Decided to finally take the plunge and started Stephen King's, The Gunslinger, last night. Hopefully I'm in for a long, exciting ride.

 

It has its moments - some extremely good. If you've read a decent amount of his other stories, it's absolutely fascinating how many things you'll recognize from other books.

 

The ending... is controversial. Let me just say that. I was satisfied, many were livid.

Yeah, I've read most of his other somewhat better received books... The Stand, It, Salem's Lot, Pet Sematary, The Dark Half, and some of his newer stuff like Duma Key, Under the Dome, Cell, Dreamcatcher and bits and pieces of his short stories. I always like his books. I think I own all of them as I've picked up any and everything I find in used books stores. I've always known if I went down this Dark Tower path I would have to put everything else aside for a while. I'm pretty excited, I think I'm down for it. Thanks for your thoughts!

Decided to finally take the plunge and started Stephen King's, The Gunslinger, last night. Hopefully I'm in for a long, exciting ride.

Just started "Twenty Thousand Roads" the ballad of Gram Parsons and his American Cosmic Music.

Interesting. I was stuck on this Gram Parson's cover by Gillian Welch for the longest time. Most people find it too slow and dull but I think it's one of the most amazing songs I've ever heard. It fits a lot of different scenes from a lot of different stories in my head.

Finished Elantris and The Blade Itself now. Currently reading Before They Are Hanged and really enjoying the trilogy.

I have this book on my shelf yet to read. Glad to hear you liked it.

 

If you're talking about the First Law books, when I was finished I wasn't very satisfied.

Yeah the Abercrombie books. Well then damn. I picked this up when Borders went out of business. There's about 6 or 7 books I bought at like half price just b/c they looked cool. The Blade Itself, was one of them.

Finished Elantris and The Blade Itself now. Currently reading Before They Are Hanged and really enjoying the trilogy.

I have this book on my shelf yet to read. Glad to hear you liked it.

I just finished James Herbert's, The Magic Cottage. I think it was published in 1986. I found it at the Library book store for a buck. So I have a long list of to reads on the shelf and I don't know why, but I chose this one to read next. Very glad I did. About as straight forward and easy to read book as it gets. Simple yet profound and some genuine scary parts. You'd shelf it under Fantasy/Horror I guess. I highly recommend it for a nice, easy change of pace read that might make you, at least, think about leaving the light on.

Also just read Jasper Kent's, Twelve. Sort of a History Fiction with a fantasy twist (vampires). I loved it until the ending however this is a continuous series which picks up on some of the same characters years later. Tempted but not sure if it's worth it to carry on with the rest of the series. Hopefully someday I'll get back to it. Anyway the actual historical fiction parts are much, much better the fantastical parts to be honest.