What are you currently reading?

[Heather19]

I hate to admit it, but I'm having kind of a hard time really getting into The Martian.

Are you past the part with the potatoes? It gets better once NASA comes into the story.

Reading The Terror by Simmons. After seeing all the praise about it here I figured that I must read it.

Excellent!

[Bethany]

Lonesome Dove.

[Girlystevedave]

I hate to admit it, but I'm having kind of a hard time really getting into The Martian.

Are you past the part with the potatoes? It gets better once NASA comes into the story.

Yeah, I've gotten past the potato part, but I'm still finding it hard to sink into the story. I think I'll put it aside and get back to it at some point.

Lonesome Dove.

I wish I could read Lonesome Dove, but I'm too familiar with the movie. I bet it's an amazing book. Is this a re-read, Befernee?

[Bethany]

I hate to admit it, but I'm having kind of a hard time really getting into The Martian.

Are you past the part with the potatoes? It gets better once NASA comes into the story.

Yeah, I've gotten past the potato part, but I'm still finding it hard to sink into the story. I think I'll put it aside and get back to it at some point.

Lonesome Dove.

I wish I could read Lonesome Dove, but I'm too familiar with the movie. I bet it's an amazing book. Is this a re-read, Befernee?

I've never read it or seen the movie.

[Girlystevedave]

I hate to admit it, but I'm having kind of a hard time really getting into The Martian.

Are you past the part with the potatoes? It gets better once NASA comes into the story.

Yeah, I've gotten past the potato part, but I'm still finding it hard to sink into the story. I think I'll put it aside and get back to it at some point.

Lonesome Dove.

I wish I could read Lonesome Dove, but I'm too familiar with the movie. I bet it's an amazing book. Is this a re-read, Befernee?

I've never read it or seen the movie.

I know the movie was awesome, so I'm betting you're in for a real treat with the book.

[Girlystevedave]

Currently reading Road to the Stars [autobiography] by Yuri Gagarin. I have to admit that, since reading a book about the cosmonaut recently, I have become somewhat obsessed with his story. It's all so fascinating and I have sought out anything and everything I can find to learn more about his life.

[Dan]

Listened to The Halloween Tree today while driving for work. Currently reading The Association by Bentley Little.

[Heather19]

I'm waiting to get audiobook of The Halloween Tree in from the library. I'm next in line so hopefully I'll get to listen to it before Halloween. And I'm currently reading The Halloween Man by Douglas Clegg. It finally seems to be picking up speed, almost put it down. Has anyone read any of his books before? This is my first of his.

[goheat]

Finished The Hollow Man by Dan Simmons. Very thought-provoking and deep, I liked it. Started on The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith.

[biomieg]

The Hollow Man is a great and moving book. One of my favorite Simmons books!

My wife and I just came back from The Martian - a great movie that I liked as much as I liked the book.

[WeDealInLead]

I'm waiting to get audiobook of The Halloween Tree in from the library. I'm next in line so hopefully I'll get to listen to it before Halloween. And I'm currently reading The Halloween Man by Douglas Clegg. It finally seems to be picking up speed, almost put it down. Has anyone read any of his books before? This is my first of his.

Cemetery Dance recently published The Cannibal Sisters novella. It's also a slow burn but the story is great.

Finished The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka. I've read this story a thousand times and I'll read it a thousand more. Started Four Octobers by Rick Hautala. I always save story notes and such for last. I was getting a very strong old school Bradbury vibe from the first novella and what do you know, Hautala thanked him in the foreword. I patted myself on the shoulder for calling it.

I'm still reading Ghost Story by Peter Straub and savouring it. A chapter a day is the motto for this one.

I started the audio for The Wind... by King. He's a terrible narrator but there's just something special about hearing a writer read his own stories. I suppose it's because that's as close I can get to hearing what they sound like in his head.

[Mattrick]

I'm waiting to get audiobook of The Halloween Tree in from the library. I'm next in line so hopefully I'll get to listen to it before Halloween. And I'm currently reading The Halloween Man by Douglas Clegg. It finally seems to be picking up speed, almost put it down. Has anyone read any of his books before? This is my first of his.

Cemetery Dance recently published The Cannibal Sisters novella. It's also a slow burn but the story is great.

