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Wordy Words on WordsA couple things:<br> <br> 1) I would LOVE to know what the ladies think about the female representation in this book. I was always told girls are SUPER catty and shitty to each other, but I’m a dude so what do I know?<br> <br> 2) A letter from Macon, GA is how this novel closes out. As interesting as that is, it’s RIDDLED with spelling errors and that’s way more interesting. Slightly offensive. Really funny. <br> <br> 3) I remember hearing something about a play in football where everyone knows what’s going to happen but it works anyway. <br> <br> That’s this book. <br> <br> There’s no mystery here, but it doesn’t matter. He says Carrie is telekinetic in no time flat. He’ll tell you someone is going to die and at no point do you say “ugh! Spoilers!” Instead, you continue to read because now you need to know HOW it happens. <br> <br> This occurs over and over again and it never goes poorly. I love it.<br> <br> 4) It’s implied that Sue Snell is pregnant before she hooks up with Carrie who initially thinks Snell was part of this. Then they have a moment where Carrie goes through Snell’s brain to see if she had any role in what happened at prom.<br> <br> She didn’t, and, as Carrie died (spoiler alert), Sue starts her (late) period.<br> <br> It seems to ME that this was a last-minute gift of sorts because Snell wasn’t really prepared for motherhood.<br> <br> I know, I know. Some people wouldn’t consider abortions gifts, but you never know what people want and gifts are all about what THEY want, not about what YOU want to give, you know what I mean? <br> <br> But I’m curious what you guys think. <br> <br> On one hand, I could see it as bookends for the story - it starts and ends with periods - but I could see it as an act of mercy from Carrie as well. Maybe because Carrie wasn’t super stoked on her own existence at that point? <br> <br> Let me know what you think.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/book?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookreview?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookreview</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendations?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendations</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booklover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booklover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booknerd?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booknerd</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookaddict?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookaddict</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookcover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookcover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/read?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#read</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wordywordsonwords?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wordywordsonwords</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmore?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmore</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/constantreader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#constantreader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stephenking?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stephenking</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/carrie?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#carrie</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stephenkingbook?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stephenkingbook</a>
Wordy Words on WordsLet’s talk about the <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/kindle?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kindle</a> for a minute.<br> <br> When the Kindle first came out, I fell in love. I’m a huge book guy, but books are expensive, big, and heavy. For a guy that moves a lot, they could be a problem.<br> <br> But here, I saw the solution. The prices could be way lower. Scarcity wouldn’t be a thing anymore. Textbooks could be cheaper and easier to navigate. You could keep a whole library on one device!<br> <br> But it took until the Kindle3G for me to be able to afford one of these guys. Now I have a Paperwhite but, honestly, miss the 3G for the ability to shop anywhere and PHYSICAL BUTTONS!<br> <br> The real disappointment was that the cost of books wasn’t that much lower and scarcity was still a thing. Old Marvel prose novels never (or at least hadn’t for years and I’ve given up on the idea) made it to the device.<br> <br> Which is RIDICULOUS. If I were a publishing house, every single thing I published would be available. They left money on the table.<br> <br> Anyway… King also seemed like a huge Kindle fan as his was one of the biggest voices used to push it and it seemed inevitable to me that he would write a story involving one.<br> <br> It also deals with the Dark Tower.<br> <br> The story is fine. It’s more a fun story about a Kindle and a chance for him to talk about authors - something he loves to do.<br> <br> It’s fine. It’s an interesting story.<br> <br> I wonder if King’s changed his mind on the Kindle. Besides bringing mine on flights and to donate plasma, I know I’ve gone back to physical books.<br> <br> What are your thoughts on the Kindle?<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/book?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookreview?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookreview</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendations?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendations</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booklover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booklover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booknerd?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booknerd</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookaddict?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookaddict</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookcover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookcover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/read?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#read</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wordywordsonwords?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wordywordsonwords</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmore?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmore</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmorebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmorebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readersofinstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readersofinstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/constantreader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#constantreader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stephenking?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stephenking</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stephenkingbooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stephenkingbooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ur?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ur</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stephenkingfans?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stephenkingfans</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stephenkingrules?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stephenkingrules</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/darktower?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#darktower</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readersofpixelfed?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readersofpixelfed</a>
