What are you currently reading?

[ErinPatricia]

This:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71TJ%2BiePYzL._SL1336_.jpg

It's hysterical. A Black Comedy Zombie Apocalypse tale involving Las Vegas' biggest casino, a drunken janitor, a black Elvis, his 8 year old son, and a blue haired hooker attempting to stave off a zombie horde led by an undead Rat Pack and their completely human, but still souless, Bobby Darin impersonator leader.

[WeDealInLead]

Jack Vance - The Eyes of the Overworld

[Ruthful]

http://i.imgur.com/kXAVshw.jpg

[Girlystevedave]

I picked up Neil Gaiman's Stardust at the library because it sounded like a fun read from what I had read online (I needed something light after finishing Horns).

[jhanic]

Emergence, by David R. Palmer. A GREAT SF read! A bit dated, but still...

John

[WeDealInLead]

Emergence, by David R. Palmer. A GREAT SF read! A bit dated, but still...

John

Nothing wrong with "dated" SF. I live for and love those books. At the time they were huge ideas and brand new technological and sometimes philosophical concepts. Actually, thanks to you, I'm off to browse through my SF paperback collection for some choice short stories... I'm thinking pre '50s.

[divemaster]

I love "golden age" sci-fi. I've got shelves full of anthologies collecting stories from the late '30s through the 50s. Some really tremendous stuff there.

[Jean]

I love "golden age" sci-fi. I've got shelves full of anthologies collecting stories from the late '30s through the 50s. Some really tremendous stuff there.same with bears

[DoctorDodge]

http://img2.imagesbn.com/p/9781444708141_p0_v1_s260x420.JPG

[frik]

A slow, but fascinating read so far (almost halfways):


http://la-explorer.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Abominable.jpg

sk

[jhanic]

Siep, I'll be interested in your opinion. I really liked it.

John

[WeDealInLead]

Dan Simmons has praised The Martian by the newcomer Andy Weir and I of course, downloaded it to my Kobo the next day. I like the story (man stuck on Mars), I like the science and math but the writing is as amateurish as it gets. The author keeps switching from first person to third person POV. The protagonist's language isn't just offensive (no number of "fucks" can offend me) nor does it lend itself to the youthful, uber-cool, angsty voice of The Martian...it's just obnoxious and it feels phony. How many times can a person, a supposedly intelligent astronaut drop the F-word before it starts grating on your nerves? A well placed "fuck" can really add to the story. Simmons himself doesn't swear too much in his books but when he does, there is a reason for it and such a simple word resonates and carries weight.

Another issue, and I'm glad I wasn't the only one who feels this way according to some reviewers on goodreads.com, is "Yay!". Yes, a grown man (Andy Weir) makes a his protagonist (a grown man) say "Yay!" in a completely un-sarcastic, serious manner. I thought I could get past it the first time. The second time was a little upsetting. The eight time I was ready to stop reading and I was wishing he would just fucking die already. Ask yourself, when was the last time you said "Yay!" after an accomplishment? Do you think I'm exaggerating? Give this book a try and let me know.

There are also just too many coincidences. Oh, I'm running out of air but if I make some minor adjustments to the Oxygenator I'll be fine. Oh, I'm running out of water but I'll just fix this here thingamajigger and Water Reclaimer works 100%. Battery cells are running low but hey, here are these handy solar cells. Oh bummer, my suit has a leak but lemme quickly seal the hole with some resin. Oh shit, radio died but I'm going to jump into this rover, drive 1000km across Mars and just take one from the previous site. Damn, my food reserves are getting low, I'll just plant these potatoes in the Earth soil we brought to Mars. I forgot to mention I'm a botanist.

Lastly, I'm not a total bleeding heart and I find some non-PC humour funny but when you use "gay" as a way to put something down-you've lost me. It doesn't matter how hip, angsty, funny, quirky or sarcastic you're making your protagonist to be, I am losing interest.

Reading:
Jack Vance - The Eyes of the Overworld
Isaac Asimov - I, Robot

[Lookwhoitis]

Map of Bones - James Rollins

[frik]

Siep, I'll be interested in your opinion. I really liked it.

John

I like it as well. Once finished, I'll let you know...

sk

[fernandito]

Has anyone here John Green's The Fault in our Stars?

[Girlystevedave]

I haven't read it, but each and every time I hear the title, it intrigues me.

[Stebbins]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bf/Harry_Potter_and_the_Sorcerer's_Stone.jpg

This year I plan to finish this series (only made it halfway thru book 4 as a youngin), finish both the McGee series and the Parker series, and re-read DT.

[jhanic]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bf/Harry_Potter_and_the_Sorcerer's_Stone.jpg

This year I plan to finish this series (onl6 made it halfway thru book 4 as a youngin), finish both the McGee series and the Parker series, and re-read DT.

:thumbsup:

John

[Girlystevedave]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bf/Harry_Potter_and_the_Sorcerer's_Stone.jpg

This year I plan to finish this series (onl6 made it halfway thru book 4 as a youngin), finish both the McGee series and the Parker series, and re-read DT.

Heck yes!

[fearless-freak]

Legends II

[fernandito]

I haven't read it, but each and every time I hear the title, it intrigues me.
Let's read it at the same time ♥

[Nick Stefanos]

Kawaha - Donald Westlake

[Girlystevedave]

I haven't read it, but each and every time I hear the title, it intrigues me.
Let's read it at the same time ♥


When are you starting it?

[Ruthful]

http://nation.foxnews.com/sites/nation.foxnews.com/files/styles/book_324_492/public/joy_of_hate_gutfeld.gif

[fernandito]

I haven't read it, but each and every time I hear the title, it intrigues me.
Let's read it at the same time ♥


When are you starting it?

Two weeks, 3 days, 19 hours.

[Stebbins]

Kawaha - Donald Westlake

Hell yeah; please let me know what you think. I like him as Stark more, but under his own name Westlake is still amazing. I'm reading a borrowed book by him-- Dancing Aztecs -- before CoS.

[Girlystevedave]

I haven't read it, but each and every time I hear the title, it intrigues me.
Let's read it at the same time ♥


When are you starting it?

Two weeks, 3 days, 19 hours.

