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

Flight or Fright by Stephen King, Bev Vincent

October 10, 2019 by scootsa1000 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 […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Short Stories Tagged With: #thecollection, ambrose bierce, bev vincent, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Cody Goodfellow, dan simmons, david j schow, david morse, e michael lewis, ec tubb, flight or fright, James Dickey, joe hill, john varley, peter tremayne, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Roald Dahl, santino fontana, Scootsa1000, short stories, sir arthur conan doyle, Stephen King, Tom Bissell

scootsa1000's CBR11 Review No:44 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Short Stories · Tags: #thecollection, ambrose bierce, bev vincent, cbr11, cbr11bingo, Cody Goodfellow, dan simmons, david j schow, david morse, e michael lewis, ec tubb, flight or fright, James Dickey, joe hill, john varley, peter tremayne, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Roald Dahl, santino fontana, Scootsa1000, short stories, sir arthur conan doyle, Stephen King, Tom Bissell ·
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“The Room is a drama that is also a comedy that is also an existential cry for help that is finally a testament to human endurance.”

The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made by Greg Sestero, Tom Bissell

May 11, 2019 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

The Disaster Artist, the book and film, were everywhere in late 2017 and early 2018 before fading into a distant memory when James Franco’s inherent creepiness turned out to be the sexual predatory type of creepiness and not just quirkiness eventually quashing the film’s Oscar dreams. While scrolling through Overdrive recently I came across Greg Sestero’s memoir and, vaguely familiar with the story, decided to give it a shot. “What I was sure of was that Tommy had something I’d never seen in anyone else: a […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Greg Sestero, The Disaster Artist, The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made, Tom Bissell

Caitlin_D's CBR11 Review No:46 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Greg Sestero, The Disaster Artist, The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made, Tom Bissell ·
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