Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

What exactly are you planning to do with that knife, young man?

The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King

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This is the second and a half time I’ve read this one. I tried to read it once as a kid, and it’s a little too much for me to work out what’s going on here, because you have to allow yourself to fall into mystery and the some of the basic quest tropes early on. The first time I read it in full was about 10 years ago, when I was more equipped. This relisten brings to mind a handful of new observations. This […]

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The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King

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What can I say. This was fantastic from beginning to end. Reading how Roland drew Eddie, Odetta, Detta, and then Susannah was wonderful from beginning to end. King made everyone come alive and I still smile thinking of our initial ka-tet. I can’t wait until the next book. “The Drawing of the Three” follows seven hours after Roland has his palaver with the Man in Black. The last gunslinger is told that he is going to be drawing three and is warned about what is […]

WTF, UNCLE STEVIE?

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No matter how many times I read this book (which, as we all know, has been many, many times), I can’t help but get worked up by what happens in the very first chapter. Seriously, I can’t think of another book in a series that starts out with such a HUGE event. And every time I read it, I’m all, “WTF, UNCLE STEVIE?!??!!!?!?!” But, in a good way. I guess I’ll mark this section as SPOILERS, even though this book was written in 1986. If […]



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