What are you currently reading?

[John Blaze]

Nah, I'd read the European history book. :)

me too, I'm in love with history, specially anything related to WWII

I'm obsessed with anything WWII related. Have you read The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich? It's about 2,500+ pages long. It took me a good while to finish it.


Anyway, I received my package in the mail today : The Hobbit! :D I only got to read a few pages but I can already tell I'm going to love it.

Yes I have read it, and it's a great read.

Have you guys read Winds of War, and War and Remembrance? a must for ANY WWII history buff. Both are by Herman Wouk, and are two of my favorite books ever.

[John Blaze]

When I get off my lazy ass, I am so going to post a reading list thread. Of course, this means I must first find and then scan the reading list I just alluded to. :lol:

I'm pretty sure there is one already.

if not, Letti made one called Make Me Read Books. check it out.

[Daghain]

Ah, yeah, that one. I'll add it there. :)

[sai blaine]

The Gunslinger Born! Thank you Kim :D

[ManOfWesternesse]

Now reading:- Duma Key

[Matt]

:excited:

I can barely get out of my car anymore. Are you enjoying it Brian?

[ManOfWesternesse]

It's good Matt - very damn good!
I'm about *goes for book*....... page 214 to be exact. This is very good writing!

[John Blaze]

sounds exciting, can't wait to get it.

[LadyHitchhiker]

Constantine the novel adapation.

[alinda]

Rereading Desperation, by SK Next its Blaze...if my mail arrives by the time I'm finished. They're just about to go into the mine...

[Wuducynn]

Rereading Desperation, by SK Next its Blaze...if my mail arrives by the time I'm finished. They're just about to go into the mine...

I need to re-read Desperation and Regulators. I love those books. I haven't read Blaze yet. Duma Key is next on my plate. I've been seeing nothing but good posts about it on here.

[Brice]

Duma Key has been beckoning me from my bookshelf. Last night I gave in and started it. :D

[Wuducynn]

Was it whispering sweet nothings in your ear?

[Brice]

It was. :lol:

[jayson]

i kinda pictured little shop of horrors there... "read me brice... READ ME!!!!"

[Brice]

Then you pictured the truth also.

[fernandito]

I'm about 50 pages into The Hobbit, just passed their first (?) encounter with the trolls. :)

[jayson]

I'm about 50 pages into The Hobbit, just passed their first (?) encounter with the trolls. :)

i love that book

[ManOfWesternesse]

I'm about 50 pages into The Hobbit, just passed their first (?) encounter with the trolls. :)

i love that book

I second that emotion!
This a first read fp - or a re-read?

[fernandito]

This is my first read through, Brian. I'm planning on finishing this book and then starting The Lord of The Rings, which I've never read before either.


[/guilty look] :blush:

[MonteGss]

This is my first read through, Brian. I'm planning on finishing this book and then starting The Lord of The Rings, which I've never read before either.


[/guilty look] :blush:
Awesome feev! I think you will like them! I have all of them on audio now and will be listening to them pretty soon. :)

[ManOfWesternesse]

This is my first read through, Brian. I'm planning on finishing this book and then starting The Lord of The Rings, which I've never read before either.


Ah, you're off on a great adventure fp. Sit back and enjoy!

[jayson]

This is my first read through, Brian. I'm planning on finishing this book and then starting The Lord of The Rings, which I've never read before either.


[/guilty look] :blush:

you're in for a great ride fp. enjoy them!

[Wuducynn]

Awesome feev! I think you will like them! I have all of them on audio now and will be listening to them pretty soon. :)

I've created a monster.

[John Blaze]

FP, i DON'T think you'll like them, but that's just me.

I read them, and while entertaining, I thought they were definitely overrated.

[Daghain]

Just finished rereading Cujo, and am starting Danse Macabre (which I intend to finish this time!) and a reread of The Dark Half.

[LadyHitchhiker]

I'm reading some Butcher book about werewolves.. a Dresden file book that my brother Raron loaned to me.

[John Blaze]

just started a book called Custer. about Custer, yeah.

finished Buick 8, not bad at all.

hoping to buy Duma Key soon.

[HanzouNorak]

the last two stories of Hearts in Atlantis were soooooooooo boring i couldn't finish ether of them. i started Insomnia yesterday.

[Matt]

I'm *this close* to being done with Duma Key, its fantastic!

[John Blaze]

the last two stories of Hearts in Atlantis were soooooooooo boring i couldn't finish ether of them. i started Insomnia yesterday.

Grown up Sully and Bobby? I liked them just fine.

[Patrick]

I'm about a third of the way through DUMA KEY. :thumbsup:

[Jean]

the last two stories of Hearts in Atlantis were soooooooooo boring i couldn't finish ether of them. i started Insomnia yesterday.

Grown up Sully and Bobby? I liked them just fine.
I was bored by those parts, too, but not as much as by the college part.

[MonteGss]

I just started listening to Carrie, read by Sissy Spacek. I read that book a long time ago and only once. Since then I have seen the movie (so-so) but I really am liking Sissy's reading of this one. :)

[John Blaze]

and i still don't get the audiobook thing.

If you like it, it's your thing, good for you.

But why would some writer's agree to do audiobook only versions of some of their books? it's STUPID!

[OchrisO]

Stare Wars: Legacy of the Force: Inferno

The Legacy of the Force series of Star Wars books have been amazing so far.

[ManOfWesternesse]

Finished Duma Key.

Now (re-)reading Raymond E.Feist - Krondor: The Betrayal.

[jayson]

and i still don't get the audiobook thing.

If you like it, it's your thing, good for you.

