Stephen King Fans discussion

Reading Gone by James Patterson. So far, this Michael Bennett book isn't as good as the rest of the series. Hopefully it picks up but I'm over halfway through.

Just finished Small Island by Andrea Levy. One of those few life altering reads that should be a compulsory read for all book lovers!

Let me correct my statement, Stevo. It was the longest amount of time I have owned a SK novel without reading it.

Just completed The Dark Half a solid supernatural thriller. But like most King works I thought it could have been a bit trimmed down nevertheless it was still better than most other books I have read in the genre.

I added another book to the 5 I was already reading - NOS4A2 - I'm 2% in and hooked already haha. I shall be reading The Green Mile, today.

Started Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich last night.

I am two thirds of the way through "IT" and I am getting bored. The writing is brilliant of course but the story (or stories more like) is not moving much.

I'm currently reading Broken by Karin Slaughter and loving it! Unfortunately I didn't know it was a Will Trent series.. :P

Just picked up Lisey's Story from the used book store. Will start reading it soon :)

The Green Mile is today's focus, of my 6 currently reading projects :)

The Rosie Project, Magyk and An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life.

Everything's eventual and Doctor Sleep

Finished Theodore Boone Kid Lawyer , got back to a John Grisham book after a long time & came away disappointed yet again. Grisham's foray into YA is pretty bad & the only reason to read any more of the series is a cliffhanger ending. How a once great author has fallen so far is beyond me.

Sarah wrote: "Everything's eventual and Doctor Sleep"

I just started Doctor Sleep as well.

I finished Cujo last week. I never took so long to finish such a short book.

Now I'm reading Hard Magic. It is really good so far.

Just finished my second reading of "The Stand" (first time for the uncut version) and loved it even better than before. Now I'm reading From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury.

I'm reading Fallen by Karin Slaughter - LOVING the Will Trent series just as much as her first one!!

The entire Anne of Green Gables series. Revisiting an old love.

Clare wrote: "The entire Anne of Green Gables series. Revisiting an old love."

I've been wanting to re-read them and the Emily books too :) Enjoy!

Clare wrote: "The entire Anne of Green Gables series. Revisiting an old love."

I absolutely LOVED the movies.. and have often wondered about reading the books..

Clare wrote: "The entire Anne of Green Gables series. Revisiting an old love."

I used to love those books! I may just do the same:-)

The Long Walk

I'm considering taking a break from King and maybe pick up To Kill a Mockingbird or the Color Purple. We'll see.

Jacob wrote: "I'm considering taking a break from King and maybe pick up To Kill a Mockingbird or the Color Purple. We'll see."

Mockingbird is one of my all time favorites :)

reading you're next by greg hurwitz

Now re-reading The Dead Zone.

Bill...loved The Long Walk...fascinated me for some reason.

Today was Black House, tomorrow is A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold

I'm reading 6 books atm, and alternating between them all.

I kept putting off reading Ted Dekker for a long time as he writes Christian fiction. I am a staunch atheist & was not a Christian to begin with. Finally read Thr3e & must say it was a mistake not reading Dekker for so long. It is an excellent psychological thriller & heartily recommended to all fans of the sub-genre.

Bill wrote: "The Long Walk"

Great book. Hope you enjoy it, the best written under Bachman name.

Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales
by Stephen King (I read at work)
And
Doctor Sleep (The Shining #2)
by Stephen King (I read at home)

Is 'Doctor Sleep' shaping up to be as good as 'The Shining'?

Kayle wrote: "Is 'Doctor Sleep' shaping up to be as good as 'The Shining'?"
Yes I can't put it down you have to read it. I wish I didn't have to work so much or I'd know what happens because I'd be done the pages go by so fast.

Sarah wrote: Yes I can't put it down you have to read it. I wish I didn't have to work so much or I'd know what happens because I'd be..."
I'll add it to my [already massive] list. Damn work getting in the way of quality reading time...

Aditya wrote: "Erin wrote: "

Really enjoying the book so far."

I have read almost everything Crichton had written & I found Congo to be one of his average books. It sets up a g..."

I built the website for the movie Congo. And I have to admit that the movie is nowhere near as good as the book; (at the premiere screening the marketing folks kept asking each other, "how the hell are we going to promote THAT?") The website however was great... one of the biggest movie promo websites ever, one that violated all the rules that lawyers later put in place to keep from being sued. For example, we allowed users to write creative resumes and submit them to apply for future hypothetical expeditions run by TraviCom. Yes, we invented a whole list of other Travicom adventures outside of the Congo. The problem was, a few folks were convinced that the events were real and kept asking, "where do I go to get on the boat to Sumatra so that I can help track down those giant spiders with the venom that cures cancer."

Currently reading pet sematary by king.

Just started !

Annie wrote: "Currently reading pet sematary by king."

Just finished reading that. Really easy book to read. Considered one of his scariest novels

Reading Four Past Midnight . Finished the first story The Langoliers which was a good read.

Annie wrote: "Currently reading pet sematary by king."

Has to be amongst the top 3 books King has written & surely his best horror book.

