Search results

Blacklands - Belinda Bauer :star4: A gripping serial killer thriller and a heart rending family drama play out side by side on the misty English moors. Perfect October read. I was amazed that this was the author's first novel.

Blacklands - Belinda Bauer Rose Gold - Walter Mosley

Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn :star4: Sometimes insanely hyped novels are insanely hyped for good reason! This book is the definition of a page turner.

Storm Front - Jim Butcher :star3: Fantasy isn't really my preferred genre anymore, but this was a fun read.

It looks like the last post to the "Recently Finished" thread was on August 22... So, apparently not. Lol

Gentlemen of The Road - Michael Chabon :star3:1/2 Michael Chabon channels Robert E. Howard. Fun lighthearted adventure reading.

Goin to see that maybe Wednesday. My expectations = low, but hopeful

He continues to succeed all the way through :) It is a really great story and the best John Irving book I've read. I was not a huge fan of Irving, but then earlier this year someone recommended Owen Meany to me and..... wow. Very enjoyable.

Wayfaring Stranger - James Lee Burke :star3: 1/2 The Last Kind Words Saloon - Larry McMurtry :star3:

You used to get down like that?? :D Anyway there is nothing funnier than a drippy jeri curl. (in my opinion)

I think I did use the Dave Chappelle Rick James as my avatar for a while... :)

My avatar is a still photo of the fictional Randy Watson, lead singer for the band "Sexual Chocolate" from my favorite funny movie, Coming To America. The band's name, the jeri curl, the suit, the ridiculous singing, all combined to become one of my favorite scenes in the history of movies.

The Counsellor :star3: Didn't hate it. Dialogue was great. Acting was above average. It's just..... how many Mexican drug trafficking movies can be made. I think these have become the Mafia movies of the current generation. It didn't suffer from having Cormac McCarthy as the screenwriter and it...

I don't know... I though in Heart Shaped Box, there had to be some reason this was happening to him. I did feel that the second half was a little bit weaker. In Horns though, the second half was better than the first. Especially when the POV switched to Lee. That was good stuff.

Started this aloooonng time ago, put it down after a couple chapters and never finished it. Fast forward to a few months ago, I was stuck in a hospital for about 8 hours and there happened to be a copy of "Heart Shaped Box" on a book cart. I was a captive audience and I read the whole book while...

I liked that movie a lot and had no idea it was a book. Never heard of Sallis either.... Will have to check him out. Thanks!

Ahhh I forgot about likes. Likes are the new conversations.

I've been around for a while too (five years +). I come and go and try to participate as life allows. I have also noticed the slow death of this forum. I think the biggest problem might be.... the members don't read too much? Or maybe they just don't like to discuss what they read? My normal...

Shogun - James Clavell Try that one. It is long and good. Tons of culture.

:star3: Intriguing and suspenseful story of mutiny on the high seas. Sort of like the story of the Amistad, but in this story the author wants you to feel sorry for the slavers. Despite being one of the wordiest stories I have ever read, it still managed to be a page turner. Hard to read stuff...