Finished The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka. I've read this story a thousand times and I'll read it a thousand more. Started Four Octobers by Rick Hautala. I always save story notes and such for last. I was getting a very strong old school Bradbury vibe from the first novella and what do you know, Hautala thanked him in the foreword. I patted myself on the shoulder for calling it.

I'm still reading Ghost Story by Peter Straub and savouring it. A chapter a day is the motto for this one.

I started the audio for The Wind... by King. He's a terrible narrator but there's just something special about hearing a writer read his own stories. I suppose it's because that's as close I can get to hearing what they sound like in his head.

I had Skelton Crew on audiobook read by him. I loved his reading of The Monkey.

[zelig]

Just finished The Terror. I feel like I need to take a hot shower for an hour or run screaming into the open arms of the rising sun.

[fernandito]

Lol. That good, huh? ^

[zelig]

Lol. That good, huh? ^

Those were the first thoughts that came to mind right after I finished it. Yes, great book. I can't say I "LOVED" it for some reason. I really liked it. It was just an intense book to get through, and I did feel at times that parts of it was slow going for me. What a bleak and gruesome book. Incredibly well written.

Spoiler:

My absolute favorite character in the book was Lady Silence. I was so impressed with how Simmons wrote this character, and I realized that you don't necessarily need pages and pages of character development. What was amazing to me was how he built this incredible character without her saying a single word, and her appearance in the book was minimal compared to the other characters. For me the surprise romance toward the end was great. I had been hoping for something like that all through the book, but I thought it would be with that other character (can't think of his name right now).

[Dan]

Doing a relisten of The Abominable by Dan Simmons. It has kind of the same spirit as The Terror. Quite a bit of technical information about mountain climbing. I really enjoyed this the first time through.

[Heather19]

I've been dying to read that one. Also The Terror is easily I'm my top 5 books of all-time. Loved it.

[Bethany]

Found my Kindle so I am now reading The Need, the author's name escapes me but I believe it's a Canadian or something

[Mattrick]

Found my Kindle so I am now reading The Need, the author's name escapes me but I believe it's a Canadian or something

I don't blame you. With our bobbing heads and beady eyes, we all look alike.

[Girlystevedave]

Found my Kindle so I am now reading The Need, the author's name escapes me but I believe it's a Canadian or something

[WeDealInLead]

I finished Rick Hautala's Four October's, and Bradbury's The Halloween Tree.

I'm reading Thomas Ligotti's Songs of a Dead Dreamer. That title and Grimscribe are both collected in one edition and published as a Penguin Classic. I've read onle Jeff Vandermeer's foreword and the first story called The Frolic. I'd go hug my daughter really tight if I weren't at work. Very unsettling stuff. Highly recommended.

[Dan]

I finished Rick Hautala's Four October's, and Bradbury's The Halloween Tree.

I'm reading Thomas Ligotti's Songs of a Dead Dreamer. That title and Grimscribe are both collected in one edition and published as a Penguin Classic. I've read onle Jeff Vandermeer's foreword and the first story called The Frolic. I'd go hug my daughter really tight if I weren't at work. Very unsettling stuff. Highly recommended.

How was Four Octobers? I generally like everything from Hautala.

[becca69]

Just finished Brother by Ania Ahlborn - very disturbing!

[WeDealInLead]

I finished Rick Hautala's Four October's, and Bradbury's The Halloween Tree.

I'm reading Thomas Ligotti's Songs of a Dead Dreamer. That title and Grimscribe are both collected in one edition and published as a Penguin Classic. I've read onle Jeff Vandermeer's foreword and the first story called The Frolic. I'd go hug my daughter really tight if I weren't at work. Very unsettling stuff. Highly recommended.

How was Four Octobers? I generally like everything from Hautala.

In a word: perfect.

[Patrick]

I hate to admit it, but I'm having kind of a hard time really getting into The Martian.

Are you past the part with the potatoes? It gets better once NASA comes into the story.

Yeah, I've gotten past the potato part, but I'm still finding it hard to sink into the story. I think I'll put it aside and get back to it at some point.

Lonesome Dove.

I wish I could read Lonesome Dove, but I'm too familiar with the movie. I bet it's an amazing book. Is this a re-read, Befernee?

I've never read it or seen the movie.

I loved that book when I read it just a few years for the first time. What did you think?