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Suburbansteve wrote: "The Dark Tower series is definitely my favorite..." Hi there Steve. I haven't gotten to the Dark Tower books yet but I'm looking forward to reading them - tide me over while I'm waiting for the next George RR Martin book.

[Suburbansteve]

:æ: wrote: "Suburbansteve wrote: "The Dark Tower series is definitely my favorite..." Hi there Steve. I haven't gotten to the Dark Tower books yet but I'm looking forward to reading them - tide me over while I..."
You have a treat in store for yourself with the dark tower a few friends have said the first book wasn't what they expected but stick with it because the second book gets you making sure you have the rest of the series at hand, I also love George RR Martin books as well as the Game of Thrones series.

[Kim]

I have been part of this group for a while and I would like more friends to share our love in reading King. If you want please send me a friend request. :)

[Karen B.]

Hi, my name is Karen B. and am just trying the group out. My problem is that there are some King books I LOVE and others I can't stand. I have always had difficulty with the Goodreads html. So with this post I am going to see if I can post a spoiler successfully.
(view spoiler)[ this is just a test (hide spoiler)]

[Nick]

Karen B. wrote: "Hi, my name is Karen B. and am just trying the group out. My problem is that there are some King books I LOVE and others I can't stand. I have always had difficulty with the Goodreads html. So wi..."

So the spoiler works. Which books do you love... and which can't you stand? (We can compare notes.)

[Kandice]

Karen B. I'd also be interested in knowing which books fall in which category. ;)

[Karen B.]

Hi Nick. I can't remember them all ... Some of the ones I've enjoyed are The Talisman, It, The Stand, 11/22/63, The Shining, Doctor Sleep, Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Storm of the Century, Bag of Bones, The Green Mile, Thinner, The Dead Zone, Insomnia, Dream Catcher, Cell, On Writing, and quite a few that I saw the movie of, liked the story, before reading the book which kind of spoiled it for me
A Couple of the ones I was disappointed in were Rose Madder, Dolores Claiborne, Duma Key, Mister Mercedes, Revival. A few I started and just became lost: Desperation, The Dark Tower books

[Kandice]

I agree with your feelings on Dolores Claiborn and Revival, but Duma Key?! I adored that book.

The best part of GR is that we can't all agree all the time and so we always have stuff to discuss.

[Nick]

Karen B. wrote: "Hi Nick. I can't remember them all ... Some of the ones I've enjoyed are The Talisman, It, The Stand, 11/22/63, The Shining, Doctor Sleep, Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Storm of the Century, Bag of ..."

Karen: I'm with you on a lot of your choices, especially on the ones you LIKE (except dreamcatcher). Glad to see you include Bag of Bones and On Writing among the very best. Definitely agree on not liking Desperation and Mr. Mercedes... But Rose Madder, Duma Key, and at least the first five books of Dark Tower are among my favorites. We've had some pretty heated discussion about Rose Madder, Revival, and Dr. Sleep BTW. So I hope you'll stick around and give us your point of view on some of the details.

[Trisha]

Hello!! New to the site/app. Just joined a little bit ago. LOVE Stephen King!! He's an awesome writer!! At least, he is in my opinion. I do read a little bit of everything...but, I have to say that Mr King is ONE of my favourite authors.

[Erin]

Welcome Trisha

[Rach]

Karen B. wrote: "Hi, my name is Karen B. and am just trying the group out. My problem is that there are some King books I LOVE and others I can't stand. I have always had difficulty with the Goodreads html. So wi..."

Welcome Karen! It doesn't matter if you have different opinions on the books to other folk here, I like to hear everyone else's opinions; sometimes you still disagree but other times you reconsider your thoughts (maybe for the better).

[Rach]

Hi Trisha, welcome! :)

[Trisha]

Thank You Erin and Reenie!! Delighted to be a part of this group.

[Meliss]

Hi Everyone,
My name is Meliss and I am a poet who lives in the mountains above Gettysburg, Pa. I am an avid Stephen King fan. My favorite book is everyone he wrote. My book- buddy, Betsy, said you were an awesome group and I am so excited about joining!

[Erin]

Welcome Meliss

[Betsy]

@Meliss, SO glad that you joined this group as I know that you will like it. It's a very literate group and the members really know their Stephen King! We can agree to disagree and it makes for thoughtful discussions. Anxious to see what is chosen for our June BOTM and hope that you will be participating !!

