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8th January 2012

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Having just finished (and enjoyed!) reading Underworld by Don DeLillo, starting a book like this is some kind of weird relief - stuff happens in this book! And it happens quickly! I always feel like I should be snobby about Stephen King - y’know, since he’s super-popular, and I’m a snob - but based entirely on the two books of his I’ve read (including Misery), he’s a great, compelling writer. 2012 may just have to be the year I start reading without prejudice.

Having just finished (and enjoyed!) reading Underworld by Don DeLillo, starting a book like this is some kind of weird relief - stuff happens in this book! And it happens quickly!

I always feel like I should be snobby about Stephen King - y’know, since he’s super-popular, and I’m a snob - but based entirely on the two books of his I’ve read (including Misery), he’s a great, compelling writer. 2012 may just have to be the year I start reading without prejudice.

  1. teaandtheatre reblogged this from sweethermieharmony and added:
    Few positive feminist King pieces: Rose Madder, chockfull of feminist and traditional mythology references, about a...
  2. sweethermieharmony reblogged this from mootpoint and added:
    I started reading King finally in college, with The Bachman Books, which are quite fascinating. He tells a darn good...
  3. mootpoint reblogged this from rgr-pop and added:
    I agree with this. (Though I haven’t read any Stephen King - except On Writing in high school when I wanted to be A...
  4. thelastgreatpoolparty reblogged this from lookuplookup and added:
    That there even exists a distinction between “high brow” and “low brow” art/entertainment/whatever makes me want to...
  5. lookuplookup reblogged this from rgr-pop and added:
    Agreed - Stephen King is a compelling writer & when my aunt graduated from college and had to move back in with my...
  6. ryancox reblogged this from rivertrash and added:
    There is never a tinge of otherism or tokenism when he writes about a diverse cast of characters (though I don’t...
  7. rivertrash reblogged this from yoursecretary and added:
    I grew up reading a lot of Stephen King novels. In a lot of ways they were my first look into an adult world and they...
  8. rgr-pop reblogged this from yoursecretary and added:
    Hey! I hate talking about books because every book is patriarchy, every book oppresses you by alienating you from...
  9. yoursecretary reblogged this from alexcornetto and added:
    i can totally relate to these statements. in my late teens and early twenties i read
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