Alright. I put that on my calendar. In permanent ink. :cyclops:

[WeDealInLead]

Robert R. McCammon - Mystery Walk (third McCammon this year and man, this is heaven)
GRRM - A Storm of Swords
Isaac Asimov - I, Robot (I always thought this was a silly book title but the book is A+)

[fearless-freak]

Night Visions edited by George RR Martin

[Stebbins]

I decided to call an audible. Instead of reading Dancing Aztecs, for a variety of reasons, I'm reading this:

http://pulpjournals.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/2593335951_e812939389_o.jpg

[Ruthful]

Canarsie: The Jews and Italians of Brooklyn Against Liberalism, by Jonathan Rieder

[fearless-freak]

Master of Middle-Earth: The Achievement of J.R.R Tolkien by Paul Kocher

[Dan]

The Rise of Endymion - Dan Simmons

[WeDealInLead]

Dan, what did you think about the first three books? It's by far my favourite Simmons.

[Stebbins]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a7/Harry_Potter_and_the_Chamber_of_Secrets_(US_cover) .jpg

[Dan]

Dan, what did you think about the first three books? It's by far my favourite Simmons.

I think they are fantastic. I breazed through Endymion in three days because I was so caught up. I'm not typically a science fiction reader, but Simmons is such a great writer that the story more than makes up for it.

[mae]

With the upcoming 100th anniversary of WWI:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41i6yPxiPSL.jpg

[fearless-freak]

The Starry Wisdom: A Tribute To H.P. Lovecraft

[Dan]

Started the audiobook of Dust - Hugh Howey

[frik]

Siep, I'll be interested in your opinion. I really liked it.

John

I like it as well. Once finished, I'll let you know...

sk

We're talking Dan Simmons here, The Abominable.
I really like Simmons' early horror/fantasy/science fiction stuff - the Hyperion books, Summer of Night and especially, Carrion Comfort, are some of my favorites.
His later books - well, still enjoyable, but a bit (?) heavy on description. The Terror is far and away my favorite of his recent works.
So far, there has only been one title I absolutely disliked, and that was Drood.

The Abominable I like a lot. True, again an awful lot of description, but it always kept me interested. Contrary to what I read in some reader reviews, it was never boring - to the contrary.
Simmons has written an excellent story, with characters I came to love.
The second half of the novel took a turn I never saw coming.
Recommended!

Still - why has SubPress dropped Simmons? No limited Abominable so far.

sk

[jhanic]

I don't agree with your assessment of Drood. I really enjoyed that one. I'm glad you liked The Abominable. As you said, there was lots of description, but I learned a lot. (Now I know I'll never attempt to climb Everest!)

John

[Dan]

I absolutely loved Drood. Could be because I'm a huge fan of Dickens. The one Simmons book I didn't care for was Black Hills.

[frik]

Love Dickens - hated Drood - what can I say.
Oh, Black Hills I didn't mind at all. Not one of Simmons' best, but still an engrossing read.

sk

[Jean]

love Simmons

adore Dickens

think I will quit working, posting, walking, eating... fast readers as bears are, there's always so much ahead!
(on the other hand, isn't this happiness???)

[DoctorDodge]

Never enough time in the day, is there bears? On the plus side, my reading mojo is back: including both Doctor Who and actual literature, I've finished 9 books already this year, which, between studies and Doctor Who, is considerably more than what I read in the whole of last year! It's certainly helped that I've been sticking to my new year's resolution of reading my kindle a lot more - along with saving on space (and not having to worry about incredibly difficult hunting for the out-of-print Who books from the 90s that I'm reading at the moment), I must admit, it's also a nice reminder of how my reading speed is slightly quicker than I first thought and encourages me to just stick at it just a little bit more. (Except in the case of A Song of Ice and Fire - seeing I have well over 100 hours left to read of all 5 volumes so far is a little bit discouraging, and makes me think that I might have made a mistake of downloading the whole thing as an omnibus, rather than the more manageable "one volume at a time" as I usually do. I don't know, all I know is that I've been slowly making my way through A Clash of Kings for over a year now and still no nearer the end just yet.)

Reading right now: I realised this month that it's very close to 10 years since I first discovered the Dark Tower, something I'm incredibly grateful for due to the fact that it lead me to all you guys, so to celebrate, I'm currently reading the whole series. Read The Gunslinger yesterday, now onto The Drawing of the Three, which REALLY got me hooked. Only pages away from one of my favourite characters in literature ever: EDDIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE!

[Stebbins]

http://www.hardcasecrime.com/books/bk1/cover_big.jpg

[Ruthful]

Red Sorghum, by Mo Yan

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/db/Honggaoliangjiazu_Jiefangjun_wenyi_chubanshe_1987. jpg

[Stebbins]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b4/Harry_Potter_and_the_Prisoner_of_Azkaban_(US_cover ).jpg

Grifter's Game was very good-- especially the last two chapters. I compare it to the feeling 1984 gave me: I was repulsed but entranced and struck by the innovative way to communicate terror.

[Girlystevedave]

Stebbins: I like that you're flying through the Harry Potter books. :thumbsup:

Currently reading: The Fault in Our Stars

[Jean]

reading: We Have Always LIved in the Castle.

I am in love with Shirley Jackson.

[Girlystevedave]

Oh! That reminds me that I've been meaning to read The Haunting of Hill House. It's been on my to read list for a while.

[Jean]

Oh! That reminds me that I've been meaning to read The Haunting of Hill House. It's been on my to read list for a while.
You can't imagine what delight awaits you! I don't even know what to compare this book with.

[Iwritecode]

http://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/msnbc/Components/Art/TODAY/031211/031211_davebarry_vsm_noon.grid-4x2.jpg

It's just a collection of a bunch of his columns over the years. I never knew that he was a member of the Rock Bottom Remainders. He mentions Stephen King a few times.

[ladysai]

Stebbins: I like that you're flying through the Harry Potter books. :thumbsup:

I'll second that emoticon; the wizarding world is fairly addicitive. :thumbsup:

[Ruthful]

The "final" chapter from Tales of the City.

http://i.imgur.com/Byl30DL.png

[Stockerlone]

Started and finished yesterday...
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41tFzimm9ML._AA278_PIkin4,BottomRight,-41,22_AA300_SH20_OU03_.jpg

[Jean]

hmm. Wicked (evil?) little boy. What could it be - Rage?

