'Heart Of Gold'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
I love the kindle/iPad and kindle/iPhone, mostly for the reasons mentioned above. kind of like the answer to 'what's the best digital camera?' (the one you have with you). That said, I love print books, especially hand-crafted runs. I just can't afford them. Being able to carry a heap of books with me when I'm running around is priceless. Being able to read at night when I can't sleep and not wake DH up? even bettah.
ETA: has anyone read any Jonathan Carroll?
ETA: has anyone read any Jonathan Carroll?
I have. I'm a big fan of his first two novels Land of Laughs and Voice of Our Shadow.
cool. I'm eyeing a few of his myself.
I'm reading "Any Given Day", Lehane's book about 1918 Boston. It's brilliant so far.
I'm reading "Any Given Day", Lehane's book about 1918 Boston. It's brilliant so far.
I haven't read that one yet, but TCG has it so I'll have to borrow it.
I finished reading Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane today. It was even better than I was expecting, and I was expecting it to be quite good. It even made me sniffly at times.
SJ and Erika, my Lehane sisters! I'm reading all of the Angie/ Patrick books now (consecutively) and "Moonlight Mile" is next. I should finish "Prayers for Rain" tonight.
javachik, which has been your favorite so far?
sj, it's easier to say which one I hated! I thought "Sacred" started off so strongly, and that it would delve deeply into the Scientologyish organization, but it completely fell apart. I was so pissed. What a waste of time. I have found all of the others to be good for different reasons. As long as he stays away from sex scenes, I enjoy the hell out of the conversational approach to the mysteries. It's like Stephen King without the supernatural. I like the way he brings Boston to life. I guess I thought "Gone Baby Gone" was the smoothest, most polished piece. But it wasn't my favorite plot.
I think I loved Gone Baby Gone the best, but it was devastatingly sad at times. The current book picks up with the characters from that story. I agree that Sacred fell apart, so much so that I don't remember it very well.
I enjoy the hell out of the conversational approach to the mysteries.
Very much this, and I love all the Boston area references as well.
Very much this, and I love all the Boston area references as well.
I do, too. It's why he reminds me of Stephen King - he's explaining Boston to me the way King did Bangor. The other thing that reminds me so much of King is all of the pop culture references, although they risk sounding very dated at times and can pull me right out of a story.