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Courtney wrote: "Finished The Damnation Game today. I enjoyed it - it was really gory lol.Just started Boy's Life. It's my second McCammon, even though Swan Song is one of m..."
Hi, Courtney!
Swan Song is one of my favorite novels of all time, too.:) And I really enjoyed Boy's Life.
IMO, anything by McCammon is worth a try.
Charlene wrote: "Courtney wrote: "Finished The Damnation Game today. I enjoyed it - it was really gory lol.Just started Boy's Life. It's my second McCammon, even though [book:Swan Song|1..."
That's high praise! I'll for sure let you know what I think :)
Courtney - I just finished "The Five" - which King says is the "best thing MCammons's ever written" - and I have to agree. One of the best books I've read in ages.
I am currently reading "Snow Angels" By James Thompson. Great book so far, here is a link to it:http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10...
Bondama wrote: "Courtney - I just finished "The Five" - which King says is the "best thing MCammons's ever written" - and I have to agree. One of the best books I've read in ages."I really enjoyed your review of said book, Bondama.:)
Bondama wrote: "Courtney - I just finished "The Five" - which King says is the "best thing MCammons's ever written" - and I have to agree. One of the best books I've read in ages."I've noticed a lot of people on my friends list reading that one lately. The premise didn't really interest me initially, but all of the five-star ratings have me intrigued. I may have to check it out after all!
Courtney wrote: "Bondama wrote: "Courtney - I just finished "The Five" - which King says is the "best thing MCammons's ever written" - and I have to agree. One of the best books I've read in ages."I've noticed a..."
For me, King's little blurb is more than enough to intrigue me... though I haven't read it yet..
Pharmacology and Oryx and Crake. I don't like reading two books at once, but Oryx and Crake is for a buddy read and has a deadline :). I'm enjoying both of them. Pharmacology is a pretty neat little package. I'd recommend it. It was $3.99 on Kindle I think.
Im reading Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven. Its about a comet hitting Earth and the survivors afterwards I guess. I'm not very far into it, but it seems good so far.
I liked Lucifer's Hammer! I reread it not that long ago.
Just finished
. About to start Boy A, which apparently is not on Goodreads. Hmmm...
I'm reading The Wastelands at the moment (first time re-reading The Dark Tower series since King published book 7). Also re-reading To Kill a Mockingbird.
Beth wrote: "The Book Thief. Its really good!"That is a 2-hanky 5 Star read. It had me from the first chapter. I hope you enjoy it. It is now one of my favorites!
Started World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War last night and already I am hooked in. Nothing like a little zombie to brighten up your life... HA!
Alondra wrote: "Beth wrote: "The Book Thief. Its really good!"That is a 2-hanky 5 Star read. It had me from the first chapter. I hope you enjoy it. It is now one of my favorites!
Started [book:Worl..."
Hi Alondra,
I read World War Z a few years back and loved it.
I've heard nothing but great stuff about The Book Thief and am hoping to get to it sometime this year.
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but someone stole my copy...
I read the first few pages of The Book Theif while killing time in a bookstore. I need to read the whole thing, it sucked me in. Didn't have the money to buy the book, though.
Rachel wrote: "I read the first few pages of The Book Theif while killing time in a bookstore. I need to read the whole thing, it sucked me in. Didn't have the money to buy the book, though."That's why the public library is soooooooooooooo great. :)
Chris wrote: "I was going to read The Book Thief last year...but someone stole my copy..."
I haven't read it yet...but I would be pissed off (sorry if that offends anyone, but books are special), if someone stole a copy of one of my books. I only found out yesterday I had let this elderly lady I used to work with borrow one of my favorite books of all-time, (She's Come Undone), and all this time, I was going crazy thinking someone had stolen it. ha!
Yeah, i'll get it there eventually. Gotta finish something first. Currently have 3 books started.
Finished Bad Moon Rising the other day. What a great ending to the trilogy.Then I started The Sisters Brothers. I really like it so far.
Kathryn wrote: "Rachel wrote: "I read the first few pages of The Book Theif while killing time in a bookstore. I need to read the whole thing, it sucked me in. Didn't have the money to buy the book, though."That's why the public library is soooooooooooooo great. :)
Agreed!
The public library is quite possibly one of the finest institutions in America. Just sayin' :)
Alondra wrote: "Beth wrote: "The Book Thief. Its really good!"That is a 2-hanky 5 Star read. It had me from the first chapter. I hope you enjoy it. It is now one of my favorites!
Started [book:Worl..."
