Three dark queens
are born in a glen,
sweet little triplets
will never be friends.

Three dark sisters
all fair to be seen,
two to devour
and one to be Queen


Anyone read this? I know it's more or less a teen book but given that my reading has slumped I'm challenging myself to get and read within a week.


And this one in a week also


Morbid title isn't it? I'm told it's not what you think, no matter what you're thinking.



Anyone else have a book they're lagging on? Do you need an extra incentive?

i have a small pile of books i'm reading, one for downstairs, one in the car for when i'm waiting somewhere like the car repairs, and one for upstairs soaking in the tub.

laurie king for the car, jeffrey deaver for downstairs (upstairs too sometimes) and stephen king for the tub, car and upstairs. king's the bazaar of bad dreams is holding my attention the most. creepy stories.

that guy has a nerve, he has a bad dream then drops a friendly arm around your shoulder, smiles kindly and invites you to share it with him.

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here's one i want to read next

Stephen King is my favorite author (hence my user name! ). I have read every one of his books. There are a couple that aren't my favorites, but overall I think he is our generation's Dickens. If you want to know what life for the average person was like in the 70's just pick up a King book from that era and he'll tell you. To me, all of King's novels are based on love- I know it sounds funny, but if you look close enough you will find that to be the truth. I read many other authors (Anne Rice, Patricia Cornwell, John Dunning, David Morrell, Fannie Flagg, John Grisham, Steig Larrson, Don Robertson, Dean Koontz, Joe Lansdale, etc.). Right now I'm reading David Sedaris' Let's Talk Diabetes With Owls- a collection of Eassays. He's pretty funny.

XxAxX said:

i have a small pile of books i'm reading, one for downstairs, one in the car for when i'm waiting somewhere like the car repairs, and one for upstairs soaking in the tub.

laurie king for the car, jeffrey deaver for downstairs (upstairs too sometimes) and stephen king for the tub, car and upstairs. king's the bazaar of bad dreams is holding my attention the most. creepy stories.

that guy has a nerve, he has a bad dream then drops a friendly arm around your shoulder, smiles kindly and invites you to share it with him.

[Edited 11/30/16 21:17pm]

kingricefan said:

Stephen King is my favorite author (hence my user name! ). I have read every one of his books. There are a couple that aren't my favorites, but overall I think he is our generation's Dickens. If you want to know what life for the average person was like in the 70's just pick up a King book from that era and he'll tell you. To me, all of King's novels are based on love- I know it sounds funny, but if you look close enough you will find that to be the truth. I read many other authors (Anne Rice, Patricia Cornwell, John Dunning, David Morrell, Fannie Flagg, John Grisham, Steig Larrson, Don Robertson, Dean Koontz, Joe Lansdale, etc.). Right now I'm reading David Sedaris' Let's Talk Diabetes With Owls- a collection of Eassays. He's pretty funny.

XxAxX said:

i have a small pile of books i'm reading, one for downstairs, one in the car for when i'm waiting somewhere like the car repairs, and one for upstairs soaking in the tub.

laurie king for the car, jeffrey deaver for downstairs (upstairs too sometimes) and stephen king for the tub, car and upstairs. king's the bazaar of bad dreams is holding my attention the most. creepy stories.

that guy has a nerve, he has a bad dream then drops a friendly arm around your shoulder, smiles kindly and invites you to share it with him.

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mine too!! i haven't read all his books yet but i'm working on it. Lisey's Story turned me off for a while, touched too many nerves (couldn't read past the first few bits, where she is tied to the bed and hears someone coming...). but overall i think his books are really deep, without being preachy.

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kingricefan said:

Stephen King is my favorite author (hence my user name! ). I have read every one of his books. There are a couple that aren't my favorites, but overall I think he is our generation's Dickens. If you want to know what life for the average person was like in the 70's just pick up a King book from that era and he'll tell you. To me, all of King's novels are based on love- I know it sounds funny, but if you look close enough you will find that to be the truth. I read many other authors (Anne Rice, Patricia Cornwell, John Dunning, David Morrell, Fannie Flagg, John Grisham, Steig Larrson, Don Robertson, Dean Koontz, Joe Lansdale, etc.). Right now I'm reading David Sedaris' Let's Talk Diabetes With Owls- a collection of Eassays. He's pretty funny.