[biomieg]

No, it's a short story that was published recently in French and German, as a 'gift' to his fans after King visited France and Germany a couple of months ago.

[fearless-freak]

Immediate Action by Andy McNab

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

I'm starting Inferno by Dan Brown today.

[Dan]

Just finished The Rise of Endymion. The entire Hyperion Series is amazing! I highly recommend it. Yes it's sci-fi fantasy, which I usually don't read much of, but it's worth the journey.

[Stebbins]

Thanks, GSD and ladysai. I'm really enjoying them; they take me back. From here on out during the series, nothing will be a re-read, so I'm psyched for that!

Keeping with my pattern, I'm going top-shelf noir before Goblet of Fire with this:

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maltesefalcon1930_629.jpg

[Ruthful]

http://i.imgur.com/0jvNdkL.jpg

[Stebbins]

http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070328184800/harrypotter/images/d/d9/Goblet_fire_cover.jpg

[WeDealInLead]

Fritz Leiber - Conjure Wife. Such style.

Just finished Tool of the Trade by Joe Haldeman and The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin.

[Girlystevedave]

http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070328184800/harrypotter/images/d/d9/Goblet_fire_cover.jpg

Yes. [rubs hands together]


Sorry, Stebbins. I'm living vicariously through you reading Harry Potter. :lol:

[Ruthful]

http://i.imgur.com/cZHJKee.jpg

[Jean]

Sorry, Stebbins. I'm living vicariously through you reading Harry Potter. :lol:bears' feelings exactly

[Dan]

Bite - Richard Laymon

[fearless-freak]

i havent read any richard laymon in years

[Bev Vincent]

http://img2.imagesbn.com/p/9780062237187_p0_v4_s260x420.JPG

[Ricky]

The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin.

How did you like it? I was going to watch the movie awhile ago but when I found out it was actually a book first, I decided to hold off until I read it.

[Stebbins]

Yes. [rubs hands together]


Sorry, Stebbins. I'm living vicariously through you reading Harry Potter. :lol:

Perfectly all right with me! :lol:

I'm enjoying this one even more because I don't know the ending already. GoF is my lady friend's favorite of the series. I won't know where it ranks series-wise for quite some time still, but I'll be sure to post where it ranks in the read four when I post of pic of the following book I begin reading.

[Girlystevedave]

They are all amazing. It makes me want to go back and re-read them all.

And I love that you said "lady friend". :lol: !

[Stebbins]

You should! :lol: Well it's an ex-girlfriend that I'm for all intensive purposes back together with, I just don't want to put the g/f label on it

[Jean]

Bears. Must. Not. Plan. To reread HP! they have other books waiting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ladysai]

Its a wonder that the endings of any of the HP books havent been spoiled for you! I wish I could reread the series for the first time again...
what an adventure you have to look forward to!
Its awesome to hear about your experience with the books...thanks for sharing it here. :)

[ladysai]

Bears. Must. Not. Plan. To reread HP! they have other books waiting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:o
Bears are psychic!
This mantra enters my brain when visiting this thread, too!!!

[Jean]

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I remember the year the last book was published... it was the first year of this site, we just moved here after .net... some of us had access to the book before the others, and I remember beating my head against the wall in helpless rage when sarajean (an extremely fast reader, and a big fan of HP) posted, probably in this very thread, on one of the first pages:

I am re-reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

[Ricky]

Goblet of Fire was my favorite out of the 2.75 HP books I read (75% of Half-Blood Prince). :lol:

[Ruthful]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/49/American_gods.jpg/200px-American_gods.jpg

[WeDealInLead]

The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin.

How did you like it? I was going to watch the movie awhile ago but when I found out it was actually a book first, I decided to hold off until I read it.

I watched the movie years ago when it came out and I thought it was pretty corny. The book too whole two hours to read. It's a pretty short novel but it's also pretty unputdownable. 3.5/5. Good read, bummer book (that's a compliment).

[Girlystevedave]

Goblet of Fire was my favorite out of the 2.75 HP books I read (75% of Half-Blood Prince). :lol:


Woah woah woah. You got all the way to Half Blood Prince, but didn't finish the series? Are these really the words coming out of your mouth?

[Ricky]

I guess now would be the perfect time for you to post the "Get out!" clip. :lol:

[Girlystevedave]

:lol:

It would!

[jhanic]

I just finished, at my daughter's insistence, The Storyteller, by Jodi Picoult. A VERY disturbing, can't-put-down, story.

John

[jhanic]

My newest:

http://i469.photobucket.com/albums/rr60/johnhanic/US_Proofs/MrMercedes_zpsf75d97fa.jpg (http://s469.photobucket.com/user/johnhanic/media/US_Proofs/MrMercedes_zpsf75d97fa.jpg.html)

I'll be starting it tonight.

John

[Ricky]

Goblet of Fire was my favorite out of the 2.75 HP books I read (75% of Half-Blood Prince). :lol:

Woah woah woah. You got all the way to Half Blood Prince, but didn't finish the series? Are these really the words coming out of your mouth?

The thought randomly popped into my head the other day that I read 75% of Order of the Phoenix, not Half-Blood Prince.

[fernandito]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/49/American_gods.jpg/200px-American_gods.jpg
That's wassup. Enjoying it?

[Girlystevedave]

Goblet of Fire was my favorite out of the 2.75 HP books I read (75% of Half-Blood Prince). :lol:

Woah woah woah. You got all the way to Half Blood Prince, but didn't finish the series? Are these really the words coming out of your mouth?

The thought randomly popped into my head the other day that I read 75% of Order of the Phoenix, not Half-Blood Prince.

:lol:

Still. Did you not enjoy it? Or just hit a reading slump that kept you from finishing it? :orely:

[Ricky]

Yeah, I think it was one of those cases where I stopped reading for such a period of time that I just lost interest. I was pretty young at the time, too, and remembering being confused at some parts, so that might've attributed to it too.

