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[rockmarooned]

I'm on Goodreads and all that (add me if you haven't!), but I mainly use it as a personal list-keeper and, via my friends' lists, reminder -- I haven't written many "reviews" on there, because that kind of thing usually goes here on LJ for movies and albums and stuff. In turn, I don't talk about books very often on LJ because it is by far the

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[sparklyfabulous]

one of my new year's resolutions is to start writing things down about all the books i read instead of just keeping a list. we'll see how that goes. and i'm on goodreads too but i'm not linking you there yet because i'm still adding things and getting caught up.

anyway: books you've read that i've read too, and that i have a comment about!

-The Chocolate TOUCH is awesome, shut up. i never read the chocolate war.)

-i borrowed Slave Day from you and i still have it. it was ok, but yeah, Rats is better.

-i actually haven't read Boy Meets Boy but i've liked a bunch of levithan's other stuff. "wide awake" (the one with the gay jewish president!) is also hilarious utopic and wish-fulfillment-y, but i kindof loved it anyway.

-i looooove The Time Traveler's Wife even though it left me completely emotionally destroyed both times i read it.

-my coworker is reading Away and i'm next on the list to borrow it from her. i like amy bloom's short stories a lot.

[rockmarooned]

Boy Meets Boy has, in its more micro way, a drag-queen quarterback -- so I actually felt like it was sort of missing the point where there's a big pullback and you see that the characters live in a world with a gay jewish president and it all makes a little more sense (I get what he's going for, though -- I think I'd probably find it more fun on a larger scale).

I did actually like The Chocolate Touch when I first read it when I was however old. A chilling parable for our times (he says as he eats more office chocolate).

[sparklyfabulous]

there have been cookies in the office kitchen every day for the last month. if people i love start turning into chocolate chips, you know why.

[xse99]

For another King book, I recommend "The Stand"--it's long but definitely his best work (at least up through the mid-90s, when I lost track.)

OMG, they're making a film of TTW? My reaction's the same as yours. I loved that book, there's no way justice could be done by an adaptation.

Finally: my aunt is reading a book in which the protagonist's name is Wynter. The spelling makes it even worse.

[rockmarooned]

Hopefully the name isn't in the title, at least!

What gives me hope for the TTW movie is that it stars Erica Bana and Rachel McAdams... I think that's pretty reasonable casting, especially McAdams.

[aliwilliams]

Eric Bana, I assume? Trying to picture a female Bana and ... nope.

I loved me some Zindel. "My Darling, My Hamburger" is maybe the best title ever. Also, I had both the Chocolate Touch and Chocolate War on my shelves, there is room in the heart for both!

I blew through much of King in middle/high school, when I read anything over 200 pages in the house; his novels go down super-easy, so I don't have a problem with him. He can be a little douchey, but I appreciate that he knows what he does and does it well.

Pick up "The Stand" for your next lengthy plane ride, and then follow it up with the 90s miniseries to watch that makes great use of Blue Oyster Cult and Gary Sinise both.

[rockmarooned]

Oops, yeah, Eric Bana. Although I'm sure his twin sister Erica is lovely.

Marisa keeps trying to sell me on both/either version of The Stand... it'll happen eventually, maybe if I ever work through my ridiculous reading and/or Netflix queues.

[miriam1978]

"Reasonable Terms" was my favorite story in Animal Crackers, too! I saw (well, glimpsed) Hannah Tinti last night at the Jim Shepard One Story reading, which was a seriously packed affair. Do you know Shepard's stuff? I love him, and you might, too.

Can't believe I still haven't read Time Traveler's Wife! A must for 2008... I heard someone on the subway talking about how it would make a better serial than a movie, which (as we've discussed) I find myself saying about just about any good novel of reasonable length and complexity. But I guess such claims assume what's filmed will translate literally from the book instead of reframing it to accomplish something different, something that snaps and crackles within a 2-hourish span. Oy, too early to have these thoughts. I'll travel back in time now and read the book.