Originally Posted by Dreamy

Oh, I love that one... mind you, it's an unusual Stephen King book for me not to love it (although Gerald's Game left me a little cold).

The boys bought me Michael Connolly's latest - The Black Box - for Christmas - I read it in a day, it was so good

They also bought me the latest Karen Rose - Did You Miss Me? - that one is annoying me for some reason...

On the Kindle, I'm ploughing through some vamp/werewolf/necromancer rubbish and then I'm going to read the second in the Justin Cronin The Passage Trilogy - The Twelve... making myself wait.

Over Christmas, I re-read Stephen King's 11-22-63. I think I've already mentioned it on this thread but for a book I didn't think I would particularly enjoy, I really, really did.

He does a good yarn, does Mr King.

I got some Amazon.co.uk vouchers for Christmas off MIL so I shall be trawling through that to see what's going on - the new Ian Rankin, methinks.

Originally Posted by scottishcelts

Oh I LOVED Gerald's Game, it was brilliant.

Not read 11-22-63. Shall put it on me list!

Originally Posted by Dreamy

I read Gerald's Game again just before Christmas - I think the main problem I had with it (and Dolores Claiborne, it's 'sister' book, although I did enjoy that one a lot more) was that it felt a lot more like it should have been a novella rather than a novel. It would have been much better heavily edited and in a book like Four Past Midnight (Now there's a collection of four excellent stories!)

There was another one.. dum de dum ::thinks::... oh, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - again, it felt padded out and would have been better treated as a novella.

Originally Posted by scottishcelts

Loved Four Past Midnight, and Skeleton Crew. Agreed on Girl who loved Tom Gordon, thought that myself.

Dolores Claiborne I also agree, although it was a fabulous read.

What about Rose Madder & Needful Things huh? Loved them.

Originally Posted by Dreamy

Both Rose Madder and Needful Things are triumphs

My favourite Stephen King books are The Stand, IT and The Talisman though, as well as The Dark Tower series. But hey, really, I love 'em all, I'd quite happily take them all to a desert island and never read anything else ever again (well, so long as I could sneak some Terry Pratchett and Chris Brookmyer in there for light relief). Even Gerald's Game.

Originally Posted by scottishcelts

Yes he is my fav author no doubt about that.

IT was too scary for me, I actually watched the film first and put me off reading the book. Hated the film, had bloody nightmares for yonks after that

I've never read The Shining either, it's been on my reading bucket list for a few years now.

Originally Posted by Dreamy

He's releasing a sequel to The Shining this year.. might be time to move it up the list

(IT is much better...mmm and yes, scarier.. than the film)

Mind you, The Shining is freaky scary too.

Originally Posted by scottishcelts

Ooh I shall have to move to no.1 now if there's a sequel. So exciting. I have been told The Shining book is a lot scarier than the film. Yikes.

Originally Posted by Dreamy

His books always are - he paints such a picture in your imagination that nothing on celluloid is ever going to match up. I think that's why (generally) the most successful adaptations of his work aren't the horror ones but the more psychological/story telling ones such as Misery and The Green Mile.

There's obvious exceptions of course - The Shining and Carrie being the two that spring to mind straight off... but I think The Shining only really worked as a film because Jack Nicholson is one crazy dude anyway

Anyway, back on general books - a friend of a friend has just released a book on kindle (US & UK) and in real form too, I think - it's called 12 Lessons by Kate Spencer.. I've just bought it so will report back in a couple of days.

Originally Posted by scottishcelts

- don't forget Shawshank

Originally Posted by Scubaemma

I've always been too scared to read a Stephen King book - I saw the film IT when I was a teenager and it scared the living daylights out of me, so have always steered clear!

Originally Posted by Dreamy

Yer a gert wuss!

Originally Posted by Kapri

I've just finished reading The Secret Of Crickley Hall by James Herbert.

Great book! I thoroughly enjoyed it