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Thanks Dan but I have got IT and, as you say, thoroughly enjoyed it. I remember the t.v. film and loved that as well.
I just went mad on e-bay one day and brought loads of King books I didn't have (may have been drunk as well), hence the backlog. I suppose it just took me a while to get to King's 'other' books ( as opposed to the big titles).
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they did.
Red Cloud
Never be cruel and never be cowardly. And if you ever are, always make amends.
You are a walking talking Doctor Who encyclopedia to me. - Melike
Grabbed two books from the library today...this is what they are...
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Does whatever a spiderman does.
Insomnia - King. 60 pages in, so far, so good.
Koontz - What The Night Knows. Half done. Very good so far.
Ok, close to finishing A Game of Thrones, just about 80 pages left to read, and I've just reached MAJOR SPOILER:
Spoiler:
Never be cruel and never be cowardly. And if you ever are, always make amends.
You are a walking talking Doctor Who encyclopedia to me. - Melike
I'm currently in the middle of Jules Verne's books. I've read 26, 58 to go! They're pretty good stories and not only for kids.
I forgot to mention I'm also reading Neuromancer by Gibson. I'm 2/3 done. It's a very demanding read that needs full immersion and concentration. I like it a lot.
I finished Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie last night and started Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi. Both are really great books. Redshirts has a very unique twist on the scifi Redshirt concept.
There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long.. people. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.
I'll start it tomorrow, B. I got distracted with A War of Gifts, and I'm still halfway through Homecoming book 5.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
Has anyone ever read The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley? I started it a little while ago and find myself - still - only about half way through. It's an interesting read (for a literature fan) but for some reason it's taking me an awfully long time! I can usually finish a book of this size in just a few hours and can't figure out why this one is slowing my reading pace.
I read that a long time ago. I don't remember much about it, but I don't recall having any problem getting into it.
John
I finished Floating Dragon and Locke & Key Vol. 1. Now I'm starting Duma Key. It gets a lot of love here, so I am looking forward to it.
I finally finished the Haunted Bookshop. I figured out why I took so long to read it, too. The author is following a mysterious plot with a bit of romance thrown in, but takes tangents to discuss war and humanity and reading etc. In these tangents, I would note the other works referenced and I think that my own mind would wander farther down the digression and away from the story, which is why I kept putting the book down so often. It is a very good book!
I'm 180ish pages into Duma Key and loving it. I like this style of King where he introduces bits of the horror slowly.
The Road.
I'm loving this book so much!