Hi, G.D. Giant! Thank you for agreeing to participate in our Quick Questions series. Would you please tell us a little bit about yourself and how you found your way back to Cannonball Read? A little bit about me; I am an avid reader and an avid gardener. I live with the love of my life in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. He and I don’t have any kids, but we have several nephews and a couple of nieces nearby. I participated in Cannonball 9 […]
Through a wizened glass
The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass by Stephen King
Wizard and Glass is number four in Stephen King’s Dark Tower series, and this is my second trip to the Tower. As a long Constant Reader, I always had mixed feelings about this book when I thought back on it. Most of the story takes place with Roland telling his ka-tet about his childhood and his first love, Susan, the girl in the window. It tells the story of three boys who are sent away, supposedly to keep them safe from being caught up in […]
When a great story is adapted into a great movie, x2
Different Seasons by Stephen King
At least 30 years ago I read The Shining and really enjoyed it, so I’m not sure why I never picked up another book by Stephen King. Probably it’s because I’m not a huge horror fan, although Shirley Jackson’s Haunting of Hill House started to change my mind about that. Recently, a friend of mine convinced me that I should try Different Seasons, and knowing that it contained the novella that was the basis for The Shawshank Redemption, I thought, “Yes! Excellent idea!” It’s always […]
Hansel and Gretel by Stephen King
Hansel and Gretel by Stephen King
Honestly, just a nice little audiobook by Stephen King. He begins telling about how he became familiar with Maurice Sendak and how he told stories to his three children and what their favorite stories were. I honestly always loved the story of Hansel and Gretel. What’s not to love about two children who manage to out-wit a witch and get away from their evil stepmother? I do love that King is like yeah I have taken liberties with this story and I regret nothing. Hansel […]
The Road to Hell
The Long Walk by Stephen King
Cliff Young, a 61-year old sheep farmer, won the first ever Sydney to Melbourne ultramarathon in 1983. He did it by running slowly but most effectively and by sleeping only for two hours during the first night when his competition slept for six hours. Eventually, he skipped sleeping altogether. He won the race by a landslide and also set a new record. His stamina was forged in the 1930s when he run for days finding and gathering sheep in the Australian wilderness. Effectively, he had […]
Rose Madder- Stephen King gives me the ICK
Rose Madder by Stephen King
Roused by a single drop of blood, Rosie Daniels wakes up to the chilling realisation that her husband is going to kill her. And she takes flight – with his credit card.Alone in a strange city, Rosie begins to build a new she meets Bill Steiner and she finds an old junk shop painting, “Rose Madder,” which strangely seems to want her as much as she wants it.But it’s hard for Rosie not to keep looking over her shoulder. Rose-maddened and on the rampage, Norman […]
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