It's the tenth!

[eleanoreader]

Once a month book_memes demands to know: What are you reading?

What book are you currently reading?
How far in are you?
What's it about?
Are you enjoying it?


[my answers in comments]

Comments

[somuchforendings]

What book are you currently reading?

Primarily, The Stand by Stephen King

How far in are you?

148/1153. So, not very.

What's it about?

A world-ending flu plague and society afterwards (or so I assume).

Are you enjoying it?

Very much so. I like having the whole background of the primary characters and such before the shit hits the fan. I am hoping that there's a really good reason all the survivor types seem to be having dreams about a cornfield, though (I mean, I know that it IS foreshadowing, I just hope there's a good reason everyone's having the same dream).

[travelingmonkey]

Wow, you've never even seen the movie?? They actually did a really good job on it, given the difficulties to tackle with such a lengthy detailed novel.

[somuchforendings]

No. I try not to watch anything based on a book before reading the book itself, since movies/tv shows (as Stephen King aptly put in the intro to The Stand, actually) tend to limit imagination. That said, I'd only heard of the miniseries vaguely in passing from a few people, none of whom seemed too warm on it, so I never really thought about checking it out.

[travelingmonkey]

I like to read stuff without knowing what's going to happen, but I'm also not going to wait 16 yrs to watch something just 'cause it came from a book I haven't read yet! ;P haha.

[somuchforendings]

Well, if it came out sixteen years ago, then I was only five and didn't have much an interest in Stephen King, lol. But, usually, I see a trailer for a movie I think looks interesting and, if it's based on a book, I read the book then see the movie. So no years involved. In the case of The Stand, though, I'm not particularly interested in watching the movie (though I will probably watch it someday), so there's no waiting involved, either. ;p

[travelingmonkey]

lol, yeah, I get what you're saying. For me, it just kinda depends what it is. I saw Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, and Clear and Present Danger all long before reading the books, and didn't have a problem with it. It depends on the subject, and the individual one in question, too. The thing is, movies of books tend to kind of suck, horribly, in comparison; so lots of times I kind of prefer to see the movie first, so I don't watch it and just get utterly peeved about how horribly they killed it, but instead see it and enjoy it, then go read after, and am pleased by how much better the book was. =P

[draigwen]

Are you reading the unabridged version? I've never read the original cut, but I love the unabridged version for all the extra chapters about what else is going on.

As has already been said, the mini-series is well worth it. I watched it before reading The Stand (it's the reason I got into Stephen King), and I thought after I read the book I'd probably end up hating watching it again. But I can't watch it enough.

[somuchforendings]

Yeah, it's the unabridged version. :)