WWZ is one of my all time favorites. I'm going to be rereading it soon just because I feel in need of a 5-star book this year and yet to have one!
Am currently reading, appropriately enough for this group, Stephen King's "Full Dark, No Stars".
Chris wrote: "I was going to read The Book Thief last year...but someone stole my copy..."
Bwahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa!
The best part about WWZ is that it's not REALLY about zombies. I loved this book.
After some really major disappointments I've started reading "The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson ... I'm a couple of hundred pages in, and I love it! :-)The major disappointments I've read in the last couple of weeks is The Passage (which was just "bleh", not really bad per se, but definitely not worth 1000 pages), The Night Circus (which was outright bad - jup it sucked big time) and World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (which was just a bore, an example of a good idea turned wrong).
Anyways, so far I love The Way of Kings, if the rest of the book is as good as the first 200 pages I might have read a conteder for best read of the year for me :-)
Mummi wrote: "After some really major disappointments I've started reading "The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson ... I'm a couple of hundred pages in, and I love it! :-)The major..."
I hadn't heard of The Way of Kings until now. Sounds pretty good.
I'm reading
by Amy Efaw right now. So far so good. It's very different than anything else I've read so far!
Mummi wrote: "After some really major disappointments I've started reading "The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson ... I'm a couple of hundred pages in, and I love it! :-)The major..."
Wow! You're the FIRST, (I'm serious!) person I've seen or talked to, to review The Night Circus so low! I haven't read it yet, but definitely plan to. As for the Passage....I am so with you! I actually stopped reading it. I really, really tried to like it, but...it went to my "started, but never finished" pile. :/ Happy reading!
I too really, really tried to like the Passage, but just couldn't get into it... As for the ending, it wasn't very rewarding, and I can say for sure that I will NOT be reading the sequel...I also went really openminded into the reading of The Night Circus, but it was a major let down for me at least... But it might be different for you of course ;)
Jason wrote: I hadn't heard of The Way of Kings until now. Sounds pretty good. ..."Even though i've only read about 1/5th of it I already think I'm in a position to recommend it ;)
Mummi wrote: "Jason wrote: I hadn't heard of The Way of Kings until now. Sounds pretty good. ..."Even though i've only read about 1/5th of it I already think I'm in a position to recommend it ;)"
Just added it to my wishlist on my Nook so I will be getting to it in the near future.
i guess im gonna start lone wolf by Jodi picoult!
Beth wrote: "i guess im gonna start lone wolf by Jodi picoult!"Let me know how it is!
Charlene wrote: "Steven wrote: "Charlene wrote: "Gwen wrote: "Holly wrote: "Right now I'm reading Drood by Dan Simmons."I loved Drood too! The Terror is fantastic as well, if you haven't read it ye..."
Frankly, he has no reason to lie about it. None of his other books inject any right-leaning politics into them. It's just his take on what some people see as the way the world is leaning. I find it hard to believe he would write such a book and lie about it not containing his political views. He had to know what criticism was coming.
Holly wrote: "It sounds like you guys really didn't like that book. I think I might have to check it out and see if it's as bad as you guys say it is."You should read it. I liked it a lot and not because of the political slant it takes. It's a very good mystery/thriller.
I'm reading Before I Go To Sleep by SJ Watson. So far it's not bad, but it hasn't exactly kept me up at night reading. Something about the story I'm not connecting with yet. But I'm plodding through. 
Diane wrote: "I'm reading Before I Go To Sleep by SJ Watson. So far it's not bad, but it hasn't exactly kept me up at night reading. Something about the story I'm not connecting with yet. But I'm plodding throug..."That's on my to-be-read list! I hope its better than you're saying...I haven't really seen anyone else read it, so I haven't been too sure about it. If that makes sense.
Kathryn, I'll be sure to let you know what I think of it when I'm done!Lagenia, I love Gerald's Game. One of my faves of SK.
Now reading Hawkes Harbor I have read mixed reviews but I'm giving it a chance. So far it is a pretty good story, we'll see.
I finished 11/22/63 by Stephen King this afternoon and it was brilliant! Now I've started reading Four to Score by Janet Evanovich.
Ellie wrote: "I finished 11/22/63 by Stephen King this afternoon and it was brilliant! Now I've started reading Four to Score by Janet Evanovich."I really enjoyed 11/22/63. This one I will read again.
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Just started Boy's Life. It's my second McCammon, even though Swan Song is one of m..."
Courtney, if you can believe it, I think Boy's Life is slightly better than SS! We'll see if you think so when you're done. Both of them are on my list of all time favorites.
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