End of Watch

Last night I finished reading the novel End of Watch by Stephen King. It's the concluding part of the trilogy that began with Mr. Mercedes and continued with Finders Keepers. In this one retired detective turned private investigator Bill Hodges investigates a number of apparent suicides connected by an old handheld games console, and apparently linked to a serial killer who has been lying comatose in hospital for the past six years. However there are rumours of bizarre paranormal phenomenon surrounding the killer, and Hodges soon realises that he is not as dormant as he appears. It's a good book, a real page turning thriller with supernatural overtones.

I went to the dentist today for my six month check up. It all went fine though. I was only there for a few minutes. I went straight on to work afterwards. I went along to the comic store afterwards and got Black Panther issue 3 and 4, Harrow County issue 14, Batgirl issue 1, Action Comics issue 960, Ms. Marvel issue 9 and Civil War II issue 4.

I started a new comic this evening, but I haven't finished it yet.

Myths and Wind-Up Birds

It was a pretty quiet evening last night. I was reading the new Stephen King novel,End of Watch, and a couple of episodes of the comedy show Peep Show, which I really like, even though I don't normally find it hilariously funny.

I was pretty busy at work. I listened to The Myths and Legends Podcast which was doing the story of Hong Gildong, basically a Korean Robin Hood, about the illegitimate child of an aristocrat who takes revenge by robbing wealthy, corrupt aristocrats and giving the money to the poor. Except he also has magical powers and fights demons. I also heard an episode of RadioLab about a man who basically tried to record every detail of his life on tape, basically wearing a wire everywhere he went. I've been listening to the audio book of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, which I got as the free download when I signed up with Audible. It's very long, but it is really good.

I did a long day at work, so I paused on my way home and got a take out steak pie and French fries.

At the moment I'm listening to the Talking Comics podcast, which is probably the best and certainly most comprehensive comic book podcast.