Barnes & Noble Nook discussion

The Passage. This book promises to be quite creepy and interesting! Please remember to add comments to this thread as you read. . . if you can momentarily tear yourself away from this book. Let the chills begin!

just bought mine. finishing another book tonight. hopefully will start the passage tonight or tomorrow. I can't wait.

It's being made into a movie, awesome! I haven't started it yet. Again, a book I wouldn't choose to read myself, so I hope it's good!

Well hope you all enjoy this book I read it last month and had trouble going out after dark for awhie- still creeps me out some.... really made me think and feel changed not sure how to discribe this. Oh this isn't probably one idea read myself either but once started I really wanted to see where it was going and didn't have any desire to read anything else.

Just starting, hope it's good!

I'm at about page 210 and I just want to say this: try very, very hard to get to this part of the book IN THE DAYTIME! It's the kind of creepy book that I have to set down once and awhile. . . . and just do something like laundry! I haven't felt this way since reading "Under the Dome!"

Just started reading but I have to finish my packing before I can read more. Leaving tomorrow to see my grandkids in Kansas, but will definately read at the airport and on the plane.

I already have 'The Passage' and plan to read it soon, but can't right now. I will be joining the discussion eventually though!

WOW you guys make it sounds really terrifying...now I'm excited to read! I'll be joining you guys soon!

I haven't had time to really dig into it yet, but what I have read I've liked.

Just got my nook yesterday, I'll have to try and hop into this book once I'm finished with my other one.

I finished it last month, and it's a great book. I can't wait for part 2 and 3. I heard that the author was on Good Morning America not too long ago, and Stephen King called him and complemented him on a great book. I just hope they can do the book justice with a movie.

just finished it a few days ago!! such a great read, really looking forward to the follow up book, though I wish I knew details about its release.

The Passage is ready and waiting for me on my nook. I've heard mixed reviews of it from those who don't normally read this type of book (like me) but I'm willing to give it a go.

I am on page 181. This book is really long, so I'm trying to take my time. I don't want to forget anything along the way. I normally wouldn't pick this book to read, but I like it so far. I'll update more as I read. Enjoy:)

I'm about halfway into this book, enjoying it.

I finished this yesterday afternoon (after not budging from the sofa for the last 300 pages. Luckily it was a Sunday and I didn't have anywhere I needed to be!), and I really loved it. I've always been a fan of post-apocalyptic stories, so this was a natural fit for me. Can't wait until the second book to come out, though, as Cronin really leaves some big things open at the end.

Just dove in...only at Chapter 3 so far, but definitely enjoying it!

Danica wrote: "It's being made into a movie, awesome! I haven't started it yet. Again, a book I wouldn't choose to read myself, so I hope it's good!"

i also would not have chosen this book but read it anyways from all the good feedback and i was hooked and so sorry for it be over-it definitely leaves you needing more instead of wanting more and i heard we have to wait 18 months for the next one!!( and then 2 yrs for the 3rd one)-didn't know it was gonna be a moive - awesome - i was thinking it would be a cool video game my boys would like-maybee thats next.

I want to read this book at some point but I'm not up to tackling it right now because of the length, I have a lot of other book I want to read in the next few months

I'm on about page 100 and don't see what the hype is about. I'm not bored but am anxiously awaiting for it to get as good as everyone says.

I think I've been jaded by reading all the other vampire/zombie/apocalypse stuff I've read - I'm just not finding it as creepy as some have said. Don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying it, I'm just not finding the creep factor.

Shari wrote: "I'm on about page 100 and don't see what the hype is about. I'm not bored but am anxiously awaiting for it to get as good as everyone says."

I'm feeling the same way, but I am on page 326. I hope it gets better. I don't not like the book, but it is not as good as I thought it would be so far. I am hopeful that I will surprise me in the end.

Camilla wrote: "I think I've been jaded by reading all the other vampire/zombie/apocalypse stuff I've read - I'm just not finding it as creepy as some have said. Don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying it, I'm just not f..."

I didn't either, Camilla. I loved the book, but thought The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro was a lot scarier. I gave both books 5 stars.

