Books - The Stand by Stephen King

Rate the book: 10

Before I begin my review I will let you know that this is only the second Stephen King novel i'v ever read, (and definatly not the last) although I am a big fan of the "horror" genre.

The Stand is a amazing novel, The plot unfolds after a deadly virus escapes and almost imediatly kills 99% of the worlds population. From there the remaining surviours find themselves either joining a "good" or "evil" side, i know this may sound kind of lame but it works. The book is very lengthy over 1000 pages!! but it never became dull or boring. The way King can make you visualise the events that take place is amazing from corpses slowly decaying on the streets to gunfights and mass meetings. The dark, graphic and gritty atmosphere created is very enjoyable, it is worth noting that some themes may affect certain readers as it deals with death and god very heavily, it is also a very dark and gory novel.

Overall it is byfar the best book i have ever read to this date i also went to the trouble of buying the mini series which i would only reccomend to people who have read the book, although it was still quite a good adaption of the film, with a cameo of king himself which i found quite hurmorus. I highly reccomend reading this book dont be overwhelmed by the size of it as it will draw you in and you wont put it down.

----reviewed by adam

Books - Corey in the Saddle by Bonnie Bryant

I really liked cory in the saddle and think you should write some more of those types of books i think it was the best one out of the series pony tails and loved readinf it the reason i loved readingn it so much was because it made you want to read on and was a cachy book i also like the name pony tails as you have probably worked out i like horses and have 4 of my own

----reviewed by Maddie