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Review: It

The Book: It, by Stephen King
The Story: In 1958, a group of seven friends came together to fight off a terrible evil that was haunting their town.
In 1985, the evil is back and the friends had made a pact to return and fight again if It ever came back.
Things have changed and they are all [...]

Review: Desperation

The Book: Desperation, by Stephen King
The Story: This is the companion novel that goes with The Regulators. They aren’t a “series” exactly and can be read in any order, but the do have some characters that overlap and a similar storyline. Just so ya know.
Desperation is a town in in-the-middle-of-nowhere Nevada. [...]

Book Blog Hop (13)

I’m back!  We were on vacation last week so I didn’t do the blog hop, and I have to admit I missed it… however, not as much as I enjoyed the sunshine in Florida!  We really had a blast and it made me so excited for summer.  It was hard to come back to snowy, [...]

Review: The Sun Dog

The Book: The Sun Dog, by Stephen King
The Story: Kevin gets a Polaroid Sun instant camera for his 13th birthday, but right away he and his family realize that something is wrong.  The camera doesn’t take pictures of what it is pointed at.  It only takes pictures of a fierce looking dog that’s getting closer [...]

Review: Bag of Bones

The Book: Bag of Bones, by Stephen King
The Story: Mike Noonan is a best-selling author.  He’s kind of goy everything going for him: he’s got a wife that he’s crazy about, tons of money, he loves his job, he has an incredible vacation home on a lake, and life just seems rosy.  One day, his [...]

Flashback Friday: Cujo

Cujo, by Stephen King
This is one of the first times that I noticed that not everyone was hugely into reading like yours truly.  I know I’ve bragged on my mom before but she really is the reason I’m a big reader.  She was always reading to me and around me and providing me with great [...]

Review: Full Dark, No Stars

The Book: Full Dark, No Stars, by Stephen King
Yes, I read yet another short story collection by Stephen King.  It has kind of been my thing lately, huh?  Well this one was new and I couldn’t resist.  We even had some money left over from an Amazon gift card so I got this for free [...]

Bookish News: Fun Releases!

Don’t forget, Selling Hope comes out today!

I interviewed Kristen a couple of weeks ago.  Go check it out, then go buy the book!
Also coming out today:

I’m watching the driveway patiently for my UPS guy!

Review: The Library Policeman

The Book: The Library Policeman, by Stephen King
The Story: Yet another Stephen King novella.  Only one more in Four Past Midnight, then maybe I’ll back off for a little bit. We’ll see.
In this one, Sam Peebles goes into the library to get some good quotes for a speech he has to make.  He’s greeted by [...]

Bookish Thoughts: Scariest Books

Happy Halloween! In the spirit of the holiday, I thought I’d make a list of my top 5 scary books. Enjoy!

If you know me, of course you know I’d start this list with a Stephen King book.  I made myself restrict my list to one so I decided to go with The Shining.  There are [...]