(11/22/63) If people who don’t learn from the past are idiots, the world keeps proving that a lot of it is populated by idiots. I hate sounding like a pessimist or misanthrope, but I can’t help what is. As I write this, the Supreme Court is poised to move us at least 50 years into … Continue reading A Person Who Doesn’t Learn From The Past Is An Idiot, In My Estimation
(Full Dark, No Stars) So this is one of King’s collections of novellas. It contains four of them: 1922, Big Driver, Fair Extension, and A Good Marriage. The title of the collection is definitely accurate because these are some seriously dark stories. Not even so much in the scary sense as they are dark in … Continue reading Take My Hand, Constant Reader, And I’ll Be Happy To Lead You Back Into The Sunshine
(Blockade Billy) This one is more of a novella than a proper book. Maybe even a short story. It’s not much more than 100 pages. But as far as I can tell, it was published as a standalone, not a collection. King loves baseball, we know that. He loves weird shit and fear/horror/terror, we know … Continue reading Baseball Is Also A Game Of Balance
(Ur) Have I mentioned before that I’m reading these all on a Kindle? As much as I can, anyway — there are rare exceptions. Storm of the Century comes to mind — I had to buy the book. But mostly, I read on a Kindle. It lets me highlight and take notes without making a … Continue reading The Tower Trembles; The Worlds Shudder In Their Courses
(Under the Dome) I’ve been waiting to get to this one since I started this project. Oh, not because I think I have anything profound to say, just because I’ve been waiting to re-read this book since then. I’m sort of always waiting to re-read this book. I just finished it and I’m already waiting … Continue reading God Turned Out To Be A Bunch Of Bad Little Kids Playing Interstellar XBOX
Uniquely Portable Magic 