Wordy Words on WordsAs a young adult, there was this strange time where I got a job in a different town.<br> <br> I moved into it alone and worked for about a week before I was able to drive back home and get my wife and our few belongings (starting a life together is a weird thing to think back on).<br> <br> In that week, though, I had nothing in the house. I bought a TV because we didn’t have one (wasn’t able to get TV service until the first paycheck came in, though) and slept on the cardboard box it came in.<br> <br> It was the summer in Georgia so daily thunderstorms would happen in the evening and I just sat there on the floor until it was time to sleep on the box.<br> <br> But I did have this book so I was fine (more or less).<br> <br> Besides the jive - which is cringe-inducing to an uncomfortable level - I love this book. I thought the pacing was really good and I loved the space between the doors.<br> <br> I’ve read critiques that express distaste for King’s “boring,” parts like the space between doors or most of The Shining, but I think there’s purpose to it. The journey was supposed to be long and arduous and you don’t get that point across if you skip the space between the doors for the sake of a fast, exciting read. And, honestly, the story is better for it.<br> <br> This book also introduced Eddie, who just might be my favorite King character of all time.<br> <br> It was interesting re-reading this. I enjoyed it the first time (in the time between moving in and going to get my wife, I read books 2-4) but this time was better as my wife and I are together this time and I at least have a couch to sit on. ;-)<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/book?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookreview?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookreview</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendations?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendations</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booklover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booklover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booknerd?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booknerd</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookaddict?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookaddict</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookcover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookcover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/read?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#read</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wordywordsonwords?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wordywordsonwords</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmore?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmore</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmorebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmorebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readersofinstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readersofinstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/constantreader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#constantreader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stephenking?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stephenking</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stephenkingbooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stephenkingbooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stephenkingdarktower?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stephenkingdarktower</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stephenkingfan?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stephenkingfan</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/darktower?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#darktower</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/darktowerseries?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#darktowerseries</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fantasy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fantasybooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fantasybooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fantasyseries?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fantasyseries</a>
Wordy Words on WordsNietzsche mentioned (by the way, have you guys read Nietzsche? Dude’s got some pretty crazy thoughts) this desire for a dignified suicide. <br> <br> I guess Nietzsche pops up with some random ideas but this one had more to do with control and bowing out rather than throwing up your hands.<br> <br> It kind of felt like our protagonist here was following a similar path. He BASICALLY gets a terminal illness, makes amends, gives away his cat, bids adieu to his friends, and then that’s all she wrote but it was on his schedule, not the illness’.<br> <br> That’s a dark interpretation, I’ll admit.<br> <br> A lighter interpretation is that Scott is becoming aware of the fact that his life isn’t representative of all lives and, as his perspective grew, he grew to be better than he was - he ELEVATED himself beyond his former self if you will.<br> <br> Anyway, it’s one of my favorite King books.<br> <br> I don’t think it’s very popular, though. It’s not horror, it’s super short, and pretty political - a recipe for complaints if there ever was one. <br> <br> But I like it.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/book?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookreview?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookreview</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendations?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendations</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booklover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booklover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booknerd?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booknerd</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookaddict?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookaddict</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookcover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookcover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/read?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#read</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wordywordsonwords?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wordywordsonwords</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmore?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmore</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmorebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmorebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readersofinstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readersofinstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/constantreader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#constantreader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stephenking?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stephenking</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stephenkingbooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stephenkingbooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/elevation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#elevation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stephenkingcollection?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stephenkingcollection</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stephenkingrules?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stephenkingrules</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nothorror?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nothorror</a>
Wordy Words on WordsI wrote up a huge review of this book because it brings up a lot of interesting ideas and questions regarding the value of souls, the transactional base of Christianity, the subjugation of a congregation at the hands of a power-hungry priesthood, and whether we as humans have been sold a twisted and warped tale of a deity for the sake of power and control rather than the potential truth of an all-knowing, all-seeing, and (most importantly) an all-loving god.<br> <br> But it was really long and religion is such a hot-button topic that I think it’s safer for everyone’s sanity to instead recommend you read the book (it’s not insanely long, though there are definitely parts to stop and ponder at) and see what your feelings are.<br> <br> I WILL say that in the 1990s parents petitioned school and public libraries to either remove or not stock Goosebumps books because of violence, death, and satanic imagery - none of which were in the series. When asked why they thought parents were petitioning, a librarian said they thought it was because parents were just reading the titles of books rather than the actual books.<br> <br> I say this because I genuinely hope you don’t dismiss this as anything more or less than a harsh critique of the organized faith of Christianity for various reasons rather than, you know, anything particularly anti-Christ if that makes sense.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/book?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookreview?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookreview</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendations?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendations</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booklover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booklover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booknerd?