Nici Posted August 7, 2007 Author Posted August 7, 2007 Iv'e just looked and as Maggie Furey - The heart of Myrial has got 505 pages it can also be a Doorstep Challenge book as well! Quote
Nici Posted August 9, 2007 Author Posted August 9, 2007 I have had to stop reading Maggie Furey - The heart of Myrial as milk spilled in my bag today and now the book is sopping wet. I have made the very brave decision to tackle Stephen King - The Stand and at a mammouth 1,325 pages long it is definately a Doorstep as well! I may be reading this for a while! Dark dreams that warned of the coming of the dark man. The apostate of death, his worn-down boot heels tramping the night roads. The warlord of the charnel house and Prince of Evil. His time is at hand. His empire grows in the west and the Apocalypse looms. Quote
angerball Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 I have made the very brave decision to tackle Stephen King - The Stand and at a mammouth 1,325 pages long it is definately a Doorstep as well! Oh awesome, Nici!!!!! This is one of my all time favourites! I'm sure it will hook you in. Please give us a progress report somewhere along the way, as to whether you are loving it or hating it. Quote
Nici Posted August 9, 2007 Author Posted August 9, 2007 Of course I will Angerball! Certainly it has got very good reviews on here, I have just been building myself up to it - it's huge!! Quote
angerball Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 Of course I will Angerball! Certainly it has got very good reviews on here, I have just been building myself up to it - it's huge!! Once you get into it (and I got very much into it, right from the beginning ), it won't seem that long. It's surprisingly easy to read. Hope you enjoy it!! Quote
Nici Posted August 9, 2007 Author Posted August 9, 2007 Thanks Angerball! I will keep you posted! Quote
~Andrea~ Posted August 13, 2007 Posted August 13, 2007 I have made the very brave decision to tackle Stephen King - The Stand and at a mammouth 1,325 pages long it is definately a Doorstep as well! I may be reading this for a while! I'm looking forward to reading this some day. Trouble is I can't decide whether to go for the abridged or unabridged. I think the abridged is 800 odd pages. I'll be interested to know how you get on. Good luck! Quote
Nici Posted August 13, 2007 Author Posted August 13, 2007 I'll be interested to know how you get on.Good luck! Thanks! So far I am enjoying it but I have only read 60 pages so Iv'e got a long way to go!! Quote
Nici Posted August 19, 2007 Author Posted August 19, 2007 I have now read nearly 200 pages and I'm still enjoying it and finding it very easy to read. I had no real idea about the story line for this book when I started it and considering Robbie is suffering from a bit of a cough at the moment - it is making me a bit paranoid!! Quote
Kell Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 I had no real idea about the story line for this book when I started it and considering Robbie is suffering from a bit of a cough at the moment - it is making me a bit paranoid!! Every time I re-read this book (it being one of my all-time faves), I get a bit funny about coughs and colds, and it makes me think long and hard about how I would go about ensuring my own survival in a crisis. For it not being strictly a horror book, it certainly has some terrifying ideas contained in the pages! Quote
Nici Posted September 4, 2007 Author Posted September 4, 2007 Im now on page 477 and still really enjoying the book. I don't know if anyone else agrees but I have often wondered what I would do and what it would be like to be "all alone" and survive. Having to break into shops for clothes and food and travelling around trying to find other people. I am thinking that Randall Flagg is the devil and Lionel has sold his soul. Excellent read! Quote
Kell Posted September 4, 2007 Posted September 4, 2007 I wonder exactly that every time I read The Stand or anything along those lines. I picture myself in that situation and ask what I would do, how I would cope, what my chances of survival would be, how I would overcome obstacles. The same happened when i read Savages by Shirley Conran... Quote
Louiseog Posted September 4, 2007 Posted September 4, 2007 I really want to read this now, I must resist!! Quote
KW Posted September 4, 2007 Posted September 4, 2007 This is def going on my TBRpile. I've just read too many great things about it. And now am watching this thread, Nici, to see if it 'stands' up ( lol ) to your standard... KW Quote
angerball Posted September 4, 2007 Posted September 4, 2007 I wonder exactly that every time I read The Stand or anything along those lines. I picture myself in that situation and ask what I would do, how I would cope, what my chances of survival would be, how I would overcome obstacles. Same here. I think exactly the same thing when I read it, and to be honest, I don't think I'd survive for very long. I think I'm going to have to re-read it soon - it's been a few years since I read it last, and all this talk is making me remember all the good bits in it. Quote
Kell Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 I think I'm going to have to re-read it soon - it's been a few years since I read it last, and all this talk is making me remember all the good bits in it. It's been a couple of years for me too - I keep meaning to pick it up again, but I have so many new books to read that I would feel guilty neglecting them for such a long period of time. Perhaps the two of us could make a pact to re-read it together...? Quote
angerball Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 Perhaps the two of us could make a pact to re-read it together...? Ok, I will if you will! Given that there's now a Reading Circle thread on it, I think it will inspire a lot of people to give it a go. Mine is tucked away in a box somewhere, so when I dig it out (hopefully today), I'll get started! Edit: Found it!! I'm going to start reading it tonight. Quote
Kell Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 Well, I may well be one of the very last starting it - LOL! I'm setting aside the last week of the month as "Stand Week" as I'm on holiday from work and Dale isn't, so I should have plenty of solitary, undisturbed reading hours to rack up on it. Looking forward to it! It's a long time since I've visited Stu, Franny, Larry, Nick and the others, so it'll be good to see them again - just like old friends getting together! And I have to say that if I'd been there, I'd be with Mother Abigail's lot! Quote
Nici Posted September 26, 2007 Author Posted September 26, 2007 I haven't been able to read my book for the past few days what with worrying about Robbie. Just couldn't concentrate. Hopefully though I can start reading it again now things have settled down. Quote
Nici Posted October 31, 2007 Author Posted October 31, 2007 Only 150 pages left to go!!! I am on page chapter 72 and Trashcan Man is on his way back home after blowing up all the helicopters (excellent!) and Stu, Ralph, Larry and Glen are on their way to the other side. Nadine has been killed by Flagg and its all getting very exciting! You can feel the end is near! Quote
Weave Posted October 31, 2007 Posted October 31, 2007 Oh Nic, I am excited for you! I always find 'The Stand' gets really nerve-wracking at the end, its all happening and you just can't read quick enough! x Quote
Nici Posted November 3, 2007 Author Posted November 3, 2007 Finished The Stand this evening What a book! So many different scenarios to think about and a lot of different emotions whilst reading it! I think one of my favourite parts was towards the end Stu and Tom coming home and Tom saving Stu's life. I am now going to read something really easy: Louise Bagshawe - Sparkles Blurb from the back of the book: The glittering fortunes of the Massot family, vastly wealthy owners of Paris's greatest jewellery firm, were plungedinto confusion seven years ago by the disappearance of Pierre Massot, its charismatic, secretaive head. Now his beautiful young widow Sophie has decded she and her son Tom - and the firm - must mve on to survive. But their enemies have other ideas and a trail of scandal is waiting to be uncovered...What really happened to Pierre? And what was the family secret he tried so hard to conceal? Quote
Weave Posted November 4, 2007 Posted November 4, 2007 Nic! well done, I am really happy to hear you enjoyed 'The Stand', it is such a great book. Quote
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