Few books have had me as excited and impatient for the release day to finally arrive as The Twelve. After listening to the The Passage, the 36 hour long introduction to this series, I was already primed and ready for more intense viral action. Then came the waiting.. which always sucks.
Read MoreCronin’s vampires are not the Bela Lugosi type. They are not descended from a long line of bloodsuckers going back to the time of Dracula. I think it’s also safe to say that the vampires or “virals” are not Bella Swan’s type either. There are no glittering vampires prancing around in this novel and from what I’ve seen so far it is unlikely for a human + viral love story to break out in any of the subsequent books in this series. [click link above for more]
Read MoreEvery time I hear a book recommendation from Stephen King it gets me moving. Either straight to the library, bookstore or to my audible.com account. When he says it’s good I can usually take it for granted that I’m going to love it. So when Stephen King says that when you read The Passage “the ordinary world disappears” I was immediately hooked and I was downloading it to my ipod about 10 minutes later. (Click the link for more)
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