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Hey all! I’m Josh, originally from England, UK, now living in South Carolina. Currently a student and love reading and writing in my spare time. The first King book I read was the Shawshank Redemption, followed by The Body. I have since read Billy Summers, the Bill Hodges trilogy, Full Dark No Stars, the Mist and of course You Like It Darker, among others. I intend to read as many SK books I can and hopefully grow my collection of his books on my bookshelf!
I’m here to make friends and connect with like minded people. Feel free to say hi and add me on Goodreads, I’ll happily add back!
Thanks all :)
Josh wrote: "Hey all! I’m Josh, originally from England, UK, now living in South Carolina. Currently a student and love reading and writing in my spare time. The first King book I read was the Shawshank Redem..."
Hello Josh. Welcome.
Josh wrote: "Hey all! I’m Josh, originally from England, UK, now living in South Carolina. Currently a student and love reading and writing in my spare time. The first King book I read was the Shawshank Redem..."
Hi, Josh, always room for more King fans.
Hi, I'm Merv from South Wales UK. I'm 63 & have been a Constant
Reader right from the beginning with Carrie in '74 right through to You Like It Darker in '24, a nice, round 50 years. I have a sizeable collection of SKs fiction consisting of 80 books which I believe is everything that has been published in the UK, the majority of which are in hardback. I have also read the two non-fiction books but no longer own them.
I also have a couple of extras, one being a Special Edition paperback of IT with an extra page at the beginning that includes a message from SK & his printed autograph. The other is a pop-up book version of The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. I found it in a charity shop for only £3. If you'd like to see pictures of these, head over to the Photos section of this group. Whilst there, take a look at my SK-related t-shirts. Thanks for reading.
Reader right from the beginning with Carrie in '74 right through to You Like It Darker in '24, a nice, round 50 years. I have a sizeable collection of SKs fiction consisting of 80 books which I believe is everything that has been published in the UK, the majority of which are in hardback. I have also read the two non-fiction books but no longer own them.
I also have a couple of extras, one being a Special Edition paperback of IT with an extra page at the beginning that includes a message from SK & his printed autograph. The other is a pop-up book version of The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. I found it in a charity shop for only £3. If you'd like to see pictures of these, head over to the Photos section of this group. Whilst there, take a look at my SK-related t-shirts. Thanks for reading.
I’m Ashley and am just outside of Philly! Have always wanted to read far more Stephen King than I admittedly have, so decided last year to work my way through his novels and novellas in order if I can. I tend to read multiple books at once so it’s taking me(and will continue to take) a while but have enjoyed it so far. Almost through The Dead Zone and have Firestarter on the way. :)
Ash wrote: "I’m Ashley and am just outside of Philly! Have always wanted to read far more Stephen King than I admittedly have, so decided last year to work my way through his novels and novellas in order if I ..."Hi, Ashley. Welcome!
@Ash: Welcome! You came to a wonderful place, enjoy :-)
Hi! Mi name is Vicky, i've been reading Sthephen King since 13-14 years old. I joined group recentlyy, I hope here I can discuss about the wonderfull crazy mind of this man!
Vicky wrote: "Hi! Mi name is Vicky, i've been reading Sthephen King since 13-14 years old. I joined group recentlyy, I hope here I can discuss about the wonderfull crazy mind of this man!"
Welcome Vicky. That's a bit spooky, I'm new on here too & I also started reading SK at the same age as you, Carrie being my first in '74. There's plenty to delve into on here, so have fun.
Welcome Vicky. That's a bit spooky, I'm new on here too & I also started reading SK at the same age as you, Carrie being my first in '74. There's plenty to delve into on here, so have fun.
@Vicky: Welcome! Hell yeah, this is an amazing group. Enjoy and have fun :-)
Hi I’m Iain from Hereford uk, I’m a really big fan of Stephen king, just reading you like it darker .
Welcome Iain, from America. When it comes to contemporary King, you're ahead of me. I just started Fairy Tale this week.
Heyall 👋My name is Elliot. Im located in Lancaster,Pennsylvania, USA. Ive read every King Novel, except Storm of the Century which Ive recently purchased and have it in my bookcase ready to read. Ive done most of his books on audiobook, and am now going back through reading the physical books. Which feels like reading a new book, and I get to sort of read his novels for the first time…again. Which is awesome. Excited to be among other Horror lovers 🤘
Hello King Fans! Amanda here and I have read for several years and just signed up to Goodreads after getting my first Kindel. Titles that were my favorite seem to be others least favorite but here they are…. Duma Key, Fairy- Tale, IT, Cujo, Shinning, Stand By Me, Under The Dome, and A Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.
