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Post by Bartwald on Dec 9, 2006 17:52:09 GMT -5
King's Lisey's Story.
The beginning is kind of weak but I think that when the stream of consciousness-part ends it may get quite exciting.
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Post by Phoenix on Dec 11, 2006 13:05:53 GMT -5
Yeah, they're pretty good. I've never read any Nora Roberts before b/c I guess she mostly writes romance & I don't read that genre much. But to me they had the right mixture of romance, vampires & action. If you want you can pm me your addy & I'll send you the first two, & if you like them I'll send the last one when I finish w/ it.  Thanks! |
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Dec 11, 2006 17:24:20 GMT -5
No problem!
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Post by Bartwald on Dec 18, 2006 17:50:29 GMT -5
I'm finishing Lisey's Story. A very uneven book - and it mostly consists of weird, long flashbacks!
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Post by frankenjohn on Dec 18, 2006 19:09:09 GMT -5
I just finished "The Wave" by Todd Strasser.
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Post by Quorthon on Dec 18, 2006 19:11:01 GMT -5
I just finished the History of Violence graphic novel.
Artwork done by the same guy that makes Cannibal Corpses album covers.
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Post by frankenjohn on Dec 18, 2006 19:16:10 GMT -5
Artwork done by the same guy that makes Cannibal Corpses album covers. I've seen a couple of those. Freaky. |
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Post by frankenjohn on Dec 22, 2006 17:38:35 GMT -5
"Prionce Caspian" by C.S. Lewis. Thought I'd get my Narnia on.
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Post by Bartwald on Dec 24, 2006 7:17:21 GMT -5
I finished "Lisey's Story" and wasn't impressed with most of it - 5/10.
Now back to James Herbert's "The Secrets of Crickley Hall".
Quorth - did you like the graphic novel? Worth searching for?
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Post by Quorthon on Dec 24, 2006 17:40:37 GMT -5
I finished "Lisey's Story" and wasn't impressed with most of it - 5/10. Now back to James Herbert's "The Secrets of Crickley Hall". Quorth - did you like the graphic novel? Worth searching for? The graphic novel of History of Violence is quite good. Departs only in minor areas from the film, for instance, we get more back-story on the main character. And none of the "stereotyping of teenagers" that Smitty so loathed in the film. The general story is pretty close to the film. |
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Dec 25, 2006 12:35:53 GMT -5
I finished "Lisey's Story" and wasn't impressed with most of it - 5/10. Got that one for Christmas.... was it really that bad?  |
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Post by Bartwald on Dec 25, 2006 15:22:54 GMT -5
Let me tell you this, Livingdeadgirl: it has several really good scary parts and it IS very emotional near the end. It's not exactly bad then - but I think the same story could have been told better with half the words.
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Dec 25, 2006 22:01:32 GMT -5
Ok, gotcha. From the little bit that I've read about it, I take it that it's not the "typical" King horror novel. ?
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Post by Bartwald on Dec 26, 2006 9:19:55 GMT -5
It's certainly not a typical horror novel but - apart from King's playing with language - it's a typical King book, with many bits already familiar to everyone who has read "Misery", "Rose Madder", "The Dark Tower", "The Talisman" or "Bag of Bones".
I wonder what you'll say after you read it!
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Post by Pulpmariachi on Jan 14, 2007 11:32:00 GMT -5
Just finished "Gravity's Rainbow", which took me a lot longer than I wanted (fell behind on my page quota a bit) but it was amazing and funny. Sure it's complex and I probably missed a great deal of things but it's a book that begs for rereading and I said amazing already right? Strange, bizarre, gross, hysterical...great. I still prefer "One Hundred Years of Solitude" as the best novel of all time. A+.
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