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Hey, What Ya Reading??? A book???
Fran:
"The Darkest Evening of the Year" by Dean Koontz
shortfiction:
I'm almost done with the first Twilight book and have ordered the next 3.
I'm going to start Stephen King's new book of short stories soon.
delalluvia:
Am in the middle of Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy:
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
Sheesh >:(
Who decided these were childrens books? They are very disturbing and I am just appalled at some of the twists revealed and the end of some minor character plotlines.
They're good for what they are - young reader books - but don't go in expecting any warm fuzzies. There are none.
delalluvia:
Just finished Dan Brown's Angels and Demons.
This was soooooooo much better than The DaVinci Code in terms of suspense and frenetic energy of the novel.
e.g. both books are chase books
Now The DaVinci Code's subject matter was intensely interesting, Angels and Demons is more um, down to earth, where that is concerned. But that cuts back on the exposition a great deal, there's less to ruminate on and educate the reader about, which streamlines the book's action.
I highly recommend this. While The Code was fascinating, A&D I was unable to put down.
I cannot vouch for the accuracy of Mr. Brown's exotic locales, but that's to my benefit. I can't be disappointed in any of his mistakes, because I don't know much about the areas or history of the subjects either. ;D
Strangely, A&D is the prequel to The Code, but Ron Howard is making the movie as a sequel. ???
Don't know why he chose to do that when making prequels is not a problem at all.
Not sure that bodes well for the story. You can see from reading the book and knowing Ron Howard is making the movie, where he's going to gut the book to make the milder, gentler and non-controversial A&D. I'd hate to think he's going to try to tie the two together somehow. :P
oilgun:
Right now I'm enjoying David Sedaris' short stroy collection, When You Are Engulfed in Flames. His stories seem so appropriate for the holidays. Waiting in the wings is Augusten Burrough's A Wolf at the Table.
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