I've tried once, but didn't advance too far
Though I have to admit, I am not a big fan of the movie, either - those gangsta passions bore me like hell
I have to say find the Hitchcock's Rebecca far better than the Dumaurier's.
I've tried once, but didn't advance too far
Though I have to admit, I am not a big fan of the movie, either - those gangsta passions bore me like hell
I have to say find the Hitchcock's Rebecca far better than the Dumaurier's.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I read Mario Puzo's Godfather. I thought it was quite good. Different strokes I suppose.
it's not bad, no; it's quite decent. I think I would have made it through if not for the topic - there are things I can read about only if they are very well (not just decently) written: love, Far West, gangsters, vampires... On the other hand, there are things I can read even if they are terribly (well, within reason) written - schoolkids, Middle Ages, classical Japan, any non-vampire horror...
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This, exactly. That, and I HATE having to go back and reread a passage because I've just discovered it's dialogue and don't know WTF is going on.Originally Posted by Jean
how did you guess?????
Absolutely. Because the latter isn't only confusing, it's annoying like hell. Instead of reading, you are in a constant inner dialogue with the writer, which goes like that:
why can't you use them, motherfucker? is it that difficult? is it that you're not sure whether you should put the period mark inside or outside the closing quotation mark? use Yahoo Answers, for God's sake, or wikipedia, if they didn't teach you that at school. Or do you think it will distinguish you from other writers? Is it that deep inside you suspect that your story or your writing isn't worth shit, so you have to use those tricks to make the reader remember at least something about you? (etc, etc, etc)
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
I am about 50 pages away from the end of Blaze.
I have to put it down.
I do so wish Mr.King had published it when it was written, and I had read it when I was younger and could have taken it.
Now I am old and soft, and I only recently read Roadwork, and I just can't, no, not again. Blaze is even worse, because Roadwork was all about me, and I cried for myself; and Blaze is all about what I am not, it's all about others, and somehow it makes it worse (maybe because I know that I am at least alive, after all).
I will read something that I won't take close to heart now - luckily, I have a Mary Higgins Clark yet unread, and that's just what I need (John Saul would be fine, but I have exhausted my Saul supply). I think I will put Blaze in my bag, and read it in public transport... one doesn't cry in public transport, does he? not especially if he is a fully grown bear? or a man who looks like he belongs in Thunder Five?
I hate Bachman. I know King would offer at least some consolation, and I know Bachman won't.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I sympathise with you Jean, Blaze is on my reread pile because I only skimmed it last time I read it as it was hard going.
I'm currently plodding through "Fool's Errand" which is book one in Robin Hobb's Tawny Man Trilogy. It's ok, but I'm not gripped by it yet...I'll persevere because my sister said the trilogy were some of the best books she'd ever read.
Anybody read "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss? The next book of the series is coming out soon and I want it bad!
I have many leather bound books.
I'm kind of a big deal.
Changing the plans that I’ve been setting on, I’m scared by the way that my life is getting gone
Jean what are some good John Saul books that you'd recommend. I've picked up quite a few from yard sales and used bookstores around here, but I've only read The Blackstone Chronicles (which I really enjoyed). I've got Creature, Midnight Voices, The Unloved, and Sleepwalk.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
I decided that I am going to switch off between stories from Nightmares & Dreamscapes and 20th Century Ghosts. I'm already about 200 pages into N&D but Joe Hill keeps calling out to me. This will be an interesting way to compare writing styles.
Oh cool! I'm reading 20th Century Ghosts right now! We can compare notes!
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
I'm about to start it...going over to the bookshelf now. I'm pretty excited!
I'm only about 20 pages in but it rocks so far. I think you'll really like the first story!
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
I loved 20th Century Ghosts, for the most part. It inspired me to go out and buy his novel, although that could completely suck; who knows?
Read this several months ago and am looking forward to the next one.
I had meant to start a re-read of DT5
but i avoided it in favor of reading Everything's Eventual
again.
i just really didn't like DT5 and it upset me
that I didn't like it.
i KNOW i have to go through it again
and hopefully feel better about it
i'm just dreading it because maybe i'll
hate it even MORE this time..
There are other worlds than these.
"You brought your bitch to the Waffle Hut?"
"(859): You were wearing a sombrero. And a crown. And told me to use the nerf gun to protect your room from the cat. You don't have a cat."
~ texts from last night
Ruthful, though I originally thought the plot of his novel sounded a bit questionable, I really, really liked it. I hope you do too! It actually scared me in parts.
Oh yeah, I thought Heart Shaped Box was excellent!
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
20 pages of The Shining left. Then hopefully im reading For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemmingway
I find it kinda wierd, but I think DT is the only book series on the planet that it's readers dislike atleast one book, or hate the ending, but yet still salavate over the books. Even join book clubs for it. Wierd shit manI had meant to start a re-read of DT5
but i avoided it in favor of reading Everything's Eventual
again.
i just really didn't like DT5 and it upset me
that I didn't like it.
i KNOW i have to go through it again
and hopefully feel better about it
i'm just dreading it because maybe i'll
hate it even MORE this time..
and yeh dude, The Name of the Wind was fuckn awesome!
I have many leather bound books.
I'm kind of a big deal.
Changing the plans that I’ve been setting on, I’m scared by the way that my life is getting gone
there's no good Saul among what I've read. There's lousy, boring Saul (I would definitely put Creature and The Unloved in that category; there are more), and mediocre Saul. The latter I find oddly relaxing; I can read tons of him when in trouble or when my emotional sphere is engaged elsewhere (a trip abroad is my other usual Saul-reading situation), but I still need to follow printed text with my eyes because the process is akin to breathing. Those Sauls include:
Punish the Sinners
Comes the Blind Fury
Nathaniel
Hellfire
The God Project
Second Child
There also are books I haven't read yet; I always buy one or two second-hand Sauls when in Europe, so soon I'll have a whole collection (will definitely look for The Blackstone Chronicles now)... although I had to part with Guardian, which I bought in Norwich last June, because I became positive I would never reread it (way too boring); while I reread those on the list above regularly.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I decided to read Mason & Dixon by Pynchon. I hope to finish it by the end of 30 days and move on to a simultaneous read of Blaze and that Eco book.
My favorite bands can kick your favorite bands' asses.
The horizon is right and motionless like the EKG of a dying woman.
I've read the first four stories!Good stuff!
I'm actually liking his more than his dad's older ones...though I did just enjoy You Know They Got a Hell of a Band.
Read I Am Legend, and loved it. I'm trying to finish reading the rest of the stories in the book, but to be honest, I'm not really enjoying any of them.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
::swoon::
wasn't i am legend just amazing? what an incredible story.
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