Stephen King

One of my all time favorite authors is Stephen King. He is one of the most revolutionary authors in history, known for his horror and mystery books, high in popularity. Most of his stories have strong cult followings, and many were made into blockbuster films, like Carrie and The Shining. His career came to a roaring start with Carrie, written in 1974. Two years later, it was made into a movie. He has written many novels including Christine, Misery, Cujo and Different Seasons, which inspired one of the most touching movies of all time, The Shawshank Redemption. One of his most recent books, Under the Dome, has made it to the small screen primetime crowd on CBS. I am currently reading one of his latest works, Joyland. This is just a blog post promoting some of the other books by King and also King himself. Stay tuned for what else I have to say about Joyland. Take care.

Joyland: How it Begins

Joyland is the fairly new hit novel by Stephen King. I decided to read it for the holiday season. It begins by a college kid named Devin who is just shaping up after a breakup. He decides to make some moolah by working at a theme park. Try to guess the name of the park. This is all the information that has been fed to my head at this time, but I'll keep you guys posted on what happens next...

My Holiday Time Killer

In American logic, once Thanksgiving's behind us, Christmas has officially begun, and this year it has come way too soon. Now, however, is an appropriate time to be having the M&M's They Do Exist ad airing every hour - Black Friday is over. With nothing to do other than to do schoolwork and to watch Deck the Halls and Elf every weekend, I should associate these acts of uselessness with a bit of reading, just to make sure that my brain isn't being lazy while my body is. I decided to entertain myself with a little more of Stephen King. I went to the library and was originally intending to check out Doctor Sleep, the official sequel to The Shining, which I read last Spring. All of the copies (there were tons of them) were either checked out already, or on hold. So, I decided to go with another one of his new releases, the Hard Case Crime thriller, Joyland. Reading the back cover and the front cover captions, I have figured out that an amusement park worker has to face his ex-girlfriend--and many worse fears. I shall give updates on the book over the holiday season (in which Christmas is the last holiday left, I assume). Stay tuned!

Summer Reading: What I Did

2004 was a year in which nothing much has happened. The new iMac was released, it only lasted a couple years until the next one. Many cars were introduced in 2004, Friends was at its final season. So here's a little throwback post. At the end of Middle School, we were all assigned to read a book for the summer that was the winner of one of these awards; YALSA or ALEX. I did some research, and the novel I had chosen to occupy my summer was a pretty deep one. The book was called Donorboy. The book had lots of thought put into it when Brendan Halpin (the author) wrote this novel. It's about a girl named Rosalind, whose lesbian parents die in a car accident (like Paul Walker did a few days ago, may he rest in peace). After a lot of (soul) searching, she moves in with her biological father, Sean, a single man in his mid-thirties whose only friend is an unsuccessful lawyer. He is ecstatic that he finally has someone living with him, but still has second thoughts when it comes to responsibility and taking care of the child. For example, when he notices Ros smoking on the rooftop, he doesn't bother telling her to stop, but just emails her to never do it again, or at least not at his house.  Their bond grows stronger and stronger to the point when he goes running from coast to coast in search for his daughter after she runs away to find out more about her late parents. The book ends by just stating that life between Ros and Sean has been good so far and things seem like they are going to go just fine. The knack about this novel is that it is written entirely out of emails and diary entries. Despite of this complex system of literature, it is a good read and deserves its ALEX award. I do highly recommend this book to anyone who is in for a challenge that doesn't involve a remote control. After a few pages, you'll get used to this book's format, and you will be satisfied with the entertainment. So go ahead and check out Donorboy at your local library. (If you have time) I do apologize for the cheesy ending, have a fantastic week!