Book Talk discussion

Yes, two extremely intelligent strangers, struggling through the stampede of stupid.......... ;)

What are the odds? LOL
And thanks, btw. : )

Slim to none. ;)

Anytime, Charlene.

oh no, not the forums ON Amazon-i meant the GR UK Kindle group-:) I've never been into the Forums on Amazon-just buy too extensively and post reviews

(behind the scenes, she faints LOL). Thanks to your post re Milestone-I just went and picked up Currency of Souls and Thirty Miles, already had Saturday Night (went on a KPB buying spree after reading Kin and Stage Whispers LOL). So more reviews will be winding their way around the bend of the tracks soon enough:) It's becoming very difficult to review the requested books b/c I keep wanting to turn aside to read yours:))

Turning to the question at hand. I am reading Forsaken. I'm about 72% in and I have to say I'm impressed. This was a free book (and it may still be free), but the author is very skilled and letting everything build and build. I can't wait to sit down and finish it!

I have that one on my TBR.

Charlene, I have that one! I picked it up in March, I believe-and intended to read it right away b/c the blurb
looked so encouraging--and got sidetracked of course. Right now (today) I'm reading Devil Treeand finding it quite appealing, in a rough-edged, frontier-alternative history, spooky horror, kind of way:)

Still reading Them or Us.

When you come to the ending, Charlene, tell us if it was easy to guess. One reviewer here on GR said she guessed it well in advance. I sometimes find books like that hard to finish.

I'm reading Wild Horses

I have Hodge's Nightlife but have not read Wild Horses-however, I do now have the Stones' "Wild Horses" resounding in my head:)

Yeah, I heard Richard's opening chords almost immediately. I hope they tour. I would like to see them one more time.

I haven't read Nightlife. I do have Oasis on my TBR.


I have AC/DC's "Hell's Bells" playing in mine.

I bet that song is always playing in your mind...LOL

BTW, Night Life with Willie Nelson and B.B. King is an awesome tune as well!

Marc, I actually do have a theory about the ending. I will definitely let you know. (The last book we read was The Lion, the Lamb, the Hunted: A Psychological Thriller and I guessed how it would end at 8% in. You're right, I had a hard time finishing it.)

Gatorman, you have been reading a couple of David Moody's in a row, right? I think I might have one of his somewhere. What is it about him that you like?

Recluse wrote: "I'm reading Wild Horses"

Recluse, how are you liking it so far? I just recently read my first Hodge and liked it immensely!

Sometimes I get Metallica's "Enter Sandman"

Love that tune. I used to sing it to my kids when I tucked them in at night....

Dude!

Got me out of babysitting!

Actually, that and teaching them the words to "Big Balls"......

You said it!

I remember hearing him mentioned back in the day, but could never track his books down.

Charlene, you didn't like The Lion, the Lamb, the Hunted: A Psychological Thriller? Have you read his While the Savage Sleeps?

Recluse, I get the lyrics from "Enter Sandman" as prose comments-usually changes to my writing.com handle-rather than as melody-intriguing:)

I can't hear those two words together without hearing them sung and the bit of music behind it.

Mallory Anne-Marie wrote: "Charlene, you didn't like The Lion, the Lamb, the Hunted: A Psychological Thriller? Have you read his While the Savage Sleeps?

Recluse, I get the lyrics from "Enter Sandman" as prose comments-usua..."

Regarding The Lion, the Lamb-the short answer is no. I thought it was just ok, but as I said earlier, I guessed the ending at 8% in and that sort of ruined it for me. I think I gave it 3 stars. I have While The Savage sleeps but haven't read it yet. Have you read it?

yes-I've read both of Andrew's, The Lion... first..Loved both...IF I had to choose between the two, I guess I would take Savage...but I really enjoyed both..but then I am a minority of one so far on my opinion of ; I'm getting used to be the Lone Voice-I loved , a lot of folks on GR hated it; I hated -many idolise it. So it's a distinct pleasure to be part of this group, where folks actually agree with me about Himself.:))))

I liked , too.

Good-now we're a minority of two:))

I did like UTD. Huh. I'm a King fan though, I admit it.
I guess I'm going back to Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children which I set aside to read Forsaken. It's ok, but I'm not very far in.

