I sure will, so far, I really recommend it.Originally Posted by Heather19
I keep seeing this one around and was curious if it was any good or not. Let me know what you think when you're finished.
I'm going to buy it for Dora I think.
The kindness of close friends is like a warm blanket
I want to read this book as well, hopefully before the movie is released
How you liking it so far?
my hubby read it last year and loved it. He says it's one of those books that stay with you for awhile after reading.
It's on my mental list of "to read" but I haven't gotten to it yet.
Matt, I think Dora would really like The Host.
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sugarpop <3
what am i currently reading? not a goddamn thing.i can't seem to concentrate on anything for longer than five minutes.
I am actually rereading From a Buick 8 right now. Patiently waiting on Christmas to see if I get anything to read for a gift.
Margaret Emmie Mackey Catoe, you are, have been, and always will be my soulmate, and I love you.
Con todo mi corazon, por todo de mis dias. And I always will, in this life and into the next.
August 2, 1947 - September 24, 2010
I'm plan on making it my first book of 2009, why don't we read it together?I want to read this book as well, hopefully before the movie is released
How you liking it so far?
my hubby read it last year and loved it. He says it's one of those books that stay with you for awhile after reading.
It's on my mental list of "to read" but I haven't gotten to it yet.
Just finished Apt Pupil I can't believe I hadn't read that one before, great story, although I think it was also one of the most disturbing stories I've ever read.
Now I'm back to Just After Sunset.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
Reading Cell. Again. (old news)
Hope to make it through this time.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One of the best reads I've had in recent years!I like it a lot because it's a really fast read and the author gets right into the action. His writing style is really unique as well. Short chapters with minimal punctuation. It's different. So far it seems like the story is going to be pretty interesting. I hear it's really depressing though. We shall see.I want to read this book as well, hopefully before the movie is released
How you liking it so far?
Don't know about 'depressing' - I suppose it is, yes. Certainly one of the bleakest Books I've ever read.
I haven't read it either, but I was discussing it with a friend of mine in the pub the other weekend - he compared it to something I had read...sounded bleak - but intruiging.
Well...a landmark occasion in my (very) long and extensive reading 'career'.
Having been a huge SK fan since way back to his beginnings practically, I seem to remember reading 'It' and, having greatly enjoyed the story, felt extremely let down by what I considered to be a very flat, dopy ending.
Prior to then I'd noticed that he'd published some 'fantasy' novels and, not being into 'fantasy', completely ignored them. I continued to read the books he published that I thought I'd enjoy but to be honest, I really did think at times he'd lost the plot. You probably think I've lost the plot but this being such a momentous time I know that fellow junkies will understand if I don't rush into this.
Anyway, as a collector of books in general I decided to start buying SK about 15 months ago and in the process of researching prices and so on, I came across this site. Now, you will have gathered I was no fan of the Dark Tower but then again, I'd never read any so how could I truly judge? So, having spent an inordinate amount of money buying signed SK, DT S/L and other related books I thought the least I could do would be to give the Tower a try.
I bought a full paperback set in the Summer with the intention of starting straight away. Events overtook me however and for various reasons I didn't get round to it.
Some critiques of 'The Gunslinger' seemed to suggest that the first book was hard work to read and even SK alluded to it in the foreword to the revised version saying readers might have to persevere with 'Gunslinger' and stay with it through to 'Drawing of The Three' which he virtually promises will be so much better.
I was almost afraid to begin reading in case I didn't like it because I am always brutally honest about a writer even if it is SK.
Last week I read 'The Gunslinger' --- LOVED IT.
The answer to the topic question therefore is -- I'm about half way through 'The Drawing of The Three'.
If you have read all the way through this please accept my apology for possibly wasting your time and, to the Mods, sorry for taking up so much space.
That's what the space is there for, agrabin!
Glad you're liking the series so far. Just wait...it gets even better.
"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
Thanks Daghain.That's what the space is there for, agrabin!
Glad you're liking the series so far. Just wait...it gets even better.
Have you thrown out all your bacon and pork sausages?
Huh?
"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
Do you live in Ireland -- pork scare?? -- have I CLANGED??Huh?
Ah, I'm just flying the Irish flag - I'm really in the US.
But I would DIE without bacon and sausage!
"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
Yes I have! :sob: And the Black Pudding ! :bigger sobs:
Welcome to DT-World agrabin.
As daghain said - hang on to your hat, this one just gets better and better and better!
I got The Road!
I'm going to start it as soon as I finish JAS.
Finished The Green Mile (and surprised at not finding a thread on it).
Tomorrow I'll probably read "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption." Then probably "The Woman in the Room," then maybe "The Body" and after that, Misery. Then, if there's still time this year, I might read The Long Walk.
If you haven't guessed it, I'm trying to read the books made into movies by Frank Darabont and Rob Reiner.
Finished JaS...liked it quite a bit.
Probably going with either The Oz complete series from Frank Baum, or finish up the Dexter trilogy next.
Elodin: "Tombs is for feckless twits who can't chew their own food. My boy's a Re'lar! He has the feck of twenty men!"
Kvothe: “Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.”
Simmon: ”It’s just ointment in case you get burned...but if you mix it with piss, it turns into candy.” Sim’s expression was deadpan. “Delicious candy.”
Where is that thread we set up with the betting pool for J and Y?If you haven't guessed it, I'm trying to read the books made into movies by Frank Darabont and Rob Reiner.
Is that a joke? (Seriously, I tend to take things literally and tone can't be determined online, so I don't know--I've never seen a thread like that....Where is that thread we set up with the betting pool for J and Y?If you haven't guessed it, I'm trying to read the books made into movies by Frank Darabont and Rob Reiner.)
Anyway, I'm reading "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" now, and am over 1/3 of the way through it. I intend to finish tonight, but that's as far as I'm going to get.
i vote dexter. come on, you know you want to read about a sociopathic serial killer who only kills other serial killers.
you know you want to. . . .
Sorry J and Y, it was a joke. No thread exist, to my knowledge.
I didn't think so.
Anyway, I'd have chosen the Oz books (read them all, and loved them!).
I read the first Dexter book, but I found(much to my surprise) that from what I can see so far, it's one of those very rare moments when I've liked the television series/movie/show/etc. more that the book. Maybe that will change if I continue, though.
As for the Oz books, I'm a sucker for that universe.I just don't know if I'm feeling more "sociopath killer", or "children's fantasy".
Elodin: "Tombs is for feckless twits who can't chew their own food. My boy's a Re'lar! He has the feck of twenty men!"
Kvothe: “Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.”
Simmon: ”It’s just ointment in case you get burned...but if you mix it with piss, it turns into candy.” Sim’s expression was deadpan. “Delicious candy.”
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