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What Are You Reading?
Jon Recluse wrote: "Read 16.The list is ridiculous.
Lisey's Story?
Someone is smoking Draino....."
Hey, I didn't say it was ALL great, but there were some in there I'd never heard of and added to my list.
Marc wrote: "Sharon/ LFrog1386 wrote: "Marc wrote: "Sharon/ LFrog1386 wrote: "Marc wrote: "Been reading a kindle book on English and Welsh and Irish fairy folk. Great fun. Mention is made of the origins of th..."Me too, Marc. Being of Irish descent, I always enjoyed stories like that. Charles De Lint was one of my favorite authors, along with Mercedes Lackey. Both write fantasy novels about faerie.
HA! I didn't agree with that list either, Jon.
Who writes these things anyway. I never trusts lists.It is like those surveys where they say that a majority of people think that Snuggles the Fabric Softner Bear is a paedo and then five years later you found out that they asked ten people who were psychotic and imprisoned in a high security psych ward somewhere.
Keith wrote: "Who writes these things anyway. I never trusts lists.It is like those surveys where they say that a majority of people think that Snuggles the Fabric Softner Bear is a paedo and then five years l..."
LMAO!
I have always found that Snuggles bear to be creepy. I remember the 1st commercial with him talking in the washing machine as it was filling up with water. The water goes right over his head and he's still talking.It gave me the heebie jeebies.
The Burger King guy is very creepy too.
Burger King ads currently here is this guy:http://cdn2.blogs.babble.com/stroller...
He totally freaks me out.
Charlene - when I was in uni in Tulsa, OK, I worked in a restaurant called Molly Murphy's and had to dress like 'Snuggles' and serve people stake. The money was excellent and showed that I have no shame.
The BK King is a good call! Totally creepy.So the restaurant had Snuggle bears serving steak?
WTF?
I'm glad someone else mentioned a high security psych ward.....
Wow! Thanks for the list, Kealan! I will add those to my amazon wish list.I will add one note to "The Walking"---great build up and story ideas but an awful ending. Wrapped it up in 5 pages in completely unsatisfactory fashion.
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN - I liked this book alot. It has a strong paedo thread pulling through it and it has a very European pacing but felt it was a great read. A different horror that took you away from the norm.
Charlene wrote: "The BK King is a good call! Totally creepy.So the restaurant had Snuggle bears serving steak?
WTF?"
It was called Molly Murphy's and everyone had to dress up as different characters. They had an old Excaliber car that was hollowed out and turned into a salad car. When the song Car Wash came on, we had to get customers up and wash the salad car and dance around them. Totally weird but the good thing is I would make $300 - 600 a night in tips. I work two to three nights a week and making more money than most people who worked full time.
http://www.mollymurphys.com/
Sharon/ LFrog1386 wrote: "Marc wrote: "Sharon/ LFrog1386 wrote: "Marc wrote: "Sharon/ LFrog1386 wrote: "Marc wrote: "Been reading a kindle book on English and Welsh and Irish fairy folk. Great fun. Mention is made of the ..."I'm really wanting to read a good dose of Diana Wynne Jones, who wrote Howl's Moving Castle, later turned into the Miyazaki anime movie, as well as many other books, some only now coming back into print because of kindle. I downloaded A Charmed Life and read the sample for Dogsbody after seeing it recommended so strongly by Neil Gaiman. She's got a wonderful imagination.
The fairy mythology book I'm reading was a freebie, I think, and to me as entertaining a read as, say, The Brothers Grimm, so check it out if you want a good read.
Keith wrote: "Who writes these things anyway. I never trusts lists.It is like those surveys where they say that a majority of people think that Snuggles the Fabric Softner Bear is a paedo and then five years l..."
It took me a while to warm up to Pedobear, but I've laughed pretty hard at some of the gags.
Kealan wrote: "Lindqvist, and if the movies are any indication, this was one of the few original takes on the vampire myth at a time when we badly needed something to counter the swishy, saccharine, non-scary vam..."THE GRIN IN THE DARK isn't Campbell's best work, but he does deserve his due.
I liked HOUSE OF LEAVES. It's unique, but maybe not one of the best.
I haven't read UNDER THE DOME, but I wouldn't think 11/22/63 belongs here. It's not a horror novel, so...
Kealan wrote: "That's up for debate, Jon."11/22/63 is a sci fi/fantasy novel.
I don't like debate.
That's why I stick with being right....
Kealan wrote: "Incidentally, I'm giving away two paperback copies of KIN here on Goodreads..."YAHTZEE!!!!!!
