TheBaxter wrote:what about mr. mercedes? (i can't remember the guy's real name, the bad guy from the first book, the one who they set up to return in the sequel. does he show up in the new book?)
caruso_stalker217 wrote:I just finished Mr. Mercedes and ended up liking it a lot (no bad kid dialogue/fist bumps).
TheBaxter wrote:caruso_stalker217 wrote:I just finished Mr. Mercedes and ended up liking it a lot (no bad kid dialogue/fist bumps).
he saved the fist bump for the 2nd book i guess.
Ribbons wrote:Personally, I've been waiting for Stephen King to move into his "chick lit" phase
Ribbons wrote:Personally, I've been waiting for Stephen King to move into his "chick lit" phase
Ribbons wrote:Personally, I've been waiting for Stephen King to move into his "chick lit" phase
caruso_stalker217 wrote:Cover reveal for the final soon-to-be-forgotten-by-Baxter book in the Hodges trilogy.
TheBaxter wrote:on another note, i tried to start Joe Hill's the Fireman, but i just wasn't in the mood. he's taking after his dad, writing a post-apocalyptic 700+ page novel (will there be an 1100+ page "uncut" version in the future?). i thought Horns was great, but his last book did nothing for me and this one just didn't grab me. maybe i'll try again over the winter when i've got more time for reading.
caruso_stalker217 wrote:Just started END OF WATCH, so we'll see how that goes. I'm not crazy about this series, so this is more the Stephen King completist side of me.
caruso_stalker217 wrote:This election is the Dead Zone sequel no one wanted.
This is the Doctor Sleep of elections.
on 'Doctor Sleep' caruso_stalker217 wrote:no way this thing gets adapted as a feature film
TheBaxter wrote:caruso_stalker217 wrote:But, yeah, no way this thing gets adapted as a feature film. First off, no one wants to follow Kubrick's film.
that's probably the biggest reason. that, and also, how long has it been since there's been a successful feature film adaptation of a King book? 1408? The Mist? and those weren't exactly blockbusters.
Fievel wrote:The Outsider Coming To TV!
As mediocre as the book was, I think it could work well as a limited series as long as skilled writers adapt it. If they make Terry's innocence ambiguous to the viewer until the end, I think it could work.
And unlike Under the Dome, adapt the damn book and end it in one season!!
TheBaxter wrote:
RAJ-RAJ! RAJ-RAJ!
Although Scott Carey doesn’t look any different, he’s been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy they are. Scott doesn’t want to be poked and prodded. He mostly just wants someone else to know, and he trusts Doctor Bob Ellis.
In the small town of Castle Rock, the setting of many of King’s most iconic stories, Scott is engaged in a low grade—but escalating—battle with the lesbians next door whose dog regularly drops his business on Scott’s lawn. One of the women is friendly; the other, cold as ice. Both are trying to launch a new restaurant, but the people of Castle Rock want no part of a Dumbledore married couple, and the place is in trouble. When Scott finally understands the prejudices they face–including his own—he tries to help. Unlikely alliances, the annual foot race, and the mystery of Scott’s affliction bring out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others.
TheBaxter wrote:i mean, if someone is spent, they're just gonna slow down to a walk, they're not gonna keel over and lay gasping on the side of the road (i guess people slowing down to a walk isn't dramatic enough though). so that part of the book kind of annoyed me.
caruso_stalker217 wrote:I almost bought this the other day, but held off. After reading your review I figure I'll wait until it shows up at my local library before giving it a shot.
caruso_stalker217 wrote:So you're saying it's a much less suspenseful version of The Long Walk?
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