Stephen King Fans discussion

Started reading "Six Stories" By Stephen King...completed the first Short story

The Strain by Guillermo del Toro finally!

My suggestion is It; I believe there is a new movie coming to theaters soon. The movie poster is of the clown near the sewer entrance; wow it just now gave me the goosebumps lol.

After a long reading hiatus (I did read Mr Mercedes upon it's release, but we moved June 21st so my focus has been there for the past month). Just got The Demonologist by Andrew Pyper. This book won the Thriller of the Year 2013. It was recommended by author Douglas Preston (to readers of his books), whose novel White Fire (written with Lincoln Child) was also nominated, and that I loved very much. Very excited to be reading again. We are still buried under boxes in our office/library/reading room, but progress is being made. I have missed reading. Glad to be back!

I'm halfway into In Cold Blood

IT!!!!
SK's best; it had a profound effect on me many years ago when i read this. My son got into SK as a teen as the house was full of his books, and his favourites are IT and The Shining.
I haven't read anyone else who develops their characters as well as SK does - he makes you fall in love with them, and then does things to them that make you scream "NO!"
Couple that with his plots and his way of writing horror scenes, and there's simply no-one better.
I just re-read The Shining after 25 years, and it was magnificent. I recommend that too - both early masterpieces.

Annette wrote: "IT!!!!
SK's best; it had a profound effect on me many years ago when i read this. My son got into SK as a teen as the house was full of his books, and his favourites are IT and The Shining.
I haven..."

Okay, so the evidence is piling up that I have to go back to IT for a reread. But between now and then that Ted Bundy guy and the non-fiction thriller about him, The Stranger Beside Me, is keeping me on edge.

Thanks Annette! I just read the Shining at the beginning of the year and loved it too. I had gotten Dr Sleep as a gift and thot I should re read the original beofore the sequel.

I just started Full Dark No Stars. The first novella picked up in the right way

Andrea wrote: "I just started Full Dark No Stars. The first novella picked up in the right way"

Great great book. scary as hell. People who say that King's genius is fading haven't read this one.

Started The Sorrows by Jonathan Janz

I've been tearing through Locke & Key by Joe Hill

agree with Nick full darj was fab

I haven't gotten that far, but I could do without the sappy father/son thread in The Strain by Guillermo del Toro.

Maybe I'm just heartless.

There are some great, enthralling stories on Wattpad...such as: http://www.wattpad.com/story/13063060...

In addition to The Waste Lands, I started reading The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes.

Just started this classic this afternoon and so far I'm loving every bit of it.
by Bram Stoker

Doreen wrote: "Just started this classic this afternoon and so far I'm loving every bit of it.
by Bram Stoker"

I love it! Enjoy

Started reading recently - I don't know exactly what genre to put this under, but so far it's proving to be a great read.

Andrew wrote: "In addition to The Waste Lands, I started reading The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes."

I hope you enjoy Sandman. I've read it goodness knows how many times and never, ever get tired of it.

finished The Scarlet Letter about to start Mr Mercedes.

Kandice wrote: "Andrew wrote: "In addition to The Waste Lands, I started reading The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes."

I hope you enjoy Sandman. I've read it goodness knows how m..."

So far I've only read about a third of the volume, but it seems fantastic. Designs are strange, sometimes the characters seem caricature, other express very well their peculiarities. A good job!

Just started reading "Asylum" by Madeleine Roux seems creepy enough for me hoping that it is :) Happy Reading Eveyone

I've been on a Steinbeck kick lately

Just starting Blueprint of the Afterlife by Ryan Boudinot. After I finish Infinite Jest, I will start Under the Dome.

CUJO, revisiting Castle Rock in sweltering July

Just finished and about to start .

I finished Savage Season by Lansdale and I started The old man and the sea by Hemingway. I know, I should've already read it by now :)

Malina wrote: "Doreen wrote: "Just started this classic this afternoon and so far I'm loving every bit of it.
by Bram Stoker"

I love it! Enjoy"

Hey folks, there's another vampire book that's really good. Bloody Bess and the Doomsday Games. A few passages are right out of Dracula. It's written by some guy named Nick.

Just added it to my tbr list Nick!

Malina wrote: "Just added it to my tbr list Nick!"

Thanks Malina. Hope you like it.

Dave wrote: "Just finished and about to start ."

I'd be interested to Know what you think of the Kid, Dave. Don't want to prejudice you.

I'm about to start Ritual and The Pearl that Broke Its Shell

started the executor by jesse kellerman

Started yesterday The Jungle Book.

I am currently listening to the audio version of The Colorado Kid. It started off a bit slow but has picked up the pace a bit more now.

Nick wrote: "Dave wrote: "Just finished and about to start ."

I'd be interested to Know what you think of the Kid, Dave. Don't want to prejudice ..."

So far it's ok. We've been binge watching Haven at home which is not like the book at all...at least to this point it's not. I was hoping for more Haven material, but I guess it's not going to come.

Dave wrote: "Nick wrote: "Dave wrote: "Just finished and about to start ."

I'd be interested to Know what you think of the Kid, Dave. Don't want ..."

I love Haven!It's just based on the setting and town, using the Colorado Kid as a starting point.

I've been reading Insurgent just because I have to finish the series. It is overly repetitive and obnoxious. 3 cheers for "strong female leads" that cry in every chapter! hip, hip....crickets.

Dave wrote: "I've been reading Insurgent just because I have to finish the series. It is overly repetitive and obnoxious. 3 cheers for "strong female leads" that cry in every chapter! hip, hip....."

I enjoyed Divergent but the series went downhill quickly.

Started the newest from the Virals series by Kathy Reichs, Exposure.

Currently reading two books: By Stephen King: Different Seasons and The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime

Read a King book after some time The Green Mile , one of his best works. I had loved the movie when I saw it a couple of years ago and the book was equally great.

The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian. Anyone read it?

Reading "SIX STORIES"

Currently reading only 30 pages left which is disappointing :-)

Starting Franny & Zooey by Salinger even though I haven't finished the other books I'm halfway through. Oh dear..

I had quit a book about a year ago called In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien. And it wasn't even that bad of a book and I was more than half way done with it but I just couldn't get my mind off of the Hunger Games movie I had just watched and I was like obsessed with it. I wanted to read the Hunger Games so decided to quit the book I was reading and start THG and I eventually read the entire series. I figured I would pick back up where I left off on In the Lake of the Woods. So that's what im reading now.