Nice summary of the list, Kealan, and thanks for your input. It will definitely help shape my list of what to add to my TBR pile. I do have Drood already, so I hope I have a better time with it than you obviously have. ;)
I really enjoyed Drood. It turned me on to Wilkie Collins and I have enjoyed his books as well.
Also, I finished the Gifune book Saying Uncle. I liked it. A lot!Now I'm giving Sandy Deluca a try with Descent. She released a free short story a ways back Death Moon and I thought it was so good that I would try one of her novels.
Kealan wrote: "HOUSE OF LEAVES"This book's original title was MFA GIMMICK.
Chris wrote: "Kealan wrote: "HOUSE OF LEAVES"This book's original title was MFA GIMMICK."
The more I heard about how amazing it was, the less amazing it sounded.
I just got done reading Berserk by Tim Lebbon. A good read but it did have its distractions and disappointments. Here's my review for anyone who's interested: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Kealan wrote: "Incidentally, I'm giving away two paperback copies of KIN here on Goodreads..."Pfft, I don't want one. ;)
That probably has something to do with me having already read the book on Kindle, though. An awesome read, 5 stars.
Jon Recluse wrote: "What's an MFA?"Master of Fine Arts degree.
Oh.Thanks.
Don't see the connection.
Jon Recluse wrote: "Oh.Thanks.
Don't see the connection."
I thought all the oddball formatting, footnotes, and whatnot in HOUSE OF LEAVES was gimmicky and pretentious, like something an MFA student would come up with, much like Danielewski's other book, where every page has the exact same number of words, or whatever.
Oh.I never looked at it that way.
I liked the way the book was laid out.
It engaged me on some level.
I don't know many people.
So what are you all reading?I am now reading J. Kilborn's Trapped. I have to say that so far, I am underwhelmed.
Not everyone can write a good inbred cannibal story.
I hated that book. Kilborn is just into overkill.
I'm between books right now, dealing with a fever and trying to do my 31 Books For Halloween list.
Started Hugh Howey's (Wool) book, "I, Zombie." I think I've stumbled across a real writer here.
Jon Recluse wrote: "I hated that book. Kilborn is just into overkill.
I'm between books right now, dealing with a fever and trying to do my 31 Books For Halloween list."
Aww, I wish you felt better, Jon. : (
My inner rebel is protesting against Hugh Howey. Though I finally broke down and accepted the first Wool installment. I say accepted it because I didn't purchase it, it was free.
I just generally dislike what everyone else is liking.
Is that bad? : )
Charlene wrote: "Jon Recluse wrote: "I hated that book. Kilborn is just into overkill.
I'm between books right now, dealing with a fever and trying to do my 31 Books For Halloween list."
Aww, I wish you felt bet..."
Thanks, Charlene.
No, it's not.
Sometimes, the mob doesn't rule, it drools. ;)
I really liked TRAPPED, but I'm a pretty big JA Konrath fan across the board. I picked up GAME OF THRONES earlier and so far it's good.
Charlene, he never came across to me as pre-packaged corporate the way AM radio bands do. I think "Wool" took people by surprise. Haven't read it yet, myself, but did get the series when it was either free or selling for a dollar or two more than its individual entries.I saw him doing a reading of I, Zombie on its Amazon page, and got the impression the guy knew what he was doing well enough for me to take a chance on his zombie book. I'd rather get introduced to an author through something short and self-contained than by getting roped into a series, just in case it turns out I don't care for him.
Oooh, I loved Game of Thrones. One thing I admire about George RR Martin is the fact that most of his characters are..gray. Not clearly good or bad. That and his willingness to kill off just about anyone!Chris, you must have also read Endurance then, right?
You don't feel that at heart, these are basically the same books?
Marc wrote: "Charlene, he never came across to me as pre-packaged corporate the way AM radio bands do. I think "Wool" took people by surprise. Haven't read it yet, myself, but did get the series when it was e..."Oh, I definitely hear you regarding the series'. I would be interested in hearing your thoughts on this one, when you're done. : )
Kealan wrote: "Just finished DARK TOWER III. Liked it, though not as much as the second book. Now onto the fourth!"Hey Kealan, how goes it?
Charlene wrote: "Marc wrote: "Charlene, he never came across to me as pre-packaged corporate the way AM radio bands do. I think "Wool" took people by surprise. Haven't read it yet, myself, but did get the series ..."Will do.
Pretty good. Thanks for asking!Dennis Lehane's new book is due out. Nemesis is about to come out. My favorite Irish writers are doing pretty good so that makes me happy. : )
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