I'm Back!!
Wow, doesn't seem like it has been this LONG since I last wrote. I have certainly read enough!! I'm cheating a bit though. Due to my long (2 hour) commute each day, I have been "listening" to books on CD. I have to say it has been great. I've listened to many and read a few in between. One I HAVE to talk about is Stephen King's 11/22/63.
I am not usually a Stephen King fan. Loved the Shawshank Redemption and the Green Mile - movies that is. Never read any of his books. However, the idea of 11/22/63 was intriguing. What if President Kennedy was never assassinated? How would our world have changed...or not changed. Main character, Jake Epping, is presented with this opportunity....
Jake's friend, Al, who owns a diner, let's him in on a secret. The diner, always thought of as suspicious because of the low prices (is it dog meat and how can he stay in business are always questions of this establishment) actually is the doorway to a portal to the past. Going through the portal, you can go back to late 1962.
Al is dying and wants Jake to go back and try to stop the Kennedy assassination.
I have to stop there. I read the reviews about the book and once I started reading it, I was upset that so much was revealed. I won't do that to you and if you plan to read the book, I beg you NOT to read anything but the book. It's a big one, over 800 pages. Or 23 unabridged CD's. This was so good, I would bring the CD's in the house with me. I could not wait to get in the car. Even a drive to the market or to car line, I was listening to this!! Of course, it wouldn't be true Stephen King if there wasn't just a "little magic" involved. Just enough though, to make you think...There are some very memorable characters as well. All I can say is Harry Dunning....the thought of him brings me to tears....
As big as this book was - I'm going to read/listen to this one again and again.....I hear a movie is in the works. It would have to be a mini-series like "The Stand". Either way, I'm completely hooked!
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