But why would some writer's agree to do audiobook only versions of some of their books? it's STUPID!

i'm with you there JB on the "audio only" thing. i love audiobooks, particularly as a migraine sufferer, but for a first read i always prefer to physically read a physical book. audio is great for re-reads as it forces you to listen to every word, every description, every everything, but i don't get it when books are only released on audio.

[Matt]

I'm not sure I would listen to something that was on audio only :lol:

However, I am a big fan of the format. Between this site and my job, the kids...dinner, the whole bit! I would never get a chance to "read" if it wasn't for audio books.

Not only that, it makes me parse them out. If I was reading Duma Key, I would have done it over a weekend. This way I get to think about it a bit.

Very cool imo.

[jayson]

i def have an appreciation for the format bc of the migraine situation. there are plenty of times when i would happily read but i can't have the lights on and can't put the strain on my eyes. audiobooks make it possible to read in those cases. i especially like when the audio is done by the author [like my Douglas Adams' read HHGTTG series or the version of Drawing I have read by SK]

[Brice]

I'm not sure I would listen to something that was on audio only unless it was SK:lol:



:thumbsup:

[LadyHitchhiker]

the last two stories of Hearts in Atlantis were soooooooooo boring i couldn't finish ether of them. i started Insomnia yesterday.

Insomnia was hard to get through for me but it was definitely worth it for me.

[LadyHitchhiker]

I'm not sure I would listen to something that was on audio only unless it was SK:lol:



:thumbsup:

I don't know... I liked Spock VS Q and Spock VS Q part II on audio... but John Delancie and Leonard Nimoy... I could listen to them for hours... Oh wait! I did!

[fernandito]

I had no idea that Insomnia was such a hard read for most people. I've never read the book myself.

[Jean]

most people? maybe it wasn't meant for people

bear likes

[LadyHitchhiker]

Well I had just read Dreamcatcher before Insomnia,.. they're paced completely different.

[John Blaze]

i liked both.

The problem with me is "What if I was deaf?" Then the author doing audio only for 2 FUCKEN YEARS before publishing in book format would be discriminating.

I mean, I'm not deaf, but she doesn't know that....

[jayson]

good point JB. it's anti-deafism!

[MonteGss]

and i still don't get the audiobook thing.

If you like it, it's your thing, good for you.
!

JB, I really felt the same way as you but then I got The Dark Tower and it opened up a whole new world for me. They were so great! I look at it as an easy way for me to "read" two books at once.

I know there are people that actually do read more than one at a time but I don't care for that myself.

[Patrick]

...why would some writer's agree to do audiobook only versions of some of their books? it's STUPID!i'm with you there JB on the "audio only" thing. i love audiobooks, particularly as a migraine sufferer, but for a first read i always prefer to physically read a physical book. audio is great for re-reads as it forces you to listen to every word, every description, every everything, but i don't get it when books are only released on audio.
I'm not sure I would listen to something that was on audio only :lol:

However, I am a big fan of the format. Between this site and my job, the kids...dinner, the whole bit! I would never get a chance to "read" if it wasn't for audio books.

Not only that, it makes me parse them out. If I was reading Duma Key, I would have done it over a weekend. This way I get to think about it a bit.

Very cool imo.
In some cases, audiobooks are the only option because an author can't get a publisher to produce a hard copy. For a perfect example, read this short column on the subject by Stephen King himself (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,484759,00.html).

(The book he discusses is now available in print because SK drew attention to the audio version.)

[Daghain]

Thanks for the link, Patrick. I'm going looking for a copy of the book, if I can find it! :)

For me, I like to read the book first, then listen to the audiobook. I'm the same way with books and movies - I like to read the book first.

[John Blaze]

yes Patrick, but the author I'm talking about is famous enough on her own, but she chose to produce a couple of books audio only before she goes into print. She has a full audio cast, and will be producing them herself.

[OchrisO]

I generally listen to one book on audiobook while at work and read one book in print while I am at home.

[jayson]

I generally listen to one book on audiobook while at work and read one book in print while I am at home.

same here chris, though like i said, the audiobooks are re-reads.

[NeedfulKings]

Just started 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill

Finished 1984 by Orwell. Interesting read. Quite different than I expected, and I enjoyed it. The main character was pretty fascinating. As for being prophetic, Orwell was hit and miss. Overall, I enjoyed it.

[Wuducynn]

I'm reading "Serenity Found" Unofficial Essays on Firefly and Serenity. :cool:

[Erin]

I just began reading "Marley and Me" by John Grogan. It's super great so far.

[blackrose22]

Just finished a reread of Dune and Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert. Forgotten how good these books were. Next up is Childern of Dune.

[alinda]

Reread Bag of Bones.:idea:

[1ofthe19]

Right now I'm reading Duma Key and I find it to be quite the enjoying experience. It's a little different then some of King's other stuff, but still one of the best books that I have recently had a chance to read.

[steph]

I just finished Bridge of Sighs, By R. Russo.
A very good book.
I started Wolves of the Calla yesterday

[mia/susannah]

Right now I am reading Duma Key and The Dark Tower 7. When I finish these I am going to start the Dark Tower series again. I love it. I am also going to start Different Seasons. :thumbsup:

[Brice]

I am kinda' blown away by how good Duma Key is. I haven't found anything of his that I didn't like, but this is exceptionally good to me. It reads like the best of old King and the best of new King thrown together. I think I love it.

[Daghain]

I read the teaser for Duma Key that was at the end of the paperback edition of Blaze. When that sucker comes out in paperback, it's MINE.

