I bought Odd Hours by Dean Koontz last night. Already over a hundred pages in. I love his writing and his Odd Thomas character is great!
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An Education in Violence it is a biography of ex- virginian and army of the cumberland general, george henry thomas, my new hero--s6[/I][/I]
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Just finished Slam by Nick Hornby, i will admit this book will not win any prizes for being the best at anything. Something kept me reading, i often laughed and in some places cringed, but came away with a smile. Looking back i enjoyed it and something would not let me put it down. What this something is i don't know.
A Star Called Henry by Roddy Doyle. I love Doyle. The Barrytown trilogy was fantastic, hilarious. The Woman Who Walked into Doors was good but sad. This one is maudlin. So sad and depressing I'm having trouble reading it. What happened to the humour, Roddy?
Oooohhhhh...is that a new one by him? I absolutely love his books...I laughed so hard reading High Fidelity I almost threw up.
Yeah its his latest. I don't think its up to the same standard as high fidelity or about a boy, but still worth a read. I started off reading it thinking this is not that great, but i couldn't put it down just like his others. Just feel its missing something compared to his other work. If that makes sense?
Has anybody read A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade by Christopher Benfey? I bought it for my mother as a birthday gift. She's promised to pass it on when she's done, but she's not reading fast enough to suit me! It looks amazing.
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I'm reading 'Half-Life' by Shelley Jackson, 'The Sleeping Doll' by Jeffrey Deaver and a bunch of comics like always.
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I just finished The Last Witch by Andrzej Sapkowski. A very good dark fantasy book. I can't recommend it enough, its non-linear storytelling was most refreshing compared to others I've been reading.
Easy Innocence, by Libby Fischer Hellman. This is a shocking story of the lengths to which teenaged girls will go to be accepted by their peers. A dark, noir mystery.
I am currently reading:
1. Candide - Voltaire - cant go wrong with the classics.
2. Twilight Illusions - Maggie Shayne.
3. Rockin' It Out in the U.S.A. - but that one is for class.
1. Candide - Voltaire - cant go wrong with the classics.
2. Twilight Illusions - Maggie Shayne.
3. Rockin' It Out in the U.S.A. - but that one is for class.
I started The Worst Thing I've Done, by Ursula Hegi last night. I wish I would've started it earlier -- I didn't want to put it down.
Also this weekend: Love and Biology at The Center of the Universe (Jennie Shortridge -- so-so; her first is still by far her best, IMO) & Palahniuk's latest, Snuff (not what I expected, but good). Gotta love a long rainy weekend -- plenty of time for writing AND reading.
Also this weekend: Love and Biology at The Center of the Universe (Jennie Shortridge -- so-so; her first is still by far her best, IMO) & Palahniuk's latest, Snuff (not what I expected, but good). Gotta love a long rainy weekend -- plenty of time for writing AND reading.
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Just finished Harlan Coben's book Gone For Good. I'm donating it to the library; it's not a keeper. It started slow, got confusing at times, esp. near the end, but did get interesting enough about 1/2 way through. He made one glaring mistake: He's on the ground with another guy, play wrestling, then about an hour later the guy pulls a gun on him. He had no clue?! There were other little things that just didn't ring true, either. It seemed written in a hurry. I like his other books, Tell No One and No Second Chance better.
Here are a few books I've finished in the last month or two:
The Colony, by John Tayman. Nuanced, ultimately very moving history of the leper colony at Molokai. Leprosy, or Hansen's disease, was then (obviously) thought highly contagious; now we know that isn't the case. Many of the residents may not even have been infected. Tayman interviews elderly residents who came to the island as children; their stories are haunting.
Regeneration, by Pat Barker. Siegfried Sassoon's dark night of the soul and the psychiatrist who treats him. This got to me, for good and for ill. I'm searching out more Barker.
Jar City, by Arnaldur Indradason. Indradason is Icelandic, and he's one of several Scandinavian thriller authors I have read in the past year all of whom mine the same morose smoldering akvavit drinking sauna taking Bergman film watching sunshine deprived vein. Which is very, very pleasing, except if you're depressed yourself and then it's very much not.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, can't think of the author. Purchased for my niece, because I'm sick of reading that Junie B. Jones crapola to her.
The Colony, by John Tayman. Nuanced, ultimately very moving history of the leper colony at Molokai. Leprosy, or Hansen's disease, was then (obviously) thought highly contagious; now we know that isn't the case. Many of the residents may not even have been infected. Tayman interviews elderly residents who came to the island as children; their stories are haunting.
Regeneration, by Pat Barker. Siegfried Sassoon's dark night of the soul and the psychiatrist who treats him. This got to me, for good and for ill. I'm searching out more Barker.
Jar City, by Arnaldur Indradason. Indradason is Icelandic, and he's one of several Scandinavian thriller authors I have read in the past year all of whom mine the same morose smoldering akvavit drinking sauna taking Bergman film watching sunshine deprived vein. Which is very, very pleasing, except if you're depressed yourself and then it's very much not.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, can't think of the author. Purchased for my niece, because I'm sick of reading that Junie B. Jones crapola to her.
Treasure Island... I just finished it. It was fun to read, but I thought the ending was too abrupt.
I just finished reading The Novelist, by Angela Hunt.
Great perspective in this novel within a novel! The protagonist is a best-seller author of a popular action hero series and teaches a novel writing course at the local community college. One of her students criticizes her books and challenges her to write something more personal... and she does. The results will take you on a wild rollercoaster ride and have you examining your own life in a new way. I absolutely loved this unique book!
Great perspective in this novel within a novel! The protagonist is a best-seller author of a popular action hero series and teaches a novel writing course at the local community college. One of her students criticizes her books and challenges her to write something more personal... and she does. The results will take you on a wild rollercoaster ride and have you examining your own life in a new way. I absolutely loved this unique book!
I just set down Sons of the Profits by William Speidel which talks about the development of the city of Seattle and the profit driven men and women that made it happen. It was tedious at some points, but overall I enjoyed it.
Right now I'm working on The Dagger and The Cross by Judith Tarr. It's the follow up to Alamut, and I'm finding it just as compelling. Love that Middle Eastern Crusader era intrigue.
Right now I'm working on The Dagger and The Cross by Judith Tarr. It's the follow up to Alamut, and I'm finding it just as compelling. Love that Middle Eastern Crusader era intrigue.