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life expectancy

This was a novel by Dean Koontz. I finished reading it last night. I have mixed feelings about it. On one hand, the plot was kind of interesting. On the other hand, it pretty much followed the old Dean Koontz formula. Plus, some of the characters were so ridiculously named …

just after sunset

I read this one pretty quickly–just finished it last night. I thought it was pretty good. The plus side was that it was a collection of short stories, so if you didn’t like a story, it didn’t slow the whole book down. Stephen King wrote it, in case you didn’t …

the burden of proof

Whew! This was a long one. I’ve been reading it for almost 2 months now (though I did lose it for a week around Halloween when Jake put it in our pumpkin basket). Despite the slow reading, I did enjoy the book. It’s just not what I’d call a “page …

20th century ghosts

This was a collection of short stories from Joe Hill. I did not enjoy it as much as his novel, but it was not a bad read, either. There were some pretty weird stories in this book. Very different. Not everything was horror, either. I’m still anxiously awaiting his next …

ghosts

Another book from Ed McBain. This was a pretty good story. It was also short and to the point, clocking in at 185 pages. Even so, it took me a month to read it. I actually read half of it last month when Brian and I went to Berkeley Springs. …