And in my reread of The Dark Half, I am realizing that I have NO RECOLLECTION of reading this book the first time. None. Now, I know I did, because as soon as a King book comes out in paperback I read it, but now I wonder why the hell I don't remember this book? I have just enough aha moments to know I DID read it once, but man, it hurts to know I can forget so much in 17 years. :lol:

Must be A.G.E. Syndrome. :lol:

[Wuducynn]

Daghain, tell me you're not one of those folk that never buy a hard-cover copy of a book? You have some moral (read anal) problem with it? I love The Dark Half, that is one scary motherfucking book. :cool:

[John Blaze]

allhail, I hardly ever buy a hardcover copy of a king book, at leas not new, mostly because they're so fucken expensive.

[Wuducynn]

allhail, I hardly ever buy a hardcover copy of a king book, at leas not new, mostly because they're so fucken expensive.

Thats cause you're a skin-flint motherfucker!

[tamez]

currently listening to Duma Key
loving every minute of it.

(i am dissapointed he didn't read it himself though :angry: )

[John Blaze]

allhail, I hardly ever buy a hardcover copy of a king book, at leas not new, mostly because they're so fucken expensive.

Thats cause you're a skin-flint motherfucker!

how about this, you buy my kid's diapers and I'll buy the hardcover SK books coming out.

[Wuducynn]

Check is in the mail.

[John Blaze]

Check is in the mail.

"I'll believe that when me shit turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbert."

[Daghain]

Daghain, tell me you're not one of those folk that never buy a hard-cover copy of a book? You have some moral (read anal) problem with it? I love The Dark Half, that is one scary motherfucking book. :cool:

Nope, I'm just OCD. :lol:

I started collecting them in paperback, so now they ALL have to be paperback.

Besides, it's easier to carry a paperback copy around. :)

[Míchéal]

Skeleton Crew- (The Jaunt)

[Jean]

The Tommyknockers. I decided to find out if it was really so poor. I can confess, after some of later King writings it is very refreshing. I might have to edit my opinion in King's Worst Novel thread.

[Ruthful]

http://archive.glennbeck.com/news/images/mbmdec07.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Uitn8lF8L._AA240_.jpg

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/911com.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/TheAnchoress/faithreason.jpg

Still working my way through Insomnia.

[Allie]

I just finished reading Daughter of Regals, a book of short stories by Stephen Donaldson. He is a great author, and didnt disappoint.

[Samanthita]

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski.
It's pretty good. It's two stories in one, and the format towards the end is pretty weird. Pages with a single word, or different parts of the page being upside down or backwards. I got about halfway through it a year ago, but then I got too busy to finish it. Though, I do remember reading it at work at 2 in the afternoon with people everywhere around me, and being terrified of turning around because I thought something would be standing there.

The God Part of the Brain by Matthew Alper. Non-fiction and pretty self explaintory, and it's kind of funny at times. I'm enjoying it.

[CRinVA]

I just finished Water for Elephants. The title kind of sucked but I really liked the story. it had a Green Mile flair to it - in that it went back and forth in time from when the main character was 23 and when he was 90 or 93 as he remembered.

Now reading The Yiddish Policeman's Union. Hard getting into it but not about to give up yet!

[Nix_Toren]

Let's see...

DT volume 7 at the moment.

Then I'm moving on to "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell" and "Salem's Lot". I've also got a couple of Hellblazer comics waiting to be read, and Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently Omnibus.

[Matt]

currently listening to Duma Key
loving every minute of it.

(i am dissapointed he didn't read it himself though :angry: )

That guy does sound a bit like him though I think. I forgot sometimes.

I'm listening to the Gunslinger again.

[Wuducynn]

http://archive.glennbeck.com/news/images/mbmdec07.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Uitn8lF8L._AA240_.jpg

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/911com.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/TheAnchoress/faithreason.jpg



A little bit of light reading?

[Ka-mai]

Just reread Neverwhere by Gaiman (PS: Matt and I have a debate, is it pronounced "Gay-man" or "Guy-man"?) and I should be reading What the Buddha Taught and The Adman In the Parlor for class... but The Adman is boring and our Buddhism unit is practically over.

[John Blaze]

i think it's pronounced guy-man. I just read his American Gods and Anansi Boys novels, and I love them.

[HanzouNorak]

god i'm not even going to try finishing Insomnia, theres just something about it that bores the hell outta me and makes me want to not read it.......



In the end, maybe it's just another mind-trap, he thought. Like Insomnia.

[Matt]

Its sure worth the read--the end is amazing.

[Wuducynn]

Its slow...the ultimate bad thing to say about a book apparently.

[Heather19]

I love The Dark Half, that is one scary motherfucking book. :cool:

Is it really that scary? I'm going to have to read this one soon then. I've always put it off because I've heard bad stuff about it.

[Wuducynn]

Is it really that scary? I'm going to have to read this one soon then. I've always put it off because I've heard bad stuff about it.

Yeah, its wicked scary. :thumbsup: For some reason its an either you love it or hate it of his books. I bought it when it came out in the stores and blew through it, and it kept me up at night.

[John Blaze]

i don't think it's scary, but I've always liked it.

[Heather19]

Nice, that's good to hear. I love the scary ones the best. I've had it sitting on my bookshelf for awhile, just haven't gotten around to reading it.

[John Blaze]

then you are committing crimes against yourself. Read it, woman!

[ManOfWesternesse]

Yeah, Dark Half is a damn good read, and hair-raising enough in parts....

[John Blaze]

i recently found a hardcover, first edition, near perfect, at a goodwill store for 50 cents.

[Heather19]

Ok, I'm definately sold. I'm adding it next to my list.

