Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

When the End Comes

Cult X by Fuminori Nakamura

Cell by Stephen King

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I recently read two books with apocalyptic overtones. Neither were great but both were eminently readable, if weird and unfocused… Cult X * Well then. It’s almost impossible for a book as popular as Fuminori Nakamura’s Cult X to get anything less than a 3+ star rating on GoodReads. A book usually has enough vociferous defenders who give it gratuitous 5s to put it over the top. That this one was hovering at 2.97 when I picked it up was not a good sign for […]

Cell – Stephen King (2006)

Cell by Stephen King

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I first read this when it came out in 2006, and I thought then, and maintain now, that the conceit, as presented in the title of the book and the promotional material for the book is dumb as hell, but the book itself, is smarter. “Your number is up!” the book cover screams! But the book itself, where, one afternoon some kind of “pulse” goes through cell phones causing each user who happens to be on a call at the moment, and anyone making a […]

Titles, shmitels. He’s rich.

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Stephen King is the undisputed master of horror. He’s written about everything from rabid dogs to aliens, to plagues that wipe out most of humanity; he’s covered ghosts, vampires, serial killers, and the visceral terror of evil manifested as a clown. Hell, he’s even covered machines coming to life with murderous intent. He’s done it all. But it took until 2006 for him to cover zombies? Weird. Especially considering that the real villain here doesn’t seem to be the zombified denizens of New England, but […]



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