I wasn’t planning on reading Mr. Mercedes this year. It just sort of happened. And by “it just sort of happened,” I mean that I was looking for audiobooks to feed my audiobook addiction, and saw this was available and then clicked “download,” even though I knew it wasn’t on my list and I would be using it as one of my twenty-five freebies, because I just can’t resist free candy, dammit. I can’t really say I regretted it, though. The universe seems to have […]
Detective story by a horror master
I have very strict rules when it comes to horror, particularly movies. I love supernatural horror — ghosts, demons, haunted houses, etc. — because I know deep down that it’s not real, so it’s not as scary to me. I don’t get obsessive about it. But I can’t handle stuff that could really happen very well — murderers, torturers, kidnappers, etc. — unless they’re overblown and cartoonish. I know murderers exist, and that people have really died in that way, and it just sticks with me […]
And so it begins
For a rabid Stephen King fan, I took a really long time to get to the Dark Tower series. I wanted to wait until it was all done — I’d heard the gasps of Dark Tower fans when King was struck by the van, and I didn’t want to be one of the many stranded with an unfinished series. But then he did finish it, and still I drug my feet, until my best friend (hi Cat!) told me to read the damn thing (I […]
I think people remember this book for the wrong reasons.
Here’s what I knew about Carrie before I picked up this book: 1. Sissy Spacek played Carrie in the movie from the 1970s. 2. There was a scene in a shower with Carrie’s period and tampon throwing. 3. She is a loser who gets invited to the prom by the most popular boy in her class as a cruel joke instigated by her classmates. 4. At the prom, they elect her prom queen and then dump a bucket of pig’s blood on her. She snaps and her telekinetic […]
Revival by Stephen King
And I end my year of reading & reviews with a resounding “meh”. Stephen King’s latest, Revival, had some high points, but mostly it just seemed to drag on in a way that his other novels rarely do for me. Jamie Morton was a six year old boy when he first met his church’s new preacher, Charlie Jacobs. Jacobs, who had an incredible fascination with electricity and its healing capabilities, took an instant liking to little Jamie and they became friends (well, as much as a […]
This Constant Reader feels good about what Uncle Stevie has been up to lately.
About halfway through Revival, I realized something — how much I enjoy reading all of the reviews from my fellow Cannonballers every year. I found myself thinking, wow, this one is pretty good so far. I wonder what popcultureboy (who I usually agree with on all matters King) and TravisJSmith (who usually has the opposite opinion, but I love reading why) think? Have they read it yet? I can’t wait to see what they write… ** I think Revival is one of the strongest, and […]
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