Took a break from On the Hierophant Road by James Chambers (half way through & so-so at this point).
Started Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally. Half way through at this point.
It’s an incredible historical account (both positive & negative).
As a reading experience, it’s rather bland.
One step above reading a text book, though the story has picked up about 1/3 of the way through.
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Finished reading the Thunderstorm LE of Sam W. Anderson's "The Money Run". While a solid read, it definitely wasn't what I was expecting. The book kind of had a Joe Lansdale lite feeling to it, but I can also see why the Tarantino mentions have been made in reviews. There were some laugh out loud moments and lots of interesting characters; however, the author never quite leaned into the depravity of the situations and stories like I was expecting (with one or two exceptions). Overall, I would probably give it a C- to C grade.
Am now reading the Suntup AGE of William Peter Blatty's "Legion", a first time read for me.
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Originally posted by brlesh View Post
Another one of Barker’s novels that I liked, though it does seem to divide his readers, was Sacrament. At the time it was published, he claimed it was his most autobiographical novel to date.
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Originally posted by JJ123 View Post
Brlesh, thank for the reply...sorry took so long to respond, I come here infrequently (unfortunately). Thanks for that opinion, I will try to check the book out. I agree, Barker definitely went the fantasy route soon enough (the only one I would be interested in perhaps is Weaveworld).
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I’m about 2/3 of the way through Animal Farm by George Orwell. First read AF in high school, and then several times after. It never gets old. In fact, with the current issues with totalitarian regimes in Russia, China, Iran and NK, AF is as relevant today as it was 75 years ago. With AF & 1984, Orwell was a truly visionary author
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