[Girlystevedave]

:lol:

Well, should you ever get the urge, you should finish the series. It's awesome.

[Jean]

Totally.

And The Order of the Phoenix is my absolute favorite of the seven.

Wait, no... the Prisoner of Azkaban is!

no, the Half-Blood Prince!

... oh hell, they all are...

[Girlystevedave]

:lol: I don't know if I can even name a favorite. I loved all of them. SO.MUCH.

[WeDealInLead]

Prime Evil - anthology. Peter Straub's story made me feel unclean. It's great and terrifying and yet there's nothing supernatural about it. David Morrel's is a close second.

A Storm of Swords - GRRM

Against the Fall of Night - Arthur C. Clarke. 1/3 done, 5 stars all around. I'm a sucker for far-future Earth.

[Jean]

currently reading: Phantoms, by Koontz. Really really can't put it down, even though it isn't written half as brilliantly as Dark Rivers

[jhanic]

currently reading: Phantoms, by Koontz. Really really can't put it down, even though it isn't written half as brilliantly as Dark Rivers

Phantoms is one of my favorite Koontz books. The beginning is one of the spookiest stories I've ever read.

John

[Merlin1958]

currently reading: Phantoms, by Koontz. Really really can't put it down, even though it isn't written half as brilliantly as Dark Rivers

Phantoms is one of my favorite Koontz books. The beginning is one of the spookiest stories I've ever read.

John

Yes, "Phantoms" is very good. Somewhat of a, Straub parody, but well done.

[Stebbins]

http://thecarnivoreproject.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345295c269e20148c6d5e65f970c-200wi

Goblet of Fire is my new favorite of the four I've read; so many twists strung together so well. Chamber of Secrets is still a close second (ironic!).

[fernandito]

currently reading: Phantoms, by Koontz. Really really can't put it down, even though it isn't written half as brilliantly as Dark Rivers

Phantoms is one of my favorite Koontz books. The beginning is one of the spookiest stories I've ever read.

John
Love that book. And even after all these years, the movie still creeps me out.

[WeDealInLead]

Just finished The Rise of Endymion. The entire Hyperion Series is amazing! I highly recommend it. Yes it's sci-fi fantasy, which I usually don't read much of, but it's worth the journey.

Are you looking for more S.F. with crazy settings and huge ideas? Cuz I gots a list ready.

For example this:
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxMjAw/z/RzkAAOxydlFS1zxK/$_35.JPG?set_id=880000500F

That's what I'm reading right now. 175 pages is all it takes for convincing world-building. Just look at that cover. It makes you want to find out what's going on.

The book is 60 years old and reads like it was written today.

[Jean]

thanks to a very dear goblin friend, bears are reading Shirley Jackson (The Lottery and Other Stories)!!!

[Bev Vincent]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RFeAQoQe808/UwinZFYV1MI/AAAAAAAAYPE/04By0rCQn_Y/s1600/Black-Eyed+Blonde.JPG

[jhanic]

Interesting!

John

[Stebbins]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RFeAQoQe808/UwinZFYV1MI/AAAAAAAAYPE/04By0rCQn_Y/s1600/Black-Eyed+Blonde.JPG

Is this the same Philip Marlowe that Raymond Chandler created? If so, how is this guy writing about Marlowe?

[fearless-freak]

Just finished The Rise of Endymion. The entire Hyperion Series is amazing! I highly recommend it. Yes it's sci-fi fantasy, which I usually don't read much of, but it's worth the journey.

Are you looking for more S.F. with crazy settings and huge ideas? Cuz I gots a list ready.

For example this:
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxMjAw/z/RzkAAOxydlFS1zxK/$_35.JPG?set_id=880000500F

That's what I'm reading right now. 175 pages is all it takes for convincing world-building. Just look at that cover. It makes you want to find out what's going on.

The book is 60 years old and reads like it was written today.

try My Name is Legion by Roger Zelzany

[Girlystevedave]

currently reading: Phantoms, by Koontz. Really really can't put it down, even though it isn't written half as brilliantly as Dark Rivers

Phantoms is one of my favorite Koontz books. The beginning is one of the spookiest stories I've ever read.

John
Love that book. And even after all these years, the movie still creeps me out.


I never thought I'd say this, but you guys have me curious about Dean Koontz. :orely:

[Jean]

Koontz is very uneven. Extremely uneven. There are novels that are just hopeless, some are mediocre, some are brilliant. The same sometimes happens even within one novel. If you want to try, take Odd Thomas or Watchers (my favorite being Dark Rivers of the Heart, but I don't know if I can recommend it for a start, it's miles long)

[fearless-freak]

Tigers Of The Sea by Robert E Howard

[Ruthful]

http://www.welovethisbook.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/node_view_photo/empress-dowager-cixi.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gt3OdrNwNV0/TWvTLr2Y8FI/AAAAAAAAANs/jo21JJm0d0Y/s1600/raise-high-the-roof-beam-carpenters-seymour-an-introduction-17339010.jpg

[jonahwriter]

"Cold Fire" by Dean Koontz. Started collecting some of his signed books and limited books recently. Prefer his early work - 80's to mid 90's, not a big fan of his stuff before or after, but I love everything from about 1979 through 1995. Must see if there's a thread on collecting Koontz ... and start one if not! :)

http://www.anniesbooks.co.uk/my%20documents/images/books/009782.jpg

[Ruthful]

http://footprintsandmemories.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/I-AM-Malala.jpg

[Girlystevedave]

Nothing.
And it sucks.
I'm having one of those moments where I want more than anything to be completely and utterly obsessed with a book, yet nothing is interesting to me right now. I've picked up so many books off my shelf, tried to get into them, but just can't (wrong book, wrong time sort of thing). I am desperately searching for something great to lose myself in, so I can have that "I don't want to do anything with my time except read this book" feeling. :(

[fearless-freak]

ever tried The Witcher series by Andrejz Sapkowski?

[Girlystevedave]

No, but I just looked it up. Sounds interesting.
Is The Last Wish the first in the series?

