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Post by MontiLee on Jan 13, 2010 18:25:53 GMT -5
I do have a Goodreads account (I'm also a Librarian over there) if anyone is interested, but right now I'm pretty engrossed in Stephen King's Under The Dome. I love how the hardcover jacket is nothing but the painting of Chester Mill under a barely translucent dome, with the title, the author's name, and the publisher. Nothing on the inside jacket cover telling you about the novel, no author bio, no blurbs. It's basically saying - "It's a Stephen King novel. It's 1,100 words and he's going to weave a intricate and believable tale, make you fall in love with characters, kill most of them off in brutal ways that will make you cry, and end it with a tragic yet hopeful epilogue. You know this - why waste ink." |
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Post by micah on Jan 13, 2010 19:42:48 GMT -5
I finished Dome right around the end of the year. Loved it. Stevie's been a little hit or miss lately, but I've enjoyed the last few. I really enjoyed Dome plus it helped me work on my upper body strength (just carrying the damn thing around!).
I am most of the way through Jonannes Cabal, The Necromancer (by Jonathon Howard). I needed something a little lighter after Mr. King's book and this fit the bill. It's one part creepy to three parts hysterical. I have not laughed at a book this much since Good Omens (and that is hands down one of the best books of all time). Deal with the Devil, check. Satanic contract law, check. Demonic traveling sideshow, check.
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Post by peggychristie on Jan 14, 2010 11:18:15 GMT -5
I'm almost halfway through Clive Barker's "Mister B. Gone". Although I haven't been thoroughly grossed out or scared, the whole intro of Mr. B Gone telling the reader to burn the book so as not to read it further or face damnation, had me wanting to reach for the closest zippo. I'm also about halfway through the latest antho from Midnight Diner. Some great stories in there so far! (I also have a goodreads account - www.goodreads.com/user/show/1540432) |
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Post by awgifford on Jan 14, 2010 11:55:32 GMT -5
I just finished Robert J. Sawyer's "Flashforward". I'm enjoying the show on ABC so I thought I should read the book. They're similar, but different. I think the show is a bit better than the book. The show has more of a thriller feel than the straight forward science fiction of the book.
I'm now reading Lisa Gardner's "Hide" I know, I know, neither one of these first books of 2010 is horror, but the year is still young.
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Post by micah on Feb 5, 2010 18:48:41 GMT -5
First of all, let me chime in and say I too have a Goodreads account (http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3193784) which has been horribly neglected but I'll try to do better.
I just finished reading This Is My Blood by David Niall Wilson. OMFG was this book amazing! It tells the story of the last days of Christ on earth from the viewpoint of Mary Magdalene who is...not human (to not give anything away). It centers around a brilliant concept that Wilson executes with amazing style and grace. It also does a magnificent job of portraying Jesus and his trials, esp in his dealings with the apostles. I highly recommend this book.
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Post by thekarmasuitzya on Feb 5, 2010 21:10:04 GMT -5
I'm totally behind in my reading! I'm just starting Kings "Duma Key", and I'm finishing up Barker's "Damnation Game" I also have "Weaveworld" up in the que...and when I'm done with Duma, I'm planning on getting Under the Dome.
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Post by micah on Feb 6, 2010 6:21:24 GMT -5
Wow, I can't even begin to say what's in the queue. My "To Read" pile is spread all over the house. One night the pile on the bedside will fall and crush me. I've started Prom Queen of the Damned, a serialized digital book which is available one chapter per week at www.robcallahan.com/promqueen/. Since I have to wait on chapters I'll be reading this one until the summer. Once I'm caught up there I might read Infected by Sigler. I always meant to listen to the podcast but never got around to it. Bad reader, no biscuit. I also found out that there is a sequel to This is My Blood...and of course Little's The Association has been calling to me from the bookshelf... So many books. What a horrible problem to have <grin> |
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Post by MontiLee on Feb 14, 2010 13:12:42 GMT -5
I need to read a little Bentley Little. Maybe a little F. Paul Wilson. I need to get my Reader at the end of the month.
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Post by micah on Feb 14, 2010 13:47:41 GMT -5
If you don't mind going "old school" I've got a few of Little's books you can borrow. I'm pretty sure Peggy C has all of them. I have just about everything Wilson has written and you are welcome to read those as well, even the autographed ones.
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Post by peggychristie on Feb 16, 2010 10:11:59 GMT -5
It's true. The only Litte books I haven't read are The Mailman and University. And I'm pretty sure I've kept everything. So just let me know!
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Post by MontiLee on Feb 16, 2010 21:25:47 GMT -5
I'm not allowed to have unfamiliar paper books in the house but for this, I'm willing to risk a scolding.
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Post by MontiLee on Feb 18, 2010 16:43:48 GMT -5
Just finished Steohen King's Under the Dome (about 2:30 this morning) and when I got up, downloaded The Tomb, by F Paul Wilson.
I already like the reader, Joe Barrett, who reminds me a bit of Frank Muller - the voice who will forever narrate The Talisman, the Black House, and the first hand of the Dark Tower Series as far as I'm concerned.
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Post by micah on Feb 19, 2010 5:02:04 GMT -5
I think maybe I spent too much time in grad school; I am incapable of reading only one book at a time. I seem to have fallen back on my old habit of reading one fiction and at least one nonfiction book at a time. Oof.
So, I'm currently cycling between:
Prom Queen of the Damned (see above)
You're Not Fooling Anyone When You Take Your Laptop to a Coffee Shop: Scalzi on Writing by John Scalzi
Horns by Joe Hill
Ur by Stephen King
For those not familiar with the last one, it is a short which is only available as an audiobook at the moment. This means it will probably make it into the next collection of shorts, but I have an account at Audible, so what the Hell.
As for Horns, I was hooked from the opening line:
"Ignatius Martin Perrish spent the night drunk and doing terrible things."
What things? I had to find out!
BTW, yes, I am aware of the father/son combo I've got going there. If you want a real shocker, take a look at the author photo on the dust jacket of Hill's book. There's no denying the ancestry there.
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Post by Stout Roost on Feb 19, 2010 12:14:56 GMT -5
Just finished Steohen King's Under the Dome (about 2:30 this morning) and when I got up, downloaded The Tomb, by F Paul Wilson. I already like the reader, Joe Barrett, who reminds me a bit of Frank Muller - the voice who will forever narrate The Talisman, the Black House, and the first hand of the Dark Tower Series as far as I'm concerned. The Tomb is fantastic, the first in the Repairman Jack series. He's putting the finishing touches on the last one and the second-to-last will be out later this year. I'm reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies for my daughter's bedtime story. Gotta love those unmentionables. |
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Post by maryelizabeth on Oct 22, 2012 20:55:33 GMT -5
I am trudging through "Year of the Dogman" by Frank Holes Jr. who is a teacher and also from Michigan. "So Cold the River" by Michael Koryta who one of my patrons recommended and also on my Nook, "That Which Should Not be" by Bret Talley(by the way cats and Nooks do not work well together!) one of the best Lovecraftian novels and very reminiscent of early Hammer Horror Films.
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