al_bundy

now i know where Jerry Springer gets half his show ideas

reading the free kindle version

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Wick

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

I started it last night, a couple hours after finishing Under the Dome. I'm just past page 50, of 260.

writer106

I just finished reading it earlier today. I first learned about the book when it was reviewed by Entertainment Weekly. I had never read the fiction books by the author but the description of the memoir sounded very interesting and I wrote the book down on list I keep of books that sound interesting and found it recently at Borders.

I like the book. It was a hard book to read because the author shows the different stages of emotions he through over the years and there were times it was hard to like the author but eventually you sympathized a lot with him.

jfoobar

How many pages is it?

Actually, the unabridged version has a newer forward from King that explains why he re-released it that way.

JAA

I wouldn't worry about it. Some, like me, just hated the revisionist 'modernization' of an already classic book. It's a bit like a music artist re-recording something 10,20 or 30 years after the fact and saying "I now want this to be considered my definitive version . . . it's what I meant to do." Yeah, right.

Sean O'Hara

With the Stand, the original release is correct and the "uncut" version is the bastardized. King did a really half-assed job updating it. For example, there's a reference to Stu serving in Vietnam; in the original release, that would make him 30, while in the revised edition it makes him 40. King should've cut the reference, but he overlooked it and now the relationship with Stu and Frannie is a bit creepy.

Travis McClain

I don't want to instigate anything political in this thread, but yesterday I saw a thing in the news about how President George W. Bush is "through with politics" and wants nothing to do with the spotlight anymore. That reminded me that I still hadn't started Second Acts: Presidential Lives and Legacies After the White House by Mark K. Updegrove, so I cracked it open late last night. I read the introduction (which seemed extraneous and repetitive) and then the first chapter, about President Truman which I really enjoyed. I'm really looking forward to the rest of this one!

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writer106

My uncle told me about this book. He enjoyed it. It would be a very interesting book to read as way of seeing what former leaders do after they leave office.

writer106

I just started this reading this today.

Travis McClain

I heard about it on an episode of the Stuff You Missed in History Class podcast, and turned up a copy at Half Price Books. It's been sitting on my bookshelf for months, so I'm glad to finally get to it. Plus, after Alec Guinness and Adam West it's a nice change of pace.

rocketsauce

Not sure on the pages as I'm reading it on my kindle, but I know it's the updated version because it had the forward in it.

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iggystar

Thanks for the reply!

iggystar

Cool, I'll have to check it out.

If I don't have a list, I'm lost at the bookstore. I hope there will still be bookstores left to browse actual books though, especially Borders.

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