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I read this during my Stephen King heyday back in 2004, but I have to read it again before Dr. Sleep comes out.

Reading this in German. On the back the name of the family is Finch, and in the text it's Fink (the German word for finch). I don't like these kind of mistakes. Am I nitpicking? In this case... Yes, of course.

It wasn't planned, but I'm reading this book around the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington (Aug-28 1963) and I think this fits somehow.

I haven't read a real book in what feels like ages.

"He didn't say nothing about expecting no one." WHAT? :-)

"'Fuck you very much', she replied." Unfortunately for her she replied to the wrong person.

"She was the type of person who equated being loud with being interesting." Or, as Jerry Garcia once put it: "On this planet, louder is better."

I'm in need of some murder mystery story. A serial killer at large, it says on the cover. Lovely :-)

I'm no bible expert, but isn't there some kind of contradiction in these:

Genesis 1:27
And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Genesis 2:7
And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life...

Will there be a happy ending? I'm afraid not.

I recall an exchange between Mulder and Scully of the X-Files (Episode 5X6 "The Post-Modern Prometheus")

MULDER: But, given the power, who could resist the temptation to create life in his own image?

SCULLY: We already have that ability, Mulder. It’s called "procreation."

Time for another classic.

"The Quemadero" - that chapter is intense!

Great so far. I actually find the main character more interesting than Don Quixote.

No so great so far. The writing style seems odd to me. And the story doesn't blow my mind.

"But strangest of all were their heads, which presented a contour violating all known biological principles."

Time to leave Herezoth again. I will miss it... until the next installment. R&R (rate and review) tomorrow.

"... things are different now. The situation's shot to hell." Right. So my favorite character has to join the party.

Nice! The characters who survived The Crimson League are all there and many new ones as well. It's good to have a character list, although it took me a while to print it out from my Kindle app.

Time to plunge into the world of Herezoth again.

Ch.36 Life Is A Story. Writers should consider that. The experiencing vs. the remembering self.

"If you don't pay for a product, then you are the product." Something to think about, my Goodreads friends :-)

"A democracy based on fear is not a democracy. Fear of razor blades in apples at Halloween, fear of the commies, fear of the terrorists - it never ends!" Up until now the 'depth' of the story has been sacrificed for pace. But this scene is actually pretty good.

"CNN droned on in the background as I dropped off. 'At what point does cyberespionage become cyberattack? With more on this we go to our correspondent...'" Topical, me thinks. Hi NSA! You're on GR too I presume.

I wanted to start reading this earlier, but my Kindle decided it was time for a software update and that took forever to complete.