Horror Book # 47 - The Running Man (The Bachman Books # 4) by Stephen King

So yeah I skipped one of the Bachman books and went right to The Running Man. I had read somewhere that it was set in 2019 so I figured now would be a good time to read it... but as it turns out the movie is set in 2019 and the book 2025.  Regardless, I enjoyed the book- it was a nice quick fun read. It was pretty much what I expected - set in a dystopian future a guy has to survive a reality game show in which he is being hunted down. It may not be great literature but I was entertained. B+

Book # 76 - For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

Generally I've enjoyed the Hemingway books I've read but as for For Whom the Bell Tolls I could take it or leave it. The story is about a guy on a mission to blow up a bridge during the Spanish Civil War. My biggest gripe is that it takes forever to get from the setting up of the premise to the actual destruction of the bridge. It is basically 400 pages of waiting around and planning. I did like the very end of the book though. Let's say this gets a B.