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- Wildwood Road (2)
- By Christopher Golden
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- Just After Sunset (129)
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- By Stephen King
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Just After Sunset

Dear Stephen,
I've loved you longer than I haven't. You were always there for me when I needed you most. When I was sad, you made me appreciate how little that moment really mattered in the grand scheme of things. When I was happy, you reminded me gently to love it for as long as I could cause lor ... (continue)

Dear Stephen,
I've loved you longer than I haven't. You were always there for me when I needed you most. When I was sad, you made me appreciate how little that moment really mattered in the grand scheme of things. When I was happy, you reminded me gently to love it for as long as I could cause lord knows it wasn't going to last long. And when I was so sick of someone that every time they appeared before me I mentally tortured & killed them in various, unseemly ways, you made it okay. You did it, too. But having just put your latest creation to the side, I felt the need to pause and take stock of what you and I have. I felt so betrayed, so alone in my passions after reading your collection, but surely you didn't intend to leave me this feeling away. Maybe with From A Buick 8 and Cell, but no, not this.
So I did what my momma had always told me to do: I made a list of pros and cons. And while your attributes began to become endless, I started remembering all the books you put out after your 1999 accident, and the cons just came a-rolling through. That's it, Steve. That's what changed. And while I feel horrible about that, I feel like it's been long enough. You can't continue to blame an 11 year old event. It just ain't...right. It just ain't...honest.
Well, it's time someone started being honest around here: it's over between us. I can't continue to watch you struggle and half ass your talent. Watching it all unfold in front of my eyes leaves feeling empty and alone, even after I listen to our first song together, ""Keep A-Knockin'".
*sigh*
Goodbye.

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- How to Make an American Quilt (19)
- By Whitney Otto
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How to Make an American Quilt

I was surprised at how affecting this story was. Most books, I've found, pull you either towards passion and love in relationships or away into the world of sweet, comfortable monogamy. In Otto's world, all three exist, ebbing and flowing together; not always beautifully, but always honest. Through ... (continue)

I was surprised at how affecting this story was. Most books, I've found, pull you either towards passion and love in relationships or away into the world of sweet, comfortable monogamy. In Otto's world, all three exist, ebbing and flowing together; not always beautifully, but always honest. Through the eight women in the quilting group, we are given a glimpse into defining moments in a woman's life, what binds them together, and what helps them break through the waves when every part of them wants to just relax and let nature take its course. And while the outcome may not always end in happiness, it does result in growth and understanding.

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- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (41)
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- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (318)
- By Dave Eggers
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Before I picked up this book I had heard endless tales of how wonderfully smart and funny this book was, how terrific the writing was and how the originality would slap me in the face like a cool wind on a summer's day. They were wrong. I hated this book like The Cure hates happiness.
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Before I picked up this book I had heard endless tales of how wonderfully smart and funny this book was, how terrific the writing was and how the originality would slap me in the face like a cool wind on a summer's day. They were wrong. I hated this book like The Cure hates happiness.
I understand writer's have their own style, and that is what, in and of itself, separates them from all the others. But, seriously, we learn paragraph breaks for a reason. It gives the mind's eye a break, a breather. Eggers, a rebel in his own mind, discards such mannerisms.
Aside from that debilitating hindrance, the book is THE example for egotism gone awry. Now, before you start, yes, I am aware that a memoir book is, essentially, an ego stroke. But the good writers, they have the ability to make you forget that it's merely self-indulgence, sweep you up in their lives...in their story. Rather than want to beg the author in so many ways as to warrant that 500 feet order to invite you over, Eggers is the kind of guy you would actually go out of your way to avoid.

