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Bag of Bones by Stephen King

September 1, 2019 by TheShitWizard 2 Comments

In my very long Stephen King reading history, it’s a rare book of his that I don’t enjoy (The Talisman, The Dark Half and The Regulators are the only books so far to really hold that distinction). While Bag of Bones doesn’t quite rate as one of his best for me, it’s definitely up there – I read this big, fat book in just two sittings, with Sara Laughs and the residents of the TR being so vividly rendered that I even dreamed about it […]

Definitely A Product of Its Time

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

August 23, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I read this shortly before the movie came out although I didn’t end up seeing the movie. I like the idea of horror, and I enjoy reading it on occasion, but I don’t like watching it that much. I used to, but at some point, I decided I didn’t like jump scares, and haven’t really watched much horror since. I did see Get Out, but it was at home and during the day. The thing is the story itself is intriguing and I can absolutely […]

Fitting Conclusion to a Solid King Story

End of Watch by Stephen King

August 23, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

In the six years since Bill Hodges and his odd ball team thwarted Brady Hartsfield’s attempt to blow up a concert, Bill and Holly have run the agency Finders Keepers, being official partners rather than boss and employee ever since the case in the novel Finders Keepers. Jerome is taking a semester off from Harvard to work with Habitat for Humanity in Arizona. Bill has even stopped his regular visits to Hartsfield’s hospital room to check in on the status of the recovery. In other […]

Executioner’s Psalm

The Green Mile by Stephen King

August 4, 2019 by jeverett15 Leave a Comment

cbr11bingo – Reading the TBR. Stephen King can seemingly write a story any way he puts his mind to, and here he is in a decidedly Dickensian bent. Intentionally echoing the serial publication of Dickens’s novels, The Green Mile was initially published in six paperback installments, at monthly intervals. The story itself is told in flashback by an aged former prison guard named Paul Edgecombe, writing from the sunroom of his retirement home. In between dodging a contemptuous employee and spending quality time with a […]

Not my wheelhouse, but it could be (Bingo #2)

Carrie by Stephen King

August 3, 2019 by ElCicco 2 Comments

Cbr11bingo Not my wheelhouse I don’t like being scared. Never have. When I was a kid, I had to leave the room if a commercial for a scary movie or show came on. I never wanted to go to haunted houses at Halloween, and I would avoid trick or treating at houses where it looked like someone was going to try to scare me. A few cannonballs ago, I reviewed Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle, which is a dark story but […]

Love of Reading Gone Wrong

Finders Keepers by Stephen King

July 31, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: Birthday (Stephen King’s birthday is 21 September) Even though I quite liked Mr. Mercedes, I can’t say I was that interested in more novels with the characters. Based on who had and hadn’t survived in Mr. Mercedes, I felt like it ended well as it was, and I didn’t necessarily want to continue reading more about some of the characters without others also being around. However, I still ended up downloading the two other novels in the trilogy when I was granted a […]

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