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by Stephen King
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brandonsears
brandonsears rated it 15 years ago
Baseball is a sport that I have a hard time supporting. A few years ago (approx. 8 to be exact) I had seen a live game between the Boston Red Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays. I actually enjoyed it quite a bit, it's a totally different animal live. It comes across as lively and exciting. However, I can...
Tall Girls Have Short Memories
Tall Girls Have Short Memories rated it 15 years ago
I wasn't sure what I was expecting from this book. I liked it. I liked the writing style and the voice but then again, it's King and that's almost always a true statement for me.I was expecting a supernatural element, to be honest, and I thought that the reveal, while pretty grim, did not live up ...
Shelf Indulgence
Shelf Indulgence rated it 15 years ago
So, if you read the back of this book, you get a pretty good sense of what you’re getting into. This is a collection of two long short stories, one the story of Blockade Billy, a catcher for a baseball team that has been OMG ERASED FROM HISTORY because he did an OMG HORRIBLE THING, which was so bad...
Readundant
Readundant rated it 15 years ago
Very quick read (45 minutes or so?), a fun little King story about a kid who played ball like no one else... thank goodness. The narrator could be any old Stephen King character but the author's love of the game certainly comes through. Not really sure why this was published as a solo hardcover, but...
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