Introduce Yourself- part 2 Showing 901-950 of 5,603

[Luciana]

Welcome Jackie! Finders Keepers, the second book is supposed to be release in first half of 2015 - what is still a vague information..

[The Dark]

Hi I love Stephen King novels, the first novel I had ever read by this brilliant man was "The Shining" I would recommend it to every constant reader out there. I am getting ready to read "IT"

[Jackie]

Welcome Matt - You are going to love IT. One of his best by far.

[Erin]

Welcome Matt!

[Anna]

Hi I am Anna. I am new to the Goodreads scene so bear with me. I have been a Stephen King fan since I was 13. His books made me the reader I am today. I am an obsessed fan and I finally found people to talk to my obsession about. So I am glad to have joined this wonderful community!

[Kandice]

Anna wrote: "Hi I am Anna. I am new to the Goodreads scene so bear with me. I have been a Stephen King fan since I was 13. His books made me the reader I am today. I am an obsessed fan and I finally found peopl..."

You're in good company! Welcome.

[Nathan]

What's happening, Folks! Looks like I found the place for me.

I've only been reading King for a few years now. I ride public transit regularly and needed something to do with my time. My g/f owns tons and tons of books that she never reads so I decided to snoop around and see if she had anything worth reading.

I noticed she had probably a dozen or so books written by Stephen King. I asked her for a recommendation, and she told me I should start with The Long Walk by Richard Bachman. I asked about King, you dufus! All she did was smile and handed me the book and said trust me.

That was one of the best days of my life.

Since then I've added at least a dozen books to the collection. ;)

[Nathan]

And... I want to say that I envy Matt. The worst part about having already read "It" is that I can never read it for the first time again.

I do like to re-read books from time to time, when I'm not sure what to pick up next, but it's never the same as the first time!

[Margaret]

Welcome Everybody!!! Have a nice life and enjoy reading wonderful books

[Margaret]

Welcome Everybody!!! Have a nice life and enjoy reading wonderful books

[Megami]

Hello everyone! I'm so glad to meet you all!

I have been visiting this site for years now, always wanting to read the reviews people leave for books I have read or want to read. I just never really got around to making an account until two days ago.

My favorite author has to be Stephen King, simply because the book Desperation left a big impression on me when I was eleven lol. I've been hooked on his work ever since. Hope to see you guys around!

[Nathan]

What's hattenin' Megami!

Nice seeing another new face around here. How's Dr. Sleep going so far?

[Chad]

Hello, everyone. Found this group today. First King novel I read was The Stand when it came out in paperback (one of the best book covers, ever!) back in the early 80s when i was in junior high school (before there was such a thing as middle school--remember those days?). Looking forward to some great discussions with fellow Constant Readers.

[E.]

Hello Megami and C.
When I read The Stand (a hundred years ago) I remember feeling like I had a special, magical, important manuscript in my hands.
lol.
King was my first love, I've read many since then, but I've returned, with a lot of catching up to do.

[Jeff]

Welcome all newcomers! Come for the conversation, stay for the snacks....ha!

[Nathan]

Oooooh!! Y'all have snacks?

[Jeff]

I always keep some little Debbie donuts in my desk at my office if that helps, lol

[Nathan]

Sounds good to me. Don't get jealous but I happen to be eating one of the best burritos I've ever tasted.

Want a bite? I have a half that I haven't touched yet.

Jeez! 2 o' clock and I'm just now eating lunch. What happened to the day.

[Jeff]

I guess....I am not a breakfast guy. Hence the donuts stashed at work and an early lunch daily.

[Nathan]

I'm not big on breakfast either. Early in the morning is the only decent time to read in my house so I take advantage as much as I can.

[Danielle]

I'm new in this group. Love Stephen King, not big on breakfast either. However it isn't odd to find me making waffles as an afternoon snack.

[Nathan]

Hey Danielle!

Now don't get me wrong. I loves me some brinner (breakfast for dinner). It's one of my favorite meals. I just don't have time for it in the morning.

Ummm.... Anyone wanna talk about a book?

[Tom]

MMM. I am eating chocolate covered pretzels right now. I love the holidays

[Nathan]

You associate chocolate covered pretzels with the holidays? I guess Halloween is right around the corner...

[Tom]

My holidays start the middle of October and end the Sunday after New Years! The pretzels have little orange swirls on the so they are definatley halloweeny

[Tom]

I should make clear that by 'holiday' i mean I can eat anything I want

[Nathan]

Ha! I think I'll use that line later on..

[Jeff]

So.... yeah just finished Underworld and Stone Junction this week, with about 300 pages to go in IT. There...we talked books, lol

[Nathan]

Ha! I had a feeling some reply like that would come.

