Whirlwind

I tried reading "Three" but it was like a carbon-copy of Saw. I didn't get too far.

I just like reading. Keeping me busy, keeping my imagination vibrating. I'm terrified of being bored, so I always have a book nearby. I'm going to start the Left Behind series here soon. Seen all the movies on it, I'm a little interested.

Of course, I wouldn't teach any gospel based on the Left Behind books. That's like teaching about something that was based on something else, isn't it?

I like your little smiley-gal falling down. That's cute.

Fluffy

I read Three! Quite the page turner! It had a surprise ending! I havent watched Saw (avoiding like the plague!)
My family has watched the whole series. yuck!
I love to read, too! But one time, the Lord had me go without reading for 9 whole months! I was relying on books to teach me about Him than I was letting HIM teach me! Now, I have my priorities in better alignment. I can still read, but I dont nearly as much as I used to.
Left Behind is a good series. Makes you think and look up scripture for yourself!
I know what you mean about being bored! I have in my purse, a book, a crossword puzzle book, a deck of cards, (lets see, what else?.....)

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Whirlwind

I got a lot of neat little things in my purse...err, in my briefcase, too!

Digital camera, voice recorder, gameboy, cell phone, blank DVDs (don't know why), a fingernail clipper, laptop computer, a scatter of Atomic Fireballs...and what's this? [examines it carefully then throws it away] I don't know, and I don't think I want to know.

Right now I'm trying to finish up with reading Demon In the Freezer by Richard Preston...it tells about Small Pox, how they "eradicated" it, and how there are still stores in some countries...and very very little vaccine!

Quite scary.

Fluffy

That DOES sound scary! I like stories like that, though, that have historical truth in them.
Scary things have happened, in our lifetimes, no less! ha!
I am in the middle of two books I havent had time to read lately, One is the Power of the Praying Woman, and the other is Created To Be His Helpmeet. I just havent had a whole lot of time these days!
Hee! I was at the hospital a couple of months ago, (my newest grandson was being born) and the daddy, and uncle were sitting around bored and needed playing cards. I pulled out my pack. Someone needed Ibuprophen, I had it. Someone else needed lotion, had it. I think someone else needed a nail file, had it! Then someone said, I'll bet she even has germex! And I did! ha! Never underestimate the depths of a grandmother's purse!

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mikeOfChrist

Stephen King used to write scary stuff, but then as He lost his mind????? the dailogue in the books got very unrealistic. I have not read any in a long time. But some of the movies, I was unfortunate enough to catch on cable, showed Me some dialogue "No humans would speak"!!!!!!!!!!! So --with no offense intended -----I think He needs to get run over by a Van, a few more times, to get the "scary" back and then I can be sorry, for saying so

mikeOfChrist

Maybee You need to run Stephen King over a few times with that purse, until He gets the "Scary" back again

da_man

Better have some time on your hands. I was actually happy to stay home with the flu a couple of days last week cause I was able to just keep reading. I am nearing the end of the series and the books have been nothing less than awesome. Probably the best books I have ever read.

Whirlwind

da_man - yeah, I remember reading in one of the threads that you were starting to read.

I'm still on the first book, but it's amazing! It addresses so many things the movies don't even mention.

Mike - Yeah, Stephen King did go a little bonkers. He forgot his own saying, "It's the tale, not he who tells it." He got jealous that Tom Clancy was making more per book than him, and he left Viking. Then he got big-headed...he kept saying how he could publish his shopping list and it would be a number-one seller. He thought that he could write anything, and people would gobble it up. But the thing is...he really did start writing just anything.

Have you read The Cell? It started off okay. Rip-off of many "gone-haywire" stories at the beginning. Nothing original there. Then later on, theres some "zombies". He dedicated the book to George Romero. Mmm-hmm. Then later on, the zombies can fly. Oooookay. And then...

...well, suffice to say it wasn't worth the time reading it.

Fluffy - Lemme see...chapstick? Got it. Pen? Which color you need, he he he. USB cable? Got one right here. Screwdriver? Yup. Shoehorn? I don't know why, but here's one right here. I'd be good on that old game show, where contestants were chosen by what they had on their person.

mikeOfChrist

I don't know, if King manages to get any more dull, he'd make a good Scientist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( ouch, I did not say that)

That was bad

Whirlwind

LOL

Have you read his Memoirs On Writing?

He was in a drunk blackout when he wrote Cujo. Hardly remembered writing it at all. Yet, that's one of his most brilliant works. They say his prose flows like natural thought. Mmm-hmm...my prose used to flow like natural thought too, when I was blitzed.

Then after..."The Accident" (insert doomsday fanfare here)...he just kind of lost it. I couldn't finish Bag of Bones, it was so boring. Almost gave up on The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, too. The Green Mile came out in series, and I tried to keep up...but at 7-bucks a pop, it just didn't seem worth it! I saw Lisey's Story, or whatever, on sale at Barnes at a dramatic discount.

You ever see the movie, "Duplex"? The author is working hard on his new book, and the little old lady from upstairs comes down to ask for his autograph on his last book. He tells her no problem after rolling his eyes, and opens the cover to find a big 99-cent sticker on the inside. "Money well spent!" she tells him.