October 4, 2010 – 9:19 am
The Book: Secret Window, Secret Garden, by Stephen King
The Story: Yet another Stephen King novella? Yup. I’m on a roll.
Mort Rainy’s wife left him for another man. He is a well known author who is struggling with writer’s block. He decides to retreat to their remote lake house and try to get over his wife [...]
September 4, 2010 – 9:53 am
I know that some people are “read a book once and I’m done” people. I’ve never been like that. If I find a book that I love, I don’t feel like it’s a waste of time at all to read it again… and again… and again. Sometimes I’ll reread a book on my shelf just [...]
August 21, 2010 – 9:47 am
The Book: Blockade Billy, by Stephen King
The Story: This is just an old man telling a story from the earlier days of baseball, when he was the third base coach for the Tigers. Due to circumstances out of any one’s control, a new catcher had to be found asap just days before the first game. [...]
I know that a lot of people see them as kind of a waste of time, but I love, love, love a good short story collection. I think it’s great to be able to start and finish a full story in one sitting. I especially like to read short stories by people that I’ve already [...]
The Book: The Running Man, by Richard Bachman/Stephen King
The Story: The year is 2025 and everything is kind of in shambles. Ben Richards’ young daughter has come down with the flu and because they can’t afford to take her to the doctor, it is just getting worse and worse. America is pretty much obsessed with [...]
The Book: The Eyes of the Dragon, by Stephen King
The Story: Let me start off by saying that this book has nothing to do with dragons. I’ve had this in my pile of books to read for over a year and just haven’t touched it because I can’t get into dragon-y stuff. It was written [...]
Item #1
The Wise Man’s Fear finally has a release date. FINALLY.
The Good News: Patrick Rothfuss finally announced the release date for The Wise Man’s Fear, the book that comes after The Name of the Wind. The Name of the Wind is one of the best books I’ve read in the last few years and immediatly [...]
The Book: The Regulators, by Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman
The Story: Hmmm. This one is a little bizarre. Not completely sure where to start.
It’s a normal day on a normal street in a normal town in Ohio. All of a sudden, a van pulls on to the street, rolls down the window and mows [...]
The Book: Hearts in Atlantis, by Stephen King
The Story: While this book isn’t exactly short stories or even a collection of novellas really, it certainly is not a traditional, linear novel. The book is broken into four sections, all taking place in different decades, from the 60’s to the 90’s. While there are similar themes [...]