Your reading list?

[Sandra Craft]

I'm re-reading the Charlie Huston "Joe Pitt" series.  If you're a fan of the kind of hard boiled crime novels AND you like vampires, I highly recommend them.   

I strongly second that high recommendation.  I absolutely love this series, and it's the only story about vampires (other than Dracula) that I can stand reading.  I particularly enjoy how Huston didn't give his vampires any truly supernatural qualities (they don't even have fangs) and created as plausible a medical reason as he could for their condition, and its assorted pecularities.

[Ali]

I'm re-reading the Charlie Huston "Joe Pitt" series.  If you're a fan of the kind of hard boiled crime novels AND you like vampires, I highly recommend them.   

I strongly second that high recommendation.  I absolutely love this series, and it's the only story about vampires (other than Dracula) that I can stand reading.  I particularly enjoy how Huston didn't give his vampires any truly supernatural qualities (they don't even have fangs) and created as plausible a medical reason as he could for their condition, and its assorted pecularities.

Absolutely.  And what's not to love about Joe Pitt? 

[Sandra Craft]

Absolutely.  And what's not to love about Joe Pitt? 

The classic tough guy with a soft heart for all the right people.  I was hooked when I saw how sincere his love for his uninfected girlfriend Evie was being played.  And even if there'd been no Evie character, I think Philip Sax would have sealed the deal for me.

[corgilover]

Lord of the Rings

May I suggest The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan (& Brandon Sanderson for the last three books)

It is, of course, subjective, but WoT is, in my opinion, infinitely better than LOTR.

I'm open to any suggestions about books. I'm simply gearing up for the release of The Hobbit in December.

[Buddy]

I just finished reading Lord of the Flies for class and that book left me so confused.

[Asmodean]

I just finished reading Lord of the Flies for class and that book left me so confused.

Saw the movie of the same title, so probably related... It was terrible.

[Buddy]

I just finished reading Lord of the Flies for class and that book left me so confused.

Saw the movie of the same title, so probably related... It was terrible.

Where there were a group of kids stranded on an island. It's a good concept, I just hate how Golden wrote it.

[Sandra Craft]

I just finished reading Lord of the Flies for class and that book left me so confused.

Saw the movie of the same title, so probably related... It was terrible.

Where there were a group of kids stranded on an island. It's a good concept, I just hate how Golden wrote it.

What was it you disliked, Golden's writing style or plot or something else?

As far as "kids gone wild" books goes, I prefer High Wind in Jamaica, by Richard Hughes.  The movie version was good too.

[Buddy]

I just finished reading Lord of the Flies for class and that book left me so confused.

Saw the movie of the same title, so probably related... It was terrible.

Where there were a group of kids stranded on an island. It's a good concept, I just hate how Golden wrote it.

What was it you disliked, Golden's writing style or plot or something else?

As far as "kids gone wild" books goes, I prefer High Wind in Jamaica, by Richard Hughes.  The movie version was good too.

I feel like it was a mix of both, with Golden's style being slightly more disliked. Like I said, the plot of a group of kids being stranded and surviving is an appealing idea, but Golden seemed to skip around a lot. It just left me feeling really confused about what had just happened. I was told that you understand more of the plot if you reread it, so maybe that was my problem.

[Sandra Craft]

I feel like it was a mix of both, with Golden's style being slightly more disliked. Like I said, the plot of a group of kids being stranded and surviving is an appealing idea, but Golden seemed to skip around a lot. It just left me feeling really confused about what had just happened. I was told that you understand more of the plot if you reread it, so maybe that was my problem.

I hate being told that, to me that's the sign of a bad writer.  I understand about some stories having layers and getting something new out of a story every time you read it, but the plot should be crystal clear from the start.  I can't tell you how many times I'd read Pride and Prejudice before I started to understand Mrs. Bennet's outlook on life, but I was never confused about the story as a whole. 

[Buddy]

I feel like it was a mix of both, with Golden's style being slightly more disliked. Like I said, the plot of a group of kids being stranded and surviving is an appealing idea, but Golden seemed to skip around a lot. It just left me feeling really confused about what had just happened. I was told that you understand more of the plot if you reread it, so maybe that was my problem.

I hate being told that, to me that's the sign of a bad writer.  I understand about some stories having layers and getting something new out of a story every time you read it, but the plot should be crystal clear from the start.  I can't tell you how many times I'd read Pride and Prejudice before I started to understand Mrs. Bennet's outlook on life, but I was never confused about the story as a whole. 

I mostly irritates me because my thought process is if I didn't like it the first time, why would I like it the next five times. XD

[Asmodean]

I just finished reading Lord of the Flies for class and that book left me so confused.

Saw the movie of the same title, so probably related... It was terrible.

Where there were a group of kids stranded on an island. It's a good concept, I just hate how Golden wrote it.

Yes, that. I suppose my disliking the movie was mostly due to terrible acting, but that's to be expected when most of the lead roles were played by amateurs. That, and it did seem kind of low-budget.

[Sandra Craft]

I mostly irritates me because my thought process is if I didn't like it the first time, why would I like it the next five times. XD

Yes, that.

[Davin]

I feel like it was a mix of both, with Golden's style being slightly more disliked. Like I said, the plot of a group of kids being stranded and surviving is an appealing idea, but Golden seemed to skip around a lot. It just left me feeling really confused about what had just happened. I was told that you understand more of the plot if you reread it, so maybe that was my problem.

I hate being told that, to me that's the sign of a bad writer.  I understand about some stories having layers and getting something new out of a story every time you read it, but the plot should be crystal clear from the start.  I can't tell you how many times I'd read Pride and Prejudice before I started to understand Mrs. Bennet's outlook on life, but I was never confused about the story as a whole. 

I mostly irritates me because my thought process is if I didn't like it the first time, why would I like it the next five times. XD

Because it was the only book you brought to the desert island. I have re-read a few books because someone suggested I should to properly enjoy them, so far it has never helped my enjoyment of them... always the other way 'round.

[Ali]

Absolutely.  And what's not to love about Joe Pitt? 

The classic tough guy with a soft heart for all the right people.  I was hooked when I saw how sincere his love for his uninfected girlfriend Evie was being played.  And even if there'd been no Evie character, I think Philip Sax would have sealed the deal for me.

Agreed.  The only thing that bothered me about the whole Evie/Joe dynamic is how he didn't tell her and wouldn't give her the option until she was on the razor's edge of death, and then he still didn't give her the option, he just (started to) go ahead and do it.  If it were me, I would have saved her a lot of suffering (if she wanted to be saved) by broaching the topic when she *first* started getting really sick.