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Post by Dizzy on Apr 28, 2024 21:58:46 GMT
I'm rereading Firestarter  Thats My Top Favorite SK Story BC I Jealous of Charlie's Powers. |
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Post by wolf on May 1, 2024 17:09:56 GMT
Borderlands and territories.
Slippage. 😊
The 2nd video isn’t available, but I’ve decided to listen to the 1st part of “Black House”,
while I’m trying to do some things around here today.
I’ve missed Jack and Henry. 🙂
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Post by wolf on May 4, 2024 1:37:57 GMT
I have been listening to the first part of
“Hearts In Atlantis” today.
”Low Men In Yellow Coats”…
Oh my.
I must say
(for me)
this is SK at his best.
And William Hurt is truly marvelous at reading it to me.
Not one disappointing or lacking utterance from him.
The movie was very good,
and I still like it very much,
but it does not do this heart touching, heart wrenching and exciting story justice.
And this tale has it all!
So many links and crossovers, so many hits on the KINGO card!
I have waited a very long time to attain Ted and Bobby and Carol’s complete story.
The wait has been long and hard, but I have been consoled and gotten satisfaction.
I only wish I had the BOOK, to physically hold and read, and to look through again and again to find and names and revisit other details.
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Post by drawntokatet on May 15, 2024 14:14:16 GMT
Just finished Brandon Sanderson's Dragonsteel Prime. This is an early version of what the Stormlight series became. I love his characters and his plotlines.
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Post by Tanith on May 18, 2024 10:58:59 GMT
I'm about halfway through A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. This is on a list of books being discussed by the "Writing Excuses" podcast (Brandon Sanderson was once a regular on there, btw) in a series called "Close Reading". They're going into depth on the mechanics of writing, and I think the focus with this book is worldbuilding.
It's a good choice for that subject. The naming conventions are a little jarring, but the author helpfully provides a glossary at the back of the book in case one gets lost. Sometimes authors can get carried away with their worldbuilding, but she's careful to keep the human touch intact. I can see why the book's won a Hugo and numerous other awards.
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Post by Dizzy on May 19, 2024 22:57:18 GMT
I Readin Geralds Game By Stephen King.  |
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Post by drawntokatet on May 20, 2024 13:51:01 GMT
While waiting for Sai King's You Like it Darker to arrive ( only 2 days to go!), I'm reading other authors' short story collections. Paul Tremblay's The Beast You Are was inventive and horror in terms of gore and behavior. I think the story of the lemonade stand was good. The story of Harold Sturgis was inventive (keep improving)! The Beast You Are is a fairytale showing a society of animals over generations as it grows with technology and declines in morals. Sounds a lot like humanity.
Now, I'm on to James Joyce's Dubliners.
An Encounter is about an older man who preys on young boys. I. 2024, it's scary to me.
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Post by wolf on May 24, 2024 19:22:22 GMT
I finished “Hearts in Atlantis” on audio not too long ago.
The first part, “Low Men in Yellow Coats” is the best for me.
I went on to “The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon”.
I had this book, back before my collection was lost. I had started it, and put it down, it just wasn’t enthralling me.
I listened closely to the audio book all the way through. It is a very good story, and I enjoyed it! It’s just not my favorite King tale.
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Post by spideyman on May 25, 2024 13:59:15 GMT
Took a break from a mystery series to start SK's You Like it Darker. On the 4th story. So far holding my interest.
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Post by wolf on May 26, 2024 17:05:43 GMT
Thinking about listening to Roger Zelazney’s “The Dream Master” sometime next week. I’m not sure, but I may have had this book long ago, and already read it.
And I think I found a vid or two of SK’s “Duma Key”. I need to check them out and see if they are complete or not.
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Post by Dizzy on May 28, 2024 23:48:32 GMT
While Waitin For You Like It Darker To Get Here I Reading End Of Watch By SK
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Post by drawntokatet on Jun 17, 2024 12:27:07 GMT
Recently finished Killers of the Flower Moon..... riveting story thoroughly researched by the reporter David Grann who wrote the book. Haven't seen the movie yet.
Also read Pageboy a memoir by Elliot Page...since its Pride month, it's a good time to understand his experience as a Transman.
Currently rereading Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse. This is high fantasy written in Pre-Columbian geographical history. I plan to reread Fevered Sun too in preparation for Mirrored Heavens, the third and final book in the trilogy.
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Post by Tanith on Jun 20, 2024 15:06:08 GMT
I'm about halfway through Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. She's a new author to me and I settled on this book because...I dreamed about it. Seriously. One morning last week I woke up with the strongest impression that I should nab it at work and start it after finishing sai King's latest.
This might not be as mysterious as it sounds. This series ("Empyrean", I think it's called) is very popular and the book checks out often. It's enjoyable enough, though it doesn't strike me as particularly amazing. Too many characters, and the viewpoint character spends wayyyy too much time agonizing about a dude she's supposed to hate and wants to shag instead. I really don't think the narrative benefits from a page and a half of this every time they have a scene together.
I'll see how it goes. Maybe this is the muse's way of showing me what not to do when writing.
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Post by osnafrank on Jun 27, 2024 13:17:02 GMT
A re-read of "From a Buick 8"
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Post by osnafrank on Jul 2, 2024 19:43:52 GMT
"Final Cut", a German thriller, by Veit Etzold.
Brings nothing new to the table.
A strong, tough female commissioner with a terrible past is hunting a psychopath.
Of course she has to fear for her own life because the psychopath has a special interest in her.
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Post by drawntokatet on Jul 14, 2024 18:53:25 GMT
This morning I finished, Soul of the Octopus by Sy Montgomery.
This is nonfiction and written by a NH author who studies animals.
I learned a lot about octopus behavior. Reccomend this one to anyone who likes to learn new things.
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Post by osnafrank on Jul 15, 2024 17:05:01 GMT
Started "When she was good", by Michael Robotham.
Only 60 pages in, but so far it's a very well written,
gritty and nerve-racking thriller.
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Post by drawntokatet on Jul 24, 2024 15:08:58 GMT
Recently read, LaRose by Louise Erdrich. She is an Indigenous author who writes stories of tragedy and hope. She leans into her heritage to explain customs and how colonization and forced boarding school education transformed people. I appreciate her message and style.
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Post by osnafrank on Aug 11, 2024 20:08:48 GMT
Starting "Camino Winds" by J. Grisham tonight.
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Post by drawntokatet on Aug 14, 2024 14:56:01 GMT
I finished Morgan Talty's Night of the Living Rez.
It isn't supposed to be horror, but it is horror. Cause life on a Reservation is no picnic.
Just started Children of Dune. Let's go, Muah Dib and Shai Halud !
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