Books

[Geoff]

'Tommyland' - Tommy Lee ... so far this book seems to be in a good humour I'd not really expected.

I have to say that was a pretty decent read. He's actually more intelligent than I gave him credit for and has a decent sense of humour. His fascination for being a hardcore rapper, using the word 'cat' to describe other people, as well as common use of the term 'Whatever' and word 'Tight' is a little unappealing, but the book was good anyway. He's lived a full life and it's quite interesting. I noted he read 'Conversations with god' when in prison and noted it as a life-changing book. I am so Tommy Lee, having just read than less than a month ago too. We're pretty much bros.

 

Now reading:

'Out are the lights' - Richard Laymon

[phaffas]

finally finished Spot...

 

now on to:

Vixen 03 by Clive Cussler

still going...

[Widda]

Bellefluer - by Joyce Carol Oates....some cheezy pink fluffy paperback. gawd, i need something decent to read.

[Geoff]

'The wicked heart' - Christopher Pike

[Dead Planet]

Elizabeth Haydon............Rhapsody

[aMetalhead1966]

The Hiding Place-Corrie Ten Boom...excellent

[Fat Freddy]

The Hiding Place-Corrie Ten Boom...excellent

 

I had the "Spire Christian Comics" adaptation of that story when I was a kid.

 

[aMetalhead1966]

The Hiding Place-Corrie Ten Boom...excellent

 

I had the "Spire Christian Comics" adaptation of that story when I was a kid.

 

Wow ...those look pretty cool..I'll bet they're worth some $$

[Widda]

I like that book alot as well.

 

Pricilla, Elvis & Me by Michael Edwards is what i am reading.

[Fat Freddy]

The Hiding Place-Corrie Ten Boom...excellent

 

I had the "Spire Christian Comics" adaptation of that story when I was a kid.

 

Wow ...those look pretty cool..I'll bet they're worth some $$

 

Ehhh... not really. Coupla bucks apiece, tops. I had tons of 'em cuz they used to hand'em out at Sunday school every week when I was a kid. There was a also a whole series of Christian Archie Comics from the same publisher. They were a little bizarro but fun to read!

[Dark Star]

I think I am gonna read "The Dirt" again.. Damn I LOVED that book......

[Chris]

"The Last Precinct" by Patricia Cornwell

[Geoff]

'An Unseemly Man' - Larry Flynt

[Swazi]

"Simple Genius" by David Baldacci

[Geoff]

'An Unseemly Man' - Larry Flynt

Reading this is making me want to kill people. I know the brief story from watching the movie but that was a long time ago and my memory is useless. I just cannot believe he was jailed at several points for being the owner of a pornographic magazine. What the f*ck is wrong with people? Why aren't morons executed at childhood?

[Geoff]

'An Unseemly Man' - Larry Flynt

The amazing thing about this book, and Flynt's life is that the reason his story can be published and be of interest to a lot of people is due to how moronic so many people are. Without morons, he would have been the founder and owner of 'Hustler' magazine and that would be pretty much it. And sure, that would have been an interesting life itself, but it's the reaction of idiots who made up the major events of his life. Why people think it's necessary to be f*cking morons and spread their essence of moron onto others will never cease to amaze me. Also, the contents of this book only added further to my pure hatred of religion.

 

Now reading:

 

'Lost boy lost girl' - Peter Straub

 

This is my first dealing with Mr Straub; looking forward to it.

[Swazi]

Puuuuhhhhhh...... ! Just started a really DIFFICULT one:

 

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

[martinsane]

Recently finished The Ruins, really great read! Here's hoping the movie is not a stinker...

 

Also just finished Black Creak Manor, another entertaining read about kids and wichcraft.

 

Just starting Tell No One by Harlan Coben, promising start.

