I like that Sissy Spacek did the voices on Carrie.
2015, The Year I re-read Stephen King
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I like this idea 
I've been somewhat sidetracked from reading what with Christmas & such, so I need to get started again. And thanks to the mister, I shall be finally getting round to reading The Dark Tower books 
He got me volumes 1 & 2 for Christmas; we actually have an older copy of The Gunslinger, but he said he wanted me to have the matching set 
And not a year goes by where I don't re-read at least one SK book, so bring on the binge-read! 
I've been somewhat sidetracked from reading what with Christmas & such, so I need to get started again. And thanks to the mister, I shall be finally getting round to reading The Dark Tower books He got me volumes 1 & 2 for Christmas; we actually have an older copy of The Gunslinger, but he said he wanted me to have the matching set And not a year goes by where I don't re-read at least one SK book, so bring on the binge-read! 
Welcome! Keep us posted on your choices and thoughts.I like this idea
I had my epic Stephen King reading marathon through 2014 and I’m going to continue through January 2015(Yay 13 month of reading Stephen King) due to kind of a late start and no planning.
You will notice a drastic differences is the pace of my reading from the first half of the year to the second half. I started reading the dark tower series January 2014 , I had a 10 week reading block Feb though April , I was also taking a business class which required 90 – 120 pages of boring business reading a night, so I didn't have stamina to do much leisure reading. The stand was the second Stephen king story I read, I was still adjusting to reading Stephen King and being a constant reader. By the end of June I decided to see how much Stephen King I could read in a year with the objective being Stephen King’s novels, novels under the name Richard Bachman, and story collections. I wanted to see how possible it was for a person more specifically me to read all of that in a year. I didn't make my goal of reading all the material in a twelve month period … but I didn't start the quest seriously until halfway through the year. I also was new to being an avid/constant reader.
You will notice a drastic differences is the pace of my reading from the first half of the year to the second half. I started reading the dark tower series January 2014 , I had a 10 week reading block Feb though April , I was also taking a business class which required 90 – 120 pages of boring business reading a night, so I didn't have stamina to do much leisure reading. The stand was the second Stephen king story I read, I was still adjusting to reading Stephen King and being a constant reader. By the end of June I decided to see how much Stephen King I could read in a year with the objective being Stephen King’s novels, novels under the name Richard Bachman, and story collections. I wanted to see how possible it was for a person more specifically me to read all of that in a year. I didn't make my goal of reading all the material in a twelve month period … but I didn't start the quest seriously until halfway through the year. I also was new to being an avid/constant reader.
January 5-6 The Gunslinger
January 6- 7 The Drawing of the Three
February 4 – 18 The Waste Lands
Feb 22 – April 11 Wizard and Glass
April 13 – 17 Wolves of the Calla
April 26- 30 Song of Susana
May 1- 7 The Dark Tower
May 12 – 30 The Stand uncut
June 3 – 7 Mr. Mercedes
June 16 – 30 The Shining
July 6 – 9 Mr. Mercedes (second read through)
July 10 – 14 Dr. Sleep
July 14 – 19 Under the Dome (part 1)
July 19 – 23 Under the Dome (part 2)
July 24- 25 The Wind Through the Keyhole
