What Are You Reading

[Monster]

The Traitor of Treasure Island
A different version of the same story. Jim Hawkins is a snot nosed little shit in this one.

[Slaughterhouserock]

Finished Song of Susannah last night. It's....right next to Wind Through The Keyhole at the bottom. The one thing it has above Wind is it at least had me amused occasionally.

Also, I noticed in some trivia it makes mention that Pennywise being one of the 6 greater demons in that book...but I didn't catch that at all. Is that some hardcore between the lines shit that's hidden among the many many long conversations? I know I saw the Turtle mentioned a few times, but didn't catch anything about Pennywise. Perhaps because the book was so bad (for King) that I just started glazing over many spots.

Starting an acquaintances' book because I promised I would put up an amazon review. Supposed to be a YA novel, but as a zombie-apocalypse setting. It's called The Awakening.

It's been a long time since I've read them, so I don't remember where it was mentioned, but it is. I know it's mentioned more in the last book, though.

[DancesWithWerewolves]

From Russia With Love

[DancesWithWerewolves]

From Russia With Love

Finished it. Up there with Moonraker and Casino Royale for the best of the books, imo. Solid all the way through.

Still wondering how there was a steep drop in quality for Goldfinger, where the first half is great, but the second half is a sloppy mess.

[Tiggnutz]

Was supposed to be starting Misery but it didn't arrive in time for my beach trip and I like to read at the beach. I pulled into a Walmart hoping for any Stephen King novel I had not read and as it turned out there was only one Stephen King novel there "If It Bleeds" so that's what I'm reading

Its actually a collection of short stories

Didn't really care for the first 2 stories hopefully it gets better

40 pages left

[DancesWithWerewolves]

Reading Jaws, a little more than halfway through.

Basically just passed the really cringey Ellen/Hooper affair. Book was going pretty good (even if a little different) until that dump of about 50 pages.

[Tiggnutz]

Reading Jaws, a little more than halfway through.

Basically just passed the really cringey Ellen/Hooper affair. Book was going pretty good (even if a little different) until that dump of about 50 pages.

I read it in high school and I honestly cant remember the affair. The Deep is also very good

[Headhunter]

Personally think Jaws is a pretty terrible book.

[DancesWithWerewolves]

Personally think Jaws is a pretty terrible book.

I'm also disappointed Quint's intro so far is not at all like his intro in the film lol.

[Headhunter]

Personally think Jaws is a pretty terrible book.

I'm also disappointed Quint's intro so far is not at all like his intro in the film lol.

It’s been a long time but I couldn’t believe how much I disliked that book. Characters felt a lot less alive and there is so much pointless bullshit in there. Spielberg stripping it down and building around the characters was such an improvement. Has to be the best example I can think of where the movie is leaps and bounds better than the source material.

[DancesWithWerewolves]

Personally think Jaws is a pretty terrible book.

I'm also disappointed Quint's intro so far is not at all like his intro in the film lol.

It’s been a long time but I couldn’t believe how much I disliked that book. Characters felt a lot less alive and there is so much pointless bullshit in there. Spielberg stripping it down and building around the characters was such an improvement. Has to be the best example I can think of where the movie is leaps and bounds better than the source material.

Yeah, I mentioned I wasn't going in to read this expecting it to be anywhere on the level of the movie. I'll still see how it pans out, but so far this Hooper/Ellen affair BS really, really, hurt the book. I mean, 50 fucking pages building up them flirting and eventually shagging at some motel? It's not even a big book, so that's a pretty big chunk taken out for that.

[DancesWithWerewolves]

Finished Jaws last night. Things picked up when Quint became a regular character, but the pacing became way off in the same way that Jack Torrence constantly leaving the hotel to make phone calls killed momentum in The Shining (book). They just kept going home for the night, several times. And man, Hooper was just an all around shit character, his attitude & everything was just antagonistic just cause he got his dick wet. I was amazed he ws for opening the beaches on the 4th, like he was getting bribed or something (he wasn't, his reasoning just felt that weak).

[DancesWithWerewolves]

Gonna start reading my friends other half of their book series, The Sanctuary tonight. Not really looking forward to it, but try'n to show support. I just know it's gonna be another 300+ pages of worming in lame teenage love flirting in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.

[Tiggnutz]

Was supposed to be starting Misery but it didn't arrive in time for my beach trip and I like to read at the beach. I pulled into a Walmart hoping for any Stephen King novel I had not read and as it turned out there was only one Stephen King novel there "If It Bleeds" so that's what I'm reading

Its actually a collection of short stories

Didn't really care for the first 2 stories hopefully it gets better

40 pages left

Finished. So far the worst of Stephen King's works I've read so far.

[Tiggnutz]

Starting Misery

[DancesWithWerewolves]

Starting Misery

That's a damn good one

[Tiggnutz]

Starting Misery

That's a damn good one

Starts off right in the shit I'm already impressed

[DancesWithWerewolves]

That's one I should get a better copy of. Pretty sure I have a first-edition paperback, but it's not in good condition at all. Bought it at a used book store in bad condition.

[DancesWithWerewolves]

I also planned on starting the final Dark Tower Book in August, then I'll finally have that series done and can finally say I've read it.

[DancesWithWerewolves]

Started the final Dark Tower last night.

Was surprised he took Callaghan out so quick, that was disappointing.