Book 8: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis

Summary: Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy find themselves transported to the land of Narnia where they join the lion, Aslan, to fight the evil White Witch. Everyone knows the story, so I'm not going to type it out.

My Thoughts: This is a classic that everyone should have read by now. If you've only seen the movie, do yourself a favor and read the danged book. It's short enough. This is actually another cheat for me, because I read it out loud over a couple of weeks as a bedtime story for my son.

Links:
Amazon
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe at Wikipedia
Review at Commonsensemedia.com

Book 7: Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King

Summary: Told in 12 chapters, one for each month, a town is terrorized by murders during the full moon of each month. Only a handicapped boy, Marty ever manages to escape. He eventually comes up with a plan to get rid of the werewolf permanently.

My Thoughts: This is a very short book coming in a just over 100 pages with tons of full page illustrations. I read it as a cheat to get me back on track and make sure I 'm not falling behind my goals. This is as good as any other King book, but it feels rushed, like he was just cranking it out. That's partly because of the 12 chapters format, but it's enjoyable nevertheless.

Links:
Amazon
Cycle of the Werewolf at Wikipedia
Review at Charnel House

Book 6: From a Buick 8 by Stephen King

Summary: A boy's state patrolman father dies and the boy starts hanging out at the station where his dad worked. HE finds out that the police barracks have an old "Buick" hidden in a shed behind the place and it does some freaky stuff. It lets out the occasional creature or weird plant. It has a strange attraction and at least 2 people have disappeared into it. The boy, Ned, eventually gets the story out of the old troopers about where they got the "car" and his father's obsession with it.

My Thoughts:
Awesome Stephen King book. It's not a straight forward story though, there is no clean ending as the storytellers often point out.

Trivia:
A supposed movie is in the works with Tobe Hooper as the director. He also did Poltergeist and the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Links:
Amazon
From a Buick 8 at Wikipedia
Review at liljas-library.com