Book Review – The Lord of the Rings
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien Year: 1955 It can go without my saying it: Lord of the Rings is the greatest fantasy series of all time. And it’s more than that; it’s…
Book Review – The Wind Through the Keyhole
Author: Stephen King Year: 2012 For those of you who are familiar with the Dark Tower, I assume you know your King and the depth of his magnum opus. Well,…
Book Review – Blaze
Author: Stephen King Year: 2007 Blaze is a “trunk novel”, a book pulled out of the dust years after it was written and released after some editing for time &…
Book Review – Revolutionary Road
Author: Richard Yates Year: 1961 Before reading the book, I saw the 2008 film of the same name, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio; a very good movie, directed by…
Book Review – Lisey’s Story
Author: Stephen King Year: 2006 The first few hundred pages of Lisey’s Story had me very concerned. Nothing was happening, nothing made sense, Lisey was using words that weren’t words…
Book Review – The Colorado Kid
Author: Stephen King Year: 2005 Very much a lesser Stephen King book, The Colorado King is barely even a book at all, it’s a pulp fiction throwback to a paperback…
Book Review – The Invisible Man
Author: H. G. Wells Year: 1897 One of the most famous “horror” tales in the English language, The Invisible Man is a classic among classics, an over-100-year-old masterpiece that set…
Book Review – Nothing to See Here
Author: Kevin Wilson Year: 2019 I don’t read much modern fiction (except Stephen King), but my wife made* me read Nothing to See Here, and I guess I don’t hold…
Book Review – Timeline
Author: Michael Crichton Year: 1999 I was at the beach once at a book store looking for a beach read, when I stumbled across Timeline by the famous Michael Crichton,…
Book Review – Allies
Author: Alan Gratz Year: 2019 For a young audience, Gratz does the leg work and summarizes the WWII D-Day experience in a way that is easy to understand and easy…