[Geoff]

Currently reading Gone South by Robert R. McCammon. For those who don't know, McCammon started out in the 80s as a horror writer, then in the 90s turned in a Southern gothic direction. His horror novels (Wolf's Hour, Stinger, Mine, etc.) remain some of my favorites in that genre, but based on what I've read so far in Gone South, the man just has a gift for storytelling. Southern gothic is not a literary subgenre I particularly enjoy, but McCammon's got me turning the pages like a crack addict jonesin' for the next hit. Takes a special author to be able to take a dying Vietnam vet, an accidental murder, a bounty hunter with a third arm, an Elvis Presley impersonator, a mystical faith healer, and a girl cursed with the world's ugliest birthmark on her face and spin them all into a wildly entertaining tale, but McCammon pulls it off.

 

 

Currently reading Gone South by Robert R. McCammon. For those who don't know, McCammon started out in the 80s as a horror writer, then in the 90s turned in a Southern gothic direction. His horror novels (Wolf's Hour, Stinger, Mine, etc.) remain some of my favorites in that genre, but based on what I've read so far in Gone South, the man just has a gift for storytelling. Southern gothic is not a literary subgenre I particularly enjoy, but McCammon's got me turning the pages like a crack addict jonesin' for the next hit. Takes a special author to be able to take a dying Vietnam vet, an accidental murder, a bounty hunter with a third arm, an Elvis Presley impersonator, a mystical faith healer, and a girl cursed with the world's ugliest birthmark on her face and spin them all into a wildly entertaining tale, but McCammon pulls it off.

 

 

Truly an excellent read from a truly excellent author. Try Boys Life next...

 

Reading Intensity by Dean Koontz.

 

 

Currently reading Gone South by Robert R. McCammon. For those who don't know, McCammon started out in the 80s as a horror writer, then in the 90s turned in a Southern gothic direction. His horror novels (Wolf's Hour, Stinger, Mine, etc.) remain some of my favorites in that genre, but based on what I've read so far in Gone South, the man just has a gift for storytelling. Southern gothic is not a literary subgenre I particularly enjoy, but McCammon's got me turning the pages like a crack addict jonesin' for the next hit. Takes a special author to be able to take a dying Vietnam vet, an accidental murder, a bounty hunter with a third arm, an Elvis Presley impersonator, a mystical faith healer, and a girl cursed with the world's ugliest birthmark on her face and spin them all into a wildly entertaining tale, but McCammon pulls it off.

 

Backed. McCammon is an excellent writer. As Martinsane suggested, go for "Boy's Life" next... fantastic book!!!

 

 

Well alright then, that's at least three of you whose opinions I respect. Guess I'll have to go check some McCammon out, yeah?

 

 

Well alright then, that's at least three of you whose opinions I respect. Guess I'll have to go check some McCammon out, yeah?

 

 

Aaww shucks BC...your not so bad yourself.

 

Seriously though McCammon should be ranked right up along King with his turn out of horror books into good ol' storytelling fiction...

 

This guy is one hell of an author. Read his book Swan Song cover to cover without putting it down. 956 pages of literary bliss.

Funny thing happened. I read through this thread yesterday and this re-ginited my interest in McCammon. So I have it in my head to go to the library to get a book from him today, but before that I was looking on my shelves last night to see what I'd be reading after Straub, and low and behold - 'Mine' bu McCammon is sitting on my very own book shelf. I bought it YEARS ago at some markets. Is this a good one to start with? I'll read it next.

[Nick C]

Under the Weather: Us and the Elements - Tom Fort

 

A history of weather forecasting and observation throughout the British Isles following the paths of various eccentrics and scientists and how it progressed through the last few centuries (seriously).

[Jez]

Under the Weather: Us and the Elements - Tom Fort

 

A history of weather forecasting and observation throughout the British Isles following the paths of various eccentrics and scientists and how it progressed through the last few centuries (seriously).

 

Sounds interesting mate!!

[aMetalhead1966]

Under the Weather: Us and the Elements - Tom Fort

 

A history of weather forecasting and observation throughout the British Isles following the paths of various eccentrics and scientists and how it progressed through the last few centuries (seriously).

Required reading for any Pirate worth his weight in CDs...

