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@chuckabilly.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 5:21 AM

Book 248:

The Long Walk - Richard Bachman (Stephen King) 🎧🚶‍♂️🚶🏿☠️💙📚🩸

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

The rules are simple: Walk. Don’t stop until you’re the last one left. If you pause, you get a warning. Third warning you die. No rest, no breaks, no fucking quarter. This book rips. #RichardBachman #SKReRead #TheLongWalk

A 4 1/2⭐️ book review for “The Long Walk” by Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, from LiteraryLollapalooza.blogspot.com: “The second book published as Richard Bachman (and 7th overall!) is a gruesome and grueling treatise on brutality and the human condition. THE Proto-Hunger Games, this Dystopian tale of nationwide food insecurity and the aptly named Long Walk, which pits child against child in a ruthless, bloody non-stop walking marathon where the rules are simple: Walk. Don’t stop until you’re the last one left. If you pause, you get a warning. Third warning they shoot you. No rest, no breaks, no fucking quarter. This book rips. Still. Also fyi, I love the 2025 film adaptation if you haven’t seen it. This book is out now everywhere.”
@chuckabilly.bsky.socialSep 25, 2026, 8:07 AM

Book 229:

Night Shift - Stephen King 🎧📱💙📚🩸📕

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Stephen King’s first collection of short stories is a fine introduction to the King of Horror and is the collection of a writer fully in control of his craft, even though many of these stories represent the earliest of his written works. #SKReRead

A 5⭐️ book review for “Night Shift: Excursions Into Horror” by Stephen King from LiteraryLollapalooza.blogspot.com: “Stephen King’s first collection of short stories is a fantastic introduction to the King of Horror’s work, and I’m extremely happy to say that it has held up better over time than my memory of it did. Let me ‘splain: this was my first SK book, I picked it up off the library rack because of that wicked hand illustration from “I Am The Doorway”, and it kicked off a lifelong love affair with the works of SK and with horror fiction in general. However, somehow my memory of this collection had degraded; I imagined it being immature, silly, basic. I oddly, held it in high esteem while also discounting my memory of it entirely. This book was revolutionary in my 12 year old brain. It spoke to me deeply on many different levels, each story creating an indelible impression on me. Upon rereading it, I’m mostly struck by how wrong my memory had become. It is the collection of a writer fully in control of his craft, even though many of these stories represent the earliest of his written works. It’s maddeningly bold: the wide swath of styles, genres, and POVs on display are indicative of the future of the genre, which is light years beyond where most traditional horror lived in the late 70s. My favorite story upon first reading: The Boogeyman. Least favorite: Jerusalem’s Lot. My favorite story upon reread 38 years later: Jerusalem’s Lot. Least Favorite: The Man Who Loved Flowers. Out now in print (and some stories) in audio. For me: I read “I Am The Doorway”, Gary Matrix read “Trucks” (YouTube), Bradley Lavelle read “Children of the Corn” (Internet Archive), Ed Bishop read “One For The Road” (YouTube), and the phenomenal John Glover read the remaining 16 stories, including the masterful “Jerusalem’s Lot” (PRHAudio).”
@chuckabilly.bsky.socialSep 6, 2026, 5:24 AM

Book 204:

The Stand - Stephen King 🎧↪️🆑👑😷✝️👿💙📚🩸

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

King’s epic Apocalyptic end-of-the-world battle of good vs evil is absolutely overlong and extremely dated, but still manages to cast a spell. Despite its many faults it still pays off for those willing to stick with it. #SKReRead #TheStand

A 4⭐️ book review for “The Stand” by Stephen King from LiteraryLollapalooza.blogspot.com: “King’s epic Apocalyptic end-of-the-world battle of good vs evil is absolutely overlong, extremely dated, but still manages to cast a spell. The grand novel that many readers consider his best, is the first amongst my SK rereads that I feel is intrinsically marred by time: the use of the R word, the cultural appropriation, the casual racism and homophobia, the character of Franny who I find offensive to women, there are so many things. It also structurally falls apart in the third act as Mother Abagail is lost in the wilderness and the people of Boulder try to create a functioning society (which is mostly just a lot of talk at a bunch of community meetings). In the now 4 times I’ve read this one, I always get bogged down about 75% through. That being said, “The Stand” is a signature SK title, and despite its many faults it still pays off for those willing to stick with it. Randall Flagg is as bad as they come, and of course, is also a central figure in the Dark Tower mythos as well. M-O-O-N and that spells Tom Cullen, who is oppositely a good and pure heart, and Is easily my favorite of the “good guys”. It’s also still the gold standard when it comes to apocalyptic pandemic scenarios. (It was a chilling reread in the early-COVID days of 2020). I’d recommend for those who are already familiar with King’s work and are ready for a challenge.”