What are you reading at the moment??

[Heidi G]

Hey, we finally get to see GAZ!!  Hi Gaz!  Now it's my turn to do a Dave and say, "You know, you don't look at all like I pictured you..."

Well Heidi, I noticed everyone was posting their real pictures so I didn't want to be left out. No jokes about Pennywise the Clown looking better either

Don't worry; I've gotten used to you without the big red nose now  .

In a bit of reading slump right now.  Can't seem to settle into one book.  Wonder if I am just impatient for Wodehouse to arrive at my booksellers?

[norby]

I've had times like that myself.  Nothing seems to catch my interest.  I usually end up doing crosswords or just playing on the computer endlessly till it ends.

[Anne Gray]

I just got out of a terribly long funk like that myself Heidi- lasted nearly a year.  I'm starting Wolves of the Calla, the fifth of the Dark Tower series later tonight. 
I agree with you Mike, The Waste Lands was not my favorite.  I struggled to finish it.  Ans all of these references to The Stand are killing me!  That's one of my all-time favorites, but it's just too long to start right now.

[SammyK]

And who scored? A certain Gerry Taggart, who I just happened to be dating...

Would that be a bit of name-dropping there Jayne?


I'm hoping to get Hannibal Rising for Christmas.  I can't seem to read anything new at the moment so I've just re-read Blood of Angels by Michael Marshall.  It was better the second time around.

Patricia Cornwell has, indeed, lost the plot.  I agree completely with all the comments posted here.  It's such a shame, I used to love Pete Marino - he reminded me a lot of Tony Soprano.  When I read Predator, he was completely unrecognisable, as was Lucy.  I'm glad I still have the old books in the series to read!

[Jayne]

And who scored? A certain Gerry Taggart, who I just happened to be dating...

Would that be a bit of name-dropping there Jayne?

Who, me? 

*looks wide-eyed and innocent*

[Mike Lowrie]

The Stand is good but I think a bit overrated when you put it up against other works of Kings like Salem's Lot & the Drawing of the Three just to name a few, the Stand is good don't get me wrong but just not my favorite book like it seems to be to so many other King fans.  Anne: Wolves of the Calla is okay; it is my least favorite book in the series and  suprisingly with the least amount of action. But the next 2 are absolute dynamite in my opinion. I am also hoping for a good read in Hannibal Rising (fingers crossed) but I feel compelled to wait for the paperback.(and if you have not read RED DRAGON....DO IT)

And you guys slamming the Scarpetta Novels confirms my thoughts on those books before even reading them.

[john hubbard]

Swan Song by Robert Mcmannon is in the same vein as The Stand but far superior literature. Give it a shot if you hevn't already.


Also - if you want a page turner - check out Bad Season by Dennis Latham

[Heidi G]

As for the Dark Tower series, Wizard and Glass was my fav.

[norby]

And who scored? A certain Gerry Taggart, who I just happened to be dating...

Would that be a bit of name-dropping there Jayne?


I'm hoping to get Hannibal Rising for Christmas.  I can't seem to read anything new at the moment so I've just re-read Blood of Angels by Michael Marshall.  It was better the second time around.

Patricia Cornwell has, indeed, lost the plot.  I agree completely with all the comments posted here.  It's such a shame, I used to love Pete Marino - he reminded me a lot of Tony Soprano.  When I read Predator, he was completely unrecognisable, as was Lucy.  I'm glad I still have the old books in the series to read!

I hear you!!  In the early books I used to ache for Marino, I used to hope for something good to happen to him, but she really has made him into a caricature of this redneck burned out hick cop.  This group of people who used to work so well together now stutter through the motions (barely) and somehow manage to solve their cases.  I doubt that I'll even bother to read the next one. 

I have a couple of the early ones too, I think ones with Temple Gault, to keep my memories alive.

[SammyK]

Couldn't agree more, Norby.  Pete is not the man he was, and it's infuriating.  He was my favourite character without a doubt, despite how loathsome he could be at times - that just made him all the more human to me.

Mike, read the Scarpetta novels by all means, they are great.  Just stop when you get to Black Notice, or perhaps even Point of Origin, as you have nothing to gain by going any further.

[Mike Lowrie]

I might try them if I am finding it hard to find books to read. Which is the 1st and 2nd book in the series?? Thanks SAMMY K

[SammyK]

Hi Mike,

the first book is "Postmortem", and the second is "Body of Evidence".

I picked up all my old copies on Amazon for pennies.  Happy reading, hope you like them!

[Heidi G]

The Inimitable Jeeves, right now.  My bookseller knows me well; she ordered two Jeeves so I had a choice, which is her polite way of saying, "I know you're going to end by buying both anyway."  And she's right!

You know, I've read one Robert McCammon, Stinger, and I've never had the urge to pick any of his stuff up again.  Not saying he's a bad writer, just saying he does nothing whatsoever for me.  Is Stinger maybe one of his lemons, John, and would say he's done others that are better?

[Lisa]

I'm finally reading The Historian, as recommended on this forum, and thanks to Heidi I know what to download with my iTunes gift card:  a Jeeves and Wooster audiobook!  I needed something not-unsuitable-for-kids to listen to on the drive through the woods and over the river this weekend.  Someone also gave me a Shakira cd, so that should help keep me from zoning out.

[Heidi G]

LOL go for one of the multiple casts ones, Lisa!!  Jeeves and the Fuedal Spirit (Micheal Holdern as Jeeves and Richard Briers as Bertie) or Jeeves (Roger Livesey as Jeeves and Terry-Thomas as Bertie) both have pretty good casts; I think Feudal Spirit is a BBC version; Jeeves is a Laughline.  Edward Duke does a one man performance based on his traveling show of Jeeves Takes Charge which is also pretty funny.  There are several other BBC dramatizations (not heard them, but willing to bet they're well done.)  The kids won't get all the jokes, mind you, but the ones that sail past them are still pretty harmlessly worded.