[fearless-freak]

yeah, but there is another book which comes before but Gollancz won't be translating it even though it introduces some of the major characters

translated ones out at the moment
The Last Wish
Blood of Elves
Times of Contempt
Baptism of Fire

[Girlystevedave]

I might check it out. :)
So, I can still enjoy The Last Wish without reading the book that came out before it? :orely:

[fearless-freak]

i didnt even know there was a book before the last wish till recently

[Bev Vincent]

http://mysterywriters.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Ice-Cold-Anthology-Cover.jpg

And not only because I have a short story in it...

[Girlystevedave]

i didnt even know there was a book before the last wish till recently

Alright.
I've been wanting something along the lines of fantasy or sci-fi to explore, so the premise is interesting.
Thanks for the suggestion. :)

[jonahwriter]

http://i59.tinypic.com/5fncdd.jpg

[Ruthful]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R8LFRQROZUk/ULIQrWmuBWI/AAAAAAAACVU/G6-d5iacvC0/s1600/wild+swans.jpg

[fearless-freak]

Swordsman of Mars by Otis Adelbert Kline

[dnemec]

I recently finished reading Dark Water by Koji Suzuki and really enjoyed it. I also have Ring by him on my shelf. Does anyone else read Asian horror authors and can recommend some others?

[fearless-freak]

its not exactly horror but i recommend Battle Royale by Koshun Takami

[Jean]

http://jschancellor.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/51yk5jmd-wl-_ss500_.jpg

[dnemec]

its not exactly horror but i recommend Battle Royale by Koshun Takami

Thanks--it looks interesting!

[Dan]

Mystery by Peter Straub

http://www.mysteryone.com/images/interviews/straub_mystery.JPG

[Jean]

I believe that's the one I've started a few times

[Dan]

I believe that's the one I've started a few times

Haha. I will let you know what I think.

[Dan]

Started listening to Doctor Sleep. I read it back when it was first released.

[Ruthful]

https://p.gr-assets.com/max_square/fill/books/1328867473/752768.jpg

[WeDealInLead]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7c/Wolfe_shadow_%26_claw.jpg

[Ben Staad]

I just finished Westlake Soul and thought it was awesome. I'm looking in my TBR pile now for the next book.

http://rioyouers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/westlake.jpg

I think I will start on "Return of the Mothman" by Michael Knost.

[CRinVA]

Mentats of Dune
http://www.impulsegamer.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/menatsofdune01.jpg

[fearless-freak]

is that a prequel or sequel?

[Girlystevedave]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cNHrRE2KA0g/S8-883RGELI/AAAAAAAADpM/gU0-omee9oc/s1600/the+book+of+flying.jpg

"our hero is Pico, a poet and librarian who is forbidden to pursue the girl of his dreams - for she has wings, and Pico does not."

[webstar1000]

Hitting up Song of Susannah. Been re-reading the Dark Tower... Man I love this shit!!

[CRinVA]

is that a prequel or sequel?

Mentats of Dune occurs after the Butlerian Jihad Series - perhaps 75 to 100 years after the Battle of Corrin. Their last book Sisterhood of Dune was also in this time period.

There is one more "school" book coming out called Navigators of Dune to complete the "Schools of Dune" Trilogy.

Here's a cool Interview (http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2014/04/interview-brian-herbert-and-kevin-j-anderson-on-dune.html) of the two authors right after Mentats of Dune as published.

Of the dozen or so books Bryan Herbert and Kevin J Anderson have published in the Duniverse, I have all of them signed except one. I am working on that! I also have Bryan's Biography of his dad Frank Herbert called Dreamer of Dune and Bryan signed that for me. They also published the Road to Dune and I have the ARC signed by both!

Chronologically here are the Dune Books - the six in Red were written by Frank Herbert, the rest by son Bryan with co-writer Kevin J. Anderson. All Novels are bolded, short stories are not.


Hunting Harkonnens (Short-Story)
The Butlerian Jihad
Whipping Mek (Short-Story)
The Machine Crusade
The Faces of a Martyr (Short-Story)
The Battle of Corrin

Sisterhood of Dune
Mentats of Dune
Navigators of Dune (not yet published)

House Atreides
House Harkonnen
House Corrino

Dune
A Whisper of Caladan Seas (Short-Story, takes place during 'Dune')
Paul of Dune
The Road to Dune (Short-Story by FH)
Dune Messiah
The Winds of Dune
Children of Dune
God Emperor of Dune
Heretics of Dune
Chapterhouse Dune
Sea Child (Short-Story, takes place during 'Chapterhouse Dune')
Hunters of Dune
Treasure in the Sand (Short Story)
Sandworms of Dune

[DoctorDodge]

So much thanks for the list, CRinVA! I've been curious about the Dune series, but was curious about the chronology of it all. One of my goals this year is to ideally make a start on Dune this year, so I'll try to get round to that soon.

[DoctorDodge]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7c/Wolfe_shadow_%26_claw.jpg

How is that WDIL, as I've been really curious about that one, especially with its unreliable narrator. How is it so far?

[Tommy]

Currently reading Coldheart Canyon by Clive Barker

[Bev Vincent]

Whoa -- I'm seriously out of touch with Dune -- I read the first five books back in the 80s and nothing since.

I'm currently reading:

http://static.squarespace.com/static/52fd5b3de4b0931510f56d80/t/52fe4106e4b04f8e070720da/1392394503329/Vacationers_3D_LOW11.jpg

[CRinVA]

So much thanks for the list, CRinVA! I've been curious about the Dune series, but was curious about the chronology of it all. One of my goals this year is to ideally make a start on Dune this year, so I'll try to get round to that soon.

I read the first six Frank Herbert Books in a row - then years went by and his son and co-writer Anderson took up the reigns to complete the story left on a cliffhanger by Frank Herbert's death! Along the way they filled in a ton of back story and continue to do so - parts that Frank Herbert only eluded to. Every time a new Dune book comes out I am on it quickly - I really love getting into the Duniverse as it is called.

