dannyd5050 said:

johnart said:

I'm holding off on this for to reasons. I didn't like Song of Susannah, and I also am not ready to be done with the series.
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This is a perfect counterpoint to the movie, which has about 10 words of dialog in it.

Some would say it "explains too much" but I thought it was great. The descriptions of flying past Jupiter, etc really capture a feeling of the vastness of space, and better than the movie did because of its technical limitations.

johnart said:

I wasn't thrilled with that. Some of it was okay. I much preferred Everything is Eventual.

and for my inner child...

NDRU said:

oh lawd

Why didn't you like Song of Susannah?

Alej said:

I don't know, exactly. Maybe it felt like it didn't have it's own story. All the others have had an independent story line that was strong. This one just felt like something of an in-betweener. I was not tuned out to it when I read it, but it's hard to remember what justwhat the plot was. Not so for Wolves of the Calla, for example, or Wizard & Glass. I remember those plots pretty clearly.

I had some issues with the fiction-crossing-into-reality storyline as well. Stephen King is a good enough writer to pull off the ridiculous in a plausible fashion, but I felt he may have crossed the line with that particular plot twist.

just started this

NDRU said:

Oh, I can understand that

I think Song of Susannah and The Dark Tower could have easily been one book but maybe he didn't want the last one to be that long - or maybe he just likes the number 7

That said, read it when you feel ready I really enjoyed the seventh book. It was funny
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InsatiableCream said:

:fattymcbiglarge:

Alej said:

Yeah it had to be 7 books, because if you add the number of letters in Stephen + King + 7 then all you do is add 1, and what do you have? 19!

NDRU said:

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NDRU said:

that sounds awesome

NDRU said:

This was one of my favorite books as a kid! I love that series.

This is the series I've started for the summer, the masters of rome series, though I know I won't be finished until the end of the year it can be a bit tedious, this woman packs her books full of history, but then there is a lot of excitement in them, the wars, the betrayals.













this is really the book my son is suppose to be reading for summer before his first fall semester at state, but since he's busy right now I'm reading it. slowly.


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Mach said:

is that worth buying?

Mach said:

I saw this at Urban Outfitters a few weeks ago and it's gone on my must-read list

Right now, I'm reading the Sookie Stackhouse novels -- the ones that HBO's "True Blood" are based on. I wanted to watch the show, but for some reason felt the need to read the books first?

I've just started this one.





But they're getting to be a bit of a slog. I liked the first one, but the second and third ones (Living Dead In Dallas and Club Dead) left me a little cold and I'm losing interest.

I same happened halfway through the first Dark Tower book, so I've also got those waiting.

Here's what I really want to read, and may just have to go ahead and take a breather from genre series:

errant said:

It's definitely one of those "judging a book by its cover" kind of books. It's one of the best title/covers I've seen in a long time.

It must be getting so many people buying it without knowing a thing about it.

I've just finished these two...



...and just started this one for the 2nd time. I love Richard Laymon books.

evenstar3 said:

I just read some amazon reviews. Apparently, it's not.

and



has anyone read either of these?

ZombieKitten said:

I read Never Let Me Go about two years ago its very unsettling and the style feels a little like a Grimm's fairytale

It is one of those books that lingers with you, weeks later you will get little flash backs.

Definitely worth the time to read though
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I'm re-reading this one:

Given my father's continual health issues (please, keep praying for his strengthening and healing. Thanks), I've been reading this and praying the Bible verses on healing and peace. God has honored such prayers in the past. And, I'm hoping for further miracles.

(Sorry for the image size. It's on the web as either tiny or huge. I went with huge, cad that I am.)

I'm currently reading Dream Boogie:The Triumph of Sam Cooke. The books that are listed here look pretty good. I'll have to pick up a few of them to read.

endymion said:

I adored both these books, they are both on my list of books I'll never forget