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King in Brief

Everything's Eventual by Stephen King

February 27, 2020 by jeverett15 Leave a Comment

Everything’s Eventual is a collection of fourteen stories, all of which were published in the ’90s or very early 2000s. Occasionally that comes through with halting references to email or other tech stuff of that era, but for the most part the stories are somewhat timeless. Quality-wise they are a mixed bag, as I suppose all short story collections are. I’ve been reading this collection inbetween other books for a few months new, so in writing this review I struggled to remember what the lesser […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: Stephen King

jeverett15's CBR12 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: Stephen King ·
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YA Dark Tower – Try to change my mind

The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub

February 27, 2020 by thewheelbarrow 1 Comment

I bought this book years ago during a two-for-one deal on Audible and planned to listen during a long car ride. That car ride finally happened this month. I picked the Talisman because I knew it was very connected to The Dark Tower AND it was read by Frank Mueller, who IMHO is the voice of The Dark Tower. The Talisman was not at all what I expected but what I should have expected. The oversimplification is that it is a shorter, YA version of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Stephen King, Stephen King and Peter Straub, The Dark Tower

thewheelbarrow's CBR12 Review No:6 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Stephen King, Stephen King and Peter Straub, The Dark Tower ·
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Are we sure this isn’t Breakers backstory?

The Institute by Stephen King

February 27, 2020 by thewheelbarrow 1 Comment

This is the book that made me a Stephen King fan. I read and loved The Dark Tower but I still held the belief that King was a horror writer and that is not really my thing. The Institute is a thriller with elements of suspense, fantasy, and science fiction. The protagonist is twelve years old so I’m sure the argument could be made that it is YA (I think it is appropriate for young adult readers but should not be categorized as YA as […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: Stephen King

thewheelbarrow's CBR12 Review No:4 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: Stephen King ·
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That Was Long

The Stand (Complete and Uncut) by Stephen King

January 24, 2020 by caragwapa Leave a Comment

When I was as kid, like maybe 12 or 13, every Sunday after church, my family would go the the mall where we had a store selling outdoor equipment.  Across our store was a used bookstore.  I would spend hours reading while my parents did errands or whatever.  At the end of the day, they let me choose one book that I could buy.  I was a very fast reader and devoured books so for practicality’s sake (to make the book last longer), I always […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: horror, Post Apocalyptic, post apocalytpic, Stephen King

caragwapa's CBR12 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: horror, Post Apocalyptic, post apocalytpic, Stephen King ·
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Sure you have.

Needful Things by Stephen King

January 23, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is the last of the Stephen King novels that came out when I was a kid. I think the ones that I haven’t read yet past this one, I was at least in college for, and will get to those eventually. But I specifically remember my older brother going out and getting this one, and bringing it home, and the large hardback book, with the dark cover with the shop window lighted on it. It’s also a movie we watched together, but I hadn’t […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: Needful Things, Stephen King

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:35 · Genres: Horror · Tags: Needful Things, Stephen King ·
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I’m horrible

American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer

The Institute by Stephen King

Mountain Man by Keith C. Blackmore

In Distant Lands: A Short History of the Crusades by Lars Brownworth

December 30, 2019 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

I’ve been bad the last couple months. I finished all these books by early October, and have probably started a dozen books since then without finishing anything. And I’ve been reading Brandon Sanderson’s Misborn for about three months. I’m liking it, but I just can’t finish it for whatever reason. This hasn’t been a good Cannonball for me. But, much like my first Cannonball in 2015, I have the birth of a child to blame. Anyway, I’ll still try and review these books the best […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Horror, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: American Prison, criminal justice system, In Distant Lands, Keith C Blackmore, Lars Brownworth, mountain man, Shane Bauer, Stephen King, the Crusades, the institute

ingres77's CBR11 Review No:27 · Genres: Fiction, History, Horror, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: American Prison, criminal justice system, In Distant Lands, Keith C Blackmore, Lars Brownworth, mountain man, Shane Bauer, Stephen King, the Crusades, the institute ·
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