[DoctorDodge]

Sound like it's really worth checking out, even the stuff that isn't written by Frank Herbert. I'll try reading the first one soon. Thanks for the info. :)

[Ruthful]

http://i.imgur.com/RmwhLsS.jpg

[Stebbins]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Harry_Potter_and_the_Order_of_the_Phoenix_(US_cove r).jpg

[Girlystevedave]

YAYuh! :clap:

[Jean]

good. One of my three favorite volumes

[Ricky]

That's the one I didn't finish! :lol:

[Jean]

?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Girlystevedave]

That's the one I didn't finish! :lol:

:lol: Loser!

[Ricky]

You know what?!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLfmEZYdtrY

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Watership Down

[Jean]

Watership Downhope you like it as much as bears did

[Nick Stefanos]

What it Was - George Pelacanos (re-read)

[WeDealInLead]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7c/Wolfe_shadow_%26_claw.jpg

How is that WDIL, as I've been really curious about that one, especially with its unreliable narrator. How is it so far?

I like it a lot. It's not an easy read though. Urth is one strange place and Wolfe is one strange writer. He creates these really cool visuals in my mind without giving away too much. I looked up The Shadow of the Torturer on Google images and ended up looking at some illustrations from the limited edition from Centipede Press. They were pretty close to how I imagined the place to be. Dark and grim and weird. The place seems pretty backwards but there's mention of interspace travel, animals are not quite like ours, there are killer flowers, public parks where you can get lost etc.

Wolfe (or Severian, I supposed) gets really philosophical and metaphysical and more than once my reaction was "Huh?" and I'd have to go back and reread the paragraph.

I've decided to read the entire Solar Cycle. It seems like an interesting place and it should take me about two years to read all the books and then the academic works exploring the Cycle.

[Girlystevedave]

You know what?!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLfmEZYdtrY


:rofl:

[Bethany]

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j58/susanfox86/1x2a-full-novel-1x2a_zpsc6f33071.png (http://s77.photobucket.com/user/susanfox86/media/1x2a-full-novel-1x2a_zpsc6f33071.png.html)

[JulesH]

The Abominable, Dan Simmons. A slow start but turning into a real page turner.

[alkanto]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/412Y3QJRJRL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

[jhanic]

The Abominable, Dan Simmons. A slow start but turning into a real page turner.

I REALLY enjoyed that one!

John

[Dan]

The Abominable, Dan Simmons. A slow start but turning into a real page turner.

I REALLY enjoyed that one!

John

I second this!

[Dan]

Watership Downhope you like it as much as bears did

This was a very fun book. I rented the movie so my daughter could enjoy it, but it wasn't as good.

[DoctorDodge]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7c/Wolfe_shadow_%26_claw.jpg

How is that WDIL, as I've been really curious about that one, especially with its unreliable narrator. How is it so far?

I like it a lot. It's not an easy read though. Urth is one strange place and Wolfe is one strange writer. He creates these really cool visuals in my mind without giving away too much. I looked up The Shadow of the Torturer on Google images and ended up looking at some illustrations from the limited edition from Centipede Press. They were pretty close to how I imagined the place to be. Dark and grim and weird. The place seems pretty backwards but there's mention of interspace travel, animals are not quite like ours, there are killer flowers, public parks where you can get lost etc.

Wolfe (or Severian, I supposed) gets really philosophical and metaphysical and more than once my reaction was "Huh?" and I'd have to go back and reread the paragraph.

I've decided to read the entire Solar Cycle. It seems like an interesting place and it should take me about two years to read all the books and then the academic works exploring the Cycle.

I'll check it out. Dune first, it sounds like that might be an easier read, then Shadow & Claw.

[CyberGhostface]

Got a free copy of 'Save Yourself' by Kelly Braffet, going to start that soon.

[WeDealInLead]

I just finished two stories by Harlan Ellison. One was "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman which was a graphic novel with art by Rick Berry. Actually, I'm not even sure if it's a graphic novel so let's go with "oversized and illustrated deluxe edition." The other was Mefisto In Onyx with DJ artwork and foreward by Frank Miller.

I just started The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe and I'm around 60 pages away from finishing A Storm of Swords.

[Stebbins]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61h%2Bw6ada3L.jpg

[Nick Stefanos]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61h%2Bw6ada3L.jpg

Best book ever.

[Stebbins]

It's my girlfriend's favorite, and she is reading the Long Walk for me. I'm actually reading this right now tho:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/01/The_Lonely_Silver_Rain.jpg

The last of the McGee books. After this, and the Half-Blood Prince, I shall be embarking on the Phantom Tollbooth. It seems to rely heavily on wordplay, which is right up my alley.

[Nick Stefanos]

It seems to rely heavily on wordplay, which is right up my alley.

That's what I loved about it as a kid and even more as an adult. The puns and wordplay are abundant and mostly hilarious.

[Jean]

bears love it too. Must read the book, then.

[fearless-freak]

The Lion of Tiberias by Robert E Howard

[Nick Stefanos]

bears love it too. Must read the book, then.

It's one of those children's books that may be more enjoyable to the parent, at least until the kid is really old enough to get all the linguistic jokes, though kids enjoy the adventure/quest story itself.

[Jean]

bears love it too. Must read the book, then.

It's one of those children's books that may be more enjoyable to the parent, at least until the kid is really old enough to get all the linguistic jokes, though kids enjoy the adventure/quest story itself.sounds very much like bears' type of book!

[Ruthful]

http://i.imgur.com/ACvxez4.jpg

[Stebbins]

http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20051228060531/harrypotter/images/c/c6/Harry_potter_HBP_Scholastic_edition.jpg

Pumped to dive back in tomorrow.

[jhanic]

:thumbsup:

John

[Jean]

bears are still reading Storm of the Century. It has taken ages. Just to think that normally they read three books a week.

[Girlystevedave]

Stebbins: [squee] Ah! You're in for such an awesome fucking adventure!
(Sorry for all the yelling. :unsure: )


Bears: You're still torturing yourself? :P

[Girlystevedave]

Ok, so I have Heart Shaped Box and NOS4A2 on my shelf at home.
Which should I read first? :orely:

[WeDealInLead]

Gene Wolfe - The Claw of the Conciliator
GRRM - A Feast for Crows (pray for me)
Ray Bradbury - R is for Rocket (this book made me feel 15 again)
Brian Keene - Dead Sea (author's preferred edition. I actually hate to say this but this is pretty unimpressive stuff)

[Girlystevedave]

GRRM - A Feast for Crows (pray for me)


:lol:

This is the one I stalled on over a year ago. I've yet to finish it. :unsure:

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Watership Down.