@Amanda: Welcome! You came to a wonderful group, enjoy :-)
hey folks! I'm Kalena, and I've been a King fan for most of my life. My love for Stephen King began at age 11, when I finished all of the Christopher Pike books I could find, and the guy working at the second-hand bookstore recommended Pet Sematary. And now, over 20 years later, I'm actually getting my whole leg covered by a Dark Tower inspired tattoo this coming September to make my love official ✨️
@Kalena: Welcome! Wow, that's so awesome. NO. WAY. I'm about to conquer The Dark Tower finally before the end of this year and I can't wait.That's so damn cool you're getting your whole leg covered by a Dark Tower-inspired tattoo! I'd love to see what when it's done, please and thank you :-)
Hi everyone!! My name is Gidget (yes, that's my real name, my mom loved the movies) and I am from North Carolina. I have read Stephen King pretty much my entire life. I vividly remember reading Salem's Lot as a child (49 years old now) and falling in love. I have read and own every book from King and his Bachman books too. To say that I am a superfan is an understatement. Not quite 'Misery' level fan, but I love him and he is my favorite author. I am happy to be a new member of this group and look forward to everyone's insights, book recommendations and general commentary!! PS. The only books I have ever read and absorbed as quickly as Stephen King is the Preston & Child series about Agent Pendergrast. If you haven't read them, I highly recommend!!
@Gidget: Welcome! That's so amazing, looking forward to future discussions with you :-)
LTJ wrote: "@Gidget: Welcome! That's so amazing, looking forward to future discussions with you :-)"Thank you!
Erin wrote: "Welcome Gidget"Thank you!
Hi Amanda, welcome to the group. I realise it was a typo, but " Shinning " in your post made me chuckle because that's what Bart had to call it instead of " The Shining " to avoid being sued in the Simpsons episode Treehouse of Horror V.
Soy Ernesto, de Mexico, mi libro favorito de King es Pet semetary y 22/11/63
Hi my name’s Dave from Victoria Australia. I’ve been with this group before ,until recently when I lost all my computer data including my Goodreads account. Looking forward to talking all things Stephen King.
@Dave: Welcome! Looking forward to future discussions with you :-)
Hi! I am Mimmi from Finland. I started reading King as an adult. Maybe 10, 15 years ago. The last book I read was Holly. I am new to goodreads.
@Mimmi: Welcome! I loved Holly, my favorite novel of 2023. Enjoy, have fun in this awesome group :-)
@Anabella: Greetings! I've yet to read "The Long Walk," but I heard it was great. I have it on my TBR so I plan to read it one of these days :-)You came to a wonderful group, and I look forward to future King discussions! Have you read "You Like It Darker" yet?
Hi I'm Dan from Canada.I'm a newer fan of Stephen King. My first book by him was Fairy Tale and I really liked it. Now I am trying to read them in publication order! Next up is The Stand.
@Dan: Welcome! I loved Fairy Tale, that was my favorite novel of 2022 :-)ZOMG I LOVED THE STAND! LoL keep in mind, it's a tome, but well worth the read. Enjoy!
@Anabella: Anytime! You're very welcome, that's a new 12-story collection by King with...A SEQUEL TO CUJO!!! That alone is worth reading this new novel. It's called "Rattlesnakes" :-)
LTJ wrote: "@Anabella: Anytime! You're very welcome, that's a new 12-story collection by King with...A SEQUEL TO CUJO!!! That alone is worth reading this new novel. It's called "Rattlesnakes" :-)"
Excited to read that sequel! I really liked the book Cujo
@Danny: Hell yeah! It was a perfect sequel. It could have been it's own novella and you finally get closure about everything involving some of the characters from Cujo.
Hi all! I'm Nicole from The Netherlands. I started reading Stephen King books when I was a teenager, starting with Tommyknockers (not a very popular one haha).
I've been a Constant Reader for a couple of years now, and have a goal to read all (fiction) books Stephen King ever wrote. So far I have read 62 of his books, so roughly 19 still to go.
Last week I finished You Like It Darker (loved it!) and currently reading Skeleton Crew.
Excited about this group!
@Nicole: Welcome! I've yet to read The Tommyknockers, but it's so cool that it was your first King novel. Mine was IT :-)I loved You Like It Darker!!! What did you give it from 1-5 stars?
Thanks :) Tommyknockers is a bit of a controversial one I guess, it receives quite some hate but I enjoyed it. Would like to do a re-read to see how I'd feel now. I loved it too, definitely 5 stars. I couldn't put Danny Coughlin's Bad Dream down. Great story and secretly hoping for a movie about it.
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Thanks Erin!