I’ve been meaning to read Carrie for a long time, and after reading The Mist by Stephen King earlier this year, i wanted to try and improve my view on his writing (i wasn’t the biggest fan). Carrie seemed like a good place to start over for me as i absolutely adore the movie adaptations of this novel. I was hoping for something a little more from the book, and in that aspect i wasn’t disappointed.
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Lessons We Could Learn From Carrie White
Our readalong of the Stephen King novel, Carrie, is now finished and we thought we would change it up this time around. Rather than updating daily how we feel about the book, we decided to do a “Lessons We Could Learn From…” post about the protagonist, Carrie White. Continue reading “Lessons We Could Learn From Carrie White”
Halloween Read-Along 2016
Last year we hosted a Halloween read-along of Miss Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. We updated you on our progress throughout the holiday and it felt like the perfect book to be read when the world started getting a little more creepy and cold as we approached Halloween. This year, we will be doing the exact same!
April 2016 Wrap-Up
Last month I had a very good reading month, and I wanted to continue that in April. Uni is starting to calm down as I approach my last few weeks as a student (yes, that’s right, last few weeks as a student) and it means that I have quite a bit more time to read. It also helps that over the last month I’ve read books that I’ve actually been obsessed with. In fact my new favourite contemporary novel has been read in April!
The Mist by Stephen King
David is puzzled by a storm that hits his small town by the lake. Once it passes after a night, they emerge from the basement to check the damage, pretty much everything is in tatters. Once David heads to the store for supplies, a mist falls upon the city. No-one can leave, and no-one is getting out. There’s something in the mist but you wouldn’t dare to find out what.