I finished Shooting The Moon a week ago and it was touching, charming, and realistic. It was too short, didn't last enough, though. I suppose it's better that than have O'Dowell strain out more story. finally got around to reading "Under The Dome" and am on page 100. I can't quite say it reminds me much of Stephen King writing past page 50 though. Not quite bad, just not a King kind of writing. I am also readin "an Adundance of Katherines" by John Green (aka, a VlogBrother). It's blaringly obvious that The Catcher In The Rye was a huge influence on his book, but still very good and it keeps me wanting to read, so I suppose it does its job.
I read The Shakespeare Secret a while ago and I agree its not great, but I got through it, I think I summed it up in one word - 'eh'
The Old Man and The Sea, by Earnest Hemmingway and A Game of Thrones (from the A Song of Ice and Fire series) by George R.R. Martin.
I just started reading Gone With The Wind. I LOVE IT!!!! I'm only on page 30 (out of a thousand pages, not joking) so it'll be the biggest book I've read to date. But I already love it.
I'm about 2/3 of the way through Flank Hawk, by our own Terry W. Ervin II. I'll admit, I was a little put off at the start by the amount of carnage taking place, but it does fit the story and the genre. I'm completely hooked on the characters now, and the great storytelling.
"Sylvia Plath; Letters Home" Which is just a collection of letters Sylvia wrote to her mother, Brother, Olive H. Prouty and other people important to her life. It's quite interesting, and a good break from fiction.
I finished reading "an Abundance of Katherines" last night, and the ending was absolutely gorgeous. Made me smile and be sad (which is a difficult feat; while I thuroughly enjoy reading, it just doesn't seem to invoke huge emotions in me) Still moving through Under the Dome and picked up Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's (Philosopher's) stone for the first time in six years.
An attack on the growing pretentiousness of American literary prose A Reader's Manifesto by B. R. Myers
Since my last post... I finished reading The Life of Rev. John Murray by Rev. John Murray (completed by his wife after his death) It was difficult reading. I'm almost finished with David Baldacci's The Simple Truth in paperback, excellent book, recommended! I listened to on audio book (* recommended) Dragon Tears by Dean Koontz The Search by Iris Johansen Before I Say Goodbye by Mary Higgens Clark * The Invention of Air by Steven Johnson (excellent--recommended!) Lincoln (abridged) by Gore Vidal (I want to read the unabridged) * Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney (classic--excellent!) I’ll Be Seeing You by Mary Higgens Clark I'm currently listening to Founding Faith by Steven Waldman on audio. (So far good, recommended, but I just started.) When I finish, I already have Native Son by Richard Wright on audio from the library. As for books I'm reading now: I expect to finish Baldacci's The Simple Truth today and start Iris Johansen's No One To Trust. I'm also almost done reading another back issue (June '08) of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. When I finish, I will read the new issue of UU World (a quarterly denominational magazine) and then start reading The Witching Hour by Anne Rice. (I tried to get the audio book but the library could only get the abridged version, so I'm going to read the book.)
I finished reading Harry Potter (loved it again!) and am now reading "Everlost" in preparation to reading the sequel "Everwild."
We started Romeo and Juliet in our English class. Oh my god, I love it so much!!! It's so beautifully written..... this is what people were talking about! Can't wait to read more, considering buying the book for myself!
The Green Mile - Stephen King Deep Six - Clive Cussler And a few nonfiction ones that I'm taking at a slower pace.
A collection of poetry by D.H. Lawrance. This was in the Classic Poetry section in my local book store and it showcases Lawrance's evolution (for lack of a better word) as a poet and writer, and it's great to see his talent and mind expand with the years. However, his early stuff was terrible!
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. It's so great, I'm already more than halfway through, and I only started yesterday.
