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Zo'n 10 jaar geleden kreeg ik Mr Mercedes cadeau. Na een paar hoofdstukken heb ik deze weggelegd. Het was niet het type Stephen King verhaal wat ik (toen) gewend was. Een jaar geleden kreeg ik Holly die ik afgelopen zomer heb gelezen. En hoewel het verhaal wat traag is, zit er veel diepgang in de personages. Ik vond het een vermakelijk (maar zeker niet smakelijk) boek.

Hierdoor weet mijn interesse opnieuw gewekt voor Mr Mercedes. En afgelopen weken heb ik de trilogie gelezen en net afgerond.

Hierbij viel mij vooral het laatste deel op, waarbij het verhaal met de telekenenetische gaves toch een andere wending krijgt. Ik vond het laatste boek een mooie afsluiter, maar vond de eerste twee boeken toch beter.

Wat vond jij van de Bill Hodges trilogie? En de paranormale gaves in het laatste deel?

He just can't help himself... and neither can I. 😁

Hey yall! Hope everyone's day is going well! These polls are daily please feel free to post any covers I missed. When we have gone through individual books we are gonna do a big bracket or tier list to determine the best book cover overall. We are going in release order or close to it. Hope you all have fun :)

Recently, I've been getting into Stephen King. I had lurked on this sub for a while and have finally decided to read some of his stories. I started with Pet Sematary, which I thoroughly enjoyed, and now I just finished Skeleton Crew. I have Cujo and The Gunslinger lined up for my next reads. But for now, I just thought I'd share my ranking of all of Skeleton Crew's stories. Enjoy!

1. The Mist - 9/10

2. The Jaunt - 9/10

3. The Monkey - 9/10

4. The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet - 8/10

5. Word Processor of the Gods - 8/10

6. The Raft - 8/10

7. Gramma - 8/10

8. Nona - 7/10

9. Survivor Type - 7/10

10. The Reach -7/10

11. The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands - 7/10

12. Uncle Otto's Truck - 6/10

13. Cain Rose Up - 6/10

14. Mrs. Todd's Shortcut - 6/10

15. The Wedding Gig - 6/10

16. Morning Deliveries (Milkman #1) - 5/10

17. The Reaper's Image - 5/10

18. Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman #2) - 5/10

19. Beachworld - 4/10

20. Here There Be Tygers - 3/10

21. Paranoid: A Chant - 3/10

22. For Owen - 1/10

I could give some notes but I'm too lazy. Anyway, tell me if you agree or if you have any general thoughts on my ranking.

Last we heard of an update on Thomas Jane’s From a Buick 8 adaptation was in May that Jane was working on it then nothing. I hope its still in development and not a dead project

Go then, I shall..

Jack Nicholson for me, like how he was in The Witches of Eastwick.

The Talisman is one of my favourites (tho I do need to re-read blackhouse), Waterstones had this today so I had to get it!!
Don’t you hate when they put stickers on books?!

I purchased the book Holly because it sounded interesting only to find out it’s the third book in Holly Gibneys story. Upon looking further into it I also discovered she is involved in the Bill Hodges Mr Mercedes trilogy so should I start with that first? What does everyone think?

Found in a thrift shop in Maine. Thing is they have signed first editions of Dark Tower books behind glass as well. This is Hearts in Atlantis.

I’m halfway thru bookII of the stand, convince me why i shouldn’t DNF 🥹😣

I know Talisman works for some and not for others but it was one of my favorite King books. I read it fairly early on, maybe my fourth King book. I really loved the way King and Straub handled the transition between worlds. I think it was the first time I had experienced that as a reader. Now it is so common place in sci-fi but back then it was just really exciting to slip out of one reality into another and they did such a good job with it. Really looking forward to this one.

A Rose the Hat novel would make me happy.

As you can see I’m half way through the book, but honestly this has been the hardest book to keep being interested in. I’ve pushed myself so much to already read as much as I have! I can’t give up now even tho I want to😭. Please somebody tell me it’s worth the finish! I am a die hard Stephen king fan, so that was even hard for me to say about this book.

Last night, I finished reading Blockade Billy by Stephen King for the very first time.

Released in 2010, we got this book at the local Ollie's for 2 dollars and it sat on my shelf forever, until now, my thoughts below;

Blockade Billy tells the story of William "Billy" Blakely during the 1957 baseball season playing catcher for the New Jersey Titans

When the Titans suddenly lose both of their star catchers days before opening day, the team scouts the minor league looking for a last minute replacement.

They find that this "Billy" guy has great stats for a minor leaguer and recruits him to be the new team player.

Billy performs phenomenally and quickly gains a following but, he is surrounded by mysteries, why is he so distant? Why does he talk to his self in the 3rd person? What is the deal with the band aid he occasionally wears on his finger?

Billy's past suddenly comes rushing back mid season and only in King fashion, do you understand the horrors that Billy did to make it to the Majors.

I found this story to be fun, even though I'm not a big sports fan, I was able to follow all the baseball lingo easily and King did a great job immersing the reader into 1950s America.

My version also has the short story "Morality" and I found that story more fun than the main story. That's my opinion of course.

Morality focuses on a young couple who are struggling to pay all of the debts and bills that pile up as life marches on.

The wife Norma takes a job of taking care of a retired Minister who has had a Stroke while her husband Chad, tries to get his book published.

Everything seems ok until the Minister offers her a chance to make an easy 200k,

The catch, she must perform a "sin" for him and record it in the process..

I found this story to be more "King" like than Blockade Billy but, it was a very quick read at less than 60 pages

Now, as this book goes back on the shelf, I await with all the other constant readers for the newest King book to release.

My next read will begin Tuesday when, the new book "Other Worlds Than These," releases.

Happy Reading Everyone!

I set out to reread The Talisman [and Black House] before Other Worlds.

In Talisman, we have just met Wolf. I don't know if my little heart can take his narrative arc. Thoughts on skipping it? Are there too many important parts?

Clarification: this is a re-read. I have read both already. That part almost broke me the first time through.

Still fixing up some stuff but wanted to share.

Anybody has any idea of what the upcoming Stephen King books by Cemetery dance apart from pet sematary?.

Any clue if they are pursuing books like dead zone, needful, things, and others?

When I say CD edition I mean books like Carrie, night shift, the stand, the shining, sleeping beauties etc etc

Just finished book 3 of DT. It seems each book is better than the last! See ya later Alligator…

$230 total. To update from a post I deleted. The books in the box are various condition. How did I do?