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Nightwing

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I'm a bit of a bookworm, I like to read all sorts. Though over the past couple of years I've been focused predominantly on crime fiction and classics.

I'm curious to know... who else here on ALL likes to read? How often? What genres do you like to read? Who's your favourite author and why? What have you read most recently? Would you recommend it?

So much to read and answer.... so little time :shy:
 
I love reading. I read stories & poems on Figment--a writing website--on a regular basis; I post my own stuff there sometimes, but I digress. I like horror above all. Quiet horror, body horror, extreme horror, horrific bizarro fiction, etc--it's all awesome. I also like mystery, thriller, suspense, tragedy, & the occasional dramatic or comedic piece. Howard Phillips Lovecraft is my favorite author, because "The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories" is what got me started liking horror stories & I simply adore his work to this day; the madness & indescribable horrors enthralled me like few other things can. My most recently read book was Wrath James White's extreme horror collection "Like Porno for Psychos." I'd only recommend it to those who aren't bothered by extreme graphic violence & sexual content; it lives up to the title, methinks, haha. To those who aren't bothered by it, or--better yet--gore/horror hounds like myself, I'd recommend it. It's the first book I've read by Wrath James White & I plan on reading more of his work now.
 
Nightwing said:
I'm a bit of a bookworm, I like to read all sorts. Though over the past couple of years I've been focused predominantly on crime fiction and classics.

I'm curious to know... who else here on ALL likes to read? How often? What genres do you like to read? Who's your favourite author and why? What have you read most recently? Would you recommend it?

So much to read and answer.... so little time :shy:

I like reading... I try to read at least one book a week though most of the times, it doesn't really work out that way... I don't really have one favorite genre, I like all types of stories... I have 2 favorite books & they're Moby Dick & Time Machine... I just finished reading legend of sleepy hollow for the 2nd time... I liked it...
 
I like fiction, action adventure, no favorite author though. Of course I'm into graphic novels too. :p
 
I'm a bookworm too, usually have 2 or 3 books on the go at one time - what I read depends on my current mood. Favorites authors - Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, H.G Wells (sk66rc - The Time Machine is one of my all-time fav books too), John Irving, etc. etc. Really, there's so many amazing authors/books out there it's hard to narrow it down to favorites. The last book I read was Doctor Sleep by Stephen King - I enjoyed it, an interesting sequel to The Shining.

I read all sorts of genres, fiction/non-fiction, doesn't matter. As long are there are written words, I will happily read the Sears catalog! :) I also collect books on ghosts and the paranormal, especially from the UK.

And doing my best to turn my 5-year old son into a bookworm too, been reading to him since the day he was born - nowadays, he loves Chapter books. We're worked our way through the Little House series, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Great Glass Elevator, Stuart Little, currently we're reading a funny little children's book by Neil Gaiman - Fortunately, The Milk, it's called. Love it so far, very bizarre like some of Roald Dahl's stories.
 
I love to read, though I haven't done it as much since college. I like most genres. My preferred used to be fantasy (Tolkien being my all-time favorite), but now it is non-fiction, particularly psychological subjects.
 
I find as I get older, I like reading more and more. My favorite types of books are history. I'll read about any period. I just finished reading The French Revolution by R.M. Johnston. Pretty good. I also like skimming through textbooks about anything.
 
ringwood said:
The last book I read was Doctor Sleep by Stephen King - I enjoyed it, an interesting sequel to The Shining.

I bought that when it was on offer, haven't got round to reading it yet though. How does it measure up to his bigger hits like the Shining, Misery and the Stand? (I know there's more that people consider his big hits like Carrie... but I just picked my favs lol)
 
Nightwing said:
ringwood said:
The last book I read was Doctor Sleep by Stephen King - I enjoyed it, an interesting sequel to The Shining.

I bought that when it was on offer, haven't got round to reading it yet though. How does it measure up to his bigger hits like the Shining, Misery and the Stand? (I know there's more that people consider his big hits like Carrie... but I just picked my favs lol)

Well, like I said, it was an enjoyable read. I wouldn't say it was as good as some of his more popular work, but certainly worth the time to read. As Stephen King himself has said, a lot of his earlier work was written through an alcoholic and drug-induced haze - people change through the years, and an author's work will change too. His stories and novels these days just have a different feel to his earlier work, not necessarily worse but just....different. It's hard to explain! Personally, I prefer his short stories to some of his latest novels - 'Full Dark, No Stars' is his latest short story offering, I enjoyed every tale in that book, really top-notch stuff (although the first story, 1922, was incredibly harsh...even Stephen King mentions this in the prologue of that book - 'Constant Reader, you may find some of the stories in this book harsh. I found them harsh to write...")
 
