Stephen King was arguably the first author to grab and maintain my readership. My Mother's aunt used to pick up everything by Stephen King at a thrift store and send them my way. Thanks to JoAnn I am an avid reader today and, in particular, a King fanatic. There are very few of this books that I have not read and even less that I have not loved. He has a way of writing that removes any kind of destination or final goal from the mind. Every moment spent reading him is a well spent moment regardless of how the story concludes.
This book is a group of short stories. Some are just pages, others are nearly 50. All of them are inspired by one, stranger than normal, idea that I'm sure he could have developed into a full novel if he so chose. The stories that drew me in most were 'The Cat from Hell' and 'Betsy' (whatever the last one was called) I defy anyone to try reading the last story while eating. I've been digging into some heavy non fiction in addition to training and working a new job over the past month so these morsels of realistic fantasy were just the dose of fiction i needed to maintain my sanity.
Off to heavier reading.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
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