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Billy Summers (August 3, 2021)

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  • GNTLGNTGNTLGNT
    ...see, I can't stand the first line of that review.....he hasn't done undiluted "horror" in decades....that label does him a disservice, as always....plus, it's not exactly his first trip into thriller land....."hard-boiled"?, I'll make up my own mind on that when the novel arrives...that's another term tossed about like a paper wad....
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  • Hedda GablerHedda Gabler
    Inching closer
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  • GNTLGNTGNTLGNT
    Pin on New trending GIF
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  • willowlovewillowlove
    Short interview with SK about Billy Summers and The Stand by EW.

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  • willowlovewillowlove
    The main SK site is now saying SK will have a reading of Billy Summers on YouTube, apparently at this page:

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  • BevVincentBevVincent
    edited July 2021

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  • GNTLGNTGNTLGNT
     I'm not wedded to one particular genre. I don't even like that word, "genre"; I think it's a lazy word. 

    ....amen.....
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  • willowlovewillowlove
    The computer apparently ate my post of this yesterday.  Stupid computers!

    Here's the Booklist review:

    One last job? Again? But, when even the fictional character embarking on that last job is aware he’s trapped in a trope, you know you’re in for something different. How different? King has multiple novels in play here—a thriller, at least two coming-of-age stories, and a knockout road novel—and he knits them together beautifully, never missing a stitch. Billy Summers is a former Marine sniper who, like Max Allan Collins’ Quarry, only hits bad guys; Billy wants out of the game, but he needs a stake. The job requires lead time, during which Billy poses as a writer and finds that he likes it; he’s good, too, as we find ourselves totally drawn into the tale of Billy’s dysfunctional family, his years in a juvenile detention home, and his experience during the Iraq War. That’s plenty, but there’s much more. Laying low after the hit (and after he realizes he’s been tabbed as a fall guy), Billy saves college student Alice, a rape victim, and the two hit the road, driving cross-country to Denver, where Billy gathers information from his former handler, a wonderfully realized, grandfatherly outlaw, and begins to track the bad guys behind the frame. More road trips follow, as Alice emerges as a scene-stealing heroine on her own coming-of-age journey. King has never been better than he is here at wrapping readers into a propulsive, many-tentacled narrative—complete with a perfectly orchestrated, moving ending.


    This title has been recommended for young adult readers:

    YA/General Interest: Not that teens need anyone to tell them to read King, but they'll be especially drawn to college-age Alice.

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  • GNTLGNTGNTLGNT
    dopl3rcom - Memes - Me Ive been sitting here for years GRRM momBelease the damn book before T piss myself imgftiptco
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  • BevVincentBevVincent
    BevVincent said:

    Reminder
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  • KurbenKurben
    I've booked a copy! It will be sent to me. Cant wait!
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  • BevVincentBevVincent
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  • BevVincentBevVincent
    My review
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  • GNTLGNTGNTLGNT
    BevVincent said:
    My review
    ....thanks Bev, appears as if I'll have to put the reading "brakes" on to avoid blistering through it, and instead enjoy both the actual and metaphorical journeys.....
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  • Hedda GablerHedda Gabler
    Good one. So excited for this to land. 
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  • GNTLGNTGNTLGNT
    ...with my quirky sense of humor, it would have been hilarious if they gave him a sister "Donna" in his cover story....
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  • BevVincentBevVincent
    He does have a sister...
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  • GNTLGNTGNTLGNT
    edited July 2021
    He does have a sister...
    .....hmmmmmm........she sing Disco?.....
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  • Hedda GablerHedda Gabler
    BevVincent said:
    I absolutely love love love when stephen reads his own work. I wish he’d read them all.

    this audio was a bit of a bummer with the wind.
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  • FlakeNoirFlakeNoir
    Excellent review Bev, I'm going to try and get this one right away, perfect priming. Stephen, you picked a winner in Bev.
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  • KurbenKurben
    I've ordered my ex. Got a mail saying it ought to arrive by post on the fourth. Cant wait.
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  • BevVincentBevVincent
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  • FlakeNoirFlakeNoir
    My order has been put in, I'm very excited for this one.  
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  • BevVincentBevVincent
    EW has an excerpt
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  • GNTLGNTGNTLGNT
    ..."sticky-uppy"..... :D
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