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the end of the world running club

I can’t pass up a post apocalyptic story. I believe I heard of this one through Stephen King’s Twitter account. For what should be obvious reasons, I always look into his entertainment recommendations. In this story, a large number of meteors struck the earth, which created the post apocalyptic scenario. …

sleeping beauties

This book was written by Stephen King and his son, Owen. How two authors can write a book is beyond my comprehension, but that is not the point of this post. I really enjoyed the book. It has a kind of complicated premise (rife with feministic overtones) and a ton …

legacies

This book was from F. Paul Wilson’s “Repairman Jack” series. Brian and I liked the first book we read from that series so much that we’ve been invoking the Repairman Jack name ever since. That said, I wasn’t as impressed with this one. I mean the story was ok, but …

the big bad city

I didn’t even think I was in the mood for an Ed McBain book, but it turns out I’m always in the mood for an Ed McBain book. This one was from his Carella series, which is my favorite. Nothing special going on just some good crime fiction. My rating: …

strange weather

This was Joe Hill’s latest. It was comprised of four short stories. Three of the four had supernatural undertones. My favorite was the first story, Snapshot. It was suitably creepy. I only wish he was a more prolific writer. My rating: 4/5