Yep. Breathing Lessons isn't really feel good material. And the pacing wouldn't work at all.
Maybe the reasoning behing filming Apt Pupil was that the first two movies were so good.
ETA: And actually, the two least frightening.
Oh, smacked in the noggin with a 2x4 wrapped in velvet. Yeah, that's what it felt like.
Lorne ,'Smile Time'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
Lilty Cash - Nov 28, 2004 12:35:43 pm PST #6428 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Connie Neil - Nov 28, 2004 12:48:10 pm PST #6429 of 10002
brillig
I actually prefer King's non-fiction. I like the way he looks at the world. I'll have to see if the library gets his book on the Red Sox season. He hung out with them all year, him and a sportswriter buddy of his.
Lilty Cash - Nov 28, 2004 2:24:21 pm PST #6430 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
This whole season, I kept remembering that Stephen King was writing the book, and got even happier.
I've only read Danse Macabre and On Writing as far as his non-fiction goes, but liked them both.
DebetEsse - Nov 28, 2004 11:47:27 pm PST #6431 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I bought Time Traveller's Wife and that Jonathan Strange (big-ass) book. This is a big deal, as I rarely buy books.
I am so excited.
Megan E. - Nov 29, 2004 3:10:58 am PST #6432 of 10002
I bought Time Traveller's Wife and that Jonathan Strange (big-ass) book. This is a big deal, as I rarely buy books.
Loved both of them! I actually bought the TTW a year ago and didn't read it until last month. I envy you having your first read of it because it's one of those books that you find thinking about during the day.
Jonathan Strange does get bogged down in the middle, but if you love history you won't mind a bit.
Jessica - Nov 29, 2004 4:55:18 am PST #6433 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm in the middle of The Great Influenza, on Betsy's recommendation, and it's just fantastic. (Though I have to say, so far, the creepiest chapter has nothing to do with disease. While putting the pandemic in the context of WWI, there's a whole long chapter on Wilson's presidency during wartime, and the author keeps using phrases like "Wilson was convinced that he was not only enacting the will of the people, but also of God. He is the only American president, before or since, to have held such unshakeable conviction. It is an attitude more associated with crusaders than politicians." And I wonder if the author is rereading this now going, "Whoops, spoke too soon!")
sumi - Nov 29, 2004 5:44:49 am PST #6434 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
I think I need to own TTW. (I've read it but I think I need to own it, you know?)
I'm still reading JS+MN. Still enjoying it too.
Betsy HP - Nov 29, 2004 7:45:22 am PST #6435 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Anne W. - Nov 29, 2004 7:47:00 am PST #6436 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
dies laughing
Lilty Cash - Nov 29, 2004 7:48:31 am PST #6437 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Oh, great.
Scraps work-in-progress.