Hello

[Joanie Kay]

Greetings from a retired military chaplain, wife, mother to two teenage humans, owner of (or owned by) two large dogs, and an avid reader of almost anything. My favorite authors range from Dr. Seuss to George Eliot, and of course include Mr. King.

I just finished End of Watch and found it, as always, both chilling and poignant. Looking forward to discussing this SK work and others with fellow Constant Readers.

 

[Moderator]

Welcome to the Board!

 

[Spideyman]

Hi and welcome. We are well met.

 

[king family fan]

 

[Doc Creed]

Middlemarch has been on my Must Read List for about five years now. I hope to eventually make time for it. One particular writer, Anna Quindlen, raves about it and places it among her favorite books. Any thoughts on it? By the way, my reading tastes are broad and reaching and, like you and others here, I prefer a diverse banquet of books over just one genre. Welcome.

 

[Charms7]

Welcome!

 

[Neesy]

Greetings from a retired military chaplain, wife, mother to two teenage humans, owner of (or owned by) two large dogs, and an avid reader of almost anything. My favorite authors range from Dr. Seuss to George Eliot, and of course include Mr. King.

I just finished End of Watch and found it, as always, both chilling and poignant. Looking forward to discussing this SK work and others with fellow Constant Readers.

 

[morgan]

 

[Joanie Kay]

Middlemarch has been on my Must Read List for about five years now. I hope to eventually make time for it. One particular writer, Anna Quindlen, raves about it and places it among her favorite books. Any thoughts on it? By the way, my reading tastes are broad and reaching and, like you and others here, I prefer a diverse banquet of books over just one genre. Welcome.

Hi, Doc. (Oh my, I feel I'm talking to little Danny Torrence. Not?) I haven't read Middlemarch since college, which was over three decades ago, so I'm fuzzy on the details. My favorite of Miss Eliot's (or rather, Miss Evans') is Adam Bede. It's a brilliant study in class differences, and also has some rather pointed criticisms of shallow, selfish people who don't give a rat's patootie about what their careless actions might do to others. Plus I learned more about Methodism and the Anglican Church from that novel than I ever learned in seminary. But mostly--and this what will keep me reading any novel or short story--I cared about the characters. Which is what keeps me reading Mr. King (See, this wasn't unrelated.): I always end up caring deeply about one or more of his characters.

Nice to meet you Doc Creed. I'll elaborate more on Mr. King's characters in another thread!

 

[GNTLGNT]

 

[ghost19]

Welcome ma'am.

 

[Tery]

Welcome!

 

[not_nadine]

Welcome to the boards, Joanie Kay!

 

[Doc Creed]

Hi, Doc. (Oh my, I feel I'm talking to little Danny Torrence. Not?)

Danny is called Doc, you're right, but I took the name from the novel Pet Sematary. The protagonist was a doctor and his last name was Creed.

 

[prufrock21]

Welcome. If you must mention another author here (besides Mr. King), consider Clive Barker. Otherwise, enjoy your stay.

 

[Ceefor]

 

[doowopgirl]

Welcome. We are readers of all kinds of writers here. Besides SK, that's only one of the things I like about the board.

 

[Blake]

have a nice day

 

[Maddie]

Greetings Joanie Kay

 

[CrimsonKingAH]

Hello and welcome to SKMB