Monday, October 19, 2020

Horror Book # 19 - Carrie by Stephen King


When I was a teenager my dad showed me the film version of Carrie. I think he forgot how the movie began. Anyway, I enjoyed the book. Maybe because it was fairly short and really zipped along. A.

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Book # 55 - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens



 In high school I read A Tale of Two Cities and going into it I couldn't really remember what the plot was. I did remember a number of scenes though... and this led me to the conclusion that the whole book is kinda oddly put together without a real central protagonist or main plot. The main problem that Darnay finds himself in doesn't even crop up until over half way through the novel. Anyway I still enjoyed it even though it seemed to me like I barely "knew" the characters. A-