Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

Home is the place where when you go there, you have to finally face the thing in the dark.

It by Stephen King

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Drumroll…………. It makes its second appearance in my Cannonball Read in as many years. (Here is my review from last year.) But dangit, it’s just absolutely outstanding all over again. Honestly, I might be at a loss for words now, and I think that’s because Stephen King took all of them. All the words. It is so long. But it reads so fast! I can’t put it down, and I don’t want to put it down! It’s just one of those books. So, the timing of this is obviously because the movie releases this weekend, and I’m one of those […]

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9/7/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:38 |

Some moments are beyond imagination.

The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower VII) by Stephen King

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Okay, I’m back. I haven’t lost my mind, or my grip on reality. Everything’s fine. It took me a long time to read this final installment of “The Dark Tower” series. Sure, it’s super long, but it’s shorter than a few of the other installments. I just truly didn’t want it to end, so I stretched it out, found distractions and procrastinations, and delayed the inevitable. This final chapter is less full of revelation, and doesn’t so closely ressemble a conspiracy theorist’s corkboard with pushpins and yarn (see also: Charlie’s Pepe Silvia wall in “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”). Though […]

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8/5/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:32 |

You’ll write many stories, but every one will be to some greater or lesser degree about this story.

Song of Susannah by Stephen King

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I am, in all honesty and with true sincerity, starting to question reality. Remember when I read The Drawing of the Three (Dark Tower #2) and complained that King needs an editor because he shouldn’t be referring to his own work (the film version of The Shining) as content experienced by new characters in this totally different world? And then I read Wizard and Glass (Dark Tower #4) and I was like, “TUBE NECK HOW DARE YOU?!” but then totally turned around on it, and decided to buy the whole kit and kaboodle, because his pitch turned out to be […]

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7/24/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:31 |

First the smiles, then the lies. Last comes gunfire.

Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King

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Homestretch on Ye Olde Darke Towere Marathone! I’m actually starting to be sad that there are only two left plus the movie. And there had better be whole bunch of those, too, is what I’m saying, do ya. If I’m being honest, I think that Stephen King didn’t start leaning into the conceit of this series until about the time that I went all in, and that’s probably the reason I was finally able to invest fully. The more I think about it, the clearer it becomes that the first few books in the series really were still finding their […]

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7/16/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:30 |

This is what KA demands.

The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King

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I couldn’t tell you whether it’s because I have finally given in to this journey, or whether it’s that the telling gets stronger as King’s writing matures, but riding this wave has become comfortable, easy, and more and more thrilling. I probably should (but choose not to) brace myself for the next book, Wolves of Calla (Book 5), because this one, The Wind Through the Keyhole (Book 4.5) was written eight years after the final book of the “The Dark Tower” series. I had a choice to make: read it where it fits chronologically with the story, or chronologically with its writing. […]

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7/8/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:28 |

I think she’s part of another story.

Wizard and Glass by Stephen King

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I have been consistently conflicted about “The Dark Tower” series. Somehow, in spite of my frustrations, annoyances, aggravations, and declared boredom, I cannot put it down! This book, Book Four, Wizard and Glass, is a perfect example of this conflict: I am in love with the characters who come from “our” world: Eddie, Susannah, and Jake, the normals with whom, of course, we’re meant to identify, are the perfect hook for me. And then there’s sweet and loyal and probably brilliant, Oy, the billy bumbler for whom I’d probably step into traffic. But meanwhile, there’s Roland, who is a thrilling […]

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7/6/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:27 |

Sorry. Wrong door. I thought it was the desert.

The Waste Lands by Stephen King

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Here it is, Book 3 of “The Dark Tower” series, which I may not finish the whole of in the next 5 weeks, but it won’t be for lack of trying! I love this series. I love these characters. The Waste Lands isn’t as fundamentally excellent as The Drawing of the Three was, but after the action and adventure that was The Drawing of the Three there’s some needed setting up of next steps in advance of Wizard and Glass. I assume. I don’t know. King can be a fickle and selfish writer sometimes, but I’m an optimist. A few […]

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6/30/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:25 |

I am, in short, a man on the edge of everything.

The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King

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OKAY FINE, STEVE. I am on record as not totally loving The Gunslinger but being willing to go along for the “Dark Tower” ride for a while to see what all the fuss is about. King has proven himself to me with basically everything else I’ve read of his as an adult, so he has a certain amount of capital with me. Plus, I like to read before watching, and if you think you can tear me away from Idris Elba at the end of the summer, you and I have never met. So, now I will go on record […]

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6/30/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:22 |

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