tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post6308240058166177310..comments2023-08-29T06:28:14.152-05:00Comments on Dragonfly's Poetry & Prolixity: Lady Marion to the Dark Tower CameMarionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-84330350349091912232012-01-11T06:56:59.498-06:002012-01-11T06:56:59.498-06:00My ex-husband loved "The Dark Tower" ser...My ex-husband loved "The Dark Tower" series. <br><br>I haven't read any King since I loved the Green Mile. Not sure why.<br><br>I'll go to Amazon to catch "Blueshifting" and leave a comment on your review. I can't vote, natch, because I'm one of your friends there. So silly.<br><br>quidquidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06954222271507913856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-57277061782578497382012-01-10T20:29:47.319-06:002012-01-10T20:29:47.319-06:00I haven't done the Dark Tower series yet but, ...I haven't done the Dark Tower series yet but, on your recommendation, I'm going to have to! I loved 11/23/63, too, and have no doubt I'll read it again. Lord only knows what all I missed by devouring it so fast.<br><br>Have fun with your mama! She is such a doll.<br>xoSerenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798532682456165053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-62370206708668847372012-01-10T17:45:36.974-06:002012-01-10T17:45:36.974-06:00I might interrupt your series and send you my chap...I might interrupt your series and send you my chapbook of poems ;-)Ben Dittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637997946476963455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-40996180856846282332012-01-10T15:44:14.011-06:002012-01-10T15:44:14.011-06:00when i read the dark tower series, i didn't wa...when i read the dark tower series, i didn't want to go anywhere. i worked, and i stayed in instead of going to the bars, and when i did go out it was with a mind to read a few pages before going to bed. i have a milestone in my life while holding one of the those books in my hands. i read them all until the wolves of calla, which came out a few weeks after i caught up to that point, which was sweet. i had just quit my job and was unwinding from the daily grind, literally feeling the physical tension within me unwind. i went to a park with my dog, read in the grass with him at my side watching squirrels and occasionally chasing one. a plane flew high overhead, i put the book down on my chest and said softly, is this heaven? <br><br>(and now i'm trying to get back into the daily grind:)<br><br>i was one of those kids who read king, and if i didn't read king i wouldn't have read anything. king is a master storyteller. the stand was his leanest and meanest and best, i say. but the gunslinger series was special, too. iconic as well.<br><br>happy reading, bookslut. that's a hoot:) and have fun with mama. the stove detail is a hoot too:)Ed Pilollahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09139531369534586168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-35640011960138774602012-01-10T00:28:37.157-06:002012-01-10T00:28:37.157-06:00I love King...except that stupid DOME. Jeeze, was ...I love King...except that stupid DOME. Jeeze, was I ever bored. And you coulda killed someone with a blow to the head with that monstrous book. Haven't read the Dark Tower series...but well...now I'm interested because you like it :)<br><br>Wish I could meet Mama. Make her smoke outside Marion. I don't wan her sullying MY room! *snort*<br><br>Love youWine and Wordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06778785233226804217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-5772845074884516562012-01-09T17:57:12.921-06:002012-01-09T17:57:12.921-06:00I wondered what happened to you, too (oh, me of li...I wondered what happened to you, too (oh, me of little faith). Love the new look, the quotes, your poems. Mr. King? Jury's still out. But when you become addicted to a book, an author, a series, there is only one thing to do. And you're doing it. Enjoy!<br><br>Your mom sounds great!dshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-61138583395660289842012-01-09T15:30:24.255-06:002012-01-09T15:30:24.255-06:00Erin, Mama would love you, too. After all, cajuns...Erin, Mama would love you, too. After all, cajuns are descendants of Acadian exiles (French-speakers from Acadia in what are now the Canadian Maritimes). :-)Listening to books is good for kids. I read hundreds of books to my two, and it they'd had audio books back then, I'd have used those, too. xo<br><br>James, love the quote from Roland. I don't know how you did it having to wait for each book. I'm reading almost a book a day I'm so into the story...but they are getting longer and I'm trying to slow down a bit. My husband is reading behind me, so I have to stay a book ahead of him. LOL! I'll let you know what I think of the ending. Thanks for stopping by!!<br><br>Kelly, you know how it is...and we have had some awesome reading weather here...rainy, chilly and foggy. Too yucky to even go out for food. (Thank goodness for Ramen soup.) LOL! I loved "The Hunger Games" series. I read them all in like three days. I can't imagine how they're going to make those into a movie. Mama will be here by Friday. I can't wait! xoMarionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-15796269135149635112012-01-09T13:40:07.030-06:002012-01-09T13:40:07.030-06:00Marion, I envy you for having all seven Dark Tower...Marion, I envy you for having all seven Dark Tower novels in your hands at once!! I had to read them as they were published, a year apart (imagine the suspense!) -- and then had to wrestle my daughter for who would have first shot as each became available :-) And she usually won. I lived in the world of the Tower and the One Rose..... No spoilers, but when you finish the series, I'd love to know what you think of the end. <br><br>I'm still only about halfway through <i>11/22/63</i>, but I'm happy with it.<br><br>King is a <b>great</b> writer. I understand the staying up unto the middle of the night. I think I've done that with most of his books.<br><br><i>I do not shoot with my hand.<br>He who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.<br>I shoot with my mind.<br><br>I do not kill with my gun.<br>He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.<br>I kill with my heart.</i>James Owenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07614935078978354375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-34782985961228374592012-01-09T11:23:37.017-06:002012-01-09T11:23:37.017-06:00marion, god how i love your mother!:)andrew listen...marion, god how i love your mother!:)<br><br>andrew listened to this series on tape (i know, i know - he should have read it) but he was absolutley enthralled with it, taken under and so while i am not a king fan either, i understand your consumption. enjoy! and we'll see you soon.<br><br>xo<br>erinerinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16636371927224076866noreply@blogger.com