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gwendy’s button box

This novella, written by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar, was a good palate cleanser after reading that last book of short stories. It had a weird plot that I’m not even going to try to explain, but I will tell you that it was a quick and compelling read. My …

poe’s children

This was a compilation of short stories put together by Peter Straub. There were really only a few that I liked (and two of those were written by Stephen King and Joe Hill, and I had already read them before). Thanks to this book, I’m now behind on my reading …

the silent wife

This was your basic dysfunctional Italian family kind of story. It was a quick read–I read much of it while we were away over the weekend. Not the kind of book I usually read, but I enjoyed it. My rating: 4/5

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 …