February 28, 2010 – 10:20 am
You guys know I love me some Stephen King. I am reading Hearts in Atlantis right now and in the first little chapter came across this gem:
” ‘There are books full of great writing that don’t have very good stories. Read sometimes for the story, Bobby. Don’t be like the book-snobs who won’t do that. [...]
February 1, 2010 – 5:58 pm
The Book: The Colorado Kid, by Stephen King
The Story: Like a lot of Stephen King books, this one takes place in Maine. There are these two older guys who work for the local paper and they have a young female intern. They are really kind of impressed with her, you can tell from the get [...]
January 13, 2010 – 2:40 pm
The Book: Lisey’s Story, by Stephen King
The Story: This is the story of the marriage of Scott Landon, a world famous author, and his wife of 25 years Lisey. When the story begins, Scott has been dead for two years and Lisey is just starting to clean out his study and get stuff in some [...]
November 16, 2009 – 12:13 am
The Book: The Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King, by Lisa Rogak
The Story: This is an unauthorized biography of Stephen King. She said within the book that while Stephen King didn’t do interviews with her, he didn’t object to her writing the biography and told his friends and family members to go [...]
November 12, 2009 – 5:53 pm
The Book: Under the Dome, by Stephen King
The Story: This story is just a big huge “What if?” What if a giant dome suddenly fell on top of a small town? What if you were gardening on the town line? What if you had a pacemaker, and this thing was emitting electricity? What if there [...]