good ones to start with :D I really like his writing, I just get right into it as soon as I open the page and start.
You'll love it, Scott - Gaiman is so beautifully twisted!
I am reading On writing right now. After I finish i will read carrie
Kit, Lehane is the MAN when it comes to modern crime/dram genre. His Kenzie/Genarro series is VERY good. I have to completely disagree Bondama. A Drink Before the War is an AMAZING first novel for any writer of any genre ( it won the Shamus Award), Darkness Take My Hand (the second novel) is just as good as the first. While I do agree that Mystic River is a GREAT book, I would say that Gone Baby Gone is just as good, in my opinion. Moonlight Mile, the sequel to Gone Baby Gone, is a very good book as well. I would say out of the entire series there is really only one weak book and that is Sacred, and even that is a good read.
In one respect you are quite, correct Billy -- It wasn't really accurate to "dismiss" Lehane's Kenzie/Gennaro novels as I did --- I was actually thinking of "Sacred" to be honest.. It's just that "Mystic River" and "Any Given Day" rise so far above the level of his earlier work, it blew me away.Did you ever get a chance to see any of the episodes of "The Wire" that he or Pellecanos wrote?
Yesterday I read the introduction to
Just After Sunset
. I'll probably divide my reading between Uncle Stephen and
Under Fire: A Century Of War Movies
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There ARE a lot of DT connections, aren't there? I love it.