I just received an email from the library that my hold is ready for pick up. Once I'm done reading it, it's going to be time to start (over) thinking my Top Ten books published in 2019.Originally Posted by Brian861
On a better note, Full Throttle is his best collection of stories to date.
Currently I am at the last few pages of Four Past Midnight, I am waiting for Gwendy's Magic father to come in.
I won't say it, I won't!
I'm sure if there is intelligent life somewhere out there in the universe, they are wise enough to stay away from us.
And the people bowed and prayed, to the cell phone god they made...
Has anyone read the new Gwendys? Is it even good?
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I've heard some say it's pretty good. I plan on listening to it after Full Throttle.
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Any of the following flatsigned or inscribed-
It, Shining, Salem’s Lot, Mr. Mercedes, The Stand
Brother ARC, Seed ARC
I'm reading it now, and it's decent. Chizmar's writing style is very straightforward; he tells rather than implies. Gwendy is well-drawn as a character. I'm about 60 pages in, though, and I'm not sure whether the actual plot has started. Things still seem to be getting set up.
It's also very short - as someone else said, large font, wide margins, blank pages between chapters (and a lot of small chapters). I doubt if it's twice as long as GBB.
Oh, I'm also reading/listening to The Mourner, the fourth Parker novel by Richard Stark. I'm making my way through the whole series in blocks of three books - I read the first three earlier this year.
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“If you don't know what you want," the doorman said, "you end up with a lot you don't.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
Looking for SubPress Lettered::
Angel's Game and Prisoner of Heaven (Zafon)
Ilium (Simmons)
I just finished reading GWENDY'S MAGIC FEATHER, and I'm very glad I really liked it.
Only two mistakes:
Spoiler:
I'm sure if there is intelligent life somewhere out there in the universe, they are wise enough to stay away from us.
And the people bowed and prayed, to the cell phone god they made...
Mic vs. mike - it can be both, depends on the context.
Reading: Full Throttle.
Did not check out your spoiler (have not read the book yet) but better or not as good as Button Box?
looking for: The Road #208, Hill House #'ed, RB Gift,
Dead Zone 1st/1st
ANYTHING DT Related #246
Dead Zone First Edition F/F or NF/NF
The spoiler doesn't give anything important away.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
It's mic in the US. Why mike? It is short for microphone.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
I think to aid correct pronunciation (rhyming with bike, not brick). I somehow learned it as “mike” growing up, but have since seen it written as “mic”.It's mic in the US. Why mike? It is short for microphone.
“If you don't know what you want," the doorman said, "you end up with a lot you don't.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
Looking for SubPress Lettered::
Angel's Game and Prisoner of Heaven (Zafon)
Ilium (Simmons)
Currently reading Elevation at work since the paperback was just sitting there waiting to be purchased when I was out buying something for work.
I liked BUTTON BOX more, but although a lighter read, I still liked FEATHER enough to not regret ordering the limited editions.
As far as Mic and Mike goes, two Irishmen walk into a bar see, and...
I'm sure if there is intelligent life somewhere out there in the universe, they are wise enough to stay away from us.
And the people bowed and prayed, to the cell phone god they made...
I'm about halfway through Crime and Punishment. The first 40 pages or so was harder to get through than I remember, but I'm right into it now. The murder scene and the build up to it just so goddamn well done. It's some of the most gripping pages ever written as far as I'm concerned. And for it's time it must have been so impactful because though it's not overly graphic in description, the sensation of it, it's just so visceral, you're just so in the mind of Raskolnikov that a strange sensation comes over you when you read it, as if you're an accomplice. That sense of being right there really helps the aftermath where Raskolnikov is quite mad. I really get the title of the novel so much more on this re-read. It can be taken quite literally, but metaphorically it also captures his mindset after the murder because he seems to be wrestling self-preservation/thrill of getting away with it against the weight of the feverish guilt/desire to turn himself in and accept punishment. The main reason I love Dostoevsky so much is his portrayal of psychology and emotion and his understanding of humanity, which doubly impressive considering he wrote Crime and Punishment 13 years before the birth of Psychology.
Maybe I'll re-read The Brothers Karamazov after this...goddamn that book is a monster.
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Starting Sleeping Beauties again. Bought it when it first came out and read the first few chapters before life and other books distracted me.
Just finished IT. FANTASTIC
Have read a few places that people were not too keen on the ending.
No problems as far as I’m concerned.
Just started Hollow Heart by Ben Eads.
Me too. I'm at 25 according to my Kindle app. So far it's just been the set-up.
I'm also finishing Full Throttle. It's not as great as the previous two collections. Hill's stories are best when they feel like Hill stories. Unfortunately, this collection has at least three stories in which he's essentially rewriting Bradbury and his old man. They're okay but not even close to Thumbprint, All I Care about Is You, Late Returns, You Are Released and a few others. Still, I'm enjoying myself, just not as much as I thought I would.
Thumbprint, All I Care about Is You, Late Returns, You Are Released: I agree that these are the best of the lot. I highly enjoyed Faun and Dark Carousel as well. For me, it's his best overall collection to date. I was half and half on Strange Weather.Me too. I'm at 25 according to my Kindle app. So far it's just been the set-up.
I'm also finishing Full Throttle. It's not as great as the previous two collections. Hill's stories are best when they feel like Hill stories. Unfortunately, this collection has at least three stories in which he's essentially rewriting Bradbury and his old man. They're okay but not even close to Thumbprint, All I Care about Is You, Late Returns, You Are Released and a few others. Still, I'm enjoying myself, just not as much as I thought I would.
You don't know my kind.....You don't my mind.....Dark necessities are part of my design.....
Started Periphery By Michael Winter and I'm liking how it started.
I'm a third through Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. It's a Canadian novel about a traveling theatre group traveling around The Great Lakes decades after a plague wipes out most of mankind almost overnight. It's quite good so far. The part I just read threatened to take me out of the story as it goes back to pre-plague stuff for awhile, but it ended up being pretty good stuff and I can tell it will pay off by the novel's close.
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I decided to finally re-read East of Eden, which is one of my favourites yet I've never re-read it because it's not exactly a short read at 600 packed pages.
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I love Steinbeck. If I start rereading Steinbeck, I'll end up rereading everything he's written.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
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