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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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If It Bleeds by Stephen King

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Mr Harrigan's Phone by Stephen King

The Life of Chuck by Stephen King

April 29, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Somehow I didn’t even know this was going to be a novellas collection, and I think after reading The Institute last week after waiting a few months to get to it, I am glad for this kind of book instead of another long novel. Mostly this is a solid collection that I don’t think actually works great for new readers. I think they should read his previous novel first. This collection will work for everyone on the Stephen King bi-annual plan, and that’s not a bad […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: if it bleeds, mr harrigan's phone, rat, Stephen King, the life of chuck

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:238 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: if it bleeds, mr harrigan's phone, rat, Stephen King, the life of chuck ·
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