Finished now all 3 audio books of the Lord of the Rings and I am glad I listened to it after such a long time. I feared I would dread the chapters of Frodo but it wasnt as whiny as in the films. I probably will read it in english in few more years.
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Ten chapters into Project Hail Mary and really liking it so far. Feels a lot like his first book The Martian.
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That is the chapter it really gets going!
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Just finished it. Really good. Not sure it reaches quite the same heights as The Martian, but itâs way up there on its own. Los of fun surprises and reveals along the way. The ending was moving. I think Iâll listen to it again to try to wrap my head around it.
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Boom Chicago. A history of an improve company in Holland that spawned quite a few names in comedy. Considering the number of writers that went through there it is a good read if you are at all interested in comedy.
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Random rant but ive certianly noticed that the ease of reading a book in regards to holding and flipping pages is a pretty big deal for me - especially as someone who may have an issue with arthritis the older i get.
Reading stiff paperbacks versus certain hardcovers or larger style paperbacks like the wizard and glass paperback that just lays nicely and doesnt need to be held is a pretty big thing for me.
I didnt realize that there are almost no reasonably priced drawing of the three hardcovers - at least not on ebay.
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Where are you at with ereaders?
I probably will eventually go that route but the decision not to atm kind of has to do with my kids. We built a book shelf for each of us out of broken fence boards and theyâve been collecting and reading and adding to it and such. One if them also likes to write comic style short stories and file them away and i kind of wanted to let them roll with that for a little while before wiping out an ebook.
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Iâm reminded to follow up on this as I just got a notification that Rugby hit the heart button on it.
Am not ready to start this book just yet. Slogging through the second half of Liseyâs Story, hopefully will be done in a week.
It seems as if there are a few people interested, so Iâll plan to start a thread for it next week and we can see if it takes off.
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Sounds great. If itâs a hit we could always look into a King specific book club. Thereâs lots of titles Iâd love to discuss with fellow readers. I read Geraldâs Game for the first time Wednesday while waiting at the library. I am going to listen to the audiobook for The Long Walk again soon.
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Following the Star Wars canon I read the 2nd book âPath of deceitâ during the last two days. Probably need an open wiki with pictures of all the races besode me. It was an enjoyable read but I have to say 17⏠for 340 pages isnt cheap. I just ordered The count of Monte Christo for 10⏠that has about 1000 pages. Not sure how I will continue because I want to avoid kindle and hope that my nieces would enhoy the books a bit later in life as well. I probably mix one in from time to time. The next two books are the count and âThe harrowing saga if the donner partyâ.
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Public domain makes it cheaper. If you were ok with an e-reader you can download it for free.
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Fuck the backlash to this show. Itâs still top 5 all time and I loved all the back stage stuff from this book. Itâs also focused entirely on service.
Great read.
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I listened to the audiobook again for World War Z and this holds up as a banger.
The novel is broken into eight chapters: âWarningsâ, âBlameâ, âThe Great Panicâ, âTurning the Tideâ, âHome Front USAâ, âAround the World, and Aboveâ, âTotal Warâ, and âGood-Byesâ, and features a collection of individual accounts told to and recorded by an agent of the United Nations Postwar Commission, following a devastating global conflict against a zombie plague. The personal accounts come from individuals from different walks of life and all over the world, including Antarctica and outer space. The âinterviewsâ detail the experiences of the survivors of the crisis, as well as social, political, religious, economic, and environmental changes that have occurred as a result.
The audiobook is a full cast reading all of the different characters, which makes it feel a lot more like a radio drama or movie.
Thatâs right, Martin Scorsese has a part, as does Mark Hamill, Simon Pegg, Alan Alda, and many more.
Itâs miles above what they ended up doing with the Brad Pitt movie.
Itâs funny that the book came out of Brooks writing The Zombie Survival Guide, which seemed realistic but at the same time quite funny. This book has moments of humor but is very serious.
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Finished the Gunslinger - Dark Tower 1. I will say I donât remember a book ever being this tough to put down or to take a break from - not necessarily in a good way that the story was so enthralling but more in that I really wanted to find out what world, or time, or what his actual reasonings were for what he was doing - and I wasnât really able to get the answers to those questions for most of the book or at all. That obviously isnât usual for a book.
Overall, I did like the book and I do enjoy the feeling of disorientation but I kind of have to be in the mood for it or Im going to get frustrated with it. I am going to finish the last part of Salems lot and read Joyland and then read Drawing of the Three once I get back into the mood to jump into the pit of confusion - which I probably will be here shortly.
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I think you will be very pleased with the Argument/summary of book 1 that DotT opens with. Makes clear all sorts of stuff I wasnât sure about on first reading.
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Oooo, I love Geraldâs Game. Its such a complex fucking story for what is essentially a one woman play.
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