This year I have been finding and reading Steven King books at the local thrift shops. Not an author I have read a lot of. Easy to read and often interesting but I feel as though many of the stories have been written for the screen rather than the reader.
'Christine' I was warned was not worth reading but I did anyway and liked it. A slow read and slow build up that I did enjoy. I guess it wasn't exciting enough for the reader who panned it. Of course, it is now a movie.

I have a ton of Stephen Kings books.
He swings in all directions some I dont care for as of late, not his fault but mine.
The last one I read was 11/22/63.
But I liked Stephen Hunters book the third bullet better in a way.
Both books on the JFK assassination and both are very good.

One of his more current reads that held my interest was Mr. Mercedes, the first book in a trilogy. The other two of the set are good as well. Stephen King is one of those authors that can really describe a setting and get you fully immersed in it.

pondgardner wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2019 6:41 pm One of his more current reads that held my interest was Mr. Mercedes, the first book in a trilogy. The other two of the set are good as well. Stephen King is one of those authors that can really describe a setting and get you fully immersed in it.

I had a novel like thing going on at Garden Web many years ago before the great migration.
It was an apocalyptic thing with our beloved Carolyn137 as (The Keeper Of The Seeds).
Our goal was to protect her so we could start a new beginning,but were being tracked in the great desert by the bad guys.
I found it difficult to continue because I felt my hands were tied as to what I could write and not creep people out.
Many of the members on garden web were in the story and Carolyn followed it, as well as others.
I Love telling and writing stories.

One of my favorites by him is Salem's Lot!

Spike wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2019 7:08 pm One of my favorites by him is Salem's Lot!

One of his later books picked up on it but for the life of me I cant remember what how and or where.

Castle Rock tv show based on King's characters and locations is excellent. Two seasons are out.

Reading a teen book by Gena Showalter The Evil Queen.. gives the Snow White fairy tale from the evil queen's perspective.

Also reading a book on heirloom breeds from the livestock conservatory.

arnorrian wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2019 11:03 am

Tormato wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2019 10:48 am I'll never be able to read Dune. I saw the movie.

Why? The movie was problematic, mainly because Lynch lost creative control and the version that came out was edited without him. But that movie hit the tone and the atmosphere just right. Even Herbert liked it. And is now a cult film. In exactly a year the new adaptation is coming out, directed by Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners, Sicario, Arrival, Blade Runner 2049). The cast is stellar.

In the words of the Simpson's Comic Book Guy, "Worst ...Movie...Ever".
I suppose if one reads the book first, there might be something redeeming in the movie. To me, not reading the book, it appears that the movie was edited down to basically nothing.

An example would be if someone made a movie about Watergate, and the film consisted entirely of an 18 minute gap in a tape recording looped 4 times.

"And it is now a cult film." It wasn't back then. Are these cultists into Plan 9, too?

I'll wait for a movie that combines Dune with Sahara. For special effects each movie goer gets a cup of sand dumped down their pants before sitting down to 4 hours of...

I loved the move Sahara and am a big Clive Cussler fan.
Reading one of his books now.
One of the Fargo adventures called The Kingdom.

currently reading
lighting out for the territory, how samuel clemens headed west, and became mark twain
by roy morris jr. a rather amusing read so far.

also reading justice oliver wendell holmes, law and the inner self
by g. edward white
holmes was a prominent guy in law for a long time. i thought i should learn more about him.
both books were purchased at used book sales. its pretty much how i buy most of my books.
saves a bunch of money on books i want to keep.



keith

worth1 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 6:02 am I picked up the field manual for the 155 Howitzer for 50 cents at a store and actually read the thing.

I've probably read that book, but I'm not sure. We had hands on instruction in the Army. We didn't do much book reading. The deepest reading I remember was in nuclear, biological warfare. We had to read and memorize chemistry and calculations to determine how various products would spread in the air and how fast and how far.

I love to read anything historical. I especially like biographical history, but I avoid reading any biographies until the subject has been dead for forty or fifty years. I want to give enough time for the propaganda to die down and the facts to be more clear and established. I am really, really tired of modern "historians" rewriting, deleting; and adding history for their own purposes.

I am now reading through the Bible in a year. It is a slow read because it requires reading a lot of reference materials in conjunction with the text.

Favorite authors: Ayn Rand and W.E.B. Griffen and David McCollough

This post of mine cannot go "there", as it is in the rules for no posting of politics and...

...but I need no other reference materials, just an open heart.

I just finished The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin. Couldn’t put it down.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertai ... story.html

Been re reading a book called Storm Warning, for entertainment only.
Michael Crichton is the author.

worth1 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2020 6:14 am Been re reading a book called Storm Warning, for entertainment only.
Michael Crichton is the author.

I like that one.

I love to read & when I retired early last year I spent the first 2 months reading almost non-stop. But I find myself going back to my favorite author Charles Dickens. I can read David Copperfield & Great Expectations over & over again. Don't know why but I don't care for any modern books or writers.
However I love reading nonfiction, like history or autobiographies. On the latter, I esp like ones by current authors or if the tale can combine both their lives during historical turmoil like wars, even better.

I just finished an "OH MY GOSH" kind of book. "The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party" by Kelly Tyler-Lewis. This is something that is quite out of the box and is a must read. It is historical fiction based on the factual information written in diaries of crewmen on an arctic journey lost at sea.
Read it if you find it. Probably more male oriented reading but ladies will be wowed too.

MissS wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2020 11:28 pm I just finished an "OH MY GOSH" kind of book. "The Lost Men: The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party" by Kelly Tyler-Lewis. This is something that is quite out of the box and is a must read. It is historical fiction based on the factual information written in diaries of crewmen on an arctic journey lost at sea.
Read it if you find it. Probably more male oriented reading but ladies will be wowed too.

That would be antarctic.
The whole Shackleton story makes me freezing cold.
The idea of being in such a cold climate gives me the chills because I have been in it.