Horror Book # 30 - The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson

 

Well, the collection The Lottery and Other Stories wasn't quite what I was expecting. It seems weird that this would be classified as horror. Except for the main story I don't think any of them could really be horror. I did enjoy most of the stories though. They envoke a sense of uneasieness and anxiety by presenting some fairly mundane everyday events. A

The Dead Zone by Stephen King

 I'm pretty sure that The Dead Zone was the first Stephen King I ever read, probably when I was 14 or so. That being some time ago I remembered very little about it - and I quite enjoyed it. Probably more than most King novels I've read lately. It isn't overly long, there aren't too many unnecessary digressions and King nails the ending. A 

Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc. by Jeff Tweedy

 I almost forgot to write an entry for this one! So Jeff Tweedy's autobiography is pretty much what you'd expect. I enjoyed it, Tweedy comes off as a pretty decent guy that almost acknowledges all of his faults and doesn't seem to hold grudges (so yeah - the exact opposite of Morrissey's autobiography). So if you like Wilco you'd probably like the book too. B

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

I enjoyed Station Eleven, but I feel like maybe I'm missing something about it. Maybe I just wasn't in the right mindset while reading it to fully get what it is trying to say. Or maybe reading about a planet-wide pandemic just didn't fit my mood. Maybe I'll give the show a chance. Maybe not. B