Tag: books

Mr. Pibb and red vines equals crazy delicious

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It’s been a nice day here. Up early, coffee, and then laying on my bed, chatting with Crystal. She went to go watch a show on Netflix. So I picked up my next book to read, Brave New World. I won’t go in to details (that’s for book club), but I’m really enjoying it. I didn’t want to finish it before next Sunday, so I also started The Girl on the Train. Also very good so far!

Then, so I wouldn’t nap, I scheduled a book post. I have to get more on top of that again, I only have about 7 posts scheduled left.

But all in all it’s been a good Sunday. I’m very excited about going off to SlightlyBiggerTown by myself tomorrow. I’m like a kid before Christmas! I can take my time in the second hand store.

Book Club: Full Dark, No Stars

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Finally I got some time to do some reading. And since I was behind a week, I decided to read the last two stories in Full Dark, No Stars, our book club book. Now, we’re back on track.

Fair Extension

This was a disturbing one, at least for me. It shows that even your best of friends could hate you. The short story was short. Like really short. It’s the story of a guy dying of lung cancer. So one night he’s driving home, and sees a guy with a little sore front set up by the side of the road. He goes over to talk to him, and finds out that this guy can give him a fair extension. This extension comes at a price. Money of course, and someone that he hates. Truly hates to transfer all his bad luck too.

It left me feeling unsettled. But I’m sure that’s what King was going for.

A Good Marriage

This one started out so normal and happy, which from what I can guess means this King novella is going to go down hill very quickly. Which it does.

Can I spoil a book that came out 10 years ago? I mean, I’d be upset that it got spoiled for me. I’m just getting to know Stephan King. But on the other hand, it has been 10 years.

Ok, I really enjoyed all the short stories in the book. I liked how he explored different takes on retribution, and revenge. I personally can’t wait to read another King book.

See you again next week, where I talk about my initial thoughts and questions on Brave New World. Y’all though I forgot about it, huh? Nope!

Better show me a teasin’ squeezin’ pleasin’ kinda time

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First off, big thanks to Crystal for sending me my featured image. I ran out of pictures earlier this week, and have been recycling them all week.

Tomorrow, I’ll be heading to SlightlyBiggerTown. I’m very excited. I’ll be by myself. I’ll have my pay check. And I’ll be by myself.

I can’t wait.

Seriously. Can’t wait.

Just have to make it through today.

I moved stuff around in my bedroom, so you can move around easier. I moved the dresser next to the bed. The bed is so tall (how tall is it?) that the dresser is my night table. And it’s so big, I’m using half of it for more of a satellite night table that holds the phone, bed, and Kleenex. Haha

I even managed to do some reading! So be looking forward to a book club post this afternoon. Woo!

But it’s Sunday, and I’m watching Lucky Christmas starring Elizabeth Berkeley. I came into it half way through, and it’s terrible. Terrible in a cheesy Christmas, you know they’re gonna get together in the end kind of way.

Book Review: The Raw Shark Texts

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Welcome to my book review of The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall. As I was gathering a couple pictures, and reading the synopsis of the book to refresh myself on the book, I could swear that I’d done a review on it before. So I went to my site, and looked, I couldn’t find anything, but then again, I didn’t look too hard. It want checked off on my list, so here we are!

Imagine waking up in a strange house, with no memory of being there, no memory of yourself, no memory of anything. That’s what happened to Eric Sanderson. There’s a not to call this number, and it signed by himself, or so the note says. He calls the number and it’s his psychologist, and she tells him he has a condition.

Following a trail of clues and notes, Eric finds that he’s being hunted by a conceptual shark called a Ludovician.

I really liked this book. You can really identify with Eric, as you are going into this as blind as he is. You, like him, don’t know if you can believe the Eric that’s writing the notes. You even start to feel a little paranoid as Eric explores his past with the help of some mysterious characters that help him a long the way.

Like House of Leaves, this has some interesting printing in it. Some pictures formatted from words. At one point you actually turn what you’re reading into a flip book.

This book really does need to be on more people’s to be read lists. I really enjoyed this book, and more people should as well.

First Line Friday

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So did everyone guess correctly? Was it too difficult? Will this one stump you or not?

Ok, last weeks book was: House of Leaves. Quite possibly my favourite book. If you haven’t read it, you probably should.

And now this weeks:

The naked child ran out of the hide-covered lean-to toward the Rocky beach at the bend in the small river. It didn’t occur to her to look back. Nothing in her experience ever gave her the reason to doubt the shelter and those within it would be there when she returned.

Until next week my friends!