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I think I’ve read this book at least four times

The Season of Passage by Christopher Pike

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The Season of Passage is one of my favorite books from my teen years. I had always loved Christopher Pike as a teen, because he felt a little more sophisticated than R.L.Stine, who was the other “horror” author for my age group. I guess I probably loved this book from the beginning because the main character’s name is Lauren, which is also my name.  It’s just a great book overall though.  You get to know the characters enough to care about them before anyone is put in peril, which I appreciate it.  Also, there’s a huge horror component along with […]

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12/28/2018 's CBR10 Review No:59 |

Do any men grow up or do they only come of age?

The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger by Stephen King

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I’m taking on “The Dark Tower” series! It starts with The Gunslinger. It was reassuring to read King’s preface to the edition I picked up, in which he describes the creation of the story: he was very young, and he was very green, and it took him a very long time to finish the series. And then, as he finished, he went back and revised for clarity and consistency. I admire this, and appreciate it as a reader, and knowing that he was young and green and that there’s more depth to come gave me some patience going into this first […]

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2/19/2017 's CBR9 Review No:3 |

Starring Kojak, formerly known as Big Steve, a Very Good Dog

The Stand: The Complete And Uncut Edition by Stephen King

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My blossoming love affair with Stephen King continues, with yet another behemoth of awesomeness: The Stand. This particular edition was released in 1990, twelve years after the first release. It was updated and expanded, and I have no reference to the first edition but, according to “Publisher’s Weekly,” at least as quoted on amazon.com, “The same excellent tale of the walking dude, the chemical warfare weapon called superflu and the confrontation between its survivors has been updated to 1990, so references to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Reagan years, Roger Rabbit and AIDS are unnecessarily forced into the mouths of […]

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5/15/2016 's CBR8 Review No:16 |

I’m so late to this great party, I almost want to punch something.

It by Stephen King

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Let the making fun of me begin: I am newly and totally obsessed with Stephen King. Brief backstory: when I was 7 or 8 years old, I started reading “Cujo.” It gave me nightmares: long, scary, repeated nightmares. I never finished it, because No More Stephen King For Me, said my parents. And then, somehow, in my mind, the idea of Stephen King’s writing… well, I guess it morphed from “OMG, that guy is scary” to “Meh, airport reading. Basically the James Patterson of horror.” FALSE. Silly me. Poor me, missing out on so much great reading for so damn […]

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4/25/2016 's CBR8 Review No:14 |


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