[frik]

http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1378710146l/17333223.jpg

King really liked it - I do as well.
Forty pages to go.

sk

[jhanic]

Ok, so I have Heart Shaped Box and NOS4A2 on my shelf at home.
Which should I read first? :orely:

Personally, I'd go for NOS4A2.

John

[fearless-freak]

i agree

The Sowers of Thunder by Robert E Howard

[Girlystevedave]

Duly noted. :)

[WeDealInLead]

GRRM - A Feast for Crows (pray for me)


:lol:

This is the one I stalled on over a year ago. I've yet to finish it. :unsure:

Honestly, all I learned from the first 100 pages is that there's a mouse in the citadel library that's scaring the shit out of Sam and he's considering bringing him cheese. That will hopefully stop the mouse from chewing on the books. And also, people have been "breaking their fast" left, right and centre but not really doing much anything else.

I won't give up though. The last two chapters and the epilogue in the second book were all fantastic so I'm hoping things will get going soon.

[Girlystevedave]

Honestly, all I learned from the first 100 pages is that there's a mouse in the citadel library that's scaring the shit out of Sam and he's considering bringing him cheese. That will hopefully stop the mouse from chewing on the books. And also, people have been "breaking their fast" left, right and centre but not really doing much anything else.



:rofl: :rofl:

Oh God, that's the best book summary I've read in a while.

[DoctorDodge]

GRRM - A Feast for Crows (pray for me)


:lol:

This is the one I stalled on over a year ago. I've yet to finish it. :unsure:

Well I've yet to finish to finish A Clash of Kings, and I started that over a year ago! :lol:

[Bev Vincent]

http://thrillerfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/faceoff_cover-e1390940656835.jpg

[Jean]

Bears: You're still torturing yourself? :Pyes, it is becoming a good tradition


Ok, so I have Heart Shaped Box and NOS4A2 on my shelf at home.
Which should I read first? :orely:
neither

[Girlystevedave]

Neither?! Now bears are torturing ME. :P

[Jean]

I forgot if you had read 20th Century Ghosts? That and Horns are so good that after them his other two novels can only be a big disappointment. They are not bad, and both rather fun to read, but nothing really special. Some parts of NOS4A2 are actually good, but neither of these novels is a masterpiece.

[fearless-freak]

The Shadow of The Vulture by Robert E Howard

the original Red Sonya story

[Girlystevedave]

I forgot if you had read 20th Century Ghosts? That and Horns are so good that after them his other two novels can only be a big disappointment. They are not bad, and both rather fun to read, but nothing really special. Some parts of NOS4A2 are actually good, but neither of these novels is a masterpiece.

So, you're saying I set the bar too high by beginning with Horns?
Way to crush a girl's dreams! :lol:

Also, I tried to read 20th Century Ghosts at one time, and couldn't really get into. It almost turned me off of reading anything by Hill. Luckily, I gave it another shot and discovered how awesome Horns was. So, hell, maybe I'll love one of the other two as well. :)

[Jean]

I hope you will!

or maybe bears are so different from people that they shouldn't really be listened to. You might love HSBox, many people did for some reason. And the other one, also falls apart after the first few chapters, is still very entertaining

[Dan]

I usually agree with Bears on most all books, but I loved NOS4A2 and really like HSB. You may love it or you may not, either way you won't know until you read it.

[Jean]

very true!!!!! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif (http://s91.photobucket.com/user/mishemplushem/media/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif.html)http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif (http://s91.photobucket.com/user/mishemplushem/media/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif.html)http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif (http://s91.photobucket.com/user/mishemplushem/media/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif.html)

[mikeC]

NOS4R2 was ridiculously good. I never read Horns bc I heard nothing but luke warm things about it forever now it seems as though everyone likes it.
I started with 20th century ghosts and didn't like much of it then read the comics and liked HSB alot. I went back to Ghosts and still found much of it kind of iffy but there are some great stories in it like Father's Mask, Committal, Last Breath and The Cape.

[WeDealInLead]

. And the other one, also falls apart after the first few chapters, is still very entertaining

My wife finished it a few days ago and feels the same way. I'm pretty sure that was her first and last Hill. I'll still read whatever he writes next but the first few chapters feel like they were written by someone else. They're solid, sentences are creative, witty and dunno, simply just a lot stronger than the second half. It almost felt like he gave up on editing and the prose ended up loose and careless.

My thoughts on H-S B are this: it's spotty in places and quality goes up and down but it's honest and charming. I can dig that. It's my favourite Hill novel.

Readin': Brian Keene - Entombed

[JulesH]

The Abominable, Dan Simmons. A slow start but turning into a real page turner.

I REALLY enjoyed that one!

John

I second this!

Just finished and I agree. A very well written and enjoyable book. My first Dan Simmons so off to hunt out some more. Any recommendations?

[Dan]

If you like The Abominable you will probably like The Terror. The Hyperion series is great, but more science fiction. Summer of Night, Children of Night are both great. Carrion Comfort is a great horror. You really can't go wrong with Simmons except maybe Black Hills.

[jhanic]

The Terror is great. I would also recommend Simmons' Drood. I know a lot of people didn't care much for it but I found it entrancing.

John

[Dan]

The Terror is great. I would also recommend Simmons' Drood. I know a lot of people didn't care much for it but I found it entrancing.

John

I also loved Drood

[Jean]

The Terror is one of the greatest books ever written

[JulesH]

Thanks guys, I think I'll start with The Terror and Drood. It's great finding a new author you enjoy although cannot believe I haven't read any Simmons before now!

[Jean]

the same happened to me about a year ago

[DoctorDodge]

Since my dad is reading IT, I've finally gotten round to making a start on Under the Dome, as he keeps going on about how I really need to read it.

[Jean]

you both, respectively, need to read what you're reading

[Ricky]

Ok, so I have Heart Shaped Box and NOS4A2 on my shelf at home.
Which should I read first? :orely:

If you're going for a more gritty, horror novel, Heart-Shaped Box is your best bet. If you want something that's better written with more character development, but a little less on horror, go for NOS4A2. Both are really good though. I think NOS4A2 is his best-written work to date.

