StephenKingman Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 I just finished "Just After Sunset" by Stephen King, a collection of short stories. Definitely a very mixed bag, some were great others terrible, i don't think short stories are his forte. Today i will start the book Precious, which is currently a highly rated movie tipped for oscar success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Still going with Cell, hope to finish it this weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 I'm almost finished The Vampire Armand after a few good weeks of struggling with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawr Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Read a couple more pages of 'Dome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie2008 Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 I'm halfway through Let the Right One In and still enjoying it. Yesterday I bought the first four books in the Vampire Diaries series by LJ Smith (they're only 200 pages or so each) and have already read the first two yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 I've just bought the following with my Amazon refund: - The Child Thief by Brom (Kell's fault) - Eyes Like Stars: Theatre Illuminata 1 (Fi's fault) - Birdwing by Rafe Martin (Hans Christian Andersen's fault) - A Monster's Notes by Laurie Scheck (Mary Shelley's fault) Also after a few calculations, I pottered along to Amazon US and ordered/preordered the entire Generation Dead trilogy by Daniel Waters, in hardback with the tacky cheerleader covers (Generation Dead, The Kiss of Life and Passing Strange) which I'm ashamed to say I want rather badly! I think they're shipping them all together which means I'll get them when Passing Strange is released in June, so they should be a nice birthday present! Off I go to find me some bookends... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeeeve Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Thirty pages from the end of The Book Thief. Taking a break to relax and chat to folk. Partly because I've been reading since about 9am and partly because I think I'm going to be emotionally devastated by these last thirty pages and I'm putting it off for a few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atticjnr Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Been reading a bit of Aldous Huxleys Brave New World, as I am really into the 'Modern Dystopia' novels at the moment! Bit way layed with recording some songs but will read more later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 You're probably not wrong re: those last 30 pages Steve... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeeeve Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 You're probably not wrong re: those last 30 pages Steve... You're right, I wasn't wrong Half of me loves the fact that the book was so good it moved me as much as it did while the other half wishes...that it hadn't. I need to pick an unemotional book next methinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Awww, I'm sorry Steve I didn't mean to make you cry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethan Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Huge snowstorm raging outside, 20 inches and still coming. I love reading on snowy days. I'm putting down My Name Is Red for awhile and contemplating one of two short reads - Alien Hearts by Maupassant and By Night In Chile by Roberto Bolano. Maybe both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeeeve Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Awww, I'm sorry Steve I didn't mean to make you cry. I suppose one day I'll learn to forgive you Well so far you've been right about Neverwhere and The Book Thief so it's ok. I was tempted to get that book with the long title I can't remember in your Introduction thread but not sure it's my thing. Well, not so soon after tis at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 If you've liked Neverwhere I can't see you not liking The Book With the Long Title (aka The Horrific Sufferings of Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot, His Wonderful Love and His Terrible Hatred); however it's an extremely emotional book - even more so than The Book Thief, IMHO - so I'd advise something cheerful between the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeeeve Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Yeah I looked it up on amazon earlier and the blurb made me think it could be quite an emotionally trying book with all that unrequited love by the sounds of it. Maybe one day I'll get it. I should try and order some stuff off my wishlist rather than adding to it though. The Book Thief has made me really want to order the book about idiots who deny the Holocaust by Michael Shermer though *runs off to look it up*...Denying History. I loved how in The Book Thief most of the soldiers weren't really bad guys. Just people caught up in a crappy situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucybird Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 While on holiday read all of Dead as a Doornail and about 200 pages of Gone with the Wind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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