2015 Reading Challenge, Book 43: Joyland by Stephen King

Joyland was released in 2013 by Hard Case crime and honestly I was not in the least bit intrigued. Don’t get me wrong, I like crime a great deal as a genre (though my leanings tend toward the serial killer or gruesome kind) but, I dunno…something about King writing this or the tone of the copy surrounding it (and there was a lot) put me off.

Anyway, fast forward to a coupla months ago, I was browsing books in a charity shop, as you do, and I found a paperback. I have a habit of reading a litt...