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booknerd</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookaddict?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookaddict</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookcover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookcover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/read?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#read</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wordywordsonwords?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wordywordsonwords</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmore?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmore</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmorebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmorebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readersofinstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readersofinstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/constantreader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#constantreader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/friedrichnietzsche?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#friedrichnietzsche</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nietzsche?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nietzsche</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/antichrist?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#antichrist</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/philosophy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmorephilosphy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmorephilosphy</a>
Wordy Words on WordsWhile on vacation - for funsies - Nietzsche decides to absolutely DRAG the established heroes of philosophy and, in the process, actually makes some really good points.<br> <br> It’s an interesting read, particularly if you like philosophy. I don’t think that loving philosophy is a requirement, though - anyone can enjoy this (short) book with very little previous knowledge of philosophical history.<br> <br> And hey! At the end of it, you can brag to your friends that you read Nietzsche while also broadening your perspective, opening your mind to new ideas, and finding out that drama exists in every field and in every era of human existence and history. This is the Mean Girls of philosophy and that makes it pretty fun.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/book?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookreview?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookreview</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendations?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendations</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booklover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booklover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booknerd?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booknerd</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookaddict?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookaddict</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookcover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookcover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/read?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#read</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wordywordsonwords?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wordywordsonwords</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmore?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmore</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmorebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmorebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readersofinstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readersofinstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/constantreader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#constantreader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/philosophy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nietzsche?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nietzsche</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/twilightoftheidols?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#twilightoftheidols</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/friedrichnietzsche?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#friedrichnietzsche</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmorephilosophy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmorephilosophy</a>
Dabid<p>SK-en azken liburua irakurtzen ari naiz "No tengas miedo", eta gustatu zaizkit Trump eta Musk-i sartzen dizkien labankada biak. 🤣 <a href="https://mastodon.eus/tags/ConstantReader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConstantReader</span></a></p>
Wordy Words on WordsA pretty quick ride, but there was a stutter in the beginning when two bodies are found and the innocent party doesn’t immediately call the cops. Why would you NOT call the cops if you found two bodies cut to pieces?<br> <br> In this story it’s justified by saying the person who found them needed to let her friend know her parents had been murdered before calling the cops.<br> <br> But then cops show up and she realizes that SHE’S going to be a suspect and that’s what makes the whole rest of the story happen.<br> <br> That said, it was a fun, fast ride and it had the highest body count I’ve found so far (4), but they’re also explained away by the end so did they really count?<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/book?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookreview?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookreview</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendations?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendations</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booklover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booklover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booknerd?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booknerd</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookaddict?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookaddict</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookcover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookcover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/read?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#read</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wordywordsonwords?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wordywordsonwords</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmore?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmore</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmorebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmorebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readersofinstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readersofinstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/constantreader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#constantreader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bodyswap?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bodyswap</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/murder?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#murder</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/murdermystery?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#murdermystery</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/yathriller?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yathriller</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/yahorror?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yahorror</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstinebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rlstinebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstine?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rlstine</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstinefearstreet?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rlstinefearstreet</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fearstreet?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fearstreet</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fearstreetbooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fearstreetbooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/switched?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#switched</a>
