I've arrived a little late to the Stephen King party so lots of catching up to do. Feeling a little timid at first so I started off a few weeks ago with Fairy Tale, Joyland, Later, then onto Carrie and Salem's Lot. Blake Crouch then whisked me off unexpectedly to Wayward Pines for his quick trilogy last week and I'm now ready to pick up King again with The Shining. Well, as soon as I can get shot of my cold - surely can't be COVID again?! - a souvenir from a soggy week in Jersey (the channel islands, not the state).
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What books are you reading for pleasure these days?
Knikki
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- Location
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@Briar I'm not a big fan on King's but see if you can find Christine it is one of his books I really enjoyed and kept me glued to it.
What I'm reading?
Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors, no not some strange fantasy mix up but two people Cleo and Frank. It starts off as a romance and then changes in to following certain friends, that you meet at their wedding and what happens to them and the interactions between the group. I am not sure where this heading but I am finding it tricky to ready as it is not really grabbing my attention. I will try to continue it as it is part of a book club I am in.
The other is The Return Of The Martians by Mark Hood, this, and another book Earth Under The Martians, are two follow up books to HG Wells War Of The Worlds. The Return Of The Martians is set two years after the original event and follows the same narrator as he watches the sky for the return of the invaders. So far it is OK, it has captured the feel of the times it was originally written and so has keep me reading it. As a spoiler, and I am not that far into the book, cylinders had beens spotted leaving Mars, more of them this time.
What I'm reading?
Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors, no not some strange fantasy mix up but two people Cleo and Frank. It starts off as a romance and then changes in to following certain friends, that you meet at their wedding and what happens to them and the interactions between the group. I am not sure where this heading but I am finding it tricky to ready as it is not really grabbing my attention. I will try to continue it as it is part of a book club I am in.
The other is The Return Of The Martians by Mark Hood, this, and another book Earth Under The Martians, are two follow up books to HG Wells War Of The Worlds. The Return Of The Martians is set two years after the original event and follows the same narrator as he watches the sky for the return of the invaders. So far it is OK, it has captured the feel of the times it was originally written and so has keep me reading it. As a spoiler, and I am not that far into the book, cylinders had beens spotted leaving Mars, more of them this time.
- Location
- Seattle
- Name
- Andrew
11/22/63 did that for me.
Holoholo33
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- Location
- Hawaii
- Name
- Walter
Just finished "On Call" a memoir by Dr. Anthony Fauci. He is, of course, familiar to anyone who followed the COVID pandemic in the US, but he was also heavily involved in the AIDS epidemic, bird flu, Ebola, Zika, etc. nationally and internationally, and served under seven presidents, ending as President Biden's Chief Medical Advisor, all the way continuing as Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the National Institutes of Health for 60 years. Amazing longevity, dedication, and patience. I finished the book even more impressed by him than previously.
Bobs Your Uncle
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The Portable Athiest by Christopher Hitchens, he of the provocatively entertaining book: God Is Not Great.
Christopher enjoyed a good argument, beginning when he was aged 9.
https://www.qbd.com.au/the-portable-atheist/christopher-hitchens/9780306816086/
Christopher enjoyed a good argument, beginning when he was aged 9.
https://www.qbd.com.au/the-portable-atheist/christopher-hitchens/9780306816086/
