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Audiobook Review: Stephen King's "It"

Here at Reading My Way Through Life we love Halloween. Well, I love Halloween. And I always want to do something special for Halloween. Last year, it was Halloween Week  where I was reviewing books and TV shows for a whole week. This year, I'm dedicating the whole month of October to this spooky pseudo-holiday. To start off, I'm reviewing Stephen King's It , the audio version. I started listening to this audiobook way back in July, and I had no idea I would be reviewing It for Halloween. It was just a lucky coincidence. So, let's get to the book that took me a good three months to get through. Title: It Author: Stephen King Year of publishing: 1986 Audiobook adaptation published  in 2010 by Penguin Audiobooks. Narrated by: Steven Weber They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they were grown-up men and women who had gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But none of them could withstand the force ...

Rainy TBR: Autumn Reading

Autumn is officially here. Wet, and grey, and wonderful. Autumn is the season of bad colds. It's the season of diving headfirst into a new school semester. And, most importantly, it's the season of books. For me, autumn is the best reading season . It has the perfect weather conditions for staying inside, with a good book, and hot cup of coffee/tee/coco. The thing about this season, is that there is no right or wrong when it comes to choosing your book. You can fully immerse yourself into the dark, and read a good old Stephen King horror. Or you can dream yourself away to a warmer and sunnier place like, say, Ray Bradbury's Green Town, or Mars. In my anticipation for this reading season, I've been outlining my autumn TBR, and this is what I have come up with. Some of these books have followed me from the summer TBR. There are some re-reads, too. Nothing  is, of course, written in stone. The TBR is more of a guideline, than a fixed to-do list. Currently read...