Wordy Words on WordsSo, I’ve read more than a couple Fear Street books now and this one?<br> <br> This one’s my favorite.<br> <br> I’m a sucker for imposter stories (probably from watching The Hand That Rocks the Cradle at too young of an age) and this story is definitely that.<br> <br> But it’s also FAST and exciting. Spooky and actually kinda logical - a huge ask for Stine. <br> <br> This was a true pleasure to read.<br> <br> What’s your favorite Fear Street book?<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/book?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookreview?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookreview</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendations?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendations</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booklover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booklover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booknerd?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booknerd</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookaddict?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookaddict</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookcover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookcover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/read?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#read</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wordywordsonwords?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wordywordsonwords</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmore?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmore</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmorebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmorebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readersofinstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readersofinstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/constantreader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#constantreader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstine?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rlstine</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstinebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rlstinebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fearstreet?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fearstreet</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fearstreetbooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fearstreetbooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ya?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ya</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/yahorror?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yahorror</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmorehorror?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmorehorror</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/oneevilsummer?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oneevilsummer</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstinefearstreet?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rlstinefearstreet</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/teenhorror?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#teenhorror</a>
Wordy Words on WordsI read Florida Roadkill and came away from it unsure of how I felt. It was funny at parts, not funny at others, entertaining here and there, and seemingly very random elsewhere.<br> <br> I came away neutral. <br> <br> So I figured I would read the next in the series and I think I developed an opinion: <br> <br> Tim Dorsey is fine, but not for me. His stories are a little too random and the jokes are funny but often overshadowed by his critiquing of Florida (fair critiquing, mind you) which reminded me too often about how I don’t really like Florida in the first place.<br> <br> It’s just not enjoyable enough to continue.<br> <br> If that sounds harsh, well, I don’t know what to say. Florida is integral to the plot of these books.<br> <br> And *I* have a lot of mixed feelings about Florida, having spent so much of my life there. It’s got some good to it, but there are too many snakes (literal and figurative), idiots, and assholes for me. I’m not saying there aren’t good people there but the bad ones shine so much it’s overwhelming.<br> <br> I will say that one part that stuck with me was when the protagonist thought about how when you were a kid you’d bring out your cool stuff and just… LOOK at it and how cool it was.<br> <br> Really brought me back to my trading card days when I would try to assemble all the clear cards from the Spider-Man set.<br> <br> One day! One day they’ll all be mine! I just need the rest of the clear cards and I think there’s two hologram cards and that will be it!<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/book?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookreview?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookreview</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendations?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendations</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booklover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booklover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booknerd?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booknerd</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookaddict?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookaddict</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookcover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookcover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/read?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#read</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wordywordsonwords?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wordywordsonwords</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmore?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmore</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmorebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmorebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readersofinstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readersofinstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/constantreader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#constantreader</a>
Wordy Words on WordsI think I’ve reached the point where I’m beginning to look beyond Stine’s penchant for characters who don’t use much (if any) logic or rational thought.<br> <br> It’s best to just… give in and go with the flow. It makes the story way more enjoyable when I’m not getting hung up on why anyone would, I don’t know, start fires for funsies. <br> <br> For instance. <br> <br> And, once I got over that hurtle, I enjoyed the story as a whole.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/book?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookreview?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookreview</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendations?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendations</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booklover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booklover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booknerd?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booknerd</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookaddict?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookaddict</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookcover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookcover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/read?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#read</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wordywordsonwords?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wordywordsonwords</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmore?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmore</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmorebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmorebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readersofinstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readersofinstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/constantreader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#constantreader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstinebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rlstinebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstine?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rlstine</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fearstreet?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fearstreet</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fearstreetbooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fearstreetbooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstinefearstreet?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rlstinefearstreet</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fire?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fire</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/firegame?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#firegame</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmorehorror?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmorehorror</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmoreya?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmoreya</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/yahorror?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yahorror</a>
