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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

WAKE, and UNDER THE DOME in thirds.

I loved these books!
First up, "For seventeen-year-old Janie, getting sucked into other people's dreams is getting old." Wake's main character slides in and out of the dreams she catches, the moment someone near her falls asleep.  WAKE has voice, chutzpah, and is written in a refreshing third present viewpoint (which works) with a truthful, honest narrative. 

WAKE was released in 2008, but I will put this as one of my favorite books read in 2011, and will definitely pick up the sequel, FADE.


On the other side of the literary world, "
On a beautiful autumn day in Maine, a transparent dome materializes over the town of Chester’s Mill. Once the Dome falls, all vestiges of normal life are suspended. Things run amok. They get scary."


UNDER THE DOME, by Steven King is a study in dizzying third-person omniscient multiple *MULTIPLE* viewpoints. Clocking in at just over 1,000 pages, DOME, is pure scary, graphic King and a terrific study for anyone hopping around in multiple heads in your works of progress.

If you're a fan of the King *I'm a fan* you won't be disappointed by THE DOME--the book's hefty, but hard to put down.  A win/win with a terrific read, and a good upper body workout.

4 comments:

  1. Haven't read either of these, but DYING to read both. Ugh, the size of my tbr pile is ridiculous, but who cares!

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  2. By the way, just noticed blogspot did a rather wonky spacing on this post, gah.

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  3. I love Wake! I'm in the middle of Fade now....also very good so far.

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