Cannonball Read 11

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

Search This Site

Graveyard Surf

Night Shift by Stephen King

by Leave a Comment

CBR11Bingo: The Collection The stories in Night Shift, Stephen King’s first collection of short stories, read for the most part like spec scripts for The Twilight Zone. They’re high-concept stories with dynamite premises and most of them have that signature Twilight Zone ironic ending or twist. King is great at establishing a world filled with realistic characters even as the plots themselves are bizarre and occasionally ridiculous. The collection kicks off with “Jerusalem’s Lot”, set in the vampire-infested town of King’s Salem’s Lot more than a century prior to the novel. It’s epistolary format helps establish an eerie mood as […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Buy the following on Amazon and help our mission to stick it to cancer, one book at a time:

We pay for our website first, and then all proceeds above and beyond those fees are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name. Find out how else you can help support our mission.

Share the post "Graveyard Surf"

10/13/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:37 |

If Uncle Stevie’s name is on it, odds are I’m going to read it.

Flight or Fright by Stephen King, Bev Vincent

by 1 Comment

CBR11bingo #TheCollection Its no secret that I am not a huge fan of flying. I understand that it is the safest way to travel. But I usually choose to drive if I can. I like to be able to choose my own route, to leave when I want to leave, to stop when I want to stop. I like to be in control of my journey. I think the lack of that control in an airplane is part of what makes me uneasy. Oh, and the fact that I’m in a metal tube shooting across the sky is another part. […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Buy the following on Amazon and help our mission to stick it to cancer, one book at a time:

We pay for our website first, and then all proceeds above and beyond those fees are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name. Find out how else you can help support our mission.

Share the post "If Uncle Stevie’s name is on it, odds are I’m going to read it."

10/10/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:44 |

Follow the Path of the Beam

Wizard and Glass by Stephen King

by 6 Comments

So the main reason why this gets four stars is that it is too freaking long. I love the King, but this needed to either be edited back, or broken out into two parts. The other reason why I gave this four stars is that the stupid speaking demon thing pops up again and yes I still loathe that whole thing and what it means for our Susannah Dean. I think the ka-tet grew stronger together in this story and you can see now for all of them, there is nothing else but the Tower. So “Wizard and Glass” finds […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Buy the following on Amazon and help our mission to stick it to cancer, one book at a time:

We pay for our website first, and then all proceeds above and beyond those fees are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name. Find out how else you can help support our mission.

Share the post "Follow the Path of the Beam"

9/26/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:234 |

All the Elements of Classic King

The Institute by Stephen King

by Leave a Comment

The latest King novel has a very classic King feel given its focus on extraordinary children and evil agencies.  First, though, the novel introduces Tim Jamieson, a former Florida police officer, who is on his way to New York to start fresh with a security job.  He decides to take the scenic route, and ends up on an extended pit stop in a small town in South Carolina. He takes on a job as the night knocker for the small police department, and gets to know the local quirky personalities.  After this initial introduction of King’s standard “good guy” archetype, […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Buy the following on Amazon and help our mission to stick it to cancer, one book at a time:

We pay for our website first, and then all proceeds above and beyond those fees are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name. Find out how else you can help support our mission.

Share the post "All the Elements of Classic King"

9/24/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:81 |

The World’s Worst Writer’s Retreat

Misery by Stephen King

by 1 Comment

CBR11Bingo – Cannonballer Says I haven’t read On Writing, Stephen King’s non-fiction book about his chosen profession, but I doubt I could learn more about being a writer from it than I did from Misery. At once an allegorical look at all that being a writer entails and a gripping story in its own right, Misery is a wonder. A perfectly constructed, unbearably suspenseful, have to make it to the end of this chapter before bed novel. Paul Sheldon, an author stand-in if there ever was one, is riding high upon the completion of his new novel when his car […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Buy the following on Amazon and help our mission to stick it to cancer, one book at a time:

We pay for our website first, and then all proceeds above and beyond those fees are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name. Find out how else you can help support our mission.

Share the post "The World’s Worst Writer’s Retreat"

9/19/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:34 |

It was his only pause.

From a Buick 8 by Stephen King

by Leave a Comment

With a few exceptions, I didn’t read any Stephen King books that came out from about 2000-2009 or so until past 2010 when I moved back south. This is one of the books I missed as it came out, and it’s a curious book. Ostensibly the takes place in two main threads, the present and the past. In the present we are watching Ned Wilcox, surviving son of dead Pennsylvania State Trooper, hanging out at his father’s former post and slowly working his way into becoming a trainee dispatcher. It’s also clear that he’s looking for answers and connections related […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Buy the following on Amazon and help our mission to stick it to cancer, one book at a time:

We pay for our website first, and then all proceeds above and beyond those fees are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name. Find out how else you can help support our mission.

Share the post "It was his only pause."

9/19/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:521 |

Don’t worry. I’m a trained nurse.

Misery by Stephen King

by Leave a Comment

Paul Sheldon is a serious novel more famous for his unserious romance novels that he hates writing. He wakes up from a carwreck to someone giving him mouth to mouth, fades out, wakes up again in a bed, and is met by his self-proclaimed number one fan. He becomes quickly aware that the situation is not normal — not in a hospital room, in pain and being witheld pain medication, and things begin to get worse as he realizes that Annie’s fanaticism is fueled by a crazed, murderous rage and she’s only keeping him alive only so he can resurrect […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Buy the following on Amazon and help our mission to stick it to cancer, one book at a time:

We pay for our website first, and then all proceeds above and beyond those fees are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name. Find out how else you can help support our mission.

Share the post "Don’t worry. I’m a trained nurse."

9/17/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:520 |

Not at all what I was expecting. #CBRBingo – Birthday

Firestarter by Stephen King

by 8 Comments

I’ve read a fair amount of Stephen King by this point, and this is one of the better ones. Aside from some dated language and ideas (fatphobia, gender essentialism, homophobic/racist language used mostly by bad guys), I liked this one almost as much as I like Misery. Good villains, simple but effective story. Just a really well done horror/suspense novel. The 1980s just ooze from every page. I actually wasn’t anticipating the intensity of this novel. It opens in the middle of things, and our two main characters, Andy and Charlie McGee (father and daughter), are already on the run […]

Help Support Cannonball Read

Buy the following on Amazon and help our mission to stick it to cancer, one book at a time:

We pay for our website first, and then all proceeds above and beyond those fees are donated to the American Cancer Society in AlabamaPink's name. Find out how else you can help support our mission.

Share the post "Not at all what I was expecting. #CBRBingo – Birthday"

9/10/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:73 |


Shop on Amazon and Support CBR

Buy Original Cannonballer Prisco's book and help CBR!

Ad Partner