Great minds! I also decided to reread all King's books starting this year.I'm doing one a month to allow for lots of other books.Currently on page 1000 of The Stand(my favorite!).
2015, The Year I re-read Stephen King
- Thread starter Dana Jean
- Start date
-
This message board permanently closed on June 30th, 2020 at 4PM EDT and is no longer accepting new members.
I'm currently 400 or so pages into The Stand. Excellent so far, and I know it's only going to get better from here!
I'm gonna reread Blaze. I was in a kind of bad place when i read it so my memories are kind of hazy. It just passed me by. But alot of things did back then.
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
I have never read this one, so it would be new to me - is this a Bachman book?
I started in October, with Revival. I've done:
Revival
Duma Key
DT 1
DT 2
DT 3
DT 4
It
DT 5
DT 6
DT 7
Wind Through the Keyhole
Salem's Lot
Everything's Eventual
Hearts in Atlantis
The Stand
Cell
Joyland
Skeleton Crew
Different Seasons
Insomnia
Roadwork
Needful Things
The Dark Half
Rose Madder
Desperation
The Regulators
Dolores Claiborne
Lisey's Story
Pet Sematary
The Colorado Kid
The Shining
Nightmares & Dreamscapes
Dreamcatcher
Bag of Bones
Gerald's Game
Oh my gosh! You are doing great! I am sadly failing. Although, I am currently listening to The Tommyknockers for the first time.
Yeah, it is. But the cover was blown by then so everybody know that it was King.
Well, yes. And there are days when my catboxes go uncleaned, my dishes go unwashed, my laundry piles up, and I can't tear myself away. He's got the good stuff, always has. Nothing works for me like SK.
Are you? Let me know what you think when you're done... (I wonder if it will make a difference being an audio? Never-mind, I don't want to say much more until you're finished as I don't want to influence your experience either way.)
So far I have reread....
-Carrie
-Salems Lot
-The Shining
-Night Shift
I LOVED Revival and the best part for me was "something happened." So far I have seen this phrase pop up in Carrie and The Stand also.( a little bird told me it is in IT too).If anyone comes across it as you are reading or rereading I would love to hear about it! It's kind of become an obsession....lol.But seriously.....next week I am getting my SK tattoo......and the main part of it is the phrase "something happened."
-Carrie
-Salems Lot
-The Shining
-Night Shift
I LOVED Revival and the best part for me was "something happened." So far I have seen this phrase pop up in Carrie and The Stand also.( a little bird told me it is in IT too).If anyone comes across it as you are reading or rereading I would love to hear about it! It's kind of become an obsession....lol.But seriously.....next week I am getting my SK tattoo......and the main part of it is the phrase "something happened."
So far, I am still at stuff I read when I first tried to read it. I think I got about as far as some kid
who is being a magician or something like that, and he disappears? Or maybe that's a totally different SK book! hahahaha! I'm thinking I got a little over halfway before I abandoned the whole thing when I first tried.
The kid is a magician, and
the seeping Tommyknocker power possesses his trick and makes his brother disappear.
Finished my Carrie reread last night. I'll get to 'Salem's Lot in the next couple of weeks.
Blaze is one of my favorites! I can't remember why but it really struck a cord with me. I'm excited to read it again. Although it won't be for a while since I am re reading the books in publishing order.
OMGoodness... see how messed up I am?! I thought....
... that this happened in 'Salem's Lot and that it happened to Mark's brother... but now I see he didn't even have one! 
This definitely can really affect a story... let me know what you think. I loved Blaze, but of course it's...
another tear-jerker. 
I
I've started rating SK books by how many boxes of tissues it takes to get to the end.This definitely can really affect a story... let me know what you think. I loved Blaze, but of course it's...
another tear-jerker.
Yeah. There have been some real whoppers in that regard. That's what I think marks SK's greatness - people who don't read him (EEEDIOTS!!
) think he just writes gratuitous horror, but that's not what he does. He's broken my heart on several occasions.
Oy and Duddits, specifically, were the absolute WORST. I cried for DAYS.
Well, im loaded with papertissues rightnow (inherited alot from my mom) so i guess i gotta get started.
THE TOMMYKNOCKERS!!! Yes, I finally "read" a stephen king book for my own damn thread! lol.
Actually, I listened to the audio read by Edward Hermann, he was very good. This was one I had never finished. The first go round, I made it to a kid doing a magic act in his yard. I don't know why, but it just lost me.
At one point in my life, I felt this was Stephen's worst book. I don't think that anymore. I actually felt there were some good moments in this story. My only real complaint would be that there were a gaggle of darlings that needed to be killed. But hell, if I wrote like stephen king, I'd want to keep writing too. This book could have been so much better had it been tightened up, and I'm actually kind of surprised that his editors didn't do it or suggest it. Or maybe they did.
I have revamped my list of stephen's books. CELL now takes over the bottom spot. Or wait, maybe The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.
I own the movie too, a 5 dollar Walmart acquisition. I've never watched it but I will now.
Actually, I listened to the audio read by Edward Hermann, he was very good. This was one I had never finished. The first go round, I made it to a kid doing a magic act in his yard. I don't know why, but it just lost me.
At one point in my life, I felt this was Stephen's worst book. I don't think that anymore. I actually felt there were some good moments in this story. My only real complaint would be that there were a gaggle of darlings that needed to be killed. But hell, if I wrote like stephen king, I'd want to keep writing too. This book could have been so much better had it been tightened up, and I'm actually kind of surprised that his editors didn't do it or suggest it. Or maybe they did.
I have revamped my list of stephen's books. CELL now takes over the bottom spot. Or wait, maybe The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.
I own the movie too, a 5 dollar Walmart acquisition. I've never watched it but I will now.
Dana! you serious? Tom Gordon is a great book! Always loved it.