[Erin]

Just reread Neverwhere by Gaiman (PS: Matt and I have a debate, is it pronounced "Gay-man" or "Guy-man"?) and I should be reading What the Buddha Taught and The Adman In the Parlor for class... but The Adman is boring and our Buddhism unit is practically over.

It's pronounced "Gay-Man"....and Neverwhere's a great book. :thumbsup:

[Ruthful]

A little bit of light reading?

The Strahan book is kind of interesting.

It's the first book written by a professional athlete that I've read since "Second Wind." Although this has a lot more descriptive details about testicles and penises, which I wasn't anticipating.

:orely:

[John Blaze]

Just reread Neverwhere by Gaiman (PS: Matt and I have a debate, is it pronounced "Gay-man" or "Guy-man"?) and I should be reading What the Buddha Taught and The Adman In the Parlor for class... but The Adman is boring and our Buddhism unit is practically over.

It's pronounced "Gay-Man"....and Neverwhere's a great book. :thumbsup:

School must have been murder

"hey gayboy, I mean, Gay-Man, want to play ball?"

[fernandito]

Has anyone else read George R.R Martin's Fevre Dream? I don't usually get all mooshy and emotional when talking about books, but that book truly is beautiful; a majestic tale about trust, friendship, and fulfilling your life-long goals. (tear)


Thanks Jhanic! Wherever you are...

[Daghain]

i don't think it's scary, but I've always liked it.

I'm >100 pages in, and it'd definitely headed for the freaky-creepy, all right. I'm kind of laughing to myself that I really remember very little about reading this book when it first came out. If I wait another 17 years to read it it will be new all over again! :lol:

[HanzouNorak]

a book has yet to scare me.

movies-yes
pictures-yes
books-no

[Wuducynn]

Books scare me the most and The Dark Half is one of King's scariest.

[Daghain]

Misery freaked me right out. I kept rooting for him to get out of that house - when he got the wheelchair stuck in the door that one time I was all, "NOOOO!!!!!" :lol:

[John Blaze]

yeah, misery was a misery to read. :D

[Heather19]

Finished Summer of Night by Dan Simmons. Pretty good book, and I just started it's sequel A Winter Haunting.

[Brice]

Has anyone else read George R.R Martin's Fevre Dream? I don't usually get all mooshy and emotional when talking about books, but that book truly is beautiful; a majestic tale about trust, friendship, and fulfilling your life-long goals. (tear)


Thanks Jhanic! Wherever you are...


Excellent book! It's actually the only book by him I have read.

[fernandito]

Has anyone else read George R.R Martin's Fevre Dream? I don't usually get all mooshy and emotional when talking about books, but that book truly is beautiful; a majestic tale about trust, friendship, and fulfilling your life-long goals. (tear)


Thanks Jhanic! Wherever you are...


Excellent book! It's actually the only book by him I have read.

That book easily makes my top 5. I read once that there was plans for a possible film adaptation, but I'll be damned if I remember where or when I read it. :lol:

[Brice]

I think I may have read
the same somewhere.

[alinda]

I have finished my reread of BoB's , and think Liseys story is next:orely:

[Cutter]

Stephen R. Donaldson's Fatal Revenant
- I'm kinda lost in this one, and not liking it right now, which is a first for a Donaldson book. Hopefully it gets better.

[Girlystevedave]

I'm reading Salem's Lot. My sister gave me a very nice hardback illustrated version of it at Christmas, and it's taking me forever to read it because I can't stay off this freaking mb.

[ManOfWesternesse]

Stephen R. Donaldson's Fatal Revenant
- I'm kinda lost in this one, and not liking it right now, which is a first for a Donaldson book. Hopefully it gets better.
I've never tried it.
Did try the first 'Gap' book once (forget name), did'nt like it much.
Absolutely LOVE his Chronicles of Thomas Covenant & re-read them regularly.


Just finished re-read of Raymond E.Feist - Krondor:The Betrayal.
Now re-reading R.E.Feist & Janny Wurts - Daughter of the Empire.

[Girlystevedave]

I read the teaser for Duma Key that was at the end of the paperback edition of Blaze. When that sucker comes out in paperback, it's MINE.

And in my reread of The Dark Half, I am realizing that I have NO RECOLLECTION of reading this book the first time. None. Now, I know I did, because as soon as a King book comes out in paperback I read it, but now I wonder why the hell I don't remember this book? I have just enough aha moments to know I DID read it once, but man, it hurts to know I can forget so much in 17 years. :lol:

Must be A.G.E. Syndrome. :lol:


Maybe it was your other personality that read it?:orely:

[Daghain]

Hmmm. Hadn't thought of that. :lol:

[blackrose22]

The Shakespear Secret- J.L. Carrell. My sister gave me this and said it was as good as The Da Vinci Code, she was sadly mistaken.

[BedOfRoses]

I'm reading Stolen by Kelley Armstrong, which is the second in the series. I especially like the sarcasm and humor of the author--a great read!

[John Blaze]

i'm reading Custer, North and South, Gerald's Game, and Different Seasons. Believe it or not, I haven't read Apt Pupil until now.

[Heather19]

That's the only one in Different Seasons that I haven't read as well. Let me know how it is.

[Mark]

Currently re-read TDOTT, nearly finished, gonna re-read 'em 'till possibly book 6 ( i read that and number 7 recently) then start Salem's Lot, is it any good?

[Erin]

Salem's Lot is awesome. It's especially fun to read it after a Dark Tower run-through.....for obvious reasons. :D

[BlakeMP]

Finally finished Duma Key. I need to find more reading time in my everyday life, dammit.

Now reading Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad.

[jayson]

just started No Country For Old Men yesterday. this is gonna be a quick read bc (a) it reads very easily stylistically, and (b) it's quite good!