[martinsane]

Currently reading Gone South by Robert R. McCammon. For those who don't know, McCammon started out in the 80s as a horror writer, then in the 90s turned in a Southern gothic direction. His horror novels (Wolf's Hour, Stinger, Mine, etc.) remain some of my favorites in that genre, but based on what I've read so far in Gone South, the man just has a gift for storytelling. Southern gothic is not a literary subgenre I particularly enjoy, but McCammon's got me turning the pages like a crack addict jonesin' for the next hit. Takes a special author to be able to take a dying Vietnam vet, an accidental murder, a bounty hunter with a third arm, an Elvis Presley impersonator, a mystical faith healer, and a girl cursed with the world's ugliest birthmark on her face and spin them all into a wildly entertaining tale, but McCammon pulls it off.

 

 

Currently reading Gone South by Robert R. McCammon. For those who don't know, McCammon started out in the 80s as a horror writer, then in the 90s turned in a Southern gothic direction. His horror novels (Wolf's Hour, Stinger, Mine, etc.) remain some of my favorites in that genre, but based on what I've read so far in Gone South, the man just has a gift for storytelling. Southern gothic is not a literary subgenre I particularly enjoy, but McCammon's got me turning the pages like a crack addict jonesin' for the next hit. Takes a special author to be able to take a dying Vietnam vet, an accidental murder, a bounty hunter with a third arm, an Elvis Presley impersonator, a mystical faith healer, and a girl cursed with the world's ugliest birthmark on her face and spin them all into a wildly entertaining tale, but McCammon pulls it off.

 

 

Truly an excellent read from a truly excellent author. Try Boys Life next...

 

Reading Intensity by Dean Koontz.

 

 

Currently reading Gone South by Robert R. McCammon. For those who don't know, McCammon started out in the 80s as a horror writer, then in the 90s turned in a Southern gothic direction. His horror novels (Wolf's Hour, Stinger, Mine, etc.) remain some of my favorites in that genre, but based on what I've read so far in Gone South, the man just has a gift for storytelling. Southern gothic is not a literary subgenre I particularly enjoy, but McCammon's got me turning the pages like a crack addict jonesin' for the next hit. Takes a special author to be able to take a dying Vietnam vet, an accidental murder, a bounty hunter with a third arm, an Elvis Presley impersonator, a mystical faith healer, and a girl cursed with the world's ugliest birthmark on her face and spin them all into a wildly entertaining tale, but McCammon pulls it off.

 

Backed. McCammon is an excellent writer. As Martinsane suggested, go for "Boy's Life" next... fantastic book!!!

 

 

Well alright then, that's at least three of you whose opinions I respect. Guess I'll have to go check some McCammon out, yeah?

 

 

Well alright then, that's at least three of you whose opinions I respect. Guess I'll have to go check some McCammon out, yeah?

 

 

Aaww shucks BC...your not so bad yourself.

 

Seriously though McCammon should be ranked right up along King with his turn out of horror books into good ol' storytelling fiction...

 

This guy is one hell of an author. Read his book Swan Song cover to cover without putting it down. 956 pages of literary bliss.

Funny thing happened. I read through this thread yesterday and this re-ginited my interest in McCammon. So I have it in my head to go to the library to get a book from him today, but before that I was looking on my shelves last night to see what I'd be reading after Straub, and low and behold - 'Mine' bu McCammon is sitting on my very own book shelf. I bought it YEARS ago at some markets. Is this a good one to start with? I'll read it next.

 

Mine is a well crafted tale of obsession and grief. McCammon is a great story teller. You should enjoy this

[Geoff]

Mine is a well crafted tale of obsession and grief. McCammon is a great story teller. You should enjoy this

Sweet action - it is up next. I have to admit, I'm really liking Peter Straub at the moment. The way he writes so far in this 'Lost boy lost girl' book reminds me somewhat of watching a David Lynch film. I will have to find some of his other work after this.

[Widda]

I really enjoyed McCammon's "boys life"...good stuff:)