Just because Owen King is Stephen's son, I have no reason to doubt this recommendation. Seriously. I've never not enjoyed something King the elder has endorsed.
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Stacey, a brilliant, overachieving astrobiology major at Fenton College, had planned on just another lonely Spring Break on campus. But when a hurricane batters the small college town, downing power lines and knocking out cell phone reception, Stacey and her friends are stranded with no way to communicate with the outside world at the worst possible moment: in the midst of an alien invasion.
As space insects begin to burrow into students and staff, transforming them into slobbering, babbling monsters, a conglomeration of misfits must band together to prevent the infestation from spreading. Meanwhile, Stacey’s long-stifled romantic feelings for her friend Charlotte begin to surface, while the professor she had admired and respected becomes the students’ worst enemy.
with my younger kids and as we read the delicious description of the wonderfully horrible Trunchbull last night, I found myself in a bit of a dilemma. I was genuinely enjoying reading to my kids but I had been looking forward to bedtime all night so I could sneak away and read MY new book 
. I realized I had discovered a main bookworm mom problem - keep reading to the kids or read for myself. What a good problem to have! In the end I read until the kids' really had to get to bed then sequestered myself in the bathroom so no one would bother me and read until I had to get to bed. It was a good night. 
One was a recommendation from my daughter and I try to read what my kids recommend. I'm appreciate it and can see why she liked it so well. 
The third is the basis for a new movie coming out this fall that I may want to see so I decided I'd better read the book first. 
Those books may as well have disappeared like a puff of wind at midnight though. Amazon delivered Career of Evil, 
