Book Talk discussion

What issues did you have with Cujo, Gatorman? I agree about Everything's Eventual (I liked 1408 though) and Just After Sunset. I did like Full Dark, No Stars though.

I am with Hans, I didn't like Bag of Bones either, but I know that Jon and several other people I know liked it so it is clearly a matter of taste.

I also agree that the supernatural aspect of Rose Madder seemed completely unnecessary to me.

I don't know if Gerald's Game is worth slogging through to get to the good parts at the end. If I still had the book, I would look up the part where the strange character makes his appearance and just tell you to read from there.

I am really looking forward to the sequel to The Shining and he also says he is writing a novel about a serial killer in an amusement park. That could be really good.

I have only heard good things about Neville's The Ritual and he is pretty high up on my TBR list.

Chris, I checked Amazon again and The Ritual is now available at "reasonable" cost, so stuffed it in my shopping cart; a few months ago I could only find it at inflated prices. Happy Himself mentioned it which inspired me to go check again. I really enjoyed Apartment 16-but it did go on and on in spots.

Chris wrote: "What issues did you have with Cujo, Gatorman? I agree about Everything's Eventual (I liked 1408 though) and Just After Sunset. I did like Full Dark, No Stars though.

I am with Hans, I didn't lik..."

I didn't find it compelling. It kind of slogged on and just didn't grip me the way King's books usually do.

Just finished Them or Us. Excellent finish to the Hater trilogy. Just starting Dead Sea. Let's see what all the fuss is about.

It's been a while since King was a "must read" for me.

I still read every King and every Koontz. The latter hasn't disappointed me-yet. I have a habit of reading everything by an author if I once (or first) enjoy her or him.

I can't read Koontz anymore.
I think his brain broke.......

LOL! Chacun a son gout. I have an author friend on FB who will not read any Koontz until he publishes a new one in the Christopher Snow series.

I'm done with Koontz, too. He is way too hit or miss and Relentless was one of the worst books I've ever read. A total embarassment.

Hmm.. I reread Relentless recently and was very pleased.:) Now off to read Dark Blessings: A Collection for review; quite looking forward to it.

Mallory Anne-Marie wrote: "LOL! Chacun a son gout. I have an author friend on FB who will not read any Koontz until he publishes a new one in the Christopher Snow series."

How long has he been promising that?

Well before Odd Thomas....

Mallory Anne-Marie wrote: "LOL! Chacun a son gout. I have an author friend on FB who will not read any Koontz until he publishes a new one in the Christopher Snow series."

Chacun a son gout.......Mucus garcias?

He'll have a new Odd book out in July--

I can't even figure out how to classify his books lately.

Kealan wrote: "I actually really liked GERALD'S GAME. I think it's one of his most underrated and clever books. I loved the first half of DREAMCATCHER, hated it after the military showed up. JUST AFTER SUNSET and..."

I liked DREAMCATCHER until the story left Duddits.

Kealan wrote: "That book had the same problem for me that CELL had. Classic King for the first half, crap for the second."

I know I've mentioned it before, I think King is just welding short story ideas together to make them novel length.

Stephen King could make a novel out of a post-it note.

He does have a problem finding the point, sometimes.

He might benefit from the "Vlad the Impaler" editing method......

He needed to be hit in the temple with a hardcover copy of INSOMNIA.....

I loved Insomnia. Thought it was far better than 11/22/63. I know I'm in the minority for really liking Dreamcatchers but I found it to be gripping throughout. Not his best but still very good. Better than Cell.

I liked Insomnia also, reread it a couple months ago.

Just finished "Kin" by Kealan Patrick Burke, which I loved, and in continuing with my "disturbing books" motif I am about to start "Last Exit to Brooklyn."

Disturbing, indeed:))

Chris wrote: "Just finished "Kin" by Kealan Patrick Burke, which I loved, and in continuing with my "disturbing books" motif I am about to start "Last Exit to Brooklyn.""

Try "Journey to the End of the Night," IMO.

Currently reading .

Oooh, Gator. I would love to hear what you think when you're done. I've heard a lot (good) but mostly from people who have different tastes than mine.

that does look tasty!

Reading The Curse and The Sound of Midnight by Charles L. Grant

can never go wrong with Charles L. Grant

Ain't it the truth! ;)

Just received Shutter Island and Mystic River; and put The Given Day in my cart earlier this AM. I saw on The Book Page today that Mr. Lehane will publish a sequel to The Given Day in October, so I thought i'd better get busy now.:)

I haven't read The Given Day yet.

I don't agree about The Turtle Boy series, since of course I am absolutely enamoured of them:)))
but I read a novel yesterday and today for review that I thought would be like to kill me from sheer aggravation with the protagonist and lack of interest in whatever possible outcome that fool would encounter--and in my review pointed out exactly where the book ought to have begun and why. (sigh) Probably did not make a fan with that one.

Kealan wrote: "Me neither, but I will.

I'm currently rereading all the books in the TURTLE BOY series to ensure continuity in the final volume. I'll let you know what I think when I'm done, but so far the author..."

Just what I was thinking. Maybe he'll get it right with the last volume. :)

Kealan, you're funny!

Mallory, that's a HUGE treasure trove right there. : )

Kealan wrote: "Me neither, but I will.

I'm currently rereading all the books in the TURTLE BOY series to ensure continuity in the final volume. I'll let you know what I think when I'm done, but so far the author..."

INCOMING!

*piff*

This would work better if you wrote longer books.....

Kealan wrote: "Me neither, but I will.

I'm currently rereading all the books in the TURTLE BOY series to ensure continuity in the final volume. I'll let you know what I think when I'm done, but so far the author..."

I decided against that one when I saw the over-the-top raves were mixed with enough such criticisms that I didn't trust the raves anymore.

just bought CLICKERS by J.F. Gonzalez. should take me all of 2 hours to get through.

Multi-tasking, Hans?

I enjoyed that book. And the second and the third in the series. They were fun and definitely a quick read.

I hate that.

Reading quietly and *WHAM*, you run head first into the back cover doing 75 mph......

ROFLMAO!

premature dust-jacket elation.....

Mark that one...that was priceless.

"I wouldn't count on it. The guy's a hack.


LMAO!

Kealan wrote: "Gatorman wrote: "Kealan wrote: "Me neither, but I will.

I'm currently rereading all the books in the TURTLE BOY series to ensure continuity in the final volume. I'll let you know what I think when..."

So I've heard. Wish I could give back all those downloads of his I haven't read yet.

You paid for them?

P.T. Barnum would have loved you....

You don't want me stalking you with an unregistered hardcover, Kealan.

Trust me on this.

And people say you're slow...... ;)