Book Review: Cujo

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Cujo, by Stephen King

From the book’s cover:

Cujo (1981) is a psychological horror novel by Stephen King about a rabid dog. The novel won the British Fantasy Award in 1982, and was made into a film in 1983.Cujo's name was based on the nom de guerre of Willie Wolfe, one of the men responsible for orchestrating Patty Hearst's kidnapping and indoctrination into the Symbionese Liberation Army. Stephen King discusses Cujo in On Writing, referring to it as a novel he "barely remembers writing at all". The book was written during a period when King was drinking heavily. Somewhat wistfully, King goes on to say that he likes the book and that he wishes he could remember enjoying the good parts as he put them down on the page.

Book Review: Under the Dome - A Novel

Under the Dome: A Novel, by Stephen King

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From the book’s cover:

On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester's Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand is severed as "the dome" comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when -- or if -- it will go away.

Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens -- town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physician's assistant at the hospital, a select-woman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing -- even murder -- to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn't just short. It's running out.

Book Review: LT's Theory of Pets

LT's Theory of Pets, by Stephen King

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From the book (?) cover:

A Rare Live Stephen King Recording!
Stephen King delivers a haunting, heartfelt performance as he shares a story about the bonds between husbands, wives and pets. LT has a theory about pets, particularly his Siamese cat. It had been their cat not just his cat, but that was until he came home one day to a note on the fridge. His wife had left him. The cat stayed behind...
Recorded live at London's Royal Festival Hall, LT's Theory of Pets demonstrates yet again that Stephen King is a master storyteller.

Book Review: Firestarter

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Firestarter, by Stephen King

From the book’s cover:

Innocence and beauty ignite with evil and terror as a young girl exhibits signs of a wild and horrifying force.

The Review:

That isn't much of a book cover blurb, now is it?

My first impression, early into Firestarter, was: "An interesting spin on Carrie." In fact, and this may be just because I'm feeling really burnt out lately by life (as I write these notes), I wasn't too excited with Firestarter at first. For one thing, the narrator of the audiobook isn't the best. The delivery sounds like one of those '60s-type readings that makes it feel... well, corny. And not in a good way. The timbre of his voice annoyed me, personally.

Book Review: Different Seasons

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Different Seasons, by Stephen King

From the book’s cover (summary from StephenKing.com):

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption--the most satisfying tale of unjust imprisonment and offbeat escape since The Count of Monte Cristo.

Apt Pupil--a golden California schoolboy and an old man whose hideous past he uncovers enter into a fateful and chilling mutual parasitism.

The Body--four rambunctious young boys venture into the Maine woods and in sunlight and thunder find life, death, and intimations of their own mortality.

The Breathing Method--a tale told in a strange club about a woman determined to give birth no matter what.