2016 Best TV Shows

I was going to do a top 10 but I ended up with 15 shows. My basis for picking these shows were that we couldn’t wait for another new episode to air each week or we binge-watched all the episodes at once, which is the equivalent of not being able...

The Walking Dead: Compendium 1

The Walking Dead: Compendium 1 by Robert Kirkman Pages: 1088 Genre: Zombie Graphic Novel Published: May 19, 2009 Purchase: Amazon | Powell’s 5/5 stars I enjoyed The Walking Dead, Compendium 1 (collecting issues 1-48) so much more than the television show. Things move so much quicker! It’s non-stop action. Nothing seems to...

Eileen

Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh Pages: 260 Genre: Literary Published: August 16, 2016 Purchase: Amazon | Powell’s I couldn’t be bothered to deal with fixing things. I preferred to wallow in the problem, dream of better days.   3/5 stars Eileen is more about character than plot. The main character, Eileen, has issues....

Fight Club 2

Fight Club 2 by Chuck Palahniuk, Cameron Stewart, David Mack Pages: 256 Genre: Mind-Bending Graphic Novel Published: June 28, 2016 Purchase: Amazon | Powell’s 1/5 stars I loved Fight Club, both the book and the movie. While I had no desire for a sequel, when I heard it would be a graphic novel, I...

The Stand (TV Movie)

The Stand Starring: Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Laura San Giacomo, Corin Nemec, Matt Frewer, Rob Lowe, Ray Walston, Bill Fagerbakke Directed by: Mick Garris Written by: Stephen King (book, teleplay) Length: 6 hours Genre: Drama Release Date: May 8-12, 1994 The Stand miniseries does a decent job condensing a huge book into a...

The Stand (Book)

The Stand by Stephen King Pages: 1152 pages (uncut edition) Genre: Dystopian Published: September 1978 (original), May 1990 (uncut version) Purchase: Amazon | Powell’s That wasn’t any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery. 5/5 stars In a typical dystopian novel, it starts well after whatever catastrophe has affected...

Sometimes They Come Back

Sometimes They Come Back Starring: Tim Matheson, Brooke Adams, Robert Rusler Directed by: Tom McLoughlin Written by: Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal, Stephen King (short story) Rating: R Length: 1 hour 37 min. Genre: Horror Release Date: May 7, 1991 As a TV movie, Sometimes They Come Back can’t rely too much on blood and guts, but...

The Mangler

The Mangler Starring: Robert Englund, Ted Levine, Daniel Matmor Directed by: Tobe Hooper Written by: Stephen King (short story), Tobe Hooper (screenplay), Stephen Brooks (screenplay), Peter Welbeck (screenplay) Rating: R Length: 1 hour 46 minutes Genre: Horror Release Date: March 3, 1995 Some stories are never going to translate well into film. The short story that The...

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman Pages: 400 Genre: Family Life Published: September 4, 2013 Purchase: Amazon | Powell’s Elsa decides that even if people she likes have been shits on earlier occasions, she has to learn to carry on liking them. You’d quickly run out...

Truly Madly Guilty

Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty Pages: 415 Genre: Contemporary Published: July 26, 2016 Purchase: Amazon | Powell’s There is no special protection when you cross that invisible line from your ordinary life to that parallel world where tragedies happen. It happens just like this. You don’t become someone else. You’re still...