How ya liking IT so far?

[Jeff]

Its good, but I must say it hasn't MOVED me the way The Stand or 11/22/63 did. Not to say I haven't enjoyed IT, just won't be going into my favorite pile. Glad I reading it, though.

[Tom]

I am planning on reading Full Dark, No Stars this month since there are 2 movies coming out

[Danielle]

I finished IT a week or so ago and I think it was creepy even for King but I mostly liked it.

[Nathan]

Ooops! This may be a spoiler.. Sorry if anyone read it first.

11/22/63 did it for me. I read it before the Stand and IT and neither did what that book did for me. Damn I'm bad with names.... The lead character may not have been able to cry but a few scenes in that book sure made me cry like a damn fool. You should have seen how people were looking at me on the bus.

[Chad]

E. wrote: "Hello Megami and C.
When I read The Stand (a hundred years ago) I remember feeling like I had a special, magical, important manuscript in my hands.
lol.
King was my first love, I've read many si..."

E., when I read The Stand in junior high, I carried it with me every school day, reading it whenever I had free time. It did feel like something magical, like I was reading something none of my friends could relate to, like only I understood what was going on between the pages. It was a great time, that school year.

[Jeff]

C
I totally agree. I read it when I was young as well the same summer the mini series came out. I was 14. I felt like I was part of something special.

[Chad]

Nathan wrote: "Ooops! This may be a spoiler.. Sorry if anyone read it first.

11/22/63 did it for me. I read it before the Stand and IT and neither did what that book did for me. Damn I'm bad with names.... ..."

I cried like a baby at the end of It.

[Tamra]

Hi I'm Tamra. I have started reading The Dark Tower series and am on Wolves of the Calla. I really love the series and all works of Stephen King. Would love to meet him someday and get an autograph!

[Nathan]

C.

You cried at the end of IT? It's been a while since I read it (pun intended), but I don't remember crying. Now, if there was dancing I could understand. Am I forgetting something?

[Nathan]

Wuz hattenin', Tamz!

Loved the Dark Towers. You're getting into the thick of things now. I wish I could read it for the first time again.

[Kandice]

I always envy everyone when they say they are reading one of his for the first time.

One of my biggest thrills is reading his newly published books knowing there will only be one "first time".

[Nathan]

I think I love you Kandice. I've always felt the same way. Most people look at me like whaaaaaaaaaaaaa why be jealous? 'Cause I love that feeling. That's why.

[Kandice]

I have actually been known to take a vacation day from work so I can read one of his new books non-stop the first day. I usually fly through and then reread a few days later at a more sane pace. It really is a bit like an addiction. Thank God it's legal...;)

[Nathan]

Bwahahahaaaaaaaa!!

I haven't taken off of work to read him. You got me there.

I do ride public transit so I have roughly three hours everyday to kill reading. Like you said, "Thank God it's legal...;)"

[Chad]

Nathan wrote: "C.

You cried at the end of IT? It's been a while since I read it (pun intended), but I don't remember crying. Now, if there was dancing I could understand. Am I forgetting something?"

Nathan, yeah, tears streaming down my face. Here's why:

(view spoiler)[If you remember, at the end of the story when all the adults have defeated the spider-thing from outer space and are leaving, the begin forgetting each other. As the days go on, the main character begins to forget their names, and that's what made me cry. I thought of all the people I knew in high school (I graduated in 1985), and all that had happened during those four years, and all I had forgotten, and it made me sad. Then I thought of where I would be twenty years from now and wondered how much of my life, my kids' sayings and antics I would forget. That made me sad, as well. Hence, the tears at the end of It. (hide spoiler)].

[Nathan]

Well damn, man. You just made me cry. I did forget the very end.

Thanks for making my coworker ask me if I was ok...

[Kandice]

Awwwww...sappy men. :) The end makes me sad for the exact same reason and the older I am when I read it the sadder that seems. I think because there are so many more precious memories to lose.

[Chad]

Sorry, Nathan.

Yeah, Kandice, you summed it up perfectly--so many more precious memories to lose.

[Nathan]

I am not sappy! I'm just emotional... ;p

I better stop drinking now. I'm not even sure what I did last night.

[Kandice]

Nathan wrote: "I am not sappy! I'm just emotional... ;p

I better stop drinking now. I'm not even sure what I did last night."

I don't know where you are, but it's morning here! I guess it's always five o'clock somewhere...

[Nathan]

Bad thing is it was only noon when I wrote it. /tipsy

No, I meant drinking at night. Ladies night tried to kill me last night. Those darned women love emotional men. ;)