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Remember that girl back in high school? The one who came from a strange family and wore ugly clothes and never fit in and always got picked on? So did Stephen King.
Carrie, King’s first novel, is about that girl—except Carrie is a little different. She’s got a special power that makes her case extraordinary. And when she decides that she’s had enough of the laughter and teasing, well, it’s all over.
If there’s one thing that I’ve learned through my previous experience with Stephen King novels, it’s this: never, ever read them at night—especially if you’re alone. So I frantically read Carrie in the middle of the afternoon—while sitting in the glaring sun—just to make it a little less dark and haunting.
Something in me has a strange relationship with Stephen King. Whenever I read one of his novels, I find myself flying through them—not only because I can’t put them down, but also because I want to finish so I can read something uplifting. Yet I keep running to the bookstore and buying them. I keep wanting more.
Carrie set King’s style—his horribly (yet oh-so-wonderfully) graphic way of writing that makes you picture every gruesome scene. He’s got a way of putting his readers inside his characters. Carrie (the character) comes to life—so much that she’ll make you wish you’d been nicer to that girl in high school.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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