[Girlystevedave]

Hmm. Thanks for the tip.

[Ruthful]

I can't believe I've known this guy for five or six years and am just getting around to reading this:

http://i.imgur.com/IB4s2CK.jpg

Well worth picking up for you comic book fans-or fans of human nature.

[fernandito]

I heard the movie is pretty good too^

[Ruthful]

It hasn't been made into a movie, although I would actually buy tickets to a showing if it was.

http://www.amazon.com/Ego-Hubris-Michael-Malice-Story/dp/0345479394

I did a book review of Malice's latest work, an unauthorized autobiography of Kim Jong-il, a while back.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/863627886

Both books are worth reading, IMO.

[fernandito]

Oh oh oh, my bad, I thought the book was American Splendor, didn't see the 'from the creator of' bit up there.

[Bev Vincent]

http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/528xn/p01w6nck.jpg

[fearless-freak]

The Slithering Shadow by Robert E Howard

[frik]

You're on a Robert E. Howard roll, aren't you?
Love him!

sk

[fearless-freak]

i've got the complete chronicles of conan, conan's brethren some of the post Howard conan books, King Kull, Cormac Mac Art, El Borak and several others

[WeDealInLead]

Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash

[Ruthful]

The Sandman: Worlds' End, by Neil Gaiman

[fernandito]

The Sandman: Worlds' End, by Neil Gaiman

First time reading Sandman?

[thegunslinger41]

Hey guys. I was going over some patients we had Thursday and Friday of last week (I was out in the Wastelands of Arizona). Anyhoo, I noticed that we had a "certain someone" that we saw in our clinic while I was gone. I almost fainted.


http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/r485/thegunslinger41/sk_zps00e0b079.jpg (http://s1168.photobucket.com/user/thegunslinger41/media/sk_zps00e0b079.jpg.html)

[Ruthful]

The Sandman: Worlds' End, by Neil Gaiman

First time reading Sandman?

Yar.

[Nick Stefanos]

Lush Life by Richard Price

It's my third read of this one, but I really love this book.

[Ruthful]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1e/The_Virtue_of_Selfishness_%28centennial_cover%29.j pg

[jhanic]

I've started my umpteenth reread of the Harry Potter series.

John

[Ben Staad]

Reading Day One by Nate Kenyon.

[biomieg]

That's actually a pretty good idea, John.

[jhanic]

I thought so too. I just wanted something easy to read and not make me think a lot.

John

[fearless-freak]

Red Nails by Robert E Howard
Seven Pillars Of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence

[Ruthful]

http://i.imgur.com/f6RV0VD.jpg

[Jacqui]

I've just finished reading The Liar by Stephen Fry, before that Making History by Stephen Fry. Now reading The Hippopotamus by Stephen Fry.

I haven't read his books for a while and I was due a reread...which reminds me, my mum has my copy of The Star's Tennis Balls.

I'm also listening to the Harry Potter audiobooks in work (damn, that's read by Stephen Fry too. Looks like I'm obsessed, but I'm really not...)

Oh, and Shopaholic and Sister, for when I'm in the bath...

[WeDealInLead]

Saki - The Chronicles of Clovis (I can see why Gaiman really likes him)
Clive Barker - Books of Blood II
Harlan Ellison, ed. - Dangerous Visions

Nearly half done with A Feast for Crows. Nearly finished Farside by Ben Bova. Just finished The Rising by Brian Keene.

[Jean]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/18/TheHandmaidsTale(1stEd).jpg

[Jacqui]

I've been reading through Stephen Fry's books recently. For some reason they're quite a quick read for me. I've just finished The Hippopotamus, and before that The Liar, and before that Making History (my favourite). My mum has my copy of The Star's Tennis Balls, so I need to get that one back.

In work it's always audiobooks. Just finished Wizard and Glass on audio, just started Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (more Stephen Fry. I'm not obsessed or anything)

Last non-fiction I read was How Did All This Happen? by John Bishop. A very interesting read.

[Dan]

Dusk - Tim Lebbon

[Girlystevedave]

King's From a Buick 8.

It's been sitting on my shelf for at least 10 years, and I'm just now picking it up. I was really craving that feeling of slipping into a SK book.

[Jean]

I so hope you'll love it! It's one of bears' personal favorites

[Nick Stefanos]

I so hope you'll love it! It's one of bears' personal favorites


King's From a Buick 8.

It's been sitting on my shelf for at least 10 years, and I'm just now picking it up. I was really craving that feeling of slipping into a SK book.

I love that one too. Always thought it odd that while I'm not in any way a "car guy" I really love King's car-based novels (Christine is a longtime favorite.)

[Jean]

same here

bears don't even drive

[Girlystevedave]

I so hope you'll love it! It's one of bears' personal favorites


King's From a Buick 8.

It's been sitting on my shelf for at least 10 years, and I'm just now picking it up. I was really craving that feeling of slipping into a SK book.

I love that one too. Always thought it odd that while I'm not in any way a "car guy" I really love King's car-based novels (Christine is a longtime favorite.)

I'm enjoying it so far. :)

And, I hope that I can one day read Christine. Seeing the movie throughout the years has ruined all plans of reading the book. I need to forget all the details first.

[mae]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/18/TheHandmaidsTale(1stEd).jpg

I see bears are working through our Top 100 Novels list.

[Jean]

Yes.

Very disappointed in this one. Now 30% in. Either the author herself doesn't believe in her still-born idea, or she is just talentless. (in all probability, both)

[Deaf&Dumb]

Currently working on The Wastelands, Flowers for Algernon, and Haunted by Palahniuk. I've read all three books multiple times, I seem to just cycle through a select few books, and every now and then I'll try something new.

[Ruthful]

Finishing off The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History. Down to about the last three hundred pages of A Dance with Dragons.

[fearless-freak]

Jewels of Gwalhur by Robert E Howard

[Ruthful]

http://jacketupload.macmillanusa.com/jackets/high_res/jpgs/9781250002730.jpg