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Originally Posted by Marlow
Yes, those stories should fit the bill.
I'm not crazy about the horror genre so I haven't read all of his stuff, but what I do like about SK is that he jumps in and tells a story. In a way he reminds me of some of the YA fiction I like because things happen and the story progresses from A to B to C, etc. Is that plot driven, as opposed to character driven? I dunno.
There are times I want to pause and reflect on beautiful prose, or contemplate the larger meaning of a story. Then there are times I want to sit on the couch and turn pages and forget about fixing dinner. SK can do that.
Okay, so I finished "The Fate of Mercy Alban" and loved it to the very end. It was a good old fashioned haunted house, spooky read with no graphic gore. I hope she does more along those same lines.
Then I decided try Shirley Jackson, and downloaded her "We Have Always Lived in the Castle," on audio. I listened to the first three chapters and ditched it. (I do still have "The Haunting on the Hill" on reserve, hoping that it was just this particular work that was (for me) a dud.) I hope that one is better.
Hope you liked Shirley Jackson's -'Haunting Of Hill House' better than I did[I found it to be a dud].
I started 'The Intruders' by Michael Marshall but quit when I came across two "F" bombs right off the bat! Wish reviewers had given warning about the profanity!
Then I started "The Fate of Mercy Alban" by Wendy Webb and am enjoying it so much that I would have finished it in one sitting but I got too sleepy!
Will definitely finish it today,and I'm so glad that I have her other two books here The Vanishing and The Tale of Halcyon Crane but will probably read The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern (Cat Who... Book 2) by Lilian Jackson Braun first because it's coming due.
I have not but my library has it. The ebook was available so I borrowed it. I'll let you know.
I am reading Chasing Windmills by Catherne Ryan Hyde. I am not very far into it yet. Yesterday I finished Zac & Mia by AJ Betts (Australian YA) about 2 kids with cancer. I enjoyed that one as well.
Couldn't really get into Chasing Windmills and returned Whale Talk to the library. I felt like I was on YA overload. I will eventually re-borrow Whale Talk but might be done with the other. I decided to re-read Outlander and I'm enjoying it very much. I also purchased Still Life by Louise Penny today, and I have The Good House checked out from the library.
well I am currently reading three books at one time they are as follows; THE Art of civilized conversation by Margaret shepherd ,For such a time by kate breslin , saving Amelie by cathy gohlke and so far Im enjoying all of them . I will come back and give a more detailed commentary on what I thought of all of them .
I had to put Scorpions (a history/biography of 4 Supreme Court justices) down because I don't have the brain power right now so I went to the library at lunch and picked up the following:
Americanah (Dawn and LFM I'll let you know how it goes);
Still Life by Louise Penny (that I read about on here);
Oh! I have that one on my Kindle. I'm going to put that on my short list of ones that I want to read sooner rather than later, provided that you say that it's good.
It's not a book that I'd typically want to read -- the story is far-fetched (i.e. not "domestic fiction" as Lost Roses puts it -- but I read the first few pages and I liked the tone, so... yeah... another one in the e-pile.
I had to put Scorpions (a history/biography of 4 Supreme Court justices) down because I don't have the brain power right now so I went to the library at lunch and picked up the following:
Americanah (Dawn and LFM I'll let you know how it goes);
Still Life by Louise Penny (that I read about on here);
Home Before Morning: The True Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam, by Lynda Van Devanter. with Christopher Morgan
3/4's of the way through.
Gut-wrenching story. Fascinating story. Horrifying.
Couldn't put it down last night.
Wow. Just wow.
Her year over there was 69/70, which was my senior year in high school - recommended for anyone of my age group.
Now I know why my cousin doesn't talk about her year as a nurse there.
China Beach with Dana Delaney was based on this book.
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I finally finished Dolores Claiborne. I say "finally" because, although I only started it a few days ago, it's a short book and I should have finished it sooner... but I liked it so much, I dragged it at the end. I kept stopping, finding other things to do, etc... so that it wouldn't be done. But it is. And I really, really enjoyed it.
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