Lady Bookworms Corner

[CES]

Oh!! a new Stephen King novel! I can't wait.

Right now I'm reading The Passage by Justin Cronin It's sort of "the Stand" meets "the Road"

An epic and gripping tale of catastrophe and survival, The Passage is the story of Amy–abandoned by her mother at the age of six, pursued and then imprisoned by the shadowy figures behind a government experiment of apocalyptic proportions. But Special Agent Wolgast, the lawman sent to track her down, is disarmed by the curiously quiet girl—and risks everything to save her. As the experiment goes nightmarishly wrong, Wolgast secures her escape—but he can’t stop society’s collapse. And as Amy walks alone, across miles and decades, into a future dark with violence and despair, she is filled with the mysterious and terrifying knowledge that only she has the power to save the ruined world.

 

[CES]

On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? Stephen King’s heart-stoppingly dramatic new novel is about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination—a thousand page tour de force.

Following his massively successful novel Under the Dome, King sweeps readers back in time to another moment—a real life moment—when everything went wrong: the JFK assassination. And he introduces readers to a character who has the power to change the course of history.

Jake Epping is a thirty-five-year-old high school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teaching adults in the GED program. He receives an essay from one of the students—a gruesome, harrowing first person story about the night 50 years ago when Harry Dunning’s father came home and killed his mother, his sister, and his brother with a hammer. Harry escaped with a smashed leg, as evidenced by his crooked walk.

Not much later, Jake’s friend Al, who runs the local diner, divulges a secret: his storeroom is a portal to 1958. He enlists Jake on an insane—and insanely possible—mission to try to prevent the Kennedy assassination. So begins Jake’s new life as George Amberson and his new world of Elvis and JFK, of big American cars and sock hops, of a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and a beautiful high school librarian named Sadie Dunhill, who becomes the love of Jake’s life—a life that transgresses all the normal rules of time.
A tribute to a simpler era and a devastating exercise in escalating suspense, 11/22/63 is Stephen King at his epic best.

I FINALLY have this from the library. Plan to start it today. I've heard it's great

 

[Fudgey]

I totally forgot about that book.....thanks

 

[intime]

love to read. Yesterday I took 6 huge boxes of books to donate & then packed just 1 very large box of books to move. Definately going to need to buy more books when we get settled in the new house. lol

 

[Raynen]

My newest recent reading phase is classics Count of Monte Cristo, The Art of War, Pride and Prejudice...

 

[Loveridden]

I've been reading Tami Hoag books lately - she is a really good writer! I read Night Sins and the sequel Guilty As Sin...

 

[classwife]

I've been reading classics too...cause they are free downloads on the kindle

 

[Raynen]

I've been reading classics too...cause they are free downloads on the kindle

... That was definitely my motivation to get them. Gotta love free books

 

[CES]

Kindle has some free books that are mindless too

Raynen..I just noticed your sig...ROFLMAO!!!! Love it!

 

[Raynen]

Hehehehe thanks I love Bubble Bobble... and I LOVE SNICKERDOODLES!!

 

[Uma]

I'm a big fan of Dean Koontz and John Saul too. I kept up to date for many years.
My fave of Dean's was "The Bad Place". Just absolutely loved the Odd Thomas series too.
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My most favorite book of all, so far, was "Personal Injuries" by Scott Turow. There was just something so extra special about Robbie Faevor....

So many good books, so many great authors. John Grisham, James Patterson, and so on. You all have already listed most of my favorites and you've also listed many I haven't read yet. Thanks to this thread, I think it's going to be a great winter with good books, hot chocolate, and my little tiny gas fireplace.

 

[Fudgey]

Love Koontz "Odd Thomas" series also. And all the other ones you listed......I could read for hours on end if I didn't have to work....LOL

 

[DianeElaine]

I love my Kindle. My books in hand, I love too. What sick person thought up these E readers?? I had a bit of a life a few months back but now I seem to be reading a lot more. Might be because its too darn cold to be out and about? Yeah, thats it....

I have books you couldn't buy from me. I'm not talking about monetary value, just that they are priceless to me. I have my orginal copies of most of my all time favorites. When I first started talking about books to others I used to hand over the book I was raving about so they could experience the wonder I did right away When I didnt get a few of those loan outs returned I learned to say "its in the store now" or 'the Library has it for loan".

I read pretty much anything if its well written. My favorite genres at this time veers toward apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic and dystopian fiction. If I need a comfort read I tend to do reareading of my favorites..Lee Childs, Janet Evanovich, Christopher Moore, JR Ward, to name a few.

This is a great thread! It was interesting to read all the posts the last few days. Oh yeah, my "Authors to look at" list just got bigger.

 

[Fudgey]

I have read some Janet Evanovich....she is funny!!

 

[CES]

I like Lee Childs, Janet Evanovich, and Christopher Moore too. I'll have to look into JR Ward

 

[DianeElaine]

Yeah, Fudgey, Evanovich is pretty funny. I saw the trailer for 'One For the Money" that is in theaters on January 27th. I am not sure I want to see the movie though. My experience watching a movie from books I really like have almost always been a disapointment.
CES, JR Ward writes in a genre I don't read much (Paranormal Romance) but I so like JR Ward Black Brotherhood Series I have read each one that comes out. .

 

[Dr. Russell Fell]

i have a giant stack of books waiting for me. thanks, fall semester. so behind on my reading...

 

[Rhapsodies Fire]

Out of all the books I have read.....and I've read a lot.... I absolutely LOVE Juliet Marilier's Daughter of the Forest. It is the first book in the Sevenwaters series...they are all great reads, but don't make a lick of sense if you don't read them in order. She lives in Australia, but is Welsh and comes from a community with a long line of skilled story tellers. Her Sevenwaters series is a blending of ancient stories passed down through the generations from the old country. She actually responded to an email I had sent her...and told me where her inspiration had come from! This particular book had me sucked in on the very first page, and no other had been able to do that for me.
I love reading old stories....magical, fanciful, and historically pleasing. I love reading about ancient irish and norse mythology, fae folk, and druids. These have everying....love, sex, faith, war, betrayal, loyalty, fear, and deep sadness. Currently, I'm not reading anything...but am really tempted to pick these back up again and read them again.
Juliet Marillier | The Official Site | Sevenwaters Series

 

[sillybear]

My all time favorite series is Terry Goodkinds Sword of Truth series. It has dragons and knights, magic and wizards...but not a knight at the round table kind of book.
It's good, I highly recommend

 

[CES]

Rhaps, I'll look for the Daughter of the Forest series (I'm going to check iBooks and kindle right now )

I like Tery Goodkind too silly Bear

Dr. RF hope you get a chance to do some reading over the holiday break (did you know you fell into the women's room?)