Sussex Bylines<p>"Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside of us, and sometimes, they win." Quote from The Shining (1977)<br> | Bruce Smeath <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StephenKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenKing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stephenking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stephenking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConstantReader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConstantReader</span></a><br><a href="https://sussexbylines.co.uk/community/i-am-a-constant-reader-a-lifetime-of-reading-stephen-king/?fsp_sid=119" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sussexbylines.co.uk/community/</span><span class="invisible">i-am-a-constant-reader-a-lifetime-of-reading-stephen-king/?fsp_sid=119</span></a></p>
Wordy Words on WordsMy least favorite thing in story-telling is the trope when people aren't open and honest because of some sort of hesitation. It's usually bad news or revealing something about them that they feel betrays a weakness or vulnerability.<br> <br> I just think the world would be a better place if we were more open with that kind of stuff. If I know I'm a fragile being, why would that sooner mean I'm the ONLY fragile being rather than mean that EVERYONE'S fragile? And, if the latter is the case, why wouldn't acknowledging that make us progress as a society?<br> <br> My second least-favorite trope is the love triangle.<br> <br> Third least-favorite is the hunky curmudgeon.<br> <br> Fourth-place? Set of steak knives.<br> <br> Anyway, it's an unfortunate pet peeve because I'll admit that the benefits of being open and honest would also take the wind of the sails of thrillers and horrors because there wouldn't be any secrets to keep.<br> <br> And that's what's tying this book together - the idea that the kids basically snuck away for an overnight alone without adult supervision. There, a completely reasonable series of events happened that ended with a bad guy getting killed and yet none of the kids wanted to go to the authorities because their parents would be, like, SO made at them!<br> <br> Stine leans hard into a knack for writing super annoying characters to really hammer home the agony of waiting for the reveal, the final act, and the end of the book. <br> <br> This one wasn't my favorite.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/book?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookreview?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookreview</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendations?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendations</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booklover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booklover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booknerd?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booknerd</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookaddict?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookaddict</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookcover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookcover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/read?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#read</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wordywordsonwords?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wordywordsonwords</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmore?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmore</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmorebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmorebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readersofinstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readersofinstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/constantreader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#constantreader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstinebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rlstinebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstine?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rlstine</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fearstreet?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fearstreet</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fearstreetbooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fearstreetbooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstinefearstreet?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rlstinefearstreet</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmorehorror?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmorehorror</a>
Wordy Words on WordsI like baseball so this might be a bit biased.<br> <br> I do NOT like baseball so much that I thought King’s “Faithful” was an exciting read, but I do like baseball and a common critique I hear about this story is that it’s boring because it focuses on, well, baseball.<br> <br> But I love it. This is a novella written as an interview transcript. The interviewee, a character talking to King himself, is giving his memories on a player called Blockade Billy. It documents their season and ends about how you would expect a Stephen King story to end.<br> <br> This isn’t the first time King has done stories written as transcripts (Dolores Claiborne was a whole NOVEL written as one) but I could see how it would throw some people off.<br> <br> Look: I get why people might not like this story.<br> <br> It’s short, it’s not horror in King’s traditional sense, it’s a transcript, and it’s about baseball.<br> <br> But I think it’s great. It reminded me of those 1990s Disney sports movies, documenting the dramatic rise of the underdog to a big ending (though the endings are quite different) and I thought it was very exciting. It felt weird to get this nostalgic hit for DISNEY movies while reading KING but it happened.<br> <br> Also, if you’re struggling with the transcript angle of the story (same for Dolores), I recommend checking your favorite audiobook sources for it because the narrator is very good and gives the transcript a lot of life and drama.<br> <br> I think this is easily one of King’s hidden gems. People see the cover, shudder because they don’t like baseball, and dismiss it. But they shouldn’t be so fast because there’s a lot to love in this little novella.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booktok?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booktok</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstagrammer?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstagrammer</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booksky?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booksky</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readersofpixelfed?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readersofpixelfed</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/read?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#read</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readinglog?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readinglog</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stephenking?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stephenking</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/constantreader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#constantreader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/blockadebilly?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blockadebilly</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stephenkingbook?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stephenkingbook</a>
