It seems a lot of people are reading Stephen King at the moment! I have just finished Nicholas Sparks' 'The Best of Me' which was OK, although not his best. I think I am going to read 'Under the Dome' next by Stephen King as I enjoyed 11.22.63 so much
It seems a lot of people are reading Stephen King at the moment! I have just finished Nicholas Sparks' 'The Best of Me' which was OK, although not his best. I think I am going to read 'Under the Dome' next by Stephen King as I enjoyed 11.22.63 so much
How strange, I've read (or am reading) all 3 of those this year. I got Under the Dome precisely because I enjoyed 11.22.63 so much
I've finished listening to The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. There were two threads to the story, the first being the story of what happened to Allan Karlsson after he escaped from his nursing home on the day of his 100th birthday. The second thread, intertwined with the first, described his life over the previous hundred years and his involvement in pivotal points of world history.
The story of Allan's escape and subsequent adventures was quite good fun, though highly improbable. The second thread regarding Allan's previous history stretched my credulity too far and was also rather dull in parts. So all in all just ok.
I can't decide what to listen to next. I've got a week to wait for my next Audible credit and desperately want to listen to both The Twelve by Justin Cronin and A Question of Identity by Susan Hill. I do have a few other books to listen to, but might have to change my subscription so that I can get both books now!
I ditched The Gone-Away World, just couldn't get into it.
Having the opposite problem with Jenny Eclair's latest book Life, Death and Vanilla Slices - struggling to put it down. It's quite bleak but also funny and very true to life.
I've just finished 127 Hours by Aron Ralston, the guy who got stuck under a rock in Utah and hacked his arm off with a penknife. It was surprisingly beautiful. Plus I'm just back from Utah, and it was nice to read about somewhere I'd just been.
I have no idea what to read next, I have no inspiration at all.
I ditched The Gone-Away World, just couldn't get into it.
Having the opposite problem with Jenny Eclair's latest book Life, Death and Vanilla Slices - struggling to put it down. It's quite bleak but also funny and very true to life.
I totally agree with you on The Gone Away World, I kept trying with it but just gave up in the end.
Winter of the World by Ken Follett.
To be honest, I might put it to one side for a bit and return to it later as it's taking too long for me to get into it - I think I'm just not in the right frame of mind for a really long saga at the moment.
Might browse through this thread to see if I can find something else that appeals!
Finished "the eagle's prophecy", another good book in the series. Our heros end up on the high seas chasing pirates. Reunited with their old foe Vitellius and their former commander Vespasian.
Will move on to my first Lee Childs book, the killing floor. The first book in the Jack Reacher series.
The Watchers: a Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth I
The Watchers is a beautifully written, gripping account of the unflagging battle by spies, codebreakers, ambassadors and confidence-men to protect the queen.
It was a reign that required endless watchfulness - of the coasts, of the Catholic seminaries, of Elizabeth's own subjects. The stakes could not have been higher: priests coming secretly ashore were hunted down and executed, and assassination plots, real and imagined, sprung up everywhere
lynda La Plante. "Backlash", best langton and travis so far. having watched Above suspicion on Tv. I could picture langton and Travis, this made it great reading.
A re-read of 'The Moon is a Harsh Mistress' - by Robert Heinlein.
After re-reading 'Starship Troopers' last week, got the urge to revisit some of Heinlein's other classics.
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Now reading The Shining by Stephen King.
How strange, I've read (or am reading) all 3 of those this year. I got Under the Dome precisely because I enjoyed 11.22.63 so much
The story of Allan's escape and subsequent adventures was quite good fun, though highly improbable. The second thread regarding Allan's previous history stretched my credulity too far and was also rather dull in parts. So all in all just ok.
I can't decide what to listen to next. I've got a week to wait for my next Audible credit and desperately want to listen to both The Twelve by Justin Cronin and A Question of Identity by Susan Hill. I do have a few other books to listen to, but might have to change my subscription so that I can get both books now!
Now going to start Perfume by Patrick Suskind
'The Wicked Girls' by Alex Marwood
+ Re -reading
' Stay' by Deb Caletti ... I love this book
Having the opposite problem with Jenny Eclair's latest book Life, Death and Vanilla Slices - struggling to put it down. It's quite bleak but also funny and very true to life.
I have no idea what to read next, I have no inspiration at all.
I hope you love Perfume as much as I did:)
I totally agree with you on The Gone Away World, I kept trying with it but just gave up in the end.
Oh Ill have a wee look for that one!!!
Good wasn't it
Now you will have to read her next one
The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes
I just downloaded The Last Letter from Your Lover which I believe is also a weepy...am such a sucker for this type of stories.:o
To be honest, I might put it to one side for a bit and return to it later as it's taking too long for me to get into it - I think I'm just not in the right frame of mind for a really long saga at the moment.
Might browse through this thread to see if I can find something else that appeals!
Will move on to my first Lee Childs book, the killing floor. The first book in the Jack Reacher series.
After re-reading 'Starship Troopers' last week, got the urge to revisit some of Heinlein's other classics.
Only a few chapters in and I'm gripped!
Are her books good? I have seen them on amazon.