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Audiobook Review : Joyland by Stephen King
“When you’re twenty-one, life is a roadmap. It’s only when you get to be twenty-five or so that you begin to suspect that you’ve been looking at the map upside down, and not until you’re forty are you entirely sure. By the time you’re sixty, take it from me, you’re fucking lost.”
― Stephen King, Joyland
Release Date: June 4th 2013
Pages: 288
Hours: 7 hours and 33 minutes
Publisher: Hard Case Crimes
Audio Publisher: Simon and Schuster Audio
Yep, I’m reviewing an adult book. I’ve been listening to the Book Riot podcast lately where they discuss mainly adult books, and it’s made me want to get into more adult lit. Now, I read a few of Stephen King’s well known short stories like Children of the Corn and The Langoliers in high school. And while I never found the stories interesting enough to take on a full novel, I remember the stories and writing were good, so I figured I’d start my adult reviewing with Stephen King….
The Infinite Moment of Us by Lauren Myracle
- Release Date: August 20th 2013
- Publisher: Amulet Books (Abrams)
- Pages: 336
- Genre: Contemporary
Synopsis: For as long as she can remember, Wren Gray’s goal has been to please her parents. But as high school graduation nears, so does an uncomfortable realization: Pleasing her parents once overlapped with pleasing herself, but now . . . not so much. Wren needs to honor her own desires, but how can she if she doesn’t even know what they are?
It’s all ending for Wren Gray…
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