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reviewed Middlegame by Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire: Middlegame (Hardcover, 2019, Tor.com) 4 stars

New York Times bestselling and Alex, Nebula, and Hugo-Award-winning author Seanan McGuire introduces readers to …

I wanted to love this

3 stars

On paper this is the type of book that I love and I’ve really enjoyed reading the Wayward Children series so I was eager to get into it. Unfortunately I it was waaaaaay too long for my taste and I found myself skimming entire chapters towards the end just to move the plot along. The main characters were interesting and I was intrigued enough to want to know what happens but somehow I also felt bored at the same time.

reviewed Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett: Wintersmith (EBook, 2006, HarperCollins) 4 stars

Tiffany Aching accidentally starts to transform into an anthropomorphic representation of Summer, due to her …

Our little Tiffany Aching is growing up so fast

4 stars

Content warning Plot spoilers ahead

reviewed Maskerade by Terry Pratchett (Discworld (19))

Terry Pratchett: Maskerade (Paperback, 1998, HarperTorch) 4 stars

The story begins with Agnes Nitt leaving Lancre to seek a career at the Opera …

Yes and No

3 stars

Content warning plot/characer spoilers maybe?

commented on Maskerade by Terry Pratchett (Discworld (19))

Terry Pratchett: Maskerade (Paperback, 1998, HarperTorch) 4 stars

The story begins with Agnes Nitt leaving Lancre to seek a career at the Opera …

Content warning cw body shaming, maybe spoilers?

reviewed Stephen King: Three Novels - Carrie, Salem's Lot, The Shining by Stephen King

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Stephen King: Stephen King: Three Novels - Carrie, Salem's Lot, The Shining (2012, Stephen King)

 4 stars

Contains:

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Review of "Stephen King: Three Novels - Carrie, Salem's Lot, The Shining" on 'Storygraph'

2 stars

<spoiler>I wasn’t impressed by a buncha white dudes trying to stake a vampire. I couldn’t tell any of the characters apart. </spoiler>

reviewed Wizard and Glass by Stephen King (Dark Tower (4))

Stephen King, King, Stephen: Wizard and Glass (Paperback, 2003, Signet) 4 stars

[The Dark Tower][1] IV

Part IV of an epic quest. Roland the Gunslinger and his …

Review of 'Wizard and Glass' on 'Storygraph'

3 stars

I appreciated this foray into Roland’s backstory even though it was slower and less adventurous than previous books in the series. Not my favorite by far but certainly an important piece of the Dark Tower puzzle.

reviewed The Stand by Stephen King

Stephen King: The Stand (EBook, 2008, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) 4 stars

Stephen King’s apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and tangled in an elemental …

Review of 'The Stand' on 'Storygraph'

3 stars

Been interesting reading this a few years after the COVID-19 pandemic first began in 2020.

All in all I felt this book was twice as long as it really needed to be. I stayed up all night plowing through the final 1/3 of the book because I wanted to get to the resolution and I found myself skipping entire chapters of meaningless exposition. As a fan of Stephen King I suppose I shouldn’t be too surprised. Maybe I’m just anxious to get through this Man In Black character development so I can continue on my Dark Tower Extended Reading journey. I miss the gunslingers.