I finished Keyhole this morning. I'm sad now because I'm gonna miss that book, dammit.
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Joyland's great!About to start book two in the Song of Ice and Fire series (aka Game of Thrones) called A Clash of Kings. Plan on reading Joyland after.
Have you read Neil Gaiman's little book, MAKE GOOD ART? It is also from a speech he gave, and he's also very complimentary to Mr. King (and beside that,Mr. Gaiman is both a wonderful speaker and writer )Just finished reading Going After The Rubber Chicken by Dan Simmons. It's a small chapbook with three speeches he did at various award functions. He had a couple of interesting things to say about King in one of them. He likes King.
I've liked that book best of the series (so far--haven't read DANCE WITH DRAGONS yet, though a little bird tells me it will be under the tree in a little over a week--lol).About to start book two in the Song of Ice and Fire series (aka Game of Thrones) called A Clash of Kings. Plan on reading Joyland after.
No, I haven't read this book. I have to say that Mr. Simmon's likes King but he also stated that he didn't think King's works would be read by folks a hundred or so years from now as King uses too many of our 'everyday' items in his works by using 'name brands', etc. and he (Simmons) didn't think that our future folk would be very interested in those types of things. I totally disagree with that because I feel that King has used everyday life in America as a spring board for his stories and that our future folks are going to want to see how dramatically different their life is compared to ours. I feel that King is our generations Dickens and that he will be read 100 years from now. You can't stifle talent!Have you read Neil Gaiman's little book, MAKE GOOD ART? It is also from a speech he gave, and he's also very complimentary to Mr. King (and beside that,Mr. Gaiman is both a wonderful speaker and writer )
No, I haven't read this book. I have to say that Mr. Simmon's likes King but he also stated that he didn't think King's works would be read by folks a hundred or so years from now as King uses too many of our 'everyday' items in his works by using 'name brands', etc. and he (Simmons) didn't think that our future folk would be very interested in those types of things. I totally disagree with that because I feel that King has used everyday life in America as a spring board for his stories and that our future folks are going to want to see how dramatically different their life is compared to ours. I feel that King is our generations Dickens and that he will be read 100 years from now. You can't stifle talent!
There's no law that says you can't do a re-read.I finished Keyhole this morning. I'm sad now because I'm gonna miss that book, dammit.
Actually, there is such a law, self-imposed: Frank's gotta get caught up!There's no law that says you can't do a re-read.
Started I Still Dream About You by Fannie Flagg. I need something light and happy to read for the holidays. I love Fannie! Her books are always so uplifting! Reading her books is like shining a flashlight under the refridgerator, expecting to find lint and cat hair stuck to the cooling coils and finding a nice, shiny quarter instead! Happy, happy, happy!
Do you happen to know of any real scary stories? I'm a big fan of The Shining. I'm looking for stories that are scary like The Shining.There's approx 800 pages of spooky stories for 99¢. A pretty good Halloween deal! The author is Scott Nicholson. (Box of Boo)
Form a group here and re-read it together and chat after every chapter or two! What fun!There's no law that says you can't do a re-read.
Fannie is as far from Randall as one can get.Flagg, eh ???? I smell the devious work of Randall here
Oh, good book!Mystery Walk by McCammon.