Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

It was his only pause.

From a Buick 8 by Stephen King

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With a few exceptions, I didn’t read any Stephen King books that came out from about 2000-2009 or so until past 2010 when I moved back south. This is one of the books I missed as it came out, and it’s a curious book. Ostensibly the takes place in two main threads, the present and the past. In the present we are watching Ned Wilcox, surviving son of dead Pennsylvania State Trooper, hanging out at his father’s former post and slowly working his way into […]

Don’t worry. I’m a trained nurse.

Misery by Stephen King

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Paul Sheldon is a serious novel more famous for his unserious romance novels that he hates writing. He wakes up from a carwreck to someone giving him mouth to mouth, fades out, wakes up again in a bed, and is met by his self-proclaimed number one fan. He becomes quickly aware that the situation is not normal — not in a hospital room, in pain and being witheld pain medication, and things begin to get worse as he realizes that Annie’s fanaticism is fueled by […]

Not at all what I was expecting. #CBRBingo – Birthday

Firestarter by Stephen King

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I’ve read a fair amount of Stephen King by this point, and this is one of the better ones. Aside from some dated language and ideas (fatphobia, gender essentialism, homophobic/racist language used mostly by bad guys), I liked this one almost as much as I like Misery. Good villains, simple but effective story. Just a really well done horror/suspense novel. The 1980s just ooze from every page. I actually wasn’t anticipating the intensity of this novel. It opens in the middle of things, and our […]

His quarry had burned the devil-grass, of course.

The Gunslinger by Stephen King

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I mean I guess I just decided to reread The Dark Tower. I’ve read the whole thing once, but this is probably my 4th or 5th time through The Gunslinger and I’ve read The Drawing of the Three twice before. So what’s interesting this time around is knowing where I’m headed, which is kind of ironic about rereading all things considered (sneaky spoiler joke). But what strikes me about this time through is how much richer this book is than how I remembered it, given […]

HOLD UP. This is the first of a trilogy? Yikes. Part of me wants to know more, and part of me is just too tired.

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

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I feel like a bit of a failure as a reader (well, a listener) after this experience. This was not easy. I really wanted to love this story. It was beautifully imagined and written. This story had everything: drama, action, humor, and adventure. The audiobook performance was unbelievable. The African mythology it was based upon made me want to know more. And yet, I barely made it to the end. From Amazon: Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: “He […]

“Nobody was really surprised when it happened, not really, not on the subconscious level where savage things grow.”

Carrie by Stephen King

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#CBR11Bingo — #bannedbooks The first time I read this book was the summer before I went into 8th grade. A friend at camp had her mom’s copy of The Shining, which we all read, and became obsessed with. The next time I went to the library, I headed right over to the Adult “K” section, and found a paperback of Carrie, sitting along with Firestarter, ‘Salem’s Lot, The Cycle of the Werewolf, Night Shift, and a few other King titles. I read them all that […]



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