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Tag Archives: Stephen King
New Trailer Now Out for “Gone Girl”
Being one of those who really enjoyed the book, I’m looking forward to Gone Girl the movie (trailer embedded farther below). Word is they’ve changed the ending, which pleases me because I didn’t care for the ending in the book. … Continue reading
Posted in Book Publishing or Selling, In the Headlines
Tagged Gone Girl trailer, movies from books, second trailer, Stephen King, The Shining
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The Future of Books According to Ann at the Dentist’s Office
At the dentist’s office yesterday, Dr. Jenny White’s assistant, Ann, declared that printed books would definitely cease to exist. She may have put a “by year __” on her statement, but I was already lying there with my mouth open … Continue reading
Posted in Ruminations
Tagged assistant Ann, bookstores, future of books, Jenny White, Stephen King
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What My Teenaged Grandchildren Are Reading
Over July 4 week we were fortunate to have a bunch o’ family with us, including three of the grandkids. They thanked me profusely for recent book gifts, and all three were partway through those books–but only one actually had … Continue reading
Posted in Book Readers, Books and Authors
Tagged Alane Ferguson, Chuck Palahniuk, compassionate life, Damned, David Foster Wallace, Ernest Cline, Markus Zusak, Misery, reading for teenagers, Ready Player One, Stephen King, teenaged grandchildren, The Book Thief, The Christopher Killer, This Is Water, U. Mass. Amherst
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Tried and True Beach Reads
The following article, which I wrote today, was first published as Endless Beach Reads: Summertime Escapism in the Sand on Blogcritics. Hope you enjoy it. Big onscreen awhile back (okay, forty-five years ago) was a movie called Endless Summer, a … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Authors
Tagged Accidental Tourist, Anne Tyler, beach reads, Bill Bryson, Charms for the Easy Life, Coma, Cradle Will Fall, Daemon, Daniel Suarez, David Sedaris, Dean Koontz, Dennis Lehane, Freedom, Kaye Gibbons, Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, light reading, Mary Higgins Clark, Misery, Robin Cook, Shutter Island, Stephen King, summer books, Watchers, When You Are Engulfed in Flames
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Hashtag #1book140
I was tweeting (on Twitter) today and clicked on the hashtag #1book140 to see what it was about. Have you heard of it? I hadn’t. It’s a tweet that gives a book review in 140 characters or less. Of course, … Continue reading
Posted in Book Readers
Tagged #1book140, book review, hashtag, Stephen King, tweet, Twitter, Under the Dome
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