That kind of sums up how I'm feeling at the moment. It's nearly 9pm and my house is still hot, I'm definitely not a hot weather person.
I've been away from the internet lately as I have been busy reading and catching up on DVDs this past week. I've caught up on my recent release horrors and I can honestly say that there was not one good one amongst them (!) apart from The Thing - Prequel which I did enjoy; the special affects were pretty good.
I re-watched Kick Ass (twice) - which has to be the coolest movie of the decade (I love the Big Daddy Warehouse scene) - it has the lot, great story, great visual, great acting and a fantastic score. The violence is pretty intense, but somehow acceptable because you know it's based on a comic strip. Plus, it's pretty real as the characters really do get hurt. I love it.
I finished 11/22/63 by Stephen King and what a relief it was to read something by him that I could enjoy once again. It was a great premise - if you could go back in time would you stop the assassination of President Kennedy? It isn't a task that is taken lightly and the outcome sends ripples through time that are disastrous. There were some seriously 'corny' elements which annoyed me and I guess King must be a dud in bed as his love scenes were terrible. BUT, on the whole it was a damn good story which had me wanting to know how it was going to end.
My audio book at the moment is a little gem! I picked it up at the library and apparently it was initially a Podcast read by the author (Scott Sigler) who has a cult following. I am finding the narration a little iffy - it's extremely American and one of the character voices comes across sounding like a gay character from South Park. However, Infected is infectious - it's a great story about a biological threat to humans - those who are infected become murderous psychopaths. Just my type of novel. What I really like about it though are the biological elements which are taken from real life science and make the story feel quite plausible.
If you have read a great sci fi or horror lately I'd love to know about it. It's so hard finding something new to read.
Maxine
The only Stephen King's book I've read is "Bag of Bones", whose first half I found boring probably because of the long-winded narrative about how the protagonist missed his dead wife. I've desisted from his books since then, but now I'm tempted to check out 11/22/63.
ReplyDeleteI watched "Kick Ass" last year, and loved its portrayal of how vulnerable heros can be. It's all about the heart; not the powers.