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Several people have now mentioned "The Book Thief" to me. I'm going to have to take a look.
Careful with King...he's writ some wonderful stuff, but also some real dogs. ("Cell", f'rinstance. Yugh.) Best of King: "'Salem's Lot," "The Stand," "Everything's Eventual," "Night Shift," "Danse Macabre," "The Shining." I liked "Duma Key" and "Under the Dome" and about half of "Just After Sunset" a great deal; still slugging through "Full Dark, No Stars" and haven't made up my mind yet, although the writing in that one is lush. I know very little of the Dark Tower series, though I liked the first book he did with Peter Straub, "The Talisman." Good to hear the new one is worth a read! The concept sounded intriguing.
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