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Tag: Stephen King

Film of the book: ‘Doctor Sleep’ (2019)

09/05/2022 nsford 5 Comments

This is a good adaptation of King’s 2013 novel, directed and scripted by Mike Flanagan, although it’s too long (like…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: books, films, horror, reviews, Stephen King

Fictional holidays from hell!

25/07/2020 nsford 19 Comments

Many people will not be having a summer holiday this year. To make you feel better about staying at home,…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, fiction, H G Wells, J R R Tolkien, Lewis Carroll, reading, Roald Dahl, Stephen King

Film of the book: ‘The Shining’ (1980)

09/03/2020 nsford 2 Comments

Stephen King famously disliked this adaptation of his book. The main characters were changed significantly. So was the ending. Some…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: books, fiction, films, horror, reviews, Stephen King

Review of ‘Doctor Sleep’ by Stephen King

28/02/2020 nsford 11 Comments

This sequel to The Shining was disappointing for me. As I expected, it’s not in the same league as the…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, horror, reviews, Stephen King

Authors I want to re-read – and some I don’t

15/01/2020 nsford 12 Comments

Our reading tastes tend to change over time. We return to some authors again and again, authors we never get…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: Ann M Martin, books, fiction, George Eliot, Jane Austen, Joanne Harris, R L Stine, reading, Stella Gibbons, Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, Ursula K LeGuin, Virginia Woolf

Review of ‘The Shining’ by Stephen King

12/12/2019 nsford 12 Comments

It’s a long time since I read any Stephen King. I used to read horror novels quite often but it’s…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, fiction, horror, reviews, Stephen King

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