[ManOfWesternesse]

just started No Country For Old Men yesterday. this is gonna be a quick read bc (a) it reads very easily stylistically, and (b) it's quite good!

Yes, that's a damn good one.

[Wuducynn]

Reading 'Wizards First Rule" by Terry Goodkind.

[Bethany]

the drawing of three.
man i had forgotten what a good read it is.

[MonteGss]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

[Daghain]

Just finished The Dark Half and am now starting on The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty.

[NeedfulKings]

Just finished 20th Century Ghosts (brilliant!)

I think I'll tackle The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon.

I've been wanting to read this for years.

[Girlystevedave]

I just started Blaze

[Daghain]

Oooh, that was a good one. :)

[Girlystevedave]

I'm on page 70, I'm already enjoying it. I can tell I'll finish it probably tomorrow.:)

[Daghain]

Yeah, it was a really quick read, but a lot of fun.

[Ruthful]

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n44/n221927.jpg

[obscurejude]

Philosophical Investigations- Ludwig Wittgenstein
The Trial- Franz Kafka
The Defense of Poetry- Sir Philip Sidney
DT VII- SK

[Erin]

I just finished Stephenie Meyer's Twilight last night. Now i'm starting New Moon .

[Daghain]

And how was it?

[Erin]

So great! I read it in a day and a half, staying up until 6am finishing it when I had to be somewhere in the morning. :lol:

Like Marelyn and SJ said, it's a bit embarrassing because it's a teenage romance story, but I really enjoyed it.

*edit* - I do have a small gripe with it though, I wish the main character was a bit stronger of a female lead. She's a bit whiney/wimpy/too much about her man for my tastes.

Still a great read though.

[Daghain]

Oh, I hate you. I've been trying to avoid these FOREVER. Now I'll have to read them. :lol:

[fernandito]

About 19 pages into Duma Key.

[Erin]

:rofl: I got all teenage fan-girl last night and went to the author's website and read all the questions she's answered about Twilight for the fans. I also read all about the movie which comes out in December. I can't wait to see it now! :excited:

I forget, have you read Harry Potter yet? If not, I'd read it before Twilight. It's muy muy better.

[Daghain]

I have read all but book 7. Waiting for the paperback. :)

But I am a vampire fan from way back!

[Erin]

True dat. I think I'm going to read Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles after I'm done with this series. I'm on a big vampire kick now.

[fernandito]

I'm on a big vampire kick now.

Read George R.R Martin's Fevre Dream. :pirate:

[obscurejude]

True dat. I think I'm going to read Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles after I'm done with this series. I'm on a big vampire kick now.

One of my best friends is working on a paper related to vampirism, homosexuality Anne Rice, and the Christian Eucharist.

[Jon]

allhail, I hardly ever buy a hardcover copy of a king book, at leas not new, mostly because they're so fucken expensive.

Thats cause you're a skin-flint motherfucker!

how about this, you buy my kid's diapers and I'll buy the hardcover SK books coming out.

Did All Hail buy new or "used" diapers?

[blackrose22]

Finished Children of Dune now onto God Emperor of Dune.

[Ruthful]

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/071030/haventread_l.jpg

[Matt]

I'm almost done listening to the revised Gunslinger but I am going through again because a friend is sending MP3's of King reading the original three

So I am doing them all again. I cannot wait so hear the differences between revised and original. I bet they are many.

[KO1]

130 pages into my second chance for Bag of Bones

[Heather19]

Good luck, I hope you enjoy it this time around.

[Matt]

One of my all time favorites right there.

[Wuducynn]

I'm almost done listening to the revised Gunslinger but I am going through again because a friend is sending MP3's of King reading the original three

So I am doing them all again. I cannot wait so hear the differences between revised and original. I bet they are many.


"The Gunslinger"? Doesn't sound familiar to me..who is it by?

[KO1]

I mentioned this somewhere else but I had a real hard time with it last time and ended up giving up on it. Last week a friend of mine talked me into giving it a second chance, so well see how it goes

[Heather19]

One of my all time favorites right there.

Mine too. I hate to see it get so much hate.

[Ruthful]

I'm almost done listening to the revised Gunslinger but I am going through again because a friend is sending MP3's of King reading the original three

So I am doing them all again. I cannot wait so hear the differences between revised and original. I bet they are many.

Not really.

He added less than fifty pages to the manuscript. The prose is less stilted, and the narrative is reworked to account for changes in subsequent volumes, but that's the extent of the alterations.

BTW, I'm not using spoiler tags here because I assume everyone here already knows the revised version of TG was changed to reflect the last four parts of TDT.

[Matt]

I think that is a given.

You know what I noticed this time through? No mention of the Tower falling.

I assume its even less prominent in the non revised version.

[John Blaze]

have never read and will never read the damn revised. ::shoots revised book to tatters:: :P

[Matt]

Its odd that it is the first time I noticed it. No word at all about the Tower being in danger--a little at the end about how the CK is the master.

The beams and stuff just flat don't come up. All about obsession. Also its weird how often people tell him to just cry off.

[Girlystevedave]

So I'm about 50 pages away from finishing Blaze.
There's a line I came across, that for some reason, really grabbed me. I think it's the bluntness of it, and nothing is left to the imagination:
Pisser Kelly was pink-slipped to an automobile graveyard, where he was discovered with his throat cut and his balls in the glove compartment of a Chevrolet Biscayne.

Odd.....

[Storyslinger]

It reminds me of what happens in The Dark Half

[Girlystevedave]

Oooh...it's been a while since I read that one.
Maybe I need to put it on my agenda.

