Just started Under the Dome
Buddy, you think you look strong? You’re wearing a cape.
I so hope you will like it!!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dave Zeltserman's 21 Tales. Noir creepiness...
"I have long stopped asking why the mad do mad things."
I just started on the second part of "The Strain". Only 2030 pages in and it's starting to feel like a mistake, but I'll give it due process.
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
The Skin Map by Stephen R. Lawhead.
There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long.. people. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.
Finished The Hunger Games trilogy.
Currently reading,THE HELPTHE NIGHT CIRCUS, by Erin Morgenstern
I felt the same as you did.
I liked it, and it was worth reading, but the the way the main character's emotions were portrayed throughout the story felt a bit over the top. I think that could have been handled better in the hands in the hands of a more skilled writer. I felt the ending of the trilogy was appropriate, which kind of surprised me by that point.
On a side note, I'm not far into it, but I am enjoying THE NIGHT CIRCUS.
How are the second and third books in the Hunger trilogy compared to the first ?
11/22/63
About 150 pages in!
“All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl.” - JLG
This. I'm about 100 pages in. Can't believe I've gone through that much as it feels like I've barely read any. I guess I read faster than I give myself credit. Me and my friend are reading the same books at the same time. We're thinking of doing Four Past Midnight next. How is The Library Policeman and The Sun Dog? I've only read the first two. I've proposed we read the stories backwards becaue I KNOW The Langoliers is awesome.
I think since I'm right back into reading mode after a couple years off I'll finally finish The Idiot when I'm done. I've got a few hundred pages left. It's just such a dense book to jump into have such a long hiatus lol.
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Definitely. I know everyone, including myself, compared the first one to Battle Royale, but I like the Hunger Games' ending much better, mostly becauseI also liked howBattle Royale. But there was way too muchHunger Games Trilogybullshit going on. I think it ended well but for a while I was just thinking "shut. the fuck. up." I'm really looking forward to the movie in that the story will be there but the shitty writing will hopefully not be.Hunger Games Trilogy
Also, don't know about anyone else, but I was super pissed whenMockingjay
I could go on about these books for ages.
A lady always remembers her courtesies.
Finished "Horns: by Joe Hill 2 nights ago. Great composition but is a 3, hate flashbacks.
On to Duma Key, fun so far
Wish List:
Any of the following flatsigned or inscribed-
It, Shining, Salem’s Lot, Mr. Mercedes, The Stand
Brother ARC, Seed ARC
Working my way through the third novel in the "Dresden" series. I've heard tons of good things about the novels, but I am having a hella hard time getting into them. I'm hoping if I keep toughing it out, they'll get better for me.
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.”
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
and
The Bone House by Stephen R. Lawhead
There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long.. people. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.
Excellent Bloch collection!
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I just finished book 9 last night and I really like them. I don't think they're very....deep?....but they're very fast paced and extremely entertaining. The only thing I don't like is how he has to re-explain everything every book. I know what a fucken soulgaze is by now, quit explaining it to me every fucken book, sheesh.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."