Name the last three books you have read...
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Bookworm616
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I'm on a bit of a quest to learn more about Christianity - since I was raised on it. Anyway, I was in the library last week looking up books about the historical Jesus and this book caught my eye:
Seeing as how I LOVED the Da Vinci Code and am a bit of a conspiracy theorist, I thought this was the perfect book to start reading on my quest to learn more.
Well, I'm almost finished with the book and all it has succeeded in doing is raising more questions than answering. ARGH. I understand that my quest to find out all I can is going to take quite some time, but so far, I only have more questions. LOL. Oh well. I have 2 more books, so I'll be starting one of them this weekend, maybe I can get some of my questions answered?
Seeing as how I LOVED the Da Vinci Code and am a bit of a conspiracy theorist, I thought this was the perfect book to start reading on my quest to learn more.
Well, I'm almost finished with the book and all it has succeeded in doing is raising more questions than answering. ARGH. I understand that my quest to find out all I can is going to take quite some time, but so far, I only have more questions. LOL. Oh well. I have 2 more books, so I'll be starting one of them this weekend, maybe I can get some of my questions answered?
Ol'Skool Classic
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Read this way back when as well as Clive Barker's Books of Blood, a collection of some of his short stories. It's been quite a while since I've read any of his books with Weaveworld being the last that I read.
satyr
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I plan on reading more of his work and am all ears if you any other horror recommendations.
Ol'Skool Classic
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The only other horror writers I've taken an interest in are H.P. Lovecraft and Brian Lumley. Lovecraft of course is well known as the creator of the Cthullu/Great Old Ones mythology, horror stories featuring an ancient race of eternal alien beings who once ruled on Earth until they were banished from our plan of existence. I have an expensive hardbound H.P. Lovecraft book that collects all of his various Cthullu myth related stories. Most book stores seem to have tons of various collects of his stories. Brian Lumley also follows in the footsteps of Lovecraft. He has written a few anthologies featuring Lovecrafts' Great Old Ones as well as make his mark in horror fiction with his Necroscope series and Titus Crow short stories. Don't know if these author would be to your liking, but check them out.
Brittney
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satyr
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Yes, I've heard of them and read some Lovecraft years ago. I'm a huge fan of Re-Animator, which is apparently a musical now. *shrug*
I'll look into the Lumley, thanks.
I'll look into the Lumley, thanks.
Under the Dome by Stephen King
It was pretty good, but the ending was diappointing. A little frustrating after reading 1072 pages.
Cleopatra A Life by Stacy Schiff
Boring & not well written IMO. I just couldn't get into the book.
The Architecture and Design of Man and Woman by Alexander Tsiaras & Barry Werth
Wow.
It was pretty good, but the ending was diappointing. A little frustrating after reading 1072 pages.
Cleopatra A Life by Stacy Schiff
Boring & not well written IMO. I just couldn't get into the book.
The Architecture and Design of Man and Woman by Alexander Tsiaras & Barry Werth
Wow.
The Dark King
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Reading the Hunger Game series right now. Its pretty good.
Bookworm616
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I went out to dinner tonight with a couple of friends (we're all readers) and we mentioned this book tonight. LOL.
My friend read it and she said I would like it because it's one of the better newer Stephen King books. I HATED "Cell" and wasn't too thrilled with "Gerald's Game". I love his older books, though.
My friend also mentioned these books tonight!
There are so many books I want to read....if only I had more time.
The Dark King
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Pretty good read thus far
Bookworm616
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Cool. I'm adding it to my Goodreads list then. :smt023
Although "Under the Dome"'s ending was a letdown it is pretty good. I didn't like "Cell" either & "Gerald's Game" was okay...I liked the idea & the story itself, but it wasn't very well written IMO. It's like he just threw it out there. I agree that his older books were much better. "Pet Sematary" is still my favorite one.
Bookworm616
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I was so disappointed in "Cell". It's almost as if it was ghostwritten, it was so bad. I thought it would be a modern day "The Stand". The story wasn't fleshed out at all and it didn't even have an ending!! It's not even close to "The Stand".
I liked the idea of "Gerald's Game" too, but there again, it wasn't well-written.
I love "Pet Semetary", but I think my all-time favorite book of his is "The Stand".
My faves of his are Pet Sematary, The Stand & It.
A friend of mine said Cell read like SK wrote it in rehab or something. lol
I need to get off my ass & start writing again. I should've had several books published by this point in my life. *sigh*
Bookworm616
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It is a great book. As is The Shining. So many of his earlier books are great.
LOL at the rehab comment. I could totally see that!
There's no time like the present. Get moving on your writing!
All this talk about his old books makes me want to read them again.
I tried not long ago to ease back into writing, but I had to take a break because it felt too forced. I need to chill out & try it again.