I love books and reading! Especially old books. Too bad I am so tired nowadays, normally I would read everyday.
 
ringwood said:
Nightwing said:
ringwood said:
The last book I read was Doctor Sleep by Stephen King - I enjoyed it, an interesting sequel to The Shining.

I bought that when it was on offer, haven't got round to reading it yet though. How does it measure up to his bigger hits like the Shining, Misery and the Stand? (I know there's more that people consider his big hits like Carrie... but I just picked my favs lol)

Well, like I said, it was an enjoyable read. I wouldn't say it was as good as some of his more popular work, but certainly worth the time to read. As Stephen King himself has said, a lot of his earlier work was written through an alcoholic and drug-induced haze - people change through the years, and an author's work will change too. His stories and novels these days just have a different feel to his earlier work, not necessarily worse but just....different. It's hard to explain! Personally, I prefer his short stories to some of his latest novels - 'Full Dark, No Stars' is his latest short story offering, I enjoyed every tale in that book, really top-notch stuff (although the first story, 1922, was incredibly harsh...even Stephen King mentions this in the prologue of that book - 'Constant Reader, you may find some of the stories in this book harsh. I found them harsh to write...")

I like his earlier works. Christine, IT, Pet Cemetery, The Stand, Dark Tower 2, The Long Walk, The Mist, Misery. His new stuff is good, Doctor Sleep was okay, the one about JFK was good. Some of his books about 10 years ago were awful, Lisey story, Rose Madder, most of the Dark Tower - I think he lost his way big style.


Nightwing said:
ringwood said:
The last book I read was Doctor Sleep by Stephen King - I enjoyed it, an interesting sequel to The Shining.

I bought that when it was on offer, haven't got round to reading it yet though. How does it measure up to his bigger hits like the Shining, Misery and the Stand? (I know there's more that people consider his big hits like Carrie... but I just picked my favs lol)

The Stand is a book that good I wish I could wipe it from my memory somehow and read it again. Loved the characters. I think I've read it 5 times. It flows so well, brilliant storytelling. Misery is fantastic. The Long Walk just stunned me, how original it was.
 
ringwood said:
Well, like I said, it was an enjoyable read. I wouldn't say it was as good as some of his more popular work, but certainly worth the time to read. As Stephen King himself has said, a lot of his earlier work was written through an alcoholic and drug-induced haze - people change through the years, and an author's work will change too. His stories and novels these days just have a different feel to his earlier work, not necessarily worse but just....different. It's hard to explain! Personally, I prefer his short stories to some of his latest novels - 'Full Dark, No Stars' is his latest short story offering, I enjoyed every tale in that book, really top-notch stuff (although the first story, 1922, was incredibly harsh...even Stephen King mentions this in the prologue of that book - 'Constant Reader, you may find some of the stories in this book harsh. I found them harsh to write...")

Heh, I love the way he marks all his author notes addressing the reader as 'Constant Reader.' It's part of the charm, along with his overly opinionated snark XD

I'll look forward to reading Doctor Sleep. I'll add the short story collection to my 'to read' list... but that's as long as my arm. No! Probably more like my leg.... or maybe my entire height. I'm unsure, but it's long!

I remember reading the autobiographical part of his book "On Writing" and can recall the addictive phase of his life. I remember he's also reflected with some sadness over the fact that the majority of his fans think he did his best work twenty-five years ago. Apparently this irks him.

In reference to Triple Bogey's post... I think he's been pretty honest when he's lost his way. He admitted to "publishing absolute honeysuckle" at one point when he looks back. I think that was The Dead Zone he referenced, but I can't be sure. Got to admire the honesty! (I'm still deeply jealous that he got to write at Rudyard Kipling's desk. Talk about a giant walking in the shoes of a colossus! XD When you read these things, it can make you feel so insignificant.)
 
ROFL It's okay we all have those moments. Thanks for the chuckle though. :)
 
I love reading. But it takes a bit to spark my interest. I usually end up reading the same stuff, over and over. Game of Thrones is a good example. As are the Dark Hunter books by Sherrilyn Kenyon. I'm not very outgoing lol.
 

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