"Sleeping Beauties" (2017) was published by Stephen King and his son, Owen King. The language seems like something from the younger generation, so I'm thinking that Stephen King's name is just on the cover to make folks pick it up. And since I haven't actually read a Stephen King novel before, I can't say how this one compares to any others. I can say that the story drags on and on, and I felt like I was on season 9 of the Walking Dead by the time we finally made it to the end, which all seemed pretty anticlimactic to me. I feel like I could give you all the spoilers in the world and it wouldn't make any difference because it seemed that the end was visible from the beginning. So did I like it? Eh, not much. Would I watch the movie (because apparently there might be one since the rights have already been purchased)... Yeah, I would probably watch the dumb movie. I don't have much taste. But I do have a funny irony about this book. Most of the book is set in a women's prison, and it was sent to me by a woman in prison.

I have also read a few other books lately. All three were by the same author, Loren Spivack (The Free Market Warrior), who came to speak at one of our Cooke County Republican Women's meetings a few months ago. Those books are "The New Democrat" (2010), "The Gorax" (2014), and "The Wizard of Iz" (2016). They are all short books, and all are political parodies in the style of Dr. Suess. Theodor Seuss Geisel, best known as Dr. Seuss, was actually a fairly liberal/socialist kind of guy, apparently. Mr. Spivack was a great speaker, and the idea of the parody books seemed really clever, but I wasn't as wowed as I expected with the actual writing. It's almost too in-your-face political, and there were some obvious typing errors in the first book.

So those are my less-than-glowing reviews for today. As far as women's prisons go, I still have two friends in two different ones. And as far as political things go, I'm all registered for the GOP Convention in San Antonio in June. It's sort of silly, it's sort of a waste of time and money, but it's the place to be if you care about... Well, politics, maybe. The country, maybe. My favorite part of these conventions is talking to strangers and hearing what they're really there for - why they think it's so important to make the effort to be involved. Some are there for School Choice, and some are totally pro-life, and some are just climbing up the ladder of power. Me? Boy, I really don't know what I'm REALLY there for. I guess maybe because I just think it's the right thing to do - to get involved and stay involved and keep learning and keep speaking out for what's right.