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the stonemason

Another great one from Cormac McCarthy. Apparently, this guy only writes great stuff. This particular book happened to be a screenplay. I could totally picture it being done as a play, but I guess that’s the idea. My rating: 4/5

mr. mercedes

This is the latest book from Stephen King. It was about a home-grown terrorist who got away with one crime and the attempt to stop him before the next. There was nothing supernatural going on here–the book was straight-up crime fiction (a genre Mr. King has visited before). It was …

all fall down

Sometimes, I have unfortunate timing when it comes to choosing a book. In this instance, I started this book just before my family birthday party in May. Of course, I ended up getting a bunch of interesting books that day that I’ve been itching to read ever since. And, to …

frankenstein: prodigal son

This was a book written jointly by Dean Koontz and Kevin J. Anderson. I was a little wary at first given my disdain for the co-written James Patterson novels, but I was pleasantly surprised to find the novel very Koontz-ish. That said, there was nothing new going on in this …