Bypassblade Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 11.22.63; quite a quirky book by Stephen King, going to read IT afterwards, as its a great book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 I'm still reading Executive Orders by Tom Clancy. If you liked Hunt for Red October and wondered what happened after, this is the book for you. The parallels between the book and 9/11 are very scary though, despite the book being written some years before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Piece of my Heart by Peter Robinson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Ash by James Herbert. I read my first Herbert book in 1986 IIRC. I've read every book of his since then and Ash looks like it's going to be another great read. (He's mellowed over the years so I guess Ash will be more Ghosts Of Sleath than Domain or The Fog!) What do you think of it? I've just bought the Kindle edition for 20p on Amazon (glad I waited a bit before buying now!), so it's next on the list after finishing the Rickman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly. Not that into it and found myself skimming ahead in parts. I usually like his stuff especially the Harry Bosch books but this one just seems a bit predictable and uninspired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 Currently reading: Common Sense, The American Crisis and Rights of Man - Thomas Paine Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Tolkein I've read it before, but it's funny how the film distorts the story. In the book Sam is absolutely submissive, calling Frodo 'Master'. It's not on the level of friendship - it's weird. Secondly, Merry and Pippin aren't the comic foil that they are in the films. They're even important in organising the trip, rather than getting swept along by accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ousetunes Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 What do you think of it? I've just bought the Kindle edition for 20p on Amazon (glad I waited a bit before buying now!), so it's next on the list after finishing the Rickman. Ash by James Herbert: Very nearly finished and it's good but unless something really surprising happens over the next 60 pages, it's not one of his best. It is truly gruesome in places though and it's nice to see he still likes to have rats in his stories! Eight out of ten going into the last few chapters.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeG Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 The Remorseful Day by Colin Dexter. On TV, Morse came over as a bloke who liked a couple of pints - regularly but in the book, on one day he has 3 pints at noon, a sleep, large whisky, more pints, more whisky and a hangover the next day. Maybe he overdrinks in this book only as, I believe he pops his clogs in this one and is feeling regularly in poor health. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 (edited) Ash by James Herbert: Very nearly finished and it's good but unless something really surprising happens over the next 60 pages, it's not one of his best. It is truly gruesome in places though and it's nice to see he still likes to have rats in his stories! Eight out of ten going into the last few chapters.... Yours is one of the better reviews I've seen. I've yet to get started on it, but I shall; I made it through the staggeringly awful 'Once...' and it'll have to go some to beat that one. The Remorseful Day by Colin Dexter. On TV, Morse came over as a bloke who liked a couple of pints - regularly but in the book, on one day he has 3 pints at noon, a sleep, large whisky, more pints, more whisky and a hangover the next day. Maybe he overdrinks in this book only as, I believe he pops his clogs in this one and is feeling regularly in poor health. Both Morse and Frost were toned down massively for television, Morse especially. While TV's Morse clearly loved a pint ('Morse? Are you the drinker?'), the original version was also quite a bit of a letch. While Colin Dexter embraced the new Morse, and even modified certain aspects of Morse's world in subsequent stories to take into account the TV incarnation, RD Wingfield completely rejected David Jason's Frost, saying that while Jason was a fine actor, the portrayal had little to do with his Frost. Edited October 16, 2012 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ousetunes Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I finished Ash by James Herbert and I'll stick at eight out of ten and that might be being generous. The plot is a bit comical - Princess Di's son born premature when she threw herself downstairs? - and in the end I wondered what the whole point of the story was. Add to that, at nearly 700 pages, it's probably 300 pages too long. Fortunately, I love Herbert's narrative; he's still a wonderful writer. But if you want classic Herbert like The Rats, The Fog and Domain, then Ash isn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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