What book are you currently reading?

I have started the Uncut version all the other times, but recently have ran into a copy of the edited original (pictured) and will be reading that. The difference is over 300 pgs, so hopefully that will make the experience easier for me.

I read "The Stand" years ago (before there even was an 'uncut' version) and enjoyed it. Have always wanted to give the 'expanded edition" a shot but haven't pulled the trigger on it yet.

Fat Freddy wrote:

I read "The Stand" years ago (before there even was an 'uncut' version) and enjoyed it. Have always wanted to give the 'expanded edition" a shot but haven't pulled the trigger on it yet.

I have (or had) a copy back years ago when I was in my Stephen King-phase, but I never read it. I think I got burnt out after reading "It" and wasn't about to tackle that one.

The last King I read was his most recent behemoth (1000+ pages) "Under the Dome," after getting through that I think I've had about enough of him for a while.

I have not read a Stephen King book in years but I loved 'The Stand' and read both versions, especially when I was a huge fan of his work, last book I read by him was 'Gerald's Game' and that book sucked.

Fat Freddy wrote:

The last King I read was his most recent behemoth (1000+ pages) "Under the Dome," after getting through that I think I've had about enough of him for a while.

Eh, I just watched the Simpsons movie. I got the gist of that story.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

The last King I read was his most recent behemoth (1000+ pages) "Under the Dome," after getting through that I think I've had about enough of him for a while.

Eh, I just watched the Simpsons movie. I got the gist of that story.

There was quite a resemblance, I must admit. I know when the book came out, King had to address it because the storyline was very similar to the plot of the Simpsons Movie. He eventually produced pages and pages of notes and outlines that dated back to the late 70s, when he first came up with the idea. Apparently he'd started and stopped writing that one numerous times over the years.

manny wrote:

last book I read by him was 'Gerald's Game' and that book sucked

Ohhh yeah, that one was pretty bad. So was "Insomnia." I never made it all the way thru that.

Some people say that his near-death experience years back where he was hit by a van was probably the best thing that could've happened to him, cuz it forced him to take a break for a couple of years. Up to that point, he'd been cranking books out like an assembly line and the quality was beginning to slip. His recovery period gave him time to recharge his batteries.

manny wrote:

I have not read a Stephen King book in years but I loved 'The Stand' and read both versions, especially when I was a huge fan of his work, last book I read by him was 'Gerald's Game' and that book sucked.

That's the one that made me stop reading the then current stuff and going back to his earlier work and the short story collections.

I have just finished the Lemmy autobiography. I devoured that book in a single day. Great stories throughout and a bit of insight on how non wealthy a lot of famous artists actually are. The book states that Lemmy has made more moola writing "Mama I'm Coming Home" and a few others for Ozzy than from the entire carreer of Motorhead.
Starting the Keith Richards biography and at the same time I am making my way through "MEAN DEVIATION: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal", by Jeff Wagner. Both of these last two are awesome reads as well.

I just started Mary Shelley's Frankstein, never read it before, and it should be interesting considering how different the Boris Karloff films are from the original material.

I breezed through Andre Agassi's book "Open" in four days. I played high school tennis, so I was always a tennis junkie growing up. I followed the likes of Connors, McEnroe, Borg, Sampras and Agassi. Andre delves into some of his famous matches, mainly grand slam, the high and the lows, and of course his rivalry with Pete. What was really interesting was Andre's love/hate relationship with the sport, his childhood, his days at the Bolleteri Academy, marriage to first wife Brooke Shields, and then subsequently to Steffi Graf. Great read, if you were a fan of Andre's.

"Argh, F*ck, Kill - The Story of the Dayglo Abortions" - Chris Walter

Not a book, but the new issue of Decibel magazine.

I'm reading the Keith Richard biography. This book is really fun !

UNCLE SAXON wrote:

"Argh, F*ck, Kill - The Story of the Dayglo Abortions" - Chris Walter

My local library probably won't carry that one,but I'd want to read it

Monster: The Autobiography Of An L.A. Gang Member by Sanyika Shakur

So I gave up on THE STAND for the last time.


Reading now....

chewie wrote:

manny wrote:

I have not read a Stephen King book in years but I loved 'The Stand' and read both versions, especially when I was a huge fan of his work, last book I read by him was 'Gerald's Game' and that book sucked.

That's the one that made me stop reading the then current stuff and going back to his earlier work and the short story collections.

Missed all the Steven King conversation - last one of his I read was Dreamcatcher when it came out and it was a good one!

Picked up a new "Star Wars" novel at the library over the weekend - "Death Star" (the author's name escapes me at the moment). It takes place prior to the events of the original film and tells the story of the Death Star's creation/construction and all the behind-the-scenes skullduggery that made it happen. Should be a cool read.

Currently reading 'The Kennedy Detail' by Gerald Blaine with Lisa McCubbin

SpectreFate wrote:

So I gave up on THE STAND for the last time.

Just rent the miniseries on DVD already!

Just finished Corvus by Paul Kearney and

The Rising by Brian Keene.

SpectreFate wrote:

So I gave up on THE STAND for the last time.


Reading now....

Cool! That's a great series. I haven't read that in a good decade.

Just started reading 'A Roomful of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix by Charles R. Cross, the best book I have ever read on Hendrix, and I have read several, highly recommended

Reading Machineries Of Joy by Bradbury