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hi I am Annemarie I am from scotland and I love sk's books my fave is misery so far from his books i have read.
Hi everyone! My name is Julia. I love Stephen King, I first read SK's novel when I was thirteen - It was The Shining and it pretty much had an impact on me - and since then I've been hooked to his books and read most of them. The Shining is still my favorite, though, along with The Stand and The Dark Tower Series Collection: The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three, The Waste Lands, Wizard and Glass, Wolves of the Calla, Song of Susannah, The Dark Tower.
John Jasper wrote: "Hi everyone. I'm not sure if I formally introduced myself to the group, but I have been a part of it ever since I read Carrie a couple of months ago. I'm finally moving on to [book:..."Salem's Lot is one of his very best.
Annemarie wrote: "hi I am Annemarie I am from scotland and I love sk's books my fave is misery so far from his books i have read."Hey Annemarie, I just finished a reread of Misery. Hope to have a review up very soon. You are right Misery is one of the best, far better than I remembered it being.
Adrian wrote: "Hi everyone. I'm Adrian from Dublin, Ireland. 49 years of age, grew up reading King novels and read most,if not all, up to 20 years ago. I lapsed from reading for many of the intervening years and..."
11/22/63 was great, I thought. Really didn't care for Mr. Mercedes, though there are a lot of folks that do. The sequel was much better.
Manda wrote: "Hi I'm Manda. Constant reader since I picked up Carrie in 1984 except for a bit of a break in about the Rose Madder days. Rekindled my love Under The Dome and I'm busy re reading the early stuff as..."You read finders keepers before Mr Mercedes? WOW. Let us know what you think of Mercedes after reading the sequel. It would be great to hear what you think and how that works.
Hey my name is Addilynne, im from PA, i have only read a couple SK books but im really interested in getting into his stuff more, right now im reading It and last year i read The Tommyknockers (which although its one of his most underrated and least liked books i throughly enjoyed) i have also read Carrie, Im also an avid writer and musician so thats how i spend my free time (when im not reading of course), i also enjoy knitting and am trying to get better at reading while i knit so i can be more productive with that, lol, but anyways anyone feel free to friend me and ill be hanging in this group quite a bit cause ive been looking for a good SK group online and goodreads for quite a while
Addilynne wrote: "Hey my name is Addilynne, im from PA, i have only read a couple SK books but im really interested in getting into his stuff more, right now im reading It and last year i read The Tommyknockers (whi..."Never tried to knit though my wife is an avid quiltmaker. But you might try audiobooks. It's really a great experience, keeps your hands free too. The audio books of 11/22/63, and Misery are really great. You might give that a try.
I am new to goodreads and this group so I'll add to the post. My first SK book was pet sematary years ago in jr high. I've read the Bachman books. I love IT Salem's lot the shining and numerous others.
Chris wrote: "I am new to goodreads and this group so I'll add to the post. My first SK book was pet sematary years ago in jr high. I've read the Bachman books. I love IT Salem's lot the shining and numerous oth..."How about the long walk?
Long walk is great roadwork is great running man is great and I enjoy rage too.
Long walk is great roadwork is great running man is great and I enjoy rage too.
Chris wrote: "Long walk is great roadwork is great running man is great and I enjoy rage too."Guess that answers that. BTW who did your portrait? The same guy who did Mozart's... his brother in law I think?
My name is Karen. I have always loved Stephen King's work. My first Stephen King book was Bag of Bones. After that book, I was hooked.Basically, I enjoy almost any kind of genres.
Hi everyone! My name is Scott and I'm from AZ. I've been a King fan for a long time, and I grew up watching movies made from his books until I was old enough to read them myself. I'm currently working my way through all of his books. So far my favorites are IT and Misery. I'm also a big Joe Hill fan and I've read all of his novels.
My name is Tyler Miller. I am the author of The Other Side of the Door: Dark Stories and Stranger Calls: Dark Tales. I also maintain a regular blog, The Black Cat Moan, where I write mostly about books, movies, television. It's a mixed bag covering my various interests, ranging from Stephen King to Agatha Christie to science fiction to John Irving. Often I try to write about something current, such as an analysis of Amazon's adaptation of The Man in the High Castle.
From early on I was drawn to what Springsteen calls the darkness on the edge of town. I was a happy kid, but in my reading I preferred the spooky, dimly-lit byways. My own journey began with Roald Dahl, Christopher Pike, RL Stine, shifting over time to Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Shirley Jackson and the like. There really are too many great writers to mention.
My tastes in fiction are rather broad, and a bit eclectic. While I love the dark fantastic, I read heaps of crime novels and thrillers (John Sandord, Elmore Leonard, John D. MacDonald). I love mainstream literature, especially comic writers like John Irving and Don Robertson. I enjoy the classics, although my true loves there tend to be adventurous genre novels, the works of H. Rider Haggard, Arthur Conan Doyle and HG Wells.
Of all writers, though, it is King I come back to more than any other. I truly believe he is the most gifted writer of his generation, and a hundred years from now I think he will be the writer most remembered from the 20th century.
It is a real pleasure to be a part of a group as dedicated to King's work as this one. I look forward to all the great discussions.
Hi, my name is Staci and I have been reading Stephen King since I was in the seventh grade. I started with The Stand and haven't stopped. He is my all time favorite author.
Hi I'm a big fan of kings work I have read all of his work, I started reading his books when I was sixteen. Since then I have read stories from Edgar Allan Poe, H.P Lovecraft, M.R James, Dean Koontz, John Ajvide Lindqvist and Clive Barker.
