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The Shining (The Shining, #1)

Stephen King

Why we're reading this: I was real young when the movie came out and only recently started reading some of his books. I LOVED it.
[close] I was real young when the movie came out and only recently started reading some of his books. I LOVED it.

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Oct 07, 2013 Suzanne rated it it was amazing

Shelves: thriller, horror

Wow! Such a gripping, intense tale! I could hardly put this book down and I was pretty scared through a good portion - a 'good' scared though like riding a roller coaster or jumping off the high dive!

I'm visiting Colorado this summer and will definitely check out the Stanley Hotel if I get the chance. ...more

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May 16, 2014 Stacy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: e-books, five-stars, owned-books, read-in-2014

I just adored the Danny character. Awesome read.

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Apr 04, 2009 Marisa added it · review of another edition

Shelves: horror, i-own

This is actually my second time reading this book, but the first time I read I was 13 or 14 and I wanted to read it again cause I know I didn't get all I could out of it then. And I was right. This was so much creepier than I remembered it being when I read it the first time. ...more

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Jul 30, 2015 Krissy marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: pgs-400-499, audiobook-tbr, tagged-classics, book2film, ovrdr-libby

2018 Popsugar Challenge Prompt #31: A book mentioned in another book

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Oct 03, 2013 Rachel N. rated it it was amazing

Jack Torrance takes a job as caretaker of the Overlook hotel for the winter. The Overlook is an isolated hotel in Colorado and once the snow comes it is cut off from the rest of the world. Jack is accompanied by his wife Wendy and his son Danny who has the gift of shining. Danny can sometimes see the future and can read peoples thoughts. Trouble begins when it becomes apparent that strange events are occurring in the hotel and that the hotel really likes that Danny shines.
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