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Episode 1-47: The Castle Rock Diet Plan

December 19, 2018 by prisco Leave a Comment

https://killingmykindle.com/2018/12/19/episode-1-47-the-castle-rock-diet-plan/ Wherein I review: 179. Gwendy’s Button Box by Stephen King 180. Bill, the Galactic Hero On The Planet of Tasteless Pleasure (Bill the Galactic Hero #4) by Harry Harrison 181. The Mortal Word (Invisible Library #5) by Genevieve Cogman 182. Bill, the Galactic Hero On The Planet of Zombie Vampires (Bill the Galactic Hero #5) by Harry Harrison Stephen King’s novellas set in Castle Rock seem to all involve strange weight loss.  Two more Bill the Galactic Heroes – for you to refine your […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction Tagged With: bill the galactic hero, Genevieve Cogman, gwendy's button box, Harry Harrison, invisible library, killing my kindle, on the planet of tasteless pleasure, on the planet of zombie vampires, podcast, Stephen King, the mortal word

prisco's CBR10 Review No:182 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction · Tags: bill the galactic hero, Genevieve Cogman, gwendy's button box, Harry Harrison, invisible library, killing my kindle, on the planet of tasteless pleasure, on the planet of zombie vampires, podcast, Stephen King, the mortal word ·
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Button Button

June 23, 2017 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I am not sure what if any real impression this book made on me. The second story was kind of a throw-away one altogether, but I thought the main story was a perfectly interesting and adequate one. When I was a teenager, I was fat. And as an adult, I was too for a long time. Just like maybe I do now with money-issues, even though I get by, I would spend a lot of time thinking about what would happen if all my weight-issues […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: gwendy's button box, Stephen King

vel veeter's CBR9 Review No:248 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: gwendy's button box, Stephen King ·
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He walked like no man on earth, I swear he had no name.

June 8, 2017 by scootsa1000 Leave a Comment

As you know by now, I’m a sucker for Uncle Stevie. Anything he writes, I’ll read. Novel, short story, op-ed, tweets, collaborations…I’m there. That’s why I’m a Constant Reader. This isn’t the first collaboration with another author that I’ve read by King. He wrote a few short stories with his son, Joe Hill that were pretty good (In the Tall Grass was legitimately terrifying). His book with Stewart O’Nan, Faithful, is probably my favorite non-fiction book of all time. So, even though I had never […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Short Stories Tagged With: castle rock, cbr9, gwendy's button box, joe hill, randall flagg, richard chizmar, Scootsa1000, Stephen King, stewart o'nan

scootsa1000's CBR9 Review No:40 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Short Stories · Tags: castle rock, cbr9, gwendy's button box, joe hill, randall flagg, richard chizmar, Scootsa1000, Stephen King, stewart o'nan ·
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