XxAxX said:

i have a small pile of books i'm reading, one for downstairs, one in the car for when i'm waiting somewhere like the car repairs, and one for upstairs soaking in the tub.

laurie king for the car, jeffrey deaver for downstairs (upstairs too sometimes) and stephen king for the tub, car and upstairs. king's the bazaar of bad dreams is holding my attention the most. creepy stories.

that guy has a nerve, he has a bad dream then drops a friendly arm around your shoulder, smiles kindly and invites you to share it with him.

[Edited 11/30/16 21:17pm]

I was a big Anne Rice fan way back when--read everything she ever put out and got my sister hooked on her books. I thought Blood Canticle was an adequate albeit mechanical attempt to tie up the loose ends of her vampire and witch series. I thought it lacked the passion and hubris of her earlier novels. I see she has decided to return to using Lestat as a character again. I want to check out her two new novels from 2014 and 2016 but I don't want to read them if they're merely a disappointing money grab.

XxAxX said:

here's one i want to read next

Then I challenge you. Even though you have like a ton of books everywhere demanding your attention.

morningsong said:

XxAxX said:

here's one i want to read next

Then I challenge you. Even though you have like a ton of books everywhere demanding your attention.

aha! hence the word, challenge.

yeah, i do have piles of books standing around, but it's not like i have book voices in my head yelling "READ ME!!" like that plant in little shop of horrors. it's more like the thrift store has 50% off sales and I buy up bunches of them for fifty cents each. not really a boast but maybe sounded like one. sorry

XxAxX said:

morningsong said:

Then I challenge you. Even though you have like a ton of books everywhere demanding your attention.

aha! hence the word, challenge.

yeah, i do have piles of books standing around, but it's not like i have book voices in my head yelling "READ ME!!" like that plant in little shop of horrors. it's more like the thrift store has 50% off sales and I buy up bunches of them for fifty cents each. not really a boast but maybe sounded like one. sorry

Doesn't sound like boasting to me, just sounds like your list is full. But. If you wanna pull one or 2 out and read it within this week as part of a challenge then cool.

Or challenge others to read a book they normally wouldn't read and see what they think of it?

EmmaMcG said:

I've been meaning to read Wizard and Glass, the fourth book in the Dark Tower series. I read the previous three about 6 years ago but I got side tracked and went on to other things. Then recently I read a book called The Last Wish which I really enjoyed and I really want to read the next one, which is called Sword of Destiny. So I'm caught between two at the moment and I'm not sure which to read. The worst part is that in the time I've been debating which one to read, I'd have read both of them.

I challenge you. Pick one at random and read it in a week. THIS week.

kingricefan said:

Stephen King is my favorite author (hence my user name! ). I have read every one of his books. There are a couple that aren't my favorites, but overall I think he is our generation's Dickens. If you want to know what life for the average person was like in the 70's just pick up a King book from that era and he'll tell you. To me, all of King's novels are based on love- I know it sounds funny, but if you look close enough you will find that to be the truth. I read many other authors (Anne Rice, Patricia Cornwell, John Dunning, David Morrell, Fannie Flagg, John Grisham, Steig Larrson, Don Robertson, Dean Koontz, Joe Lansdale, etc.). Right now I'm reading David Sedaris' Let's Talk Diabetes With Owls- a collection of Eassays. He's pretty funny.

XxAxX said:

i have a small pile of books i'm reading, one for downstairs, one in the car for when i'm waiting somewhere like the car repairs, and one for upstairs soaking in the tub.

laurie king for the car, jeffrey deaver for downstairs (upstairs too sometimes) and stephen king for the tub, car and upstairs. king's the bazaar of bad dreams is holding my attention the most. creepy stories.

that guy has a nerve, he has a bad dream then drops a friendly arm around your shoulder, smiles kindly and invites you to share it with him.

[Edited 11/30/16 21:17pm]

Haven't read all of Stephen King's books but I've read many. I wonder what goes on in that head of his? I loved Anne Rice vampires and I love Lasher. I've a read some of her Rampling books too.

morningsong said:

kingricefan said:

Stephen King is my favorite author (hence my user name! ). I have read every one of his books. There are a couple that aren't my favorites, but overall I think he is our generation's Dickens. If you want to know what life for the average person was like in the 70's just pick up a King book from that era and he'll tell you. To me, all of King's novels are based on love- I know it sounds funny, but if you look close enough you will find that to be the truth. I read many other authors (Anne Rice, Patricia Cornwell, John Dunning, David Morrell, Fannie Flagg, John Grisham, Steig Larrson, Don Robertson, Dean Koontz, Joe Lansdale, etc.). Right now I'm reading David Sedaris' Let's Talk Diabetes With Owls- a collection of Eassays. He's pretty funny.