Nick wrote: "I built the website for the movie Congo. And I have to admit that the movie is nowhere near as good as the book; (at the premiere screening the marketing folks kept asking each other, "how the hell are we going to promote THAT?") The website however was great..."

Wow your line of work must have been very interesting, being associated with a Hollywood project in any capacity must have been an amazing experience. From what you say you guys did a wonderful job regarding the website but back in those early days of CGI promoting a movie with a talking gorilla would have been tough as it would always have been regarded as a cheesy flick. Imagine how different the film would be had it been done with the CGI available these days like the ones shown in the recent Planet of Apes remake (though the film left a bit to be desired).

I was a toddler when the movie was released & like you said it was nothing special so had not really taken the trouble to check it out. But I am interested to know for what other movies had you built websites & whether Crichton played any part in the making of the movie like providing some creative input every now & then.

Just starting the newest Archie and Gretchen book Let Me Go by Chelsea Cain. This is a great mystery series that leans a little toward the sick side of things.

Today's read is The Green Mile

Aditya wrote: "Nick wrote: "I built the website for the movie Congo. And I have to admit that the movie is nowhere near as good as the book; (at the premiere screening the marketing folks kept asking each other, ..."

I was part of the Paramount Digital Entertainment Group so I didn't really work on the movie itself. But Kennedy Marshall (the movies producer and director) supervised the production of the site, and they were very demanding. They were responsible for all the contests and the deep information on Gorillas. They also set it up so that visitors to the site could e-mail members of an actual congo expedition that was going on during the release of the movie. I also worked with them on the creation of the Indian in the Cupboard site which was even more imaginative than Congo. But that's when I lawyers clamped down and started limited the input we could get from our users. They were afraid people might sue us because they might think that the creative input they gave us at the sight might be seen in some other Paramount Picture. My favorite site to work on was Clueless... that really was a lot of fun. I also did the site for Virtuosity, a movie with Denzel Washington, and the Home Video site for Mission Impossible I. Paramount felt that no one understood the plot of MI1 - so we designed so games whose purpose was actually to explain the plot.

I am reading several books at once, I like variety when I read... I am reading the final fifty shades book fifty shades freed, also I am reading If life is a game these are the rules, misery by Stephen king, and real happiness The power of meditation. All awesome books so far. I'm so obsessed with reading lol. I would spend every waking minute doing it if I could. :)

Aditya wrote: "Reading Four Past Midnight. Finished the first story The Langoliers which was a good read.

Annie wrote: "Currently reading pet sema..."

I love the langoliers. its been awhile since i read that one but loved it also loved the movie too

Reading Cell by Stephen King.

Hello Gang, I am Pete A. O'Brien. I have read MOST of SK's books (not ALL, as most claim Ha Ha) I started when I was young, my first was SALEM'S LOT (which was VERY SCARY in my early teens). Stephen is my favorite author, I'm reading THE TOMMYKNOCKERS right now, it is a wonderful read,not too scary or amazing, but a WONDERFUL,MYSTERIOUS story.

I'm reading "It"...which is a huge feat for me cuz I'm terrified of clowns. It has taken me 28 years, but I finally got brave...lol. Last Fall I was heading out on a 3-hour road trip to the cabin and decided I wanted to try an audio book, pretty much just to say that I had done it. I decided it would definitely be a Stephen King novel cuz my son, who is 12 (about the same age I was when I started reading SK) had mentioned a few times that he wanted to start reading my SK novels. I looked at the library and the only one available was "It". Nope. I passed right over that and kept looking. Clowns ~~shudder~~, evil clowns, even worse. But there was nothing else I was interested in, so I got it. I was pleasantly surprised by how captivating it was. My son really liked it, too. We were even a little disappointed when we arrived at the cabin and had to turn it off for 3 days...lol. This audio book, however, is over 45 hours long! Yikes! After the road trip I knew I wouldn't have time to listen to the rest, so I started a hunt for it at used book stores and online cuz I had to have it in hard cover, that's how I have to read Stephen King. Just me? One of my quirks I guess. It took a few weeks, but I found it and just continued from where the audio book left off. I had put it aside for awhile, so busy, not a lot of time to read. But I just picked it up again last week and I just want to keep reading. I wish I could just read all day...damn work and life and stuff getting in my way. Lol! I'm only about half- way through Part Two right now. It's gonna take me awhile cuz I'm a very slow reader, but I'm really enjoying it so far.

Shanna wrote: "I am reading several books at once, I like variety when I read... I am reading the final fifty shades book fifty shades freed, also I am reading If life is a game these are the rules, misery by Ste..."

So, I assume that you liked the first 2 fifty shades books if you're on book 3. Did you? I have to say that I enjoyed them, and the audio books even more (yeah I read them and then listened to the audio.) I'm a 3 books at a time person too. (right now I'm reading Celtic Blood, listening to 50 shades and Joyland on audio.) I've always got an audio book or two and a kindle book going at the same time. I'll probably post a long review of the complete 50 shades series here one of these days, but it would be good to know what you think.

Just finished up the wonderful Dead Zone. Heading into new territory with Killing Floor. Hope it's good.

just finnished "It", loved it. now reading "wool" by Hugh Howey.