July 25- 28 Cujo
July 31 start IT
July Everything’s Eventual
August 4 – 8 IT
August 11-12 Carie
August 12 -13 The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
August 13- 14 Joyland
August 15 – 20 Rose Madder
August 20 – 25 Apt Pupil
August 26- 28 The Plant: Zenith Rising
August 29- 30 Cycle of the Werewolf
September 1- 5 11/22/63
September 6 -8 The Regulators (Richard Bachman)
September 9 – 13 Desperation
September 15 – 16 Thinner (Richard Bachman)
September 17- 18 Blaze – page 107 (Richard Bachman)
September 20-22 Road work (Richard Bachman)
September 22 Skeleton Crew : Introduction
For Owen
The Monkey
September 23 Mrs. Todd Shortcut (skeleton crew)
The Jaunt (Skeleton Crew)
Here there be Tigers (Skeleton Crew)
The Reapers Image (Skeleton Crew)
Cain Rose Up (Skeleton Crew)
September 24 The Wedding Gig (Skeleton Crew)
Word Processor of the Gods (skeleton Crew)
The Man Who Would Not Shale Hands (Skeleton Crew)
September 25 The Mist (Skeleton Crew)
September 26 Rage (Bachman)
September 27- 28 The Long Walk (Richard Bachman)
September 29-30 The Running Man (Richard Bachman)
October 1 Beach World (Skeleton Crew)
Nona (Skeleton Crew)
October 2-8 Liseys Story
October 9 Survivor Type (Skeleton Crew)
Uncle Otto’s Truck (Skeleton Crew)
October 10 Morning Deliveries: Milk Man # 1 (Skeleton Crew)
Big Wheels / A Tale of the Laundry Game: Milk Man # 2 (Skeleton Crew)
October 11 Granma (Skeleton Crew)
October 12 The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet (Skeleton Crew)
The Reach (Skeleton Crew)
October 13-14 Eyes of the Dragon
October 15 – 16 Misery
October 17 The Colorado Kid
October 19 Children of the Corn (Night Shift)
The Lawnmower Man (Night Shift)
The Ledge (Night Shift)
Sometimes They Come Back (Night Shift)
I Am the Doorway (Night Shift)
October 20 Strawberry Spring (Night Shift)
Night Surf (Night Shift)
Battleground (Night Shift)
The Bogyman (Night Shift)
The Mangler (Night Shift)
The Woman in the Room (Night Shift)
October 21 One for the Road (Night Shift)
Graveyard Shift (Night Shift)
Gray Matter (Night Shift)
I Know What You Need (Night Shift)
The Last Rung on the Ladder (Night Shift)
Trucks (Night Shift)
Quitters. Inc (Night Shift)
October 22-25 Salem’s Lot
October 26- 29 Dolores Claiborne
October 30 – 31 Fire Starter
November 1-5 The TommyKnockers
November 6-11 Dreamcatcher
Novembers 11-13 Revival
November 14 – 19 Dumakey
November 20 – 25 Needfull Things
November 26 – 30 Insomnia
November 31 – December 1 Full Dark No Stars
December 2 – 5 From Buick 8
December 6 – 8 Dead Zone
December 10 Blockade Billy
December 11 – 13 The Green Mile
December 14 – 20 The Talisman
December 21-23, 26-28 Black House
December 29 – Jan 1 2015 Four Past Midnight
January 6- 7 The Drawing of the Three
February 4 – 18 The Waste Lands
Feb 22 – April 11 Wizard and Glass
April 13 – 17 Wolves of the Calla
April 26- 30 Song of Susana
May 1- 7 The Dark Tower
May 12 – 30 The Stand uncut
June 3 – 7 Mr. Mercedes
June 16 – 30 The Shining
July 6 – 9 Mr. Mercedes (second read through)
July 10 – 14 Dr. Sleep
July 14 – 19 Under the Dome (part 1)
July 19 – 23 Under the Dome (part 2)
July 24- 25 The Wind Through the Keyhole
July 25- 28 Cujo
July 31 start IT
July Everything’s Eventual
August 4 – 8 IT
August 11-12 Carie
August 12 -13 The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
August 13- 14 Joyland
August 15 – 20 Rose Madder
August 20 – 25 Apt Pupil
August 26- 28 The Plant: Zenith Rising
August 29- 30 Cycle of the Werewolf
September 1- 5 11/22/63
September 6 -8 The Regulators (Richard Bachman)
September 9 – 13 Desperation
September 15 – 16 Thinner (Richard Bachman)
September 17- 18 Blaze – page 107 (Richard Bachman)
September 20-22 Road work (Richard Bachman)
