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  • Book Review: Nightmares and Dreamscapes

    Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King.My rating: 4 of 5 stars. Nightmares and Dreamscapes is a collection of short stories by Stephen King, first published as a volume in 1993. I have had this book in my library for well over ten years, and finally got around to finishing it after a false start several…

  • Book Review: Dolores Claiborne

    Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King. My rating: 5 of 5 stars. Dolores Claiborne tells the story of a sixty-six-year-old woman who has lived on Little Tall Island all her life. She may not have seen much of the world beyond the island, but she has certainly lived through some experiences. The novel is narrated by…

  • Book Review: Skeleton Crew

    Skeleton Crew by Stephen King. My rating: 4 of 5 stars. There’s no doubt that Stephen King is a master of his craft. Skeleton Crew is a collection of short stories written over seventeen years of his life, from just before he started college, aged eighteen, through to 1983, when he was in his mid…

  • Book Review: Needful Things

    Needful Things by Stephen King. My rating: 5 of 5 stars. Needful Things is the story of a new shop that opens in a small town in Maine, and the subsequent events that unfold around the customers and the residents of the town as the proprietor of the shop begins to do business. The setting…

  • Book Review: On Writing

    On Writing: A Memoir by Stephen King. My rating: 5 of 5 stars. On Writing is exactly what it says in the sub-title: a memoir. But it’s more than that. While the first third of the book recounts key events in King’s life that perhaps make him the writer he is, the second two thirds…