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I love Stephen King, it is honestly the only books I read.  I have an unnatural obsession with the Dark Tower series.  Ok maybe not that unnatural, just a normal, if-you’ve-read-it-you-would-be-this-way-too 0bsession.

I have been reading Duma Key lately.  Oh god was it a slow book to start with, like the entire first half :| E suggested I start reading at night before bed to settle my brain down.  It really is helpful, well until now.  Now as is with most of King’s books, the last 1/4 of the book is so exciting that I don’t want to put it down and that makes it difficult to be reading at bedtime!

That wasn’t really the problem last night.  Let me paint the picture for you… Last night, with E being gone with work, I was alone..  It was a dark and stormy night (hehe)  It was dude, there were tornado watches for the entire Southeastern coast I think.  I am all tucked into bed reading this book.

In the book it is storming, and the dumb main character is walking through his house in the dark.  He sees a ghost ship outside and its not going away, he’s not dreaming it, he turns on the lights to get the sight of the ghost ship gone.  And.. there’s a man in his kitchen. 

8o AUGH! OMG! I seriously JUMPED! JUMPED!  I am almost certain this is the only book from King that I have ever jumped from reading.  Watching movies, yes. Reading, no.  It is also one of the only books that has actually repeatedly scared the crap out of me.  Most of SK’s books are thrillers to me.  Not scary, gross a lot of times, but not scary.  This one has gotten me several times.  So even though its slow as hell at the start, slow and depressing; did I mention that part? I would suggest this to anyone who wants to get the pants scared off of them.  I haven’t finished it yet, so I can’t tell you what happens or if I like how it turns out, but I’m guessing all will end well, it usually does with SK, usually.

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