Topic: Nintendo Life Book Club

No. The Uncut version of The Stand for paperback is 1, 153 pages. the old hardcover of It has more pages than that i think

@drunktusken Ah - that makes sense

I'm tackling the Silmarillion right now. Beautifully written. Cool to see how Middle Earth came to be.

@Mallow9623 Quite possibly my favorite book.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is next up for me to read. I expect it'll be a real laugh riot.

I do not know if this counts for this thread, but today I've got the Dark Souls Trilogy Compendium

It is awesome. It is with hard covers and comes in a hardcover slip. Inside the lore of the 3 games are explained thought the texts of various items. There are also maps and art.

I am really happy to read through it!

And in the mail, I am waiting for the Bloodborne artbook and Elden Ring vol. 1 and vol. 2 artbooks

I've been slowly going through Satantango by László Krasznahorkai, probably my favorite living author now that McCarthy's passed (pbuh). It's great. Very bleak and miserable and surreal. I think the Melancholy of Resistance is more thought-provoking and War & War's ending makes it unforgettable, but Satantango is a good window into the depths of human failure.

Obsessed with Lisa Stone's books just now. They are very gripping thriller novels and real page turners.
Currently reading 'Taken' by her and will be sad when it is over.

I try to learn Russian, therefor I am reading " The Golden Key, or The Adventures of Buratino" now. The book is fifty years old and from the Sowjet Union, which is cool because I like old stuff. It will take quite some time until I can understand something like "War and Peace" but stories for children are easy enough to understand without looking up every word.

That said, I did read War and Peace this year but only the German version. Probably the most exciting book I ever read. I finished it after less than two weeks I think, often just doing the bare necessities and reading the rest of the day, like a kid, who just stands up to play his new favourite video game. Well I can understand now why this book is so famous, even though it is definitely too dark for me.

I am thankful, that I can live in peace and enjoy simple stuff like reading, so of course I will support peace and harmony.

just bought Wheel of Time Gathering Storm paperback from walmart online a day or two ago. Should be getting it in the mail tomorrow or Friday.

its still a great book series. i heard there's a 14th/15th book thats a prequel. Is that any good?

Gone back to the first Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson because of the new one that came out the end of last year.
Damn I love the Cosmere, especially Wax and Wayne books (Mistborn second era)

@Bunkerneath nice! I re-listened to the entire stormlight series before W&T came out. I’m with you, love the cosmere. I believe Mistborn Era 3 & Elantris 2 are next up, which im very excited about!

@seinfeldfanatic I am listening through all the books, on Knife of Dreams now. After reading through many comments, I decided to skip the prequel and looked at summary articles. I just couldn’t bring myself to go backwards, some books have been a bit of a slog for me. Maybe one day I’ll get through it, but I REALLY want to get to the Sanderson books.

Some of these book's I got at Walmart some from the dollar store. Thought it would be nice for spring/ summer /fall activity~ 🤷‍♀️✌️ It's going to take me a while to finish reading all these~ 🤣

Going to start on Diary Of A Wimpy Kid The first book in the series. I also got Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Do it yourself book. Just didn't upload the pic~ 🤣

Butt Detective Oshiri: Using Google translate on phone to read book~ 🤣

Has anyone actually heard of the "Creepers" series assuming it's along the same lines as GooseBumps or tales from the crypt. Managed to get book's 4 through 10 in the series.

Got: Alice In the Country Of Clovers manga. Didn't realize it was book 7 in the series until I got home. It apparently has 2 psp games connected with it. assuming it's a popular manga / book series. I could be wrong. 🤷‍♀️ The other 2 book's looked interesting so why not~ 🤷‍♀️🤣

@Barbiegurl777 ive seen those Creepers books at the Dollar Tree store last year.

Books im busy with this month

Wheel of Time Gathering Storm paperback. have about a 100 or so pages left to read through
ebook version of Star Wars Rise and Fall of Galactic Empire novel
the old paperback of Jurassic Park 2 The Lost World

@seinfeldfanatic

Uhhh I don't go to the dollar store as much as I used to but want to start going there more often again. Never heard of the series but thought it would be interesting to try out. Tried getting all the books in the series in advance because if I read & finished one not sure if the dollar store would have them later because I know they change there stock of items just not sure how often. 🤷‍♀️🤣✌️

Haven’t been reading much but a few months ago I ended up buying a book called Hollywood Cartoons: American Cartoons In Its Golden Age by Michael Barrier.

It’s a book that documents and talks about the history of old American cartoons and characters from the 1920s all the way to the 1960s from various companies and studios like Disney and Warner Bros., and even some defunct ones as well. The book also features some interviews he had with some animation legends and goes over some of the techniques used in those cartoons, and something cool is that there are around 3 flipbook drawings scattered around the book that demonstrate a specific style of old animation, like rubberhose. I got it months ago for cheap at a store since I am super into older cartoons at the moment, but I think I’ve only completed around one to two chapters of it that went over earlier predecessors to older animation and Disney’s earlier animated works (like the Alice Comedies) which are more obscure and lesser known. I’ll definitely go back to reading it soon since it’s a pretty long book.

Bought Queen of the Damned paperback to re-read since its been years since i read it. and going to re-read Memnoch the Devil next month then jump into Prince Lestat

and try to catch up on some old Jack Ryan and Jack Ryan Jr stuff

I'm reading through The Taming of the Shrew before I see the Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton 1967 film version.

I've found if I try to watch Shakespeare cold, it quickly just becomes "blah blah blah" to me.

I finally finished reading Rosemary’s Baby.

The first half is super slow, and I already knew how the movie ends, so I lost interest around the 30% mark. But I’m glad I decided to push through, it really gets going after that initial slog.

Of course I already knew the ending (it’s basically the only thing I remember from the movie), but since the novel is basically all Rosemary’s first person perspective, the entire time you end up gaslit along with her during the heavier parts. I even considered the possibility that the novel had a different ending for a bit!

It’s interesting to see her basically go through the stages of grief in record time over the state of her son at the end, and how it ends with what’s either a heartwarming sense of hope, or pure delusion.

It was a fun read in the end, if somewhat heavy with its themes.

just started reading My Best Friend's Exorcism. borrowed the paperback from my sister. she's more into stuff from that Grady Hendrix.

I think Prime Video has the movie already I think

For my government class in school, I read "Mornings on Horseback", a biography about U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt before he became President. It was an interesting read.