Overbooked Reader

I'm torn about my review for  Mr. Mercedes . On one hand, it's a thrilling mystery read. On the other hand, it's a thrilling mystery read. I love Stephen King stories because they are full of horror, the paranormal and the supernatural. They are scary. Haunting. The stuff of nightmares. Even daymares! (Yes, it's a real word. I checked the dictionary.) Mr. Mercedes is disturbing in a psychological kind of way. But I've seen plenty of that on my favorite crime television series like Criminal Minds and Law and Order . I won't go so far as saying that King's book is just a text version of a TV crime drama--it's much better than that. It's just that the novel wasn't what I wanted or expected from the king of horror. Goodreads members, however, loved the novel. They voted Mr. Mercedes  as the best mystery and thriller book, in the Goodreads Choice Awards 2014 . King's book won over The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith (a.k.a. J.K R...

I just joined the Flights of Fantasy Reading Challenge last week, but the rules state that I have to post an update every last Sunday of the month. Luckily, the first two books I read this year both feature fantastic fiction. Recommended to me by my friend JJ, The First Law trilogy by Joe Abercrombie was a very fun and exciting read. I gave the trilogy's third book, Last Argument of Kings , a 5 out of 5 rating last January 7 because of its nonstop action, epic plot twists, and unforgettable characters.  On January 20, I posted a book review on Philippine Speculative Fiction Volume 2 , a fiction anthology given to me as a Christmas gift last year. I enjoyed most of the stories in the collection. I found some of them so amazing that I gave the book an epic rating as well. I'm now a huge fan of the anthology series and have since bought Philippine Speculative Fiction volumes 1 and 3 to 9. I have to get much more reading done, if I want to reach my goal of re...