Madame_Furie has just finished Interview. She reads it every few years... Has since 1984 or something LOL!
I read Interview, and then "The Vampire Lestat". I tried Queen of the damned and "The Vampire Armand", but found them both tedious.
Interview is a good book though, I was shocked because I thought the film was pretty gash. "Lestat" was good just because it's set in late 15th/early 16th century Venice and I loved the setting - just out of my favourite period and the wrong country, but close enough
I'm currently reading
Under the dome - Stephen King's latest epic disasterpiece. It's been pretty standard "king fayre" so far, and running into the last 5th of the book, it looks like the ending will be predictably awful too.
It's like The Stand, crossed with Needful Things, crossed with Dreamcatcher... Yeah, it doesn't sound so good when you put it like that (though I do have a secret love for Needful Things, I recognise it's pretty awful really).
Also, paperbacks thicker than they are wide = chore!
Actually, I've not finished it, but it's so predictable I'll give a final review anyway.
Better than Cell, but still a long way from classic King. He's picked up some of the "page turner" ability again though, and for the most part, it's got a good "one more chapter, then bed, honest" vibe going on. Then there are bits you just don't care about and it's annoying.
You don't feel for any off the characters really, they're all simple clichés, he's spending less time on character description, location description and scene setting and more time on action, action, action... Bits of old King flash through, but it's predictable, shallow and mildly satisfying for it
If you want a big book that's easy to read with a bit of violence, conspiracy and decent escapism, go for it. If you're after a deep story, with complex characters and superb descriptive writing - avoid. 3/5