This was a book started by an author named Michael McDowell (who died during the writing of it) and finished by Tabitha King (otherwise known as Stephen King’s wife). I thought I’d give it a whirl, but the book took me months to read. That is not normal for me. I kind of enjoyed it while I was reading it, but I just never felt like picking it up. It sat for a week between readings quite often.
But, then I got the new Stephen King book, Lisey’s Story, so I had to sit down and finish reading this book once and for all. In the midst of this revelation, Brian’s dad lent me a James Patterson novel, so I guess I’m going to have to read that before I start on the new Stephen King because I want to get it back to him. But, judging from past Patterson novels I have read, this won’t be much of an issue. I have just the opposite problem with his books–I can’t put them down. Besides the fact that his stories are interesting, he writes these really short chapters. So, there’s always time to read “just one more”.
Back to Candles Burning…Yeah, I guess I really didn’t like it.