I loved Miss Peregrine-and I am a King fan since the beginning: but I didn't like Cell at all, I hated Under the Dome (personal reasons, probably), and only enjoyed portions of 11/22/63. However-I raved over Bag of Bones, Lisey's Story, and Duma Key..and on my reread of Tommyknockers a couple months ago, I enjoyed it much more than before. So go figure-I'm just odd.:)) I've got to go pick up Forsaken soon; I did 2 reviews yesterday, 1 today, so am treating myself to Library books now and rereading Conjure Wife. First read was probably about 50 years ago, but considering the book was first published in 1943-it's done rather well to still be around-or to be in print again.

I hated Cell.

I loved Bag of Bones. One of King's best books,IMO.

I liked Cell and UTD. Hated 11/22/63.

I can't believe I still haven't read UTD.

I've been having a lot of fun rediscovering writers from the 80s, though.

Kealan wrote: "Brian Hodge's stuff is phenomenal. He's the genuine article."

I just finished up Prototype and actually really enjoyed it (recently posted a review), despite its length. Still though, I find Hodge to be a far better short story writer than a novelist. His short stories and novellas are so good. I would still recommend Prototype.

I just finished Hodge's Wild Horses. Not a horror novel, but very entertaining.

As an aside, has anybody here read Adam Nevill?

Benjamin wrote: "Kealan wrote: "Brian Hodge's stuff is phenomenal. He's the genuine article."

I just finished up Prototype and actually really enjoyed it (recently posted a review), despite its length. Still thoug..."

What was Wild Horses about, Jon?

Mallory, I haven't heard of an Adam Nevill.

It's a crime thriller, Charlene.
Las Vegas, stolen loot and loony tunes. ;)
Funny as Hell.

LISEY'S STORY just doesn't read "right".
I dunno why.
I was able to get through ROSE MADDER, so's it's not the female thingie.

You've got a point there.

What did you think of DOLORES CLAIBORNE?

I liked that one.

Fantastic first line. "Sometimes an accident can be a lonely woman's best friend."

Who could put it down after that?

25% of the way into Kin. Don't want to read any more tonight or I won't sleep. This one has me on edge like I just drank a half a pot of coffee....

Yikes!

Exactly.

Y'know, sitting here, thinking back on King's output over the years, I just realized exactly when his writing went off the rails for me.
GERALD'S GAME

I still haven't read that book past the point where the dog shows up......

The last 30 pages of that book were the only good part.

Were they good enough to make the rest worth wading through?

I liked Gerald's Game and Lisey's Story. Rose Madder was good but I agree with Kealan that the supernatural element could have been left out and it would have been a better book.

I liked The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, the jury is still out on Dreamcatcher, and I think Bag of Bones is one of my favorite King novels.

The only King novels I have real issues with are Cujo, Needful Things and 11/22/63. Everythings Eventual and Just After Sunset were not great short story collections, either.

im still gratefull king even publishes what he writes at this point, he doesnt have to anymore. so whenever a new king book comes out im reading it the first day, glad to be back and withdrawn from reality for a good three days until the book is finished. like the rest of you i had a stopping point where i didnt read his books for awhile, for me, it was BAG OF BONES, i know some of you mark that as a favorite, but for me at that point it seemed derivative. i should have stuck with it because many years later i started reading king again, right around LISEYS STORY, so i went back and read all that i had missed , got all caught up by the time DUMA KEY came out. LISEYS STORY had the same amount of 'black tower otherness' that ROSE MADDER had, and i agree that the books would have been much better, if not shorter, without all that crap. more along the lines of DELORES CLAIRBORNE and MISERY. misery will be amongst my favorite of kings, three times its been a one sit read!

Charlene-Adam Nevill (sometimes billed as Adam L. G. Nevill) is a British horror writer-I haven't been able to get a copy of Ritual yet-but I've read Apartment 16 and have and scarcely begun, Banquet of the Damned. I see the conversation has moved on apace since I read your post last night.:), but I just wanted to interject the Nevill info. I enjoy him; just wish he would be slightly less extended. Big fan of F. G. Cottam also.