THE DARK TOWER

It is time yet again for me to share with you the books I have read over the past year.

The Black Echo: Michael Conlley

Time of the Twins: M. Weis and T. Hickman

Cell: Stephen King

Fire in the Grove: John C. Esposito

The Broker: John Grisham

War of the Twins: M. Weis and T. Hickman

Dhamphir: Barb and JC Hendee

Imajica: Clive Barker

Velocity: Dean Koontz

Monster Island: David Wellington

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: L. Frank Baum

Agents of Light and Darkness: Simon R. Green

The Black Ice: Michael Connlley

The Godwulf Manuscript: Robert B. Parker

Strangers: Dean Koontz

Of Mice and Men: John Steinbeck

The Ruins: Scott Smith

His Majesty's Dragon: Naomi Novik

Night Watch: Sergei Lukyanenko

Monster Nation: David Wellington

Nightingale's Lament: Simon R. Green

The City of Towers: Keith Baker

The Shattered Land: Keith Baker

The Gates of Night: Keith Baker


Another year done, another list full of books about detectives, dragons, zombies, George, nightclub fires, wizards and killer flowers. Check them out and Amazon or Borders. There is some good stuff here.

Until next time true believers

I finally got my tattoo. I have been saying for years that I wanted a tattoo, I just need to decided what I wanted. No small decision right? It is going to be there for a very long time. I wanted something I wasn't going to regret in a year. I have been a Stephen King fan ever since I received It as a Christmas gift back in 1986. I remember that it was 1138 pages long (weird the shit we remember huh?) and it was the longest book I had read at the time. The design I chose for my tattoo comes from another Stephen King epic, The Dark Tower. Notice the name of my blog? I picked one of the Guardians of the Beam, the Turtle. The Turtle factors greatly in the Dark Tower series as well as It. That is how I came about my decision.

I also wanted to go to the right place. I certainly didn't want some hack putting something as permanent as a tattoo on my body. So I did some research and got some advice from others (Thanks Scott or rather Scott thank Neil for me). I settled on Fat Ram's Pumpkin Tattoo" in Jamaica Plain. The shop won the 1st and 2nd annual Weekly Dig awards for Boston's best tattoo parlor. I choose the owner, Ram, after looking through his portfolio which has some truly amazing work. I had to wait 6 months for the appointment because he is so booked but it was well worth the wait. I am very pleased with how it came out.