Fireman | 
pickI listened to 'Chim Chim Che-ree' through the whole book and read it in one and a half days.
Enjoyed how Hill wrote his female protagonist. "I like the idea of being so big I can easily trample over lesser beings" - about being heavily pregnant. And obsessed with Mary Poppins. Spit spot.
panYou could literally read book 1 and 9 and get the story. The middle was drawn out.
#GratefulReads Day 7: My #FavoriteBookishItem will have to be bookmarks. Here are the bookmarks my husband helped me create/print out for my #ScreamsByMail #HorrorPostalBookClub. :)
panI believe this is a case of Who is your daddy and What does he do? This was not even a horror book!
I did absolutely nothing this past week...nothing
Oh well Tomorrow is a new day/week! 4/30 #bfcr3 #bookfitnesschallenge @wanderinglynn @julesG @LibrarianJen @Moony @CocoReads @britt_brooke @Reecaspieces @jb72 @Eeyore031370 @CaroPi
Catching up on chores today.
#teamletsdothis #BFC3 #bookfitnesschallenge @wanderinglynn @julesG @LibrarianJen @Moony @CocoReads @britt_brooke @Reecaspieces @jb72 @Eeyore031370 @CaroPi
I hope everyone had a great weekend!
Audiobooks are an awesome way to keep up in my book while I'm commuting or exercising. I love Libby because I can get both versions and alternate. Actually in this case, I did the entire audiobook and then went back and read the book on Kindle.
#24in48 #audiobookchallenge #hachetteaudiobooks
@24in48
This book exists, yet people talk about The Dinner by Herman Koch having “unlikeable characters?” 🤷🏻♀️
I just reread NOS4A2 so that I can watch the TV series, and I thought I‘d give The Fireman another shot. I can‘t seem to get past a quarter of the book. Did anyone else have that problem? Does the story get better? I loved NOS4A2 but this one I‘m not sure about.
Because my drive to work has been awful lately, with tons of construction delays, I‘ve taken to audio driving. So now my #bookoutlet orders look like this! 👀 📚
Proud of my son every day, but especially when he‘s photographed saving a 🐶
pickWe just finished The Fireman by Joe Hill! When I picked it up from the library I was a tad worried about what I had gotten myself into. I was pleasantly surprised to fly through all 747 pages in 3 sittings! I couldn't put it down! 📖 I would recommend this book to anyone willing to read it! 5/5 🔥
#catsoflitsy #litsycats
pickFun read about a fantastic yet plausible end of times. Horror/adventure. I'm a lazy reviewer.
“‘Do you like eighties music, Nurse Willowes?‘
‘Can we discuss the oldies another time?‘
‘What? What? The oldies? I‘ve already had a man kicking in my ribs, and now you pull out my heart.‘”
#QuotsyApr19 | 20: #Record
📷: Made with Typorama
pickOn its face, this is a novel about a deadly spore that was introduced into the world by the melting ice caps. The deeper story is about the heights and depths of human experience, the story each human life holds, and the desire of humanity to live that story together.
I wanted to see more of the eponymous Fireman and the final “twists” seemed obvious to me, but it was still an excellent story from Joe Hill.
#Booked2019 | #CliFi
📷: Libby
I didn‘t get to read last night because it‘s fire department banquet season (one was last night and one is next weekend) so I am making up for it hardcore this morning with more progress on my #readersgonnaread book!
However I did somehow win one of the centerpieces for the 2nd year in a row ! 🤷🏼♀️
😍💖🙏 Thank you @Erofan your package came today, I am so happy, I didn't know you were sending anything (big hugs for you and Masha)
Tell her thank you for the letter it warmed my heart and you have cheered me up. 💖💖💖💖📚
#penpals #worldwidepost
Just seen this at 99p for kindle....
https://amzn.to/2CKgwyt
“To live for others was to live fully; to live only for yourself, a cold kind of death.”
#MarchIntoThe70s | 15: #JealousGuy
📷: Made with Typorama
“Humanity is worse than flies. If even one dried nugget of offal survives the flames, we‘ll be swarming all over it. Fighting about who owns it and selling the most fragrant chunks to the wealthy and the gullible. You‘re afraid it‘s the End Times because we‘re surrounded by death and ruin. Death and ruin is man‘s preferred ecosystem.”
#QuotsyMar19 | 15: #Beware
📷: Made with Typorama
“There's something horribly unfair about dying in the middle of a good story, before you have a chance to see how it all comes out. Of course, I suppose everyone ALWAYS dies in the middle of a good story, in a sense. Your own story. Or the story of your grandchildren. Death is a raw deal for narrative junkies.”
