I loved reading Interview With the Vampire. The descriptive prose was so lush and I could feel the velvety pillows, etc. First time a book gave me that. I also loved The Vampire Lestat, but I agree with you completely about That Damned Queen. Such a waste of interesting characters, not to mention my time and money.
Great discussion, Greg! I remember my best friend buying Rosemary’s Baby the day I bought Stephen King’s first published novel, Carrie, back in 1974. It will be interesting to see how your impressions of these books change over time….
Great list, Greg! I’ve read probably about half of them and the other half are going in my TBR notebook. The Relic got me hooked on the whole Pendergast series.
Excellent List Greg! 🤣🤣Yes, my wife did throw Ritual away I sincerely hope it was not the edition you mentioned. 🤣I have also not read Saurian, The Descent and Dead Sea. From your list, I found Song of Kali and The Ruins underwhelming, but I did enjoy the rest. I found the characters in The Ruins annoyed the hell out of me and this took me out of the story.
A lot of the books you chose seem to be by movie adaptation / cultural saturation, and I think that's a great idea! Good luck Greg, I hope to hear the reviews of all of these.
Rosemary’s baby was a good read 👍. The Exorcist, I’ve seen the movie but never read the book. Pea soup was never the same 🤣 interview with a vampire, I reread a couple of years ago 👍 lol, at least her vampires don’t twinkle ✨ 🤣🤣🤣 Interesting until recently the only novel of Dan Simmons I knew until recently is The Terror, great read 👍 Pennywise definitely memorable. I have been looking for a copy of Swan Song for awhile, so far no luck. Several I haven’t read, will have to check them out 👍
I would love to read IT by Stephen King in the new year . I do have the physical copy and it would be a great accomplishment to read a book like that due to all the pages.
Regarding the scene in It, I believe it was out of place. One of the main themes of the book was growing up, and the scene was related to one aspect of changing from a child to an adult; although, again, I felt it wasn’t organic to the story.
I loved reading Interview With the Vampire. The descriptive prose was so lush and I could feel the velvety pillows, etc. First time a book gave me that. I also loved The Vampire Lestat, but I agree with you completely about That Damned Queen. Such a waste of interesting characters, not to mention my time and money.
Great discussion, Greg! I remember my best friend buying Rosemary’s Baby the day I bought Stephen King’s first published novel, Carrie, back in 1974. It will be interesting to see how your impressions of these books change over time….
Great list, Greg! I’ve read probably about half of them and the other half are going in my TBR notebook. The Relic got me hooked on the whole Pendergast series.
Excellent List Greg! 🤣🤣Yes, my wife did throw Ritual away I sincerely hope it was not the edition you mentioned. 🤣I have also not read Saurian, The Descent and Dead Sea. From your list, I found Song of Kali and The Ruins underwhelming, but I did enjoy the rest. I found the characters in The Ruins annoyed the hell out of me and this took me out of the story.
A lot of the books you chose seem to be by movie adaptation / cultural saturation, and I think that's a great idea!
Good luck Greg, I hope to hear the reviews of all of these.
Rosemary’s baby was a good read 👍. The Exorcist, I’ve seen the movie but never read the book. Pea soup was never the same 🤣 interview with a vampire, I reread a couple of years ago 👍 lol, at least her vampires don’t twinkle ✨ 🤣🤣🤣 Interesting until recently the only novel of Dan Simmons I knew until recently is The Terror, great read 👍 Pennywise definitely memorable. I have been looking for a copy of Swan Song for awhile, so far no luck. Several I haven’t read, will have to check them out 👍
I would love to read IT by Stephen King in the new year . I do have the physical copy and it would be a great accomplishment to read a book like that due to all the pages.
Regarding the scene in It, I believe it was out of place. One of the main themes of the book was growing up, and the scene was related to one aspect of changing from a child to an adult; although, again, I felt it wasn’t organic to the story.