That's really funny - I just finished The Passage yesterday morning, and started The Strain last night. I haven't gotten very far, though (just moved the plane off the runway). I gave The Passage 4 stars. I liked it a lot, but I don't see me ever reading it again. Who knows, though...I might need to reread it by the time the 3rd comes out!

Finished The Strain a couple of weeks ago and it was a great read, good and scary. Hope Susan and Camilla you enjoy it as much as I did.

Well, I finished The Passage the other day, and I really enjoyed it. I didn't find the ending disappointing - but then again, I already knew that it's the 1st in a trilogy. I have to admit, it wasn't quite what I expected. I don't want to post spoilers, so I won't get into details.

I started reading The passage with a few online friends on another board. who is doing audio, kindle and reading a book so it should be interesting.

Oh by the way I'm not into scary so hope it isn't that bad.

Donnajo wrote: "Oh by the way I'm not into scary so hope it isn't that bad."

I wouldn't call the book scary, but it is tense.

So...do we have a certain point when it's ok to post with spoilers? We can't really discuss this book without spoiling it for those who haven't finished, so I was just wondering if we could agree on a point when we'd just tell those who hadn't finished not to read our posts anymore.

I'm 25 pages in if you can call it that. It hasn't grabbed me yet. But I have other regular books going too and that probably is the problem. One I can't wait to get back to today.

Camilla, I've wondered the same thing with this book. . . about how to talk about it without not spoiling it for others. I think we're at a point where we can just start discussing it, given that we're already taking nominations for the September book. If you think it has a spoiler, just start your comment with "SPOILER", and hopefully that'll alert others who haven't finished it yet to proceed with caution.

I'm not very good at anticipating what will happen next in a book, but I found myself being unusually surprised at the turns this book would take.

I just checked out The Strain and will have to get this one.. Looks GREAT! Thanks for posting about it!

So, is anyone else kinda put out with how the book ended? Even knowing it's the first of three, I don't like cliffhanger endings. It reeks of "buy the next book to find out more" instead of "this portion of the story is neatly wrapped up and don't you want to know the rest of the story?" Not to mention at 866 pages for the first book, how long are the 2nd and 3rd book going to be? I don't know that I liked The Passage enough to invest time and money in book 2 and 3. Anyone else?

I thought it was pretty well wrapped up. I mean, we pretty much know what happened to most of the characters, they wrapped up, oh shoot, whatshisname the big vamp, and we just have our remaining party to wonder about. And to me that seems like the perfect stopping place. The next mission starts in the next book. I can see how it could be irritating, but I thought it was nicely done.

I was okay with the ending and don't mind the cliff hangers. I'll be eagerly awaiting book 2. 1 viral down....

Lesli wrote: "So, is anyone else kinda put out with how the book ended? Even knowing it's the first of three, I don't like cliffhanger endings. It reeks of "buy the next book to find out more" instead of "this..."

It's not so bad if you start the series after the books are out, which is usually what happens for me anyway.

Worst case scenario, if you only mildly like a book, you can always get the follow-ups at the library. This one I'm on a really long waiting list for though, so I'll miss this month's discussion. I was going to purchase it, but realized that I had a few pre-orders coming up that took higher priority.

I would have been very content to travel along through this book for another 1600 pages or so (the next two books) and continue to find out what happens! I didn't like how it ended, primarily because it ended!

But in reading this book, I realized that if you have a main character, a creature who lives across many generations, lots of the other characters are going to die off along the way. I tend to get attach to characters; I don't like so many of them dying off and then I have to somehow come to terms with a new batch. (I probably would have made a lousy kindergarten teacher--not 'cause they die off like characters in a Cronin novel, but because they'd always be being replaced by the next batch. . . . and just when I'd finally be getting their names straight, and who the "demon children" were!)

finally up to book 2. And I made the size smaller and the font from extra large to medium and I forgot the font and it's alot easier with more on a page and only maybe 2 nook pages before it changes the page on bottom.

Finally finished this book today. The first bfb on the nookette. What book I'll start next on the nook I'm not too sure about.