September 22 Skeleton Crew : Introduction
For Owen
The Monkey
September 23 Mrs. Todd Shortcut (skeleton crew)
The Jaunt (Skeleton Crew)
Here there be Tigers (Skeleton Crew)
The Reapers Image (Skeleton Crew)
Cain Rose Up (Skeleton Crew)
September 24 The Wedding Gig (Skeleton Crew)
Word Processor of the Gods (skeleton Crew)
The Man Who Would Not Shale Hands (Skeleton Crew)
September 25 The Mist (Skeleton Crew)
September 26 Rage (Bachman)
September 27- 28 The Long Walk (Richard Bachman)
September 29-30 The Running Man (Richard Bachman)
October 1 Beach World (Skeleton Crew)
Nona (Skeleton Crew)
October 2-8 Liseys Story
October 9 Survivor Type (Skeleton Crew)
Uncle Otto’s Truck (Skeleton Crew)
October 10 Morning Deliveries: Milk Man # 1 (Skeleton Crew)
Big Wheels / A Tale of the Laundry Game: Milk Man # 2 (Skeleton Crew)
October 11 Granma (Skeleton Crew)
October 12 The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet (Skeleton Crew)
The Reach (Skeleton Crew)
October 13-14 Eyes of the Dragon
October 15 – 16 Misery
October 17 The Colorado Kid
October 19 Children of the Corn (Night Shift)
The Lawnmower Man (Night Shift)
The Ledge (Night Shift)
Sometimes They Come Back (Night Shift)
I Am the Doorway (Night Shift)
October 20 Strawberry Spring (Night Shift)
Night Surf (Night Shift)
Battleground (Night Shift)
The Bogyman (Night Shift)
The Mangler (Night Shift)
The Woman in the Room (Night Shift)
October 21 One for the Road (Night Shift)
Graveyard Shift (Night Shift)
Gray Matter (Night Shift)
I Know What You Need (Night Shift)
The Last Rung on the Ladder (Night Shift)
Trucks (Night Shift)
Quitters. Inc (Night Shift)
October 22-25 Salem’s Lot
October 26- 29 Dolores Claiborne
October 30 – 31 Fire Starter
November 1-5 The TommyKnockers
November 6-11 Dreamcatcher
Novembers 11-13 Revival
November 14 – 19 Dumakey
November 20 – 25 Needfull Things
November 26 – 30 Insomnia
November 31 – December 1 Full Dark No Stars
December 2 – 5 From Buick 8
December 6 – 8 Dead Zone
December 10 Blockade Billy
December 11 – 13 The Green Mile
December 14 – 20 The Talisman
December 21-23, 26-28 Black House
December 29 – Jan 1 2015 Four Past Midnight
Cell
Christine
The Dark Half
Gerald’s Game
Pet Sematary
Bag of Bones
Hearts in Atlantis
Just after Sunset
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
Christine
The Dark Half
Gerald’s Game
Pet Sematary
Bag of Bones
Hearts in Atlantis
Just after Sunset
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
Good job! Keep us posted on your progress.
I started a chronological SK reread last year (around other books as well and reading the new SK novels as they were released!). I'm currently on Firestarter. I just can't read Cujo or Pet Sematary again though!
That's the one I'm most worried about. Not sure I can get through it again; not that it isn't well-written, because it certainly is, but because of the end. I get teary just thinking of the Monster Words.
The Nameless
M-O-O-N - That spells Nameless
You lucky @#!&.
Hope you're enjoying it as much as I did - which is massively. That book is still having an effect on me, just today I downloaded a bunch of 50s Americana wallpapers to replace my Christmas one, because I was thinking of 11/22/63.
I'll be with you guys, I'm a pretty slow reader so I will only likely get through about 7 or 8 books, I'm currently rereading IT (so that doesn't help the time factor), and the amount of king I have left to read, including under the dome, duma key, wind through the keyhole, revival, finders keepers (when it comes out), the only book not by king I'd want to read aanytime soon is nos4r2. So it's another year of king for me, maybe I will throw in Stephen fry's 'more fool me' which I got for Christmas.
