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audiobooks Fantasy Paranormal

The Gunslinger by Stephen King (My Experience)

Go then, there are other worlds than these Now that I’ve read a few Stephen King books I am aware of a couple of things. He has gone through some significant and very different life stages, and depending on which stage he was in when he wrote a book, it’s going to be a very […]

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General Posts, Non Reviews

All My Series Reads … Why I can’t finish them, and Will I Ever?

I wrote a couple of offhanded notes throughout the year lamenting about dropped series. Why can’t I finish what I start? Why is it so hard to finish series when you’re a book blogger? P.S. for my purposes, I’m calling a trilogy a series but really I consider them 4+ books. I’m going to briefly […]

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General Posts, Non Reviews

Reading Reflections 2022: The Big Wrap Up Post!

Another year, another reading reflections post. I tried to keep it brief! My year-end wrap ups share my GoodReads collages and I take a few minutes to reflect on the highlights and lowlights as I go.  I don’t like to try to rank my favorites or single out anyone that was too terrible, but you’ll […]

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audiobooks Crime Horror Paranormal

Later by Stephen King (Audiobook Review)

I continue to have no regrets about reading through my endless Stephen King backlog.  In October I finished both Wizard and Glass (The Gunslinger #4) and Later, which is his third surprisingly deep horror & crime novel for the Hard Case Crime publisher. What I like most about King as a person, and an author, is that it’s […]

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audiobooks Fantasy Fiction Horror

Wizard & Glass by Stephen King (or, why I can’t finish a series)

Ever notice that I tend to get about three or four books into a series and then quit? The fact is that in between ARCs I never had time to read these giant, door stopping books, and once they got above 8-900 pages I was just about out of luck … Well, this book was […]

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Dystopian Fantasy Science Fiction

The Waste Lands by Stephen King (Book Thoughts)

After all, there are other worlds than these and that fucking train rolls through all of them -Jake Chambers The Gunslinger was weird wild west and a chase across world and time. The Drawing of the Three was alternate reality, gangs of New York, and some psychological thriller. In The Waste Lands… King took on […]

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audiobooks Fantasy Fiction

The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King (Book Thoughts)

Continuing my The Dark Tower series read, The Drawing of the Three is even weirder than The Gunslinger! I imagine the conversation when planning this book went something like – King: I want to write about the gangs of NY and schizophrenics Tabitha: yeah well you started with a weird horror fantasy western King: I’ll […]

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Crime Horror Paranormal

ARC Review: Comanche by Brett Riley

Quick Facts: Title: Comanche Author: Brett Riley Publisher & Release: Imbrifex Books, Sept 1st 2020 Length: 336 pages Rating & Recommend: 🌟🌟🌟⚡ probably Here is the synopsis from Amazon: Like a cylinder in a six-shooter, what goes around, comes around. In 1887 near the tiny Texas town of Comanche, a posse finally ends the murderous […]