The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

I read this for my local independent bookstore's monthly book group.  I was a little afraid going into it.  My stepmother (a HUGE Tolkien fan) had tried to get me to read this book so many times in my childhood and adolescence.  And I just...

 Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King

If you've spent any time reading this blog, you know of my all-encompassing and neverending love for one Monsieur King.  I started reading him as a young kid and while I'm sure most of his stories went a bit over my head at that time, I i...

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On my way into work, I was listening to one of BookRiot's podcasts and came across this story that amused me greatly.

Emily Schultz is an author.  Emily Schultz wrote a book titled Joyland.

Stephen King is an author.  Stephen King wrote a book titled...

Our latest Deep Thoughts from Damp Tresses was...

As you all know, I'm a giant whore for anything written by one Mr. King.  He could rewrite the dictionary and I would pre-order that shit from Amazon and then sit on my porch for the next 3 months, eagerly awaiting the a...

Doctor Sleep, Stephen King's sequel to The Shining was released today. I had pre-ordered it like 2 months ago... so I'm pleased to say that it's currently awaiting me on Aldeux.  An adult Danny Torrance is going to be creepy as fuck. CAN'T WAIT!

In anticipation of the airing of the television adaptation of Stephen King's Under the Dome (June 24th at 10/9c on CBS), King has been kind enough to do an AMA (ask me anything) on reddit.  If you're like me and the reddit format makes you feel like you're suffering f...

Well, Danny Torrance is coming back!  Slated for release in September 2013, we get to see what Danny Torrance grew up to be... alcoholic, abusive childhood and all in Doctor Sleep.

Amazon's description:
Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one...

This is our second installment in the Deep Thoughts from Damp Tresses series (aka What Bear Allen Reads While She Dries Her Hair).  And for this one... I'm reading yet another Stephen King.  So sue me!  I don't get as much of a King fix as I'd like nowadays... I have t...

So, apparently there is a phenomenon sweeping the nation (and by "nation", I mean a small group of my friends).  That phenomenon?

A hair-drying book!

Yes, you read that right.  It's a book you read specifically when you're drying your hair.  Or, as in the case of my...