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The Tommyknockers by Stephen King

November 10, 2025 by narfna 2 Comments

According to many Constant Readers, this is Uncle Stevie’s worst book, but I don’t agree! It is extremely flawed, but I also found it very readable (it probably helped that Edward Herrmann narrates the audiobook, and he is a wonderful audiobook narrator). This is sci-fi horror. A woman named Bobbie, a writer of western novels, finds a buried object in the ground and becomes obsessed with unearthing it. Doing so changes her and the town she lives in forever, and in really really creepy ways. […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Featured, Horror, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, audiobooks, cbr17bingo, edward herrmann, horror, narfna, sci-fi, sci-fi horror, sff, speculative, Stephen King, the tommyknockers

narfna's CBR17 Review No:34 · Genres: Audiobooks, Featured, Horror, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, audiobooks, cbr17bingo, edward herrmann, horror, narfna, sci-fi, sci-fi horror, sff, speculative, Stephen King, the tommyknockers ·
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Rub-a-dub-dub 9 Men in a Tub

April 4, 2016 by Caitlin_D 3 Comments

Amazon offered me a trial subscription to Audible for being a Prime member, despite my awkward audio experience with Fates & Furies I figured I’d give it a try. I downloaded The Boys in the Boat, which has been on my to read list since I read Unbroken for CBR6, because it seemed to be the most bang for my complimentary buck. It’s read by Edward Herrmann and I felt confident that Richard Gilmore wouldn’t be dramatically reading sex scenes to me on my commute […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: daniel james brown, edward herrmann, the boys in the boat, The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Caitlin_D's CBR8 Review No:29 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: daniel james brown, edward herrmann, the boys in the boat, The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics ·
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