[Nick]

Meliss wrote: "Hi Everyone,
My name is Meliss and I am a poet who lives in the mountains above Gettysburg, Pa. I am an avid Stephen King fan. My favorite book is everyone he wrote. My book- buddy, Betsy, said you..."

Welcome Meliss. You'll like it here. Where can we find your poetry?

[Meliss]

Nick wrote: "Meliss wrote: "Hi Everyone,
My name is Meliss and I am a poet who lives in the mountains above Gettysburg, Pa. I am an avid Stephen King fan. My favorite book is everyone he wrote. My book- buddy, ..."

Working on a volume right now. Have a few published on Poem Hunter under Melissa Mundy.

[Nick]

Meliss wrote: "Nick wrote: "Meliss wrote: "Hi Everyone,
My name is Meliss and I am a poet who lives in the mountains above Gettysburg, Pa. I am an avid Stephen King fan. My favorite book is everyone he wrote. My ..."

Thanks I'll check them out.

[Betsy]

@ Meliss, I went onto Poem Hunter.com but what then? I typed in Melissa Mundy's poems but nothing came up ?

[Trisha]

Welcome Meliss!! Hope you love it here!! It's great for finding new reads and adding your own current library. And the app is so simple to use too!!

[Meliss]

Type in under author: Mundy Melissa and Click.
Look below to the left side and then click on Mundy Melissa again. Click again and a few of my poems will come up. Hope you like them.

[Betsy]

@ Meliss: Thanks for the instructions, which worked. I only had time this morning to read, and enjoy, your first 3 poems:
Divorce's Daughter: I liked the introductory "I am the dream" in each stanza
All Whispers and Requiem For a Son.... "God gives you back to me" which brought tears to my eyes.
I will go back later and read your others.

Meliss, What a talent you have for picking the precise words, capturing the feelings, etc.
I often wonder HOW one can do this when I doubt that you are a product of divorce or that you have lost a son. Well done! Can't wait to read more!

[Nick]

Meliss wrote: "Type in under author: Mundy Melissa and Click.
Look below to the left side and then click on Mundy Melissa again. Click again and a few of my poems will come up. Hope you like them."


Thanks Meliss. I read 3 of your poems and would have read more but your poem Requiem for a Son stopped me cold... still processing that one. Very powerful and touching. Thanks for the experience. I'll go back and read some more soon soon.

[Meliss]

Betsy wrote: "@ Meliss: Thanks for the instructions, which worked. I only had time this morning to read, and enjoy, your first 3 poems:
Divorce's Daughter: I liked the introductory "I am the dream" in each..."

Thank you. It means so much to me that you like them. You are right. I never lost a child. My parents were not divorced. I think poetry transcends reality...

[Meliss]

Nick wrote: "Meliss wrote: "Type in under author: Mundy Melissa and Click.
Look below to the left side and then click on Mundy Melissa again. Click again and a few of my poems will come up. Hope you like them."..."

Thanks. Your encouragement means the world to me!

[Nick]

Meliss wrote: "Nick wrote: "Meliss wrote: "Type in under author: Mundy Melissa and Click.
Look below to the left side and then click on Mundy Melissa again. Click again and a few of my poems will come up. Hope yo..."

They're wonderful poems. I'm sure I'll be quoting a few of your lines.

[Nick]

Can't figure out how to post your quotes on my page Meliss, but here's a great line: "Life whispers your name before you die."

[Meliss]

You are more than welcome to put a poem or lines on your page. Can you do copy and paste?

[Nick]

Meliss wrote: "You are more than welcome to put a poem or lines on your page. Can you do copy and paste?"

Sure... but it doesn't seem to want to let me put in a quote that isn't from a book... what can I say. I'll work on it. :-)

[Mandolino]

Growl, this is an english discussion. Well, it will be less easy for me, but, really, i'm a fanatic of old Steve. My great love? , , , ok almost all. I was nearly tired of him, after some times... then he wrote , ok the end is not good, but the story is original, wonderful, well... the last, is not scary but has one of the most coherent and lovecraftian ends he even wrote (i wish my english could be less horrorofic!)

[Kandice]

Mandolino wrote: "Growl, this is an english discussion. Well, it will be less easy for me, but, really, i'm a fanatic of old Steve. My great love? ,,[boo..."

I was not a big fan of [book:Revival|20926278], but agree that it was his best interpretation of Lovecraft, followed closely by N. in Full Dark, No Stars. Stephen King

[Meliss]

Can you type it in manually. One of my favorite lines is,"There are no graves in the hours we sleep."I think about that line a lot. I had a very bad car accident and that line came to me when I was in a fog,frightened and recovering.

