I just started Black House. The beginning was rough... Peter Straub is not as readable as King... but whatever.
A true firewasp ninja would never wear such a ridiculous sweater.
There's logic in nonsense.
Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.
That is rough, I had to listen to get through it.
And yes Erin...Lisey's Story gets a little better but I am almost done and I must say, so far its not on my top 10 for sure.
The kindness of close friends is like a warm blanket
Yes, it was. It was just an excerpt of the finished novel though. I liked it alot.
I'm about a third (maybe less) of the way through DREAMCATCHER, and I like the book so far - although there is one event that just does not ring true IMO no matter how much I try to justify it to myself. I hate when a major character does something pivotal that I flat-out can't believe. It pulls me out of the story in a big way and I almost have to force myself not to abandon the book, which is really disappointing when I've been enjoying the book thus far.
Regarding LISEY'S STORY, I agree that it starts out rather slow, but I felt it gets better the further you read.
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
Everythings Eventual
currently on Little Sisters
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah the start of that one is rough, though I don't blame Straub for it so much, I remember how unbareablely boring IT and The Stand started out.
What has King written since Cell? I stopped reading him after that, Cell was just too terrible, well it was good until the last 5 pages, and the rest of it just can't make up for it. It was a very predictable disapointing SK ending.
I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we are reading doesn't wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for? - Franz Kafka
I didn't make it 40 pages into the Cell.
I'm reading a southern chick lit book at the moment, Between Georgia. I needed a little break from bleak, depressing books.
It's peanut butter jelly time!
oh yes. Oh yes. I think I kinda - what is the Freudian term - suppressed it? I kinda tend to forget that every time I think about Dreamcatcher (though how one really forget such a thing?)
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lisey's Story. . .slowly.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra for what must be the 3rd or 4th time now.
My favorite bands can kick your favorite bands' asses.
The horizon is right and motionless like the EKG of a dying woman.
Currently reading The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett
BEEP BEEP Richie! They ALL float down here. When you're down here with us, you'll float too!
I'm currently rereading W&G, The Gunslinger and reading a few Harlan Ellison books.
Rereading The Wastelands and really having to revise my favourite DT book - I'd forgotten exactly how great these stories were.
I loved Lisey's Story, but I seem to like the ones that everyone else finds a bit slow going...for instance Insomnia...I've heard various people say it was too slow but I loved that too.
I am so close to finishing Liseys Story...maybe tonight.
The kindness of close friends is like a warm blanket
I'm currently reading the Weekly World News, something about babies living on the Titanic...
The Tardis (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) duh!
only this thread , Im at work....no I am kidding I am on a reread of DT,
currently on book 5 WoTC!
The answer is within
all matter is energy, all energy is GOD
Eldest
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.