Book Excerpt for the Day

    He gestured toward the canvases in the main room.  "What are they, really?  I mean, no bullshit.  Because - I wouldn't say this to very many people - they remind me of the way life was inside my head when I wasn't taking my pills."

    "They're just make-believe," I said.  "Shadows."

    "I know about shadows," he said.  "You just want to be careful they don't grow teeth.  Because they can.  Then, sometimes when you reach for the light-switch to make them go away, you discover the power's out."


(from Duma Key, by Stephen King)

9*/10.  The full review is here.