[al'Lan Mandragoran]

The Count of Monte Cristo

[MonteGss]

have never read and will never read the damn revised. ::shoots revised book to tatters:: :P

You are missing out then. I can understand your hesitation to read it on the grounds of King changing the first chapter but you should try to think of it as taking place after book 7.

[Jean]

The Count of Monte Cristo

in English? I hope the translation is good.

[MonteGss]

I'm just about to begin:
A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

[John Blaze]

The Count of Monte Cristo

I have this, in English, and it's one of my favorite books.

I also have War and Peace and Anna Karenina in English, Jean, and they are great translations.

[Jean]

good!

[Darkthoughts]

I'm reading The Game by Diana Wynne Jones. Shes a fantastic British author who has been writing for...wow, must be 25 years at least, I read her books as a child, so.
She writes about magic alot, some of the books are quite dark - but I totally recommend her to anyone...especially Erin, SJ, Maer and Daggers - I think you guys would love her!

[Daghain]

Oh great, add ANOTHER author to my already-too-long list. :lol:

[Darkthoughts]

:lol:

[John Blaze]

Well, I'm adding to the list. If you like magic books, mixed with a medieval yet so common day style, try Tamora Pierce. You WILL NOT be dissapointed.

[Daghain]

So many books, so little time. *sigh*

[John Blaze]

well, put mine at the top of the list, you'll be a'ight. :D

[fernandito]

Slowly inching my way through Duma Key...

[Daghain]

well, put mine at the top of the list, you'll be a'ight. :D

I just got a ton of books from Amazon, but I'll pencil you in. :lol:

[John Blaze]

Amazon ey? reminds me of a new giveaway I'm gonna do.

better yet, I think I'll donate it.

[Erin]

Slowly inching my way through Duma Key...

Stick with it Feev! It starts off a bit slow, but really really picks up pace and intensity.

[CRinVA]

Just finished The Yiddish Policeman's Union - it was OK!

Started No Country for Old Men - has my attention fromt eh frist words spoken! I am listening to it!

[fernandito]

Slowly inching my way through Duma Key...

Stick with it Feev! It starts off a bit slow, but really really picks up pace and intensity.

I'm noticing :cyclops: That part where Edgar describes the sound of the shells under the house gave me chills for some reason...perhaps a foreshadowing of things to come? :unsure:

[OchrisO]

I'm reading Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill when I can find time for pleasure reading, which is pretty rare right now. :\

[Daghain]

Amazon ey? reminds me of a new giveaway I'm gonna do.

better yet, I think I'll donate it.

Oh, do! I threw out an original Gunslinger on cassette for the giveaway - what the hell!

[MonteGss]

After finishing the first Sherlock Holmes book from my Complete Works edition, I have moved on to The Colorado Kid by Stephen King. I've only read the first chapter but, no surprise, I'm enjoying it so far. :)

[Brice]

I finished Duma Key and Lovedeath by Dan Simmons. :)

I'm now reading The Ideal Genuine Man by Don Robertson.

[Mordred Deschain]

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w246/pherf/gunslinger.jpg

[Girlystevedave]

I just finished Blaze and I really enjoyed it. It sort of reminded me of The Dead Zone, the way that it takes you inside the mind of the "bad guy" and makes you see things from their perspective. Have sympathy for them. At least that's what I thought.
Needless to say, I loved it.:)

[blackrose22]

Just finished God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert and now on to Heretics of Dune book 5 in the series.

[LadyHitchhiker]

Burning House, a Klingon story... :D

[Mordred Deschain]

Just finished God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert and now on to Heretics of Dune book 5 in the series.

Excellent! my opinion is stop after you read Chapter House.

[Girlystevedave]

I'm reading Wizard & Glass today, but I think I have to get Duma Key tonight and start it.

[fernandito]

I'm reading Wizard & Glass today, but I'm think I have to get getting Duma Key tonight and starting it.

There you go :couple:

[Girlystevedave]

I'm reading Wizard & Glass today, but I'm think I have to get getting Duma Key tonight and starting it.

There you go :couple:

Thanks....now I guess I HAVE too:)

[fernandito]

Nah, you don't have to, I mean it's not like I'll pay you a visit if you don't :ninja:


"Come on, make that coffee to go."

[Girlystevedave]

Threats huh?!

[blackrose22]

Just finished God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert and now on to Heretics of Dune book 5 in the series.

Excellent! my opinion is stop after you read Chapter House.

Don't worry I intend too. At this stage I think I'm turning in a sandworm myself:panic: :P Haven't heard any good reports about the books his son Brian and Kevin J Anderson wrote after Franks death so I think I'll give them a skip.

[Girlystevedave]

I'm about 50 pages into Duma Key

[fernandito]

Good, now I can bug you about that as well. :evil:

[Erin]

I just finished New Moon by Stephenie Meyer, now i'm on to Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. I'm excited to see how much the novel differs from the TV show. :excited:

[John Blaze]

Girly, you had asked to me let you know what I thought about Apt Pupil.

It's awesome, and darkly disturbing. read it asap. :D

or I'll send feev over to your place again

[Jon]

God Damn it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was halfway through "Blaze" and someone stole it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[alinda]

Damn is right, and here I am all excited because when I got home from work yesterday there were two boxes sitting on my table in the living room.
Box # 1 contained my new Audio book (thankyou Matt) of The Drawing of The Three, and box # 2 is my new copy of Blaze ! I am spoiled with choice!
What a wonderful dilemma.....too much King !:excited:

[John Blaze]

Damn is right, and here I am all excited because when I got home from work yesterday there were two boxes sitting on my table in the living room.
Box # 1 contained my new Audio book (thankyou Matt) of The Drawing of The Three, and box # 2 is my new copy of Blaze ! I am spoiled with choice!
What a wonderful dilemma.....too much King !:excited:

Well keep checking your mail..... ;)

[alinda]

*faints, and falls down & drown's in a puddle of drool*

:huglove:

[John Blaze]

dude?

i didn't know you were epileptic!