Haven't read all of Stephen King's books but I've read many. I wonder what goes on in that head of his? I loved Anne Rice vampires and I love Lasher. I've a read some of her Rampling books too.

i would love love love the chance to buy him lunch one day. ask him wtf? The Bazaar of Bad Dreams is really interesting, because he prefaces each story with a detailed description of how and why he came to write the story

XxAxX said:

morningsong said:

Haven't read all of Stephen King's books but I've read many. I wonder what goes on in that head of his? I loved Anne Rice vampires and I love Lasher. I've a read some of her Rampling books too.

i would love love love the chance to buy him lunch one day. ask him wtf? The Bazaar of Bad Dreams is really interesting, because he prefaces each story with a detailed description of how and why he came to write the story

He seems like such a normal guy.

Well nobody has taken the challenge. But if you do, you must post your review of the book.

morningsong said:

EmmaMcG said:

morningsong said:

I challenge you. Pick one at random and read it in a week. THIS week.

Tell me which one and I'll do it.

I have to?

Alright.

Sword of Destiny.

i'm about 40% of the way through peter singer's new essay collection (ethics in the real world), and i should finish it this weekend.

.

after that, i have ed yong's 'i contain multitudes' in my queue. it's only about 250 pages, but i have the feeling they might be fairly dense pages, so finishing that in a week might be a little tough. i'll happily take a crack at it, though.

damosuzuki said:

i'm about 40% of the way through peter singer's new essay collection (ethics in the real world), and i should finish it this weekend.

.

after that, i have ed yong's 'i contain multitudes' in my queue. it's only about 250 pages, but i have the feeling they might be fairly dense pages, so finishing that in a week might be a little tough. i'll happily take a crack at it, though.

Then I challenge you. Geesh, glad it's you and not me, you got a serious one there. Looking forward to your review though.

I just finished this:




It was OK. Moved too slow, too bogged down in details. And Reacher didn't beat up nearly enough people. Funny, because this one was set when he was younger (35) and still in the Army. In fact, the Army had just given him a medal for killing a couple dudes.

I am now off to Half-Price Books's website to order as many Parker novels as I can find. Can't wait, Christmas reading at its finest

UPDATE: Just ordered 10 Parker novels and 2 Grofield novels. Twelve books by Richard Stark - the Twelve Books of Christmas! Let the carnage begin!

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morningsong said:

EmmaMcG said:

morningsong said:

I have to?

Alright.

Sword of Destiny.

Challenge accepted. I'll start it tomorrow and have a review by next Friday.

Well alrighty then.

Pedro Páramo anyone? such a haunting and sad story, full of desolation and desperation, it leaves you a lonely feeling.

Recently downloaded this. I think she mixes in lies with truth to make her outrageous stories more believable but it should be fun.

214 said:

Pedro Páramo anyone? such a haunting and sad story, full of desolation and desperation, it leaves you a lonely feeling.

Interesting. This go round, you pick a book you haven't read, make time for a week or 2, read it, post a review. You've been challenged.

Hudson said:

Recently downloaded this. I think she mixes in lies with truth to make her outrageous stories more believable but it should be fun.

Looking forward to your review in the next week or so, yes?

RodeoSchro said:

I just finished this:




It was OK. Moved too slow, too bogged down in details. And Reacher didn't beat up nearly enough people. Funny, because this one was set when he was younger (35) and still in the Army. In fact, the Army had just given him a medal for killing a couple dudes.

I am now off to Half-Price Books's website to order as many Parker novels as I can find. Can't wait, Christmas reading at its finest

UPDATE: Just ordered 10 Parker novels and 2 Grofield novels. Twelve books by Richard Stark - the Twelve Books of Christmas! Let the carnage begin!

.

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Pick one or 2 or 5 and post a review in the next week or so. You've been challenged.

morningsong said:

Hudson said:

Recently downloaded this. I think she mixes in lies with truth to make her outrageous stories more believable but it should be fun.

Looking forward to your review in the next week or so, yes?

No, I won't be doing that.

I'm looking forward to reading the latest novel from my favorite mystery writer Elizabeth George.

Hudson said:

morningsong said:

Looking forward to your review in the next week or so, yes?

No, I won't be doing that.

Ok.