Challenge 16: Book Club

[everythingshiny]

CHALLENGE #16: BOOK (or fic) CLUB

Description Talk Books : Copy paste the texty and discuss your favourite books this week. If you don't want to answer a question just delete it. If you want to talk more about things, go ahead! (aka remove/add questions as you wish)

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[crucified]

Favourite book read in 2014? Doctor Sleep or Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
Have you ever read a book and had the perfect casting for a character? No, I don't think so? I usually just imagine my favorite actors as the characters when I'm reading regardless of if they'd be good for the role or not LOL.
Do you prefer series or one-offs? One offs.
Is there a book character you think you are similar too? Hmm, well, I am obsessive like my queen Annie Wilkes, but I'd say she's bit more obsessed than I am. :P
Book you've been disappointed with this year? I'm kinda disappointed in Gone Girl thus far. Maybe it's because I'm in a bit of a slump in regards to reading right now and I haven't read too far into it yet. It seems to start off kinda slow, but I'm hoping it'll get better or I'll just re-read it when I'm in a better mood.
Do you read fic, if so do you have a favourite? Yessss. A Necesary Deception by scatteredlogic on ff.net was amazing. I'm also loving Baker's Dozen by someone who's name I'm forgetting at the moment on Ao3
A book you wish more people would read? The Troop by Nick Cutter because if I've gotta suffer with some of those details, other people should suffer too.

Recommend a book for future book clubs Literally anything by Stephen King. But especially Misery, Doctor Sleep, or Salem's Lot. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

[everythingshiny]

*cough* I hated Gone Girl *Cough* with a passion.

I think that it was partly the point - to hate whatshisface and then hate amy. I did like the movie slightly better but its still just not been jam.

[crucified]

LMAO I've just heard so many good things about it and I was like okay, this will be a good departure from my Stephen King collection, but I kinda don't care about anyone so far?? The guy is kinda boring and I already know Amy's a psycho so. :P Maybe I'll just watch the movie lol. Usually I like David Fincher's movies so he might make me care about these people LOL.

[everythingshiny]

I read it for my RL book club last year and i didn't even end up finishing it i didn't like it that much (to be fair i only finish like half the books i don't have time for not-me books) and i've never been 100% sure why it was so popular. I mean i guess i kinda understand but still. the big twist didn't do much for me

[colls]

The appeal of Gone Girl, in my opinion, is how much you hate the characters yet stay drawn to the story. That's a feat of writing right there.
But yeah, I hated everyone.

[malicat]

I watched the Gone Girl film this weekend and was thinking that this was an instance where the book might have worked better. Not in terms of how things were adapted (things left out or added etc) but that the storyline would be more appealing in a book. Guess I was wrong ^^

[dance_thrulife]

I always want to do a happy dance when I find people that didn't like "Gone Girl". I read it shortly after it came out, and I couldn't understand what the big deal was. I actually found the plot predictable, and the characters were both so annoying I couldn't get into it.

[teaotter]

I'd love to see a Stephen King novel here at the book club. My favorite is Bag of Bones, but I think that's too long for a club read. Salem's Lot is another good one.

[delacourtings]

Ooh, I've been meaning to read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo! Crime shows are more my thing than crime books though. I tried to read a Temperance Brennan book once but one of the murders in the beginning was so disturbing I couldn't finish, so I'm a bit wary of reading crime books now. Though this one seems like more of a thriller which I really enjoy, so I might just have to give it a try.