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What the Smuck?

Lisey's Story by Stephen King

'Salem's Lot by Stephen King

December 2, 2021 by scootsa1000 3 Comments

While I have been COVID telecommuting, I have tried to get out in the early afternoon for a nice 45 minute walk. I’ve been listening to a bit of Stephen King while I walk — I’ve already read all of his books, so listening (even to the scary stuff) is somewhat easy and comforting. If I lose my train of thought, no big deal. The story just goes on. This year, I listened to two books I had previously read, Lisey’s Story and ‘Salem’s Lot. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: 'salem's lot, CBR13, father callahan, lisey's story, Scootsa1000, Stephen King, The Dark Tower, vampires

scootsa1000's CBR13 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: 'salem's lot, CBR13, father callahan, lisey's story, Scootsa1000, Stephen King, The Dark Tower, vampires ·
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Not a bad way to spend a few hours, but I really could have done without those last few pages.

Later by Stephen King

March 10, 2021 by scootsa1000 2 Comments

Like The Colorado Kid and JoyLand before it, Later is one of King’s Hard Crime Case releases – paperbacks made to look like pulp paperbacks with vibrant cover art (that doesn’t always match up to the story), that all come in on the short side for King, maybe about 250 pages. The main reason that I don’t think this one was quite as successful as the other two is that this one takes place pretty close to now. The main character, Jamie, is a young […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: CBR13, joyland, later, Scootsa1000, Stephen King, the colorado kid, The Dark Tower, the sixth sense

scootsa1000's CBR13 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: CBR13, joyland, later, Scootsa1000, Stephen King, the colorado kid, The Dark Tower, the sixth sense ·
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“I am wonderful, I deserve to be wonderful, and I contain multitudes.”

If It Bleeds by Stephen King

June 24, 2020 by scootsa1000 1 Comment

I haven’t been great about reading lately, and have been even worse about reviewing. But as a loyal Constant Reader, I felt like this might be the book to jumpstart my COVID reading habits, and I was mostly right. Similiar to earlier collections like Different Seasons, The Bachman Books, Full Dark No Stars, and Four Past Midnight, If It Bleeds is made up of four long-ish, unrelated stories (or novellas, if you’re feeling fancy): Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, The Life of Chuck, If It Bleeds, and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: cbr12, dandelo, holly gibney, if it bleeds, mr harrigan's phone, rat, Scootsa1000, Stephen King, Steven weber, The Dark Tower, the life of chuck, The Outsider

scootsa1000's CBR12 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: cbr12, dandelo, holly gibney, if it bleeds, mr harrigan's phone, rat, Scootsa1000, Stephen King, Steven weber, The Dark Tower, the life of chuck, The Outsider ·
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YA Dark Tower – Try to change my mind

The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub

February 27, 2020 by thewheelbarrow 1 Comment

I bought this book years ago during a two-for-one deal on Audible and planned to listen during a long car ride. That car ride finally happened this month. I picked the Talisman because I knew it was very connected to The Dark Tower AND it was read by Frank Mueller, who IMHO is the voice of The Dark Tower. The Talisman was not at all what I expected but what I should have expected. The oversimplification is that it is a shorter, YA version of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Stephen King, Stephen King and Peter Straub, The Dark Tower

thewheelbarrow's CBR12 Review No:6 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Stephen King, Stephen King and Peter Straub, The Dark Tower ·
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HOLD UP. This is the first of a trilogy? Yikes. Part of me wants to know more, and part of me is just too tired.

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

September 10, 2019 by scootsa1000 1 Comment

I feel like a bit of a failure as a reader (well, a listener) after this experience. This was not easy. I really wanted to love this story. It was beautifully imagined and written. This story had everything: drama, action, humor, and adventure. The audiobook performance was unbelievable. The African mythology it was based upon made me want to know more. And yet, I barely made it to the end. From Amazon: Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: “He […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Black Leopard Red Wolf, cbr11, cbr11bingo, dion graham, farandaway, Marlon James, michael b jordan, Scootsa1000, Stephen King, The Dark Tower

scootsa1000's CBR11 Review No:39 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Black Leopard Red Wolf, cbr11, cbr11bingo, dion graham, farandaway, Marlon James, michael b jordan, Scootsa1000, Stephen King, The Dark Tower ·
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“When creative people do their best work, they’re hardly ever in charge, they’re just sort of rolling along with their eyes shut yelling wheee.”

Everything's Eventual by Stephen King

April 23, 2019 by scootsa1000 Leave a Comment

I have had this beaten-up paperback copy of Everything’s Eventual in my backpack for at least a year, reading a few pages here, a short story there. I was enjoying it, but kept forgetting it was there, usually opting to listen to Audible or read on my kindle when I had some free time. And finally, I went for a walk at lunch today, found a cute table outside a sandwich shop, and sat down to finish it. I’m pretty sure that this was only […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Short Stories Tagged With: cbr11, Everything's Eventual, Scootsa1000, Stephen King, The Dark Tower

scootsa1000's CBR11 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Short Stories · Tags: cbr11, Everything's Eventual, Scootsa1000, Stephen King, The Dark Tower ·
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