:rofl:

[Mordred Deschain]

Just finished God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert and now on to Heretics of Dune book 5 in the series.

Excellent! my opinion is stop after you read Chapter House.

Don't worry I intend too. At this stage I think I'm turning in a sandworm myself:panic: :P Haven't heard any good reports about the books his son Brian and Kevin J Anderson wrote after Franks death so I think I'll give them a skip.

heh I read all of them just because I was curious. the Brian and KJA books go off the track a bit and Sandworms of Dune has a crapy ending to the whole thing. And of course, I hear Paul of Dune mini is coming out soon.

[obscurejude]

I'm currently reading some aramaic popyri.

[John Blaze]

anyone here read Steve Erickson?

i have a co-worker that's always pushing that on me. Is he any good?

[MonteGss]

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

[Erin]

Good one Monte! I read that in high school and really enjoyed it.

My mother is a fish....

[Brice]

Damn is right, and here I am all excited because when I got home from work yesterday there were two boxes sitting on my table in the living room.
Box # 1 contained my new Audio book (thankyou Matt) of The Drawing of The Three, and box # 2 is my new copy of Blaze ! I am spoiled with choice!
What a wonderful dilemma.....too much King !:excited:

There is no such thing as too much King. :D

[Unfound One]

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
required reading for a class, but i'm enjoying it a lot.
it's somewhat depressing though :(
free time book? i'm on the waste lands again...

[Brice]

I finished Duma Key and Lovedeath by Dan Simmons. :)

I'm now reading The Ideal Genuine Man by Don Robertson.

This is REALLY weird about the Don Robertson book.

I don't think I've ever read a book about a mass murderer who's done no killing (except for a dog and nazis during wartime) at 200 pages into the book. The book is only 261 pages. :beat: Almost as strange...the murderer is elderly. It is an excellent and well written book too.

[Jean]

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
required reading for a class, but i'm enjoying it a lot.
it's somewhat depressing though :(
it is depressing, but it is still very good, and her sense of humor and power of observation are spectacular. I read it maybe three or four times, glad you're enjoying it! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/0134-bear.gif

[Daghain]

Oooh, I have The Bell Jar on my list, too. Guess I'll move that up a few notches!

[Jean]

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_wub.gif

[Matt]

I'm done with my "people of the" book and have moved on to Everythings Eventual :rock:

Figured it could use a re read

[obscurejude]

I'm done with my "people of the" book and have moved on to Everythings Eventual :rock:

Figured it could use a re read

Matt, just thumbed through that myself over the weekend. I really enjoyed Everything's Eventual (short story). I forgot how cool Dinky was. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

[blackrose22]

Just finished God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert and now on to Heretics of Dune book 5 in the series.

Excellent! my opinion is stop after you read Chapter House.

Don't worry I intend too. At this stage I think I'm turning in a sandworm myself:panic: :P Haven't heard any good reports about the books his son Brian and Kevin J Anderson wrote after Franks death so I think I'll give them a skip.

heh I read all of them just because I was curious. the Brian and KJA books go off the track a bit and Sandworms of Dune has a crapy ending to the whole thing. And of course, I hear Paul of Dune mini is coming out soon.

Finished Heretics of Dune now on to the final book of the series Chapter House Dune.
I take Paul of Dune is a book or is a TV minis series?

[alinda]

Its been oh I don't know a day since I opened Blaze,
and the are only a few pages left.I have so far enjoyed this book.
The police /FBI have Blaze surounded in the field behind HHand, like all good King reads I put the book down for a while not wanting it to end just yet.Next I think I'll tuck into an undetermined Anne Rice
that I got today in the mail ( a gift from John Blaze )There are several titles that I've yet to read its been along time since I've read any AR. I am very much looking forward to the trip down memory lane with my old favs The Mayfair Witches, or maybe a vampire tale.......

[Heather19]

Finished A Winter Haunting by Dan Simmons. Didn't really care for this one. It got a little interesting near the end, but not enough to save the story for me. Actually I wish I just read Summer of Night, and never picked this one up. I didn't care for how he had the characters turn out as adults.

Now I'm onto The Dark Half, per the suggestion of several people here. So far I'm really enjoying it.

[John Blaze]

YAY!

yesterday my wife bought me The Good Earth, by Pearl S. Buck.

it's always been one of my favorites, and i hadn't been able to find a copy. She bought it for me at a used bookstore.

I :wub: my wife. :D

[MonteGss]

Good one Monte! I read that in high school and really enjoyed it.

My mother is a fish....

Thanks!
I'm only about 30 pages in...no real opinion on it so far. It isn't boring me but I'm not excited about it. Yet. :)

[Míchéal]

I just read I Am Legend, after seeing the movie, it's really good.

[Unfound One]

this talk of Dune reminds me how much i loved those books as well.
i only read the first 4 though, should i go on?

[Darkthoughts]

Imo, no! :lol: But I'm sure many (like Mord) would disagree ;)

[blackrose22]

Finally finished the Dunes series by finishing Chapter House Dune this evening. An intense series of books.

[Ikilledthecrimsonking]

Sometimes They Come Back in Night Shift

[alinda]

Merrick, Anne Rice

[John Blaze]

im reading a copy os Pet Sematary I bought recently in a used bookstore. It's better than I remember it being.

