Horror Book # 23 - Needful Things by Stephen King

 

Has it really been almost three months since I've finished a book? I took my time with Needful Things and it is a fairly long book. It was an enjoyable read but not at all scary, it works best as a social commentary on people deluding themselves and falsely blaming others for their problems. B

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Planet X by Michael Jan Friedman

I read so many Star Trek books back in the 90's that I really don't know if I had read this one before or not. Maybe? This time the Enterprise has an adventure with the X-Men somehow. Of course there is the obligatory reference to the resemblance between Picard and Professor X - and this was written even before the X-Men movies. Wolverine and Worf also become buddies. B-

Horror Book # 36 - Ghost Story by Peter Straub

 

Why am I still posting these? Anyway, I enjoyed Ghost Story. A-

Horror Book # 25 Skeleton Crew by Stephen King

 I didn't expect Skeleton Crew to be one of the best Stephen King books I've read. Most every story here is a winner and there are quite a few of them. Easily an A.

Book # 103 & Horror Book # 45 The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

 

This was my second reading of The Picture of Dorian Gray - and yeah - I liked it. That Oscar Wilde guy has some witty things to say. A.

Horror Book # 39- Christine by Stephen King

 

Another Stephen King book crossed off my list. Christine is a bit above average for a King novel. B+

World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music by Jeff Tweedy

 

A nice chill book of Jeff Tweedy's commentary on some of his favorite songs. B+