#QuotsyMar19 | 7: #Book
📷: Made with Typorama
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It was exciting!!! The world is on fire, the nurse, who doesn't give up, the mysterious fireman and the strange black with gold markings in the form of hieroglyphs 😱 The tragedy of the world is accompanied by a little of cute humor and innocent love! The main idea of the book is the conviction that whatever tragedy happened to humanity, people are able to aggravate it 😔
#JoeHill #TheFireman
“You know, we might‘ve fucked up the planet, sucking out all the oil, melting the ice caps, allowing ska music to flourish, but we made Coca-Cola, so goddamn it, people weren‘t all bad.”
I could not stop thinking about coke fizz. So that‘s all I got. Though I now know I have to read this book!
#TimbitTunes | 27: #MoneyCityManiacs
📷: Made with Typorama
pickI've been listening to this at work the last few days. I loved it. I haven't read too much by Joe Hill, but I have liked what I've read. I look forward to finding more stuff by him.
🔥 To live for others was to live fully; to live only for yourself, a cold kind of death 🔥
#JoeHill #Fireman
so-soThe premise of the story was promising but it never turned into a solid storyline. It felt like lots of rambling about the people living in the commune. It‘s a very long story that could have been told in half the size of the book. I will read another book from this author so he can redeem himself in my eyes. 😉
1. OMG! Teleport!! Don‘t want to know all the dreck & craziness in people‘s heads, and imagine being able to teleport to Paris or London, to a peaceful mountain cabin or a beach in Fiji instantly! You could see the whole world without the hassle or expense of traveling. Now I‘m sad that I can‘t actually do it! 😢
2. Finally read my signed copy! 👨🚒
3. Get fit, get organized, & lots of bookish resolves.
4. Rewatching Breaking Bad
#friyayintro
pickThis was an entertaining read, full of action, suspense, and lots of Stand Easter eggs. IMHO, it‘s a little chaotic and could have benefited from a tighter focus, and the ending (again, in my opinion), somewhat falls short. Regardless of these issues, I couldn‘t turn the pages fast enough to find out what happens.
The book sleeve I‘m using for my current read. I think they make a lovely couple, don‘t you? 🔥👨🚒🐉
pickI read NOS4A2 a couple years ago and didn‘t like it, but I gave this book to my father last Xmas and he loved it. I‘m so glad I gave Hill another try as this is a hell of a book. Also, Kate Mulgrew as the narrator! Amazing. Where do I go from here? What‘s your favourite Joe Hill novel?
It was a decade before Joe Hill's publisher found out who his famous daddy was.
pickReally good, filled with action, with enough humor and tragedy to keep it human.
Just finished and wow! I loved every minute of it. Kate Mulgrew‘s narration couldn‘t have been any better. This is my favorite Joe Hill so far.
I am loving this so far. Kate Mulgrew provides the perfect narration.
My hold has FINALLY come in! I am so excited to start this one.
#quotsynov18 #giving @TK-421
Yesterday I was talking to my brother about cutting down on my book buying because I can‘t find books that I know that I have. I said that I was going to stick with my TBR, the library, and free books for a while. Technically these books were free, but a free will donation was asked for to benefit St. Jude‘s Hospital. So guess who gave a donation.
bailedGuys, I'm so sorry but I'm going to bail on this one. I had this on a hiatus but now I can't seem to get back into the story. It's dragging so much. It's me, not the book really- I've been falling into a bit of a reading slump. So, @scripturient I'll try to get this into the mail for you tomorrow or early next week! This started out interesting but I don't care about the characters anymore...
pickI can‘t think of a single thing that I didn‘t like about this book, and I‘m not sure what took me so long to get to it. I loved the premise, the writing is solid, the characters are fantastic, and the story just flows along in such a way that it was very hard to stop listening. 🔥
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pick4/5🔥. I really enjoyed this book. It was exactly what I needed.
Book six of Halloween reading. Finished The Night Circus last night and was blown away by the book. Last year I read The Heart - Shaped Box and creepied out by the book.
pickWhat a riveting listen!!! This kicks off my first Spooky read of October - and I couldn‘t stop listening to this one at all- I gasped out loud, startled my loved ones and could barely #AudioColor through the thrills! I‘m going to have to re-read NOS4RTU to see which of his books I like the best... it‘s a tough call between the two!!
Late-night reading this #chunkster about a virus that threatens #AllThePeopleInTheWorld to spontaneously combust...what?! I'm reading this for my #HorrorPost bookclub #ScreamsByMail and this was selected by the lovely @GatheringBooks. I'm 300 pages in and enjoying it but I have to admit I'm sensing a few issues. A plot-driven absorbing read is just what I need to plough through my cold, though!
#SeptemberDanes @Cinfhen @Kalalalatja