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- The Hidden (2)
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- By Sarah Pinborough
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- Peace Like a River (43)
- By Leif Enger
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Peace Like a River

Having spent countless summers drenched from the fire plug, hanging out with friends on the front stoop until our parents called us in from their bedroom window and generally just running amok in a city that we all knew damn well could swallow us whole if it wanted to, I cannot remember a time ever ... (continue)

Having spent countless summers drenched from the fire plug, hanging out with friends on the front stoop until our parents called us in from their bedroom window and generally just running amok in a city that we all knew damn well could swallow us whole if it wanted to, I cannot remember a time ever wishing for endless fields and country living. In fact, if the class trip to the zoo proved anything, it was that we all agreed Black Beauty had a right to be pissed. Yet, with all my hoodrat pride (Represent yay-ee-yay-ee) I long for the world Enger describes.
Weaving effortlessly and with subtle beauty, Enger provides in the simplest words an infinite amount of emotion. Although at first glance this book appeared to be a bit too religious and far too much like a Louis L'Amour novel to keep my attention, I found myself enraptured by a tale about about faith, family, and the struggle to maintain hope when everything around you begs for rest.

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- The Stepmother (5)
- By Carrie Adams
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- Horns (65)
- By Joe Hill
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Horns

In order to enjoy this book for the disappointment it is, I suggest the following for the over 21 crowd:
Take one sip every time...:
Someone exclaims any one of: "No!"; "Oh my God!” “What ARE you?”
A character or location from a Stephen King novel is mentioned.
You want to slap the main charact ... (continue)

In order to enjoy this book for the disappointment it is, I suggest the following for the over 21 crowd:
Take one sip every time...:
Someone exclaims any one of: "No!"; "Oh my God!” “What ARE you?”
A character or location from a Stephen King novel is mentioned.
You want to slap the main character and tell him to man up.
Merrin’s hair is described.
The pace becomes inert.
The word devil appears. (*Warning* you may get intoxicated from this action alone)
The setting is either at the evil knieval trail or Lee’s house.
His style of writing makes you question if he really is King’s son.
You revisit a scene/character that has already been described ad nausea.
Take two sips every time...:
Plausibility exits stage right.
Something way too convenient is revealed, but then just as quickly is dismissed.
The narrator repeats himself.
An animal/reptile dies.
After countless pages of unnecessary descriptions of inanimate objects and places, you realize he is King’s son.
You can predict the outcome of each introduced character. (*Warning* this happens with every character)
You yawn, doze off, skim, or rub your temple in frustration.
Down the bottle every time …:
You feel a headache coming on because just as it was starting to get interesting, Hill slips into the past without even a head’s up or Scooby effect.
You start screaming, “Ok, but why does he have horns?!”
*And for all you tolerant drinkers out there who haven’t had enough, I DARE you to drink every time you think a question, any question, is going to be answered...
*Sidenote:
If you’ve found one likeable/fleshed-out character in this book – you’ve drank too much. Step away from the computer and dial 9-1-1.

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- True Love (10)
- A Practice for Awakening the Heart
- By Thich Nhat Hanh
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Love Pain and the Whole Da…
- Love Pain and the Whole Damn Thing (1)
- By Doris Dorrie
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- By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (294)
- By Paulo Coelho
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By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Each Coelho book has a central theme; an incline toward an emotional revelation the author himself hopes to reward you with at the peak. Without fail I have relished this aspect, and this time was no exception. By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept is listed as a book of forgiveness - a trait I tr ... (continue)

Each Coelho book has a central theme; an incline toward an emotional revelation the author himself hopes to reward you with at the peak. Without fail I have relished this aspect, and this time was no exception. By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept is listed as a book of forgiveness - a trait I try to practice religiously, but more often than not come up lacking - and the sole reason why I picked this one up.
A bit slow at first but picking up speed by the middle of the book, Coelho proves once again it's not the destination, but the journey that counts. Though the love story itself is nothing new, especially to dedicated readers of the author, it's the development that really is engrossing. I can't remember the last time I rooted so much for a couple, for fate. Despite the fact that it is heavily doused in religion, it's not enough to turn you off. In fact, between the poetic prose, the graceful construction and the brevity of the story I doubt you'll even notice.

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- The Frog Prince (3)
- By Porter, Jane Roberts, Jane Porter, …
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- Love Walked In (50)
- By Marisa De Los Santos
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- Twilight Zone (3)
- 19 original stories on the 50 anniversary
- By Kelley Armstrong, Carole Nelson Douglas, Whitley Strieber, …
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