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Jun 26, 2011 08:50PM
im reading water for elephants again :) i dont really remember all of it. so im doing it again!
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Scott wrote: "I finished The Gates this morning.Then I started Bag of Bones."
Glad you liked The Gates, Scott. The sequel, The Infernals, comes out later this year. I am looking forward to it.
Gatorman wrote: "Glad you liked The Gates, Scott. The sequel, The Infernals, comes out later this year. I am looking forward to it."It appears that Samuel gets pulled into the portal in this one. B&N says 10/18/11 release.
Lena wrote: "Thank you!!I enjoy it big time so far."You are welcome.:)
I'm glad you're enjoying UTD big-time, so far!
I heard a rumor about the author of The Girl books that it wasn't a heart attack but murder. That he and his wife and kind of gone off the gride b/c they had been threatened because of the magazine he wrote for. Bondama wrote: "Angie - The Millennium Trilogy is astonishingly good. The whole trilogy is something that has apparently made these three books the MOST popular books in the world! Even more interesting is the ba..."
Reading The Shining for the second time while reading Ender's Shadow. Anyone have suggestion - my next book - The Stand or Under the Dome????
Staci wrote: "Reading The Shining for the second time while reading Ender's Shadow. Anyone have suggestion - my next book - The Stand or Under the Dome????"
They were both good but I would go with The Stand. It is one of King's best.
Ashley, to be honest, I think that's just the kind of rumour that the Internet specializes in. The "Dragon" books aren't that politically controversial. If Stig and his common law wife went off the grid, it would have been more for their OWN beliefs that anything he wrote about. The heart attack is pretty damn conclusive, because he never had a chance to change his will, and his lady wound up with nothing.
Staci wrote: "Reading The Shining for the second time while reading Ender's Shadow. Anyone have suggestion - my next book - The Stand or Under the Dome????"
Hard choice. I agree with the others. Both books are great. Flip a coin to decide. LOL
Staci wrote: "Reading The Shining for the second time while reading Ender's Shadow. Anyone have suggestion - my next book - The Stand or Under the Dome????"
Good evening, Stacy!
That depends on which version of The Stand, IMO. If it's the unabridged, I think I'd go with that; otherwise I'd plunge into UTD, ASAP!:)
Staci wrote: "Reading The Shining for the second time while reading Ender's Shadow. Anyone have suggestion - my next book - The Stand or Under the Dome????"
I vote for the Stand, which I just finished myself. Excellent story, 5 Stars, dunno what I'm gonna follow it up with though...
I'm reading The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Stepehn King wrote on the book jacket, "One Gorgeous Read". It is very good.
I was reading The Snow Queen by Mercedes Lackey, but it got left in my car and my car isn't here today so I had to read something while I ate my breakfast, so I picked up Carrie
, mostly because it's small and won't distract me from my other one, and because I knew it'd be good. This'll only be my 2nd time reading it. Last time was in high school, oh, probably in 2000.
I finished Bag of Bones this morning. I thought it was an excellent ghost story.I'm going to start The Case of Charles Dexter Ward this afternoon. This will be my first read of any Lovecraft.
There were many times through the book where I noticed that I would get the chills or that my heart was beating faster. It is definitely one of my King favorites now.
I'm reading The Shining for the first time. Of Classic King it is the only book I haven't read. I'm also reading The Passage by Justin Cronin. I just finished the Deathly Hallows and loved it all!!
All three are truly exceptional stories, IMO, Scott!Though I still can't believe you hadn't ever read HP until recently.:)
I am about 5 discs away from finishing Under the Dome on audiobook--it's so great/disturbing. I just started reading The Film that Changed My Life, which is a bunch of essays where notable filmmakers discuss their favorite movies. Pretty fascinating thus far.
Courtney wrote: "Just finishedThe Book of Lost Things (which was AMAZING). Now reading Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451"I loved The Book of Lost Things as well!!
Finished
Salem's Lot
. It was okay but somehow couldn't really get into it. I had some distractions, though, so that might have been a part of it.Now, I'm starting Ender's Game .
I'm done with The Case of Charles Dexter Ward.My son has been trying to get me to catch up with him on the Harry Potter series so I guess that I'll start Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Susanna wrote: "Finished Salem's Lot. It was okay but somehow couldn't really get into it. I had some distractions, though, so that might have been a part of it.Now, I'm starting [book:Ender's Game..."
Ender's Game is good I hope you like it :)
I had the same problem when I read Salem's Lot. It was a few years back. I'll probably read it again sometime just to see if somehow it's changed for me. I had the same problem with The Shining which I had never finished. But I'm reading it now and it's coming along a lot better.
Kit★ wrote: "Susanna wrote: "Finished Salem's Lot. It was okay but somehow couldn't really get into it. I had some distractions, though, so that might have been a part of it.Now, I'm starting [b..."
Enders Game series is fantastic. My opinion - start with Ender's Game then proceed thru the Ender's series which starts with Speaker for the Dead. When you finish the Ender's series then start the 'Bean' series which begins where Ender's game finished. First book of the 'Bean' series is Ender's Shadow.
I promise you will not be disappointed.
I think this might not have been the ideal time for me to read 'salem's Lot. I feel like I'm being over-exposed to this kind of "subject matter" and so I'm jaded rather than excited to come across it. But I didn't put it down, and that says something about Uncle Stephen's magic. I will probably re-read it in the future and, who knows, I might like it better then.As for Ender's Game, I'm about 50 pages in and very, very intrigued by it.
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