I need to get to Dark Advent as well. That being said, I've had Picking the Bones in my TBR for about three years now, so maybe I need to read that one first.
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Originally posted by Martin View PostCurrently reading 'A Thousand Miles to Freedom (My Escape from North Korea)' by Eunsun Kim. Highly recommend this one.
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Nothing to see here!Ok, I really can't come up with anymore of these stupid things...
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Originally posted by TJCams View PostI may look into that. I read Aquariums of Pyongyang a few years back, and it was a story about a man who managed to escape, and told the story leading up to his imprisonment.......it amazes me how stuff like that can go on in times like today (modern times - 1980s to now).
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'Koko', by Straub. What an amazing, epic, dark, disturbing novel. The chapter which tells us what happened at the village in Vietnam is just incredible. A feeling of dread hangs over the whole novel, and we meet some truly horrible characters. Despite this, a very enjoyable read - though not quite as good as his horror output.
King's 'Night Shift' collection. I read all of King's novels up to 'Insomnia', but not much of his short work. Man, was I missing out back then! Great collection, with some out and out classics. Favourites were Strawberry Spring, Children of the Corn, One for the Road, Gray Matter and The Man Who Loved Flowers.
Just started 80's horror novel 'Night Things', by Michael Talbot. So far, so good.
I have some recent-ish King novels on my shelf, what's the pick of these ones? - Cell, Desperation, The Regulators, Revival.
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My wife is reading Koko again for probably the millionth time. She loves that book. She'd highly recommend Mystery to you also. I've never read him. Out of the those four, probably Cell. I didn't personally care for Desperation or The Regulators. Revival was an extremely hard for me to get into but I'm less then 100 pages from the end and it's really picking up the pace. Glad I stuck with it.
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I was disappointed with Koko when I first read it. I had been expecting something along the lines of Ghost Story, which it is decidedly not. In hindsight, though, I look back at just how good the novel is and how well executed the theme of identity was in it. Both Mystery and Throat are great reads. I also prefer Straub's horror novels as that's where my interests primarily lie, but those Blue Rose books are right behind them.
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Originally posted by Sock Monkey View PostI was disappointed with Koko when I first read it. I had been expecting something along the lines of Ghost Story, which it is decidedly not. In hindsight, though, I look back at just how good the novel is and how well executed the theme of identity was in it. Both Mystery and Throat are great reads. I also prefer Straub's horror novels as that's where my interests primarily lie, but those Blue Rose books are right behind them.
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Nothing to see here!Ok, I really can't come up with anymore of these stupid things...
- May 2011
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Originally posted by Lincoln View Post'Koko', by Straub. What an amazing, epic, dark, disturbing novel. The chapter which tells us what happened at the village in Vietnam is just incredible. A feeling of dread hangs over the whole novel, and we meet some truly horrible characters. Despite this, a very enjoyable read - though not quite as good as his horror output.
King's 'Night Shift' collection. I read all of King's novels up to 'Insomnia', but not much of his short work. Man, was I missing out back then! Great collection, with some out and out classics. Favourites were Strawberry Spring, Children of the Corn, One for the Road, Gray Matter and The Man Who Loved Flowers.
Just started 80's horror novel 'Night Things', by Michael Talbot. So far, so good.
I have some recent-ish King novels on my shelf, what's the pick of these ones? - Cell, Desperation, The Regulators, Revival.
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Originally posted by Martin View PostOf those four I would probably start with Revival, I would consider it pretty good. Cell and Desperation are decent and The Regulators is puzzling at best.
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Originally posted by Martin View PostGhost Story, Hellfire Club and Lost Boy, Lost Girl are all must reads from Peter Straub!
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