[Paolina ✨️]

Hello, hello!

I am Paolina and I recently became a fan of Stephen King. I did read Carrie and Cujo about four years ago and loved them, but never got around to reading his other works until now. I've always loved horror, but I am now gaining more freedom to really explore and have fun with the genre.

[Kandice]

P.G. wrote: "Hello, hello!

I am Paolina and I recently became a fan of Stephen King. I did read Carrie and Cujo about four years ago and loved them, but never got around to reading his other works until now. ..."

Welcome! Just know that King doesn't write horror exclusively. The two you mentioned are, absolutely, but not everything by him is.

[Paolina ✨️]

Kandice wrote: "P.G. wrote: "Hello, hello!

I am Paolina and I recently became a fan of Stephen King. I did read Carrie and Cujo about four years ago and loved them, but never got around to reading his other works..."

Thank you! I'm aware that he writes more than horror. I'm just more attracted to that side of his writing. When I am ready, I will look at his other non-horror titles.

[Nick]

Kandice wrote: "Mandolino wrote: "Growl, this is an english discussion. Well, it will be less easy for me, but, really, i'm a fanatic of old Steve. My great love? ,[bookcover:Rose Ma..."

Right Kandice... King also has another short story, I can't remember the name of, where he does a variation on Lovecraft's The rats in the walls...

[Dean]

Hello, my name is Dean and I have a small confession. I use to laugh and snicker at those who read Stephen King, not considering it true literature until I read Under the Dome. Now I bow to the King.

[Nick]

Dean wrote: "Hello, my name is Dean and I have a small confession. I use to laugh and snicker at those who read Stephen King, not considering it true literature until I read Under the Dome. Now I bow to the King."

I really enjoyed Under the Dome too, Dean. BTW, It would be interesting to hear what you'd think of say... 11/22/63... another powerful King non-horror novel.

[Nick]

Finally finished Infinite Jest. My review is somewhere at: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6... Jest. I think it is a great book, five stars, astoundingly well written and very funny... but also a lot of work. Well worth the effort, though honestly, there is no real payoff. the journey is the reward (and the punishment.)

[Sue]

I really, really liked 11/22/63 and was very impressed by the research that to have gone into it.. but Dr. Sleep is making me get creeped out every time I see a bunch of RV's.. I started reading King in the mid 1970's and have all his books.. Green Mile may be my favorite but loved Joyland and 11/22/63

[Dean]

11/22/63 is an awesome book. I have read it twice and plan to read it yet again. King's power for description and subtle details of background paint a picture so real that I feel like I went back to 1958 with Jake Epping. Makes me want to go out and buy a DeLorean DMC-12!

[Kandice]

JayPee wrote: "Hello, fellow Constant Readers. My name is JayPee Yu, from the Philippines. You can call me Jayps. I've been in Goodreads since 2010. I recently joined this group. I read from any genre, but horror..."
Lisey's Story is one of my favorites too! And Haruki Murakami is amazing!

Welcome.

[Rach]

Welcome JayPee and Dean!

I purchased 11/22/63 a couple of weeks of, and it's on my to read pile, but these thoughts make me want to read it next! I'm hoping I'll love it, as I have a particular fondness for that era.

[Erin]

Welcome JayPee

[Brenda]

Hi, I am Brenda. I have been a Stephen King fan since I was 11 and my first book I read was The Shining. I have been hooked and his '#1 fan' ever since. I am an aspiring horror writer, and have 2 books started. I am excited to be a part of a group of fellow Stephen King and horror enthusiasts!

[Kandice]

Brenda wrote: "Hi, I am Brenda. I have been a Stephen King fan since I was 11 and my first book I read was The Shining. I have been hooked and his '#1 fan' ever since. I am an aspiring horror writer, and have ..."

Welcome Brenda. 11 seems to be a common age for King introductions.

[Debbie]

Hi, I'm Debbie and I am a huge Stephen King fan. My favorite book, I would have to say is 11/22/63. I have been reading Stephen King since I was a teen way back in the 70's. I just love to read.

[Nick]

Debbie wrote: "Hi, I'm Debbie and I am a huge Stephen King fan. My favorite book, I would have to say is 11/22/63. I have been reading Stephen King since I was a teen way back in the 70's. I just love to read."

Welcome Debbie. I wonder what Mr. King had to do with your love of reading, since it's such a pleasure to go through his work... almost effortless... for me reading King even seems to make reading other authors easier.