Wordy Words on WordsI understand that this isn’t Catcher in the Rye. I just want to get that out here in the beginning before I say this:<br> <br> This is Catcher in the Rye.<br> <br> The story feels like Holden Abroad and there’s this unsettled nature to it that ties the two stories together. A restless itch that makes the protagonist scratch his neck and shake his leg and find himself unable to sit still. A depression that bleeds both out into the world and from that same world into their very bones.<br> <br> A hope for something better and a realization that this is probably as good as it’s ever going to be.<br> <br> That said, CitR was a more believable story and at least it didn’t spring from a joke.<br> <br> I just didn’t like the observational nature of this story - the whole “I saw myself doing this thing and had no idea WHY I was doing it.” That got real old real fast because at the end of the day we are not only our impacts but our motivations as well.<br> <br> I finished this and a friend said they had to read it in college and hated it. I could see why people would hate this.<br> <br> But I could also see why people would love it.<br> <br> If you liked CitR, this might be worth your time! Maybe. Or you could read CitR, then read this for comparison, and then read CitR again and see that you’re correct: CitR IS a better story.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/book?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookreview?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookreview</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendations?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendations</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booklover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booklover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booknerd?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booknerd</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookaddict?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookaddict</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookcover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookcover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/read?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#read</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wordywordsonwords?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wordywordsonwords</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmore?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmore</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmorebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmorebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readersofinstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readersofinstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/constantreader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#constantreader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/camus?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#camus</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/albertcamus?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#albertcamus</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/thestranger?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thestranger</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/existentialism?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#existentialism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/catcherintherye?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#catcherintherye</a>
Wordy Words on WordsIf there was ever a toe-in-the-water to the Fear Street series, this is it. It’s also the only copy of a classic Fear Street in size, cover, and price at my local Books-A-Million and I can’t help but feel that’s because it doesn’t bring the scares (or, really, much of anything).<br> <br> The story centers on a douche of a dude who is so self-centered and full of himself that he challenges himself to date twins within a specific time frame. They both fall in love with him and begin to play off each other while a third sister - an EVIL sister - is thrown into the mix.<br> <br> The only thing I kept thinking throughout the whole book is that SURELY sisters would talk to each other more. I mean, I wasn’t particularly close to my brother when we were teenagers, but we knew who each other was dating.<br> <br> It wasn’t a dumb book per se, but it wasn’t anything special.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/book?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookreview?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookreview</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendations?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendations</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booklover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booklover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booknerd?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booknerd</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookaddict?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookaddict</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookcover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookcover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/read?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#read</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wordywordsonwords?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wordywordsonwords</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmore?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmore</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmorebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmorebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readersofinstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readersofinstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/constantreader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#constantreader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstine?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rlstine</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstinebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rlstinebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fearstreet?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fearstreet</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstinefearstreet?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rlstinefearstreet</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fearstreetbooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fearstreetbooks</a>
Wordy Words on WordsOoh, a Fear Street enters the reading log, eh? I wonder where this could lead!<br> <br> You just don’t see covers like this anymore. Now it’s all stark lines and cartoony stuff - where did all the paintings go?!<br> <br> I promise I’m not one of those guys who insist that the past was better just because it was THEIR past, but just look at this cover! This one’s insane with the amount of things to look at but Fear Street books featured covers that, while definitely not timeless, did such a good job of capturing a mood that you really have to wonder why they stopped. Or why Fear Street specifically shifted to easier covers that said nothing about the book inside.<br> <br> *sigh*<br> <br> Anyway, this book was okay. I’m not generally a historical fiction kind of guy (especially when it comes to colonial times as the real history is almost always more interesting), and I feel like explaining lore - especially for a subject like Fear Street - will only bog stuff down later on with continuity and logical problems, but this does scratch a real itch for RL Stine for me. Here was violence. Here were stakes! Here was a twist that was pretty decent! <br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/book?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookreview?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookreview</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendations?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendations</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booklover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booklover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booknerd?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booknerd</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookaddict?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookaddict</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookcover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookcover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/read?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#read</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wordywordsonwords?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wordywordsonwords</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmore?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmore</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmorebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmorebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/constantreader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#constantreader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstine?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rlstine</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fearstreet?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fearstreet</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fearstreetbooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fearstreetbooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstinebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rlstinebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstinefearstreet?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rlstinefearstreet</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmorehorror?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmorehorror</a>
