A book made into a TV series : Under the Dome

On Goodreads I rated this book 3 out of 5 stars, and perhaps if they had half stars I would have given it 3.5. Before I continue on my review I’d like to make a note that I am not one to care for science-fiction type books. The only “out of reality” books that I read are usually Harry Potter. That being said this book challenge is certainly expanding my reading choices.

I found this book to drag on a bit more than I would have liked. The story spans for about a week and a lot happens, however I feel the main point of the story could have been told without so much detail. King does a great job of bringing you right into the story with him, and one thing I noticed was he talks as the narrator at times, completely removed from the story which I found to be interesting (“we don’t have to stay here, we can do check out what the other folks are doing” or something to that affect). There are a vast amount of characters and King does thorough job of following each one through out the various aspects of the story line, as well as cutting off at the right time in order to keep you in suspense while he switches to another character.  He makes it clear which characters the reader should cheer for and which ones they should dislike.  It is interesting to see how fast a town can fall apart under crisis. King also likes his guts and glory, so try not to read it as your eating your breakfast like I often did.

I would have to say the most disappointing part is the ending, I won’t spoil it, but it’s one of those things where I just spent a month reading over 1000 pages and I thought Really ? This is how it is going to end?

Next up: A book that came out the year you were born : “The Witches of Eastwick: by John Updike published in 1984.

A book based on or turned into a TV show

Choosing my next book for the Reading challenge was difficult as every category is interesting, and I can think of many books for each. So I left it up to chance,pulling the next category out of a bowl.Next up: A book based on or turned into a TV show. I didn’t want a whole series of books, and I originally thought of Orange is the New Black, however there were holds on all the copies at the library. So I took to the internet to see what else I could find and as soon as I saw Under the Dome I knew I wanted to read it. I had watched most of the first season of the TV series and enjoyed it. I have only read one other book by Stephen King, but my mom has read them all. I’ll admit, when I found the book on the shelf at the library I was a little bit daunted by how big it is (1074 pages to be exact), mostly because I am determined to accomplish this reading challenge, (as well as my Goodreads challenge of 100 books in 2015). In a little over a week I have put a good dent in the book, and next week is research week so hopefully I will have my review soon than later.