I plan to finish Carrie this evening. Then it is either The Dark Half (if i'm in novel mode) or Night Shift (if i'm in short story mode). We will see. Havent read either of those two in a long time.
Two days late, but I'm ready to settle down with Carrie 
It's been a while since I last read it, so this should be fun
It's been a while since I last read it, so this should be fun OK. I finished Carrie. I like her. as a person i mean before she got that bucket over her and went slightly crazy. And even then... I has some experience since i was bullied for 8 years with books torn to pieces, clothes peed on and a knifewound to show for it. If i had had a power to use against them.. Would i have used it? I can't honestly say no to that. In a state of shock and pain and stress i would very possible have struck back without regarding consequences.
The book is raw and a bit unpolished but it has force and power. I'm glad i reread it.
I will be starting The Dark Half before i turn off the light. Have only very foggy memories of that one so it will almost be lkike reading it for the first time. I remember Carrie much better. No real surprises there.
The step away from sanity is not striking back against her enemies, that is the burning of the school,but when she goes from that to destroying the whole cummunity. The first is far out but basically sane the next iss turning towards insanity. And yet i feel for her. In spite of killing all those people i feel for her.
I will be starting The Dark Half before i turn off the light. Have only very foggy memories of that one so it will almost be lkike reading it for the first time. I remember Carrie much better. No real surprises there.
I have always commiserated with Carrie as well.
Sissy is doing a great job with the audio.
I reread Carrie a few months ago and really enjoyed it. King has been freakishly talented since the beginning.
Nothing but sympathy and pity for Carrie. I can't find a single drop of reproach for her. I remember a 9th grader who made it her personal mission to ruin my life when I was a 7th grader, and to this day I wouldn't help her if she was drowning; I'd probably stand on her head so she'd go faster. Not a pretty revelation of my character, but honest. I cannot imagine going through that kind of social and mental torture from the first days of elementary school to the last days of high school, coupled with the whack job parent. It's flabbergasting that she didn't crack years before
the actual catastrophe.
From a writing perspective, might I say how very refreshing it is to see a writer include 'news' stories that actually read like news copy? Not every writer can do that--it's a specialized skill set--and that Mr. King was able to do so when he was so relatively young is pretty fascinating. A huge talent right from the beginning.
the actual catastrophe.
From a writing perspective, might I say how very refreshing it is to see a writer include 'news' stories that actually read like news copy? Not every writer can do that--it's a specialized skill set--and that Mr. King was able to do so when he was so relatively young is pretty fascinating. A huge talent right from the beginning.
I would have done exactly what Carrie did......
Great point about the newsparts. Hadn't thought about that but you.re absolutely right. Well i probably wouldn't risk my life to safe John (as the ringleader of my 8 years of bullying was named) but i,d refrain from standing on his head. Luckily for me i had loving parents and not a Margaret White at home. Then i would have gone crazy in a hurry. I put a lot of blame on the school too. They knew about the problem but preferred to do nothing until i got a knifewound. It was a case of these kind of things don't happen in my school from the principals part.
I agree with all of these comments re: Carrie; hers was a righteous anger and she gave her tormentors their Karma, I think. I also enjoyed the news items, book extracts and so on; I like them in general when well-written, and in Carrie, they helped bring the story to life and made it more three-dimensional. I had no problem at all in believing that I was reading from an actual textbook or news story. Definitely one for the re-read list 
Yes, all these things make this a book you should read in book form. You really miss that visual feel of the story with audio. So, I am glad I read the book first before listening to sissy.I agree with all of these comments re: Carrie; hers was a righteous anger and she gave her tormentors their Karma, I think. I also enjoyed the news items, book extracts and so on; I like them in general when well-written, and in Carrie, they helped bring the story to life and made it more three-dimensional. I had no problem at all in believing that I was reading from an actual textbook or news story. Definitely one for the re-read list