For the record, I'd like to state that Different Seasons is the best collection of short stories ever put ouot. I'm gonna make a thread about King short stories soon.

[Darkthoughts]

I think there is one somewhere...I might have even started it...?

I'm a major Different Seasons fan...The Body is my favourite King short story ever.

[MonteGss]

Merrick, Anne Rice

Ooooh, it's been a while since I read that one. Have you read it before? I remember enjoying it but haven't gotten to it for a second read yet.
:thumbsup:

If I recall, JB is a fan of Rice too.....though not the later novels.

[John Blaze]

not the last couple. Blackberry farm, or whatever it's called, is where it started getting stupid.

I guess I just outgrew them, because I haven't had the want or need to read them again. It's just not my thing anymore.

[MonteGss]

Mayhap you will discover them again someday. :)


I just saw yesterday that she has another Christ the Lord book...it looks like a sequel...? I may have to get it. I actually enjoyed the first one.

[John Blaze]

bleh!

Memnoch the devil was a good book, but that's about as religious as I want to read Anne Rice.

[MonteGss]

Hmm, I didn't think CtL was religious at all to be honest.
Don't judge a book by its cover (or title) my friend. :)

Anyway, yeah, Memnoch was awesome! Probably my favorite after T Vamp Lestat.

[Darkthoughts]

I loved Queen of the Damned when i first read it years ago...and the first two Mayfair witch stories...but I reread my Anne Rice books (only owned the first three Lestat books) last year and ended up giving them away also. They just seemed really...trite? Bodice rippers? Cheesy? Yeah, the magic definately wore off with a reread :(

[John Blaze]

i'll go with cheesy. :D

I read the cover for Christ The Lord, and I know it's about the day to day life and adventures of a very human boy. However, it seems cheesy to me. So I don't even want to open it. :P

[steph]

Read the Secret Life of Bees this afternoon. It was good.
Plan to start the Kite Runner tomorrow

[Daghain]

Just finished The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty and am now on a reread of The Dead Zone.

[Brice]

Today I just started "All Heads Turn As The Hunt Goes By" by John Farris. I'm about 50 pages into it. It is weird, but very good.

[blackrose22]

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk. Great book and just watched the DVD and love that as well.

[alinda]

I had some AR books, but interestly enough
JB sent me a whole collection of them ( :))
Anyway this is the 1st time reading Merrick.
I was so into AR years ago too....this is
a blast from the past as it were, and I am
enjoying the experience of an AR book again.
I've always had a liking to the whole New Orleans
Vampire/Witch stories....It's got a familure feel to
my romantic heart.:fairy:








Merrick, Anne Rice

Ooooh, it's been a while since I read that one. Have you read it before? I remember enjoying it but haven't gotten to it for a second read yet.
:thumbsup:

If I recall, JB is a fan of Rice too.....though not the later novels.

[MonteGss]

I also enjoyed my trip to Anne Rice universe when I revisited it a year ago. I reread 1-5 and hopefully I will be able to get the rest this year. I would say Merrick ranks toward the top for me. :)

JB was cool enough to extend the offer to me too once upon a time but I have them all already. :cool:

[John Blaze]

yeah, i remember that monte.

you should return the favor and give me all the Sk first editions you got.

That's what friends are for, right?

[MonteGss]

:lol:
I'm sure I don't have many...

Seven at most. I know there is useful information on the site to show how to determine if you have a 1st but I've not read it too closely. I purchased some of the later novels when they were released in HC, though I'm sure that doesn't automatically mean they are 1sts. I know I have some though. :)

Maybe someday JB I can do that for you...but then I wouldn't have a complete SK collection and that ain't cool! :)

[John Blaze]

lol, as a real friend, I'd never ask you to sacrifice that way for me.

I have enough Firsts, and I'll get more.

Usually the first page will say First Hardcover Edition, or First Plume Edition, or Grant, depending on the publisher.

[MonteGss]

I'm sure I don't have anything you are missing! Most of my King collection is mm paperback. My HC are:
Gerald's Game
Dolores Clairborne
Regulators
Nightmares & Dreamscapes
Insomnia
Blaze
Duma Key

DT5-7
reprints of 1-4
That's it! :)

Anyway, I am currently still reading As I Lay Dying by Faulkner :)

[alinda]

Well then, thanks Monte.....


JB was cool enough to extend the offer to me too once upon a time but I have them all already. :cool:[/QUOTE]


:huglove:

[John Blaze]

Just finished North and South, and Pet Sematary.

not sure what to read next, i'll see when I get home.

[Mattrick]

I don't think I'd ever own any first editions, unless I happened to buy one fresh off the press. For all I know, a couple of my old Dark Tower books I can't find inmy crawlspace might be first editions. I know had Wizard and Glass when it came out.



Currently I'm reading Snow Falling on Cedars by David Gutterson and will soon be reading Othello.

[educatedlady]

Right now I'm reading a few books. One for class, one that I'm teaching, and one for fun.

The Trickster of Liberty by Gerald Vizenor--for class
Killing Yourself to Live by Chuck Klosterman -- Teaching
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova -- for fun

[Nix_Toren]

I just finished the Gunslinger Born comic book, which was Amazing. Currently I'm reading The English Patient (seen the film about a dozen times so I thought I'd try the book).

Speaking of films... I'm going through a bit of a Western phase (when I watch movies, I go through phases... there was the Bogie&Bacall phase, the Audrey Hepburn phase... so now it's westerns.). Specifically, Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More, both of which are now up there on the Favourite Movies list. I plan on obtaining The Good, The Bad and The Ugly asap.