Wordy Words on WordsIt’s super interesting to read a philosopher’s take on how he thought Covid would impact our culture as a whole.<br> <br> He was wrong, but I think we all were. I distinctly remember thinking that Covid could - for all the heartache and death it brought with it - also bring a reframing of our lives and a refreshed priority list to all of us. We could really take a moment and breathe for a bit, look around, and evaluate whether we as a society are okay with the grind that is modernity.<br> <br> Turns out yes, people were okay with it. Well. Rich people were okay with it. As so often happens, the curtain lifted a bit to show that that so-called “unskilled labor force,” is actually holding up civilization while the rich just pretend to do important things.<br> <br> At this point, Covid feels like a wasted opportunity to right an awful lot of wrongs.<br> <br> Edit: I wrote the above in 2022 and I feel like I’ve just gotten more radicalized year after year from my disappointment in all of us as a society. We could have done so much. We could currently be in such a better place. But no, the workforce was forced to cave to the rich, showing their trick of limiting wages to barely livable also meant that nobody had the opportunity to reject the systems that they set up.<br> <br> We were set up, exploited, and manipulated and words cannot express just how fucking angry I am about the whole thing because now there are ZERO silver linings or redeeming values to Covid19. Just a whole lot of unnecessary death and tighter grip on the people by corporations and billionaires.<br> <br> It kills me, man. I’m not even kidding. 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Wordy Words on WordsLast camp book in the original Goosebumps series!<br> <br> This is definitely my favorite camp book in the Goosebumps series. It has everything: gaslighting, ghosts, attempted murder, snakes, and betrayal. <br> <br> It was also scarier than a LOT of other Goosebumps books and it made me start thinking about JK Rowling.<br> <br> The genius of (the morally questionable) Rowling was that her books graduated in difficulty, subject matter, and characterization as they went on. Kids who were eleven when the first Harry Potter book came out got to grow up WITH Harry and deal with more and more mature things right next to him as they had to deal with more mature things in their own lives.<br> <br> It was brilliant.<br> <br> And I’m not saying Stine is Rowling or anything (Stine is OBVIOUSLY better than Rowling even if he never read the story I sent him as a kid. At least he’s not a TERF. That I know of - please don’t correct me), but the books have been getting scarier and it would be WILD if the last one served as a bridge to the scarier and far more violent Fear Street books.<br> <br> Imagine: A kid goes through a scarier than average Goosebumps story and the family moves in the end like Welcome to Dead <br> House only pull up to a new house in a new town and the kid gets out to survey the scene. It’s quiet and he realizes that there aren’t any birds singing. And it’s chilly even though it’s summer. And what does that street sign say?<br> <br> “Fear Street? What kind of town names a street like that?”<br> <br> And then nothing. That’s the end.<br> <br> I think that would have been the coolest think Stine could have done but, alas, it didn’t work out like that. 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Wordy Words on WordsWhen I originally read this, I was impressed that the kid could basically fall asleep on command. I’m pretty quick to fall asleep and my wife gets pretty jealous of it, but I can’t just zonk out when I’m super stressed about things - like I can only imagine this kid was.<br> <br> And I really enjoyed the fever dream state of this book. Absolutely dreadful episode of the show, but the book was good.<br> <br> Except for one thing: You know how in movies they sometimes try to be cute and slip in names as an homage to the movie-maker’s influences? Like how in Friday the 13th, Tommy was at Karloff’s Garage? Or how in Scream, Rose McGowan said “Wes Carpenter?”<br> <br> And you know how it NEVER feels natural? These names are critical to the point where they seem almost unique to that individual. Are there other people named Wes? Sure! But in the context of horror movies, is there really any other Wes? Or a Karloff? <br> <br> It takes me right out of the story. <br> <br> It’s even harder in books because I can’t exactly read when my eyes are rolling in my head. <br> <br> That said, Stine has avoided it almost entirely until this book. He fell HARD in this book.<br> <br> Two characters. One named Bruce. One named Wayne. They’re always together so it’s “Bruce said,” “Wayne added.”<br> <br> Ugh.<br> <br> ———<br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/horrorbooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#horrorbooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/horrorbookstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#horrorbookstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmore?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmore</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmorebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmorebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmorehorror?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmorehorror</a> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wordywordsonwords?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wordywordsonwords</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/goosebumps?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#goosebumps</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/goosebumpsbooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#goosebumpsbooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/goosebumpsseries?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#goosebumpsseries</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/book?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendations?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendations</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booklover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booklover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookaddict?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookaddict</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookaholic?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookaholic</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/constantreader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#constantreader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/horror?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#horror</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstine?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rlstine</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstinebooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rlstinebooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rlstinegoosebumps?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rlstinegoosebumps</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/spooky?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spooky</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/spookybooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spookybooks</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bibliophile?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bibliophile</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstagrammer?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstagrammer</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booklovers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booklovers</a>