{"id":4202,"date":"2012-07-08T11:30:46","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T16:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/?p=4202"},"modified":"2012-07-08T11:30:49","modified_gmt":"2012-07-08T16:30:49","slug":"m-o-o-n-that-spells-tom-finished-reading-the-stand-by-stephen-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/08\/m-o-o-n-that-spells-tom-finished-reading-the-stand-by-stephen-king\/","title":{"rendered":"M-O-O-N that spells &#8220;Tom finished reading The Stand&#8221; by Stephen King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just finished reading the complete and uncut version of &#8220;The Stand&#8221; by Stephen King, and I have to say I enjoyed it immensely. I&#8217;ve never read a book that had such deep character development. I listened to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B0077DEH7A&amp;qid=1341764539&amp;sr=1-1\">audio book version<\/a> of it, which as very well read\/acted and <em>only<\/em> 48 hours long! It took me about 4 weeks to get through it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/StevenKing_TheStand.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just finished reading the complete and uncut version of &#8220;The Stand&#8221; by Stephen King, and I have to say I enjoyed it immensely. I&#8217;ve never read a book that had such deep character development. I listened to the audio book version of it, which as very well read\/acted and only 48 hours long! 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