Patrick wrote: "Hi I'm a big fan of kings work I have read all of his work, I started reading his books when I was sixteen. Since then I have read stories from Edgar Allan Poe, H.P Lovecraft, M.R James, Dean Koont..."Not bad company... Welcome.
Hello, my name is Stephanie and I'm from a small town. I love to read but I usually read romance, YA or fantasy however, I've become very curious about Stephen King recently. I haven't read a book of his yet but I really want to. If anyone has any suggestions as to what would be the best book for me to try first please feel free to let me know. Anything else feel free to ask or send a friend request.
Stephanie wrote: "Hello, my name is Stephanie and I'm from a small town. I love to read but I usually read romance, YA or fantasy however, I've become very curious about Stephen King recently. I haven't read a book ..."Hey Stephanie - King said that wizard and glass (the 4th book of the dark tower series) was a romance novel and he had to read romance novels to figure out how to write it. The problem is that you need to read the first three books of the dark tower to get to it and they are definitely not romance. From my point of view, 11/22/63 ends up being a romance and is wonderful... but long. Christine and Salem's Lot and even Bag of Bones are basically love stories. If you want classic King, The Shining (maybe an anti love story) is the best place to start. If you want fantasy try Eyes of the Dragon. If you want a nice short love story try Joyland.
Stephanie wrote: "Hello, my name is Stephanie and I'm from a small town. I love to read but I usually read romance, YA or fantasy however, I've become very curious about Stephen King recently. I haven't read a book ..."I have always liked Rose Madder, although many SK fans do not.
It brings up issues of domestic violence and explores the strength and independence of women in escaping abusive situations (think Sleeping with the Enemy). The main character, Rose, finds a painting in a thrift store that soon allows her to journey into the painting's scene. As her husband pursues her, Rose begins a new life both inside and outside of the painting.
I would also second Nick's recommendation of Joyland as it does include a love story.
Kerry wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "Hello, my name is Stephanie and I'm from a small town. I love to read but I usually read romance, YA or fantasy however, I've become very curious about Stephen King recently. I ha..."I liked Rose Madder a lot too, Kerry, especially the first three quarters of it.
Hi everyone! My name's Amie and I've been a fan since the early 80s. I look forward to listening in as readers discover some of my favorite Stephen King books for the first time.
Thank you everyone for the recommendations. Salem's Lot is actually the book that sparked my interest in reading him. The description sounded really interesting to me. I've actually seen the movies to The Shinning and Christine. The Shinning is one of the movies that is must see for me every Halloween.
Stephanie wrote: "Thank you everyone for the recommendations. Salem's Lot is actually the book that sparked my interest in reading him. The description sounded really interesting to me. I've actually seen the movi..."
You definitely can't go wrong with Salem's Lot. One of my Top 3 of his, if not my absolute favorite. Enjoy!
Hi everyone! I'm new to the group so feel free to add me as a friend. I'm currently reading IT and loving it (pun).
Stephanie wrote: "Thank you everyone for the recommendations. Salem's Lot is actually the book that sparked my interest in reading him. The description sounded really interesting to me. I've actually seen the movi..."
I thought the book Christine was much better than the movie. Might be worth a read for itself.
Kell wrote: "Hi, folks. I'm new. My favorite King books are On Writing, Danse Macabre and the Full Dark, No Stars anthology. And a bunch of other stuff."I loved on writing and full dark. Two of King's best right there.
Ken wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "Thank you everyone for the recommendations. Salem's Lot is actually the book that sparked my interest in reading him. The description sounded really interesting to me. I've actu..."
awesome thank you! I just bumped it up to the top of my list.
Nick wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "Thank you everyone for the recommendations. Salem's Lot is actually the book that sparked my interest in reading him. The description sounded really interesting to me. I've actu..."
Oh good because the movie is good but not something as great as I was hoping
Todd wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm new to the group so feel free to add me as a friend. I'm currently reading IT and loving it (pun)."Welcome!
Hi. Lenny here.My introduction to SK - although I didn't know it at the time - was when my dad told this story at my 11th birthday party about [SURVIVOR TYPE SPOILERS AHEAD]
a guy who is stranded on a deserted island and survives by eating bits of himself. My dad told it to us as a scary true story :D so I had no idea it was a King story. Then, when sailing with my dad [he was in the merchant navy] I discovered Skeleton Crew in the ship's library. And there was the so-called true story. I was hooked ever since.
Lenny wrote: "Hi. Lenny here.My introduction to SK - although I didn't know it at the time - was when my dad told this story at my 11th birthday party about [SURVIVOR TYPE SPOILERS AHEAD]
a guy who is strand..."
Clever story telling by your dad. I may have to pull that one over on my little crumb-munchers! Welcome to the group, Lenny.
Hello everyone, I'm Mégane, 19 and I live in France. I'm happy to meet SK's fans knowing that I'm the only one among my friends who reads his books. :) I'm not a long-term fan but a new one. I must say I only read Misery & Shining at the moment. SK wrote many fantastic books but I don't know which one I should pick for my next reading so I'm open to all suggestions !By the way feel free to add my as a friend ☆彡
Mégane- welcome. I would suggest Firestarter. It is classic early King and the first of his books that I read.
Mégane wrote: "Hello everyone, I'm Mégane, 19 and I live in France. I'm happy to meet SK's fans knowing that I'm the only one among my friends who reads his books. :) I'm not a long-term fan but a new one. I must..."Hey, Mégane, I suggest that you dive right into the deep end of the King pool and read IT.
Mégane wrote: "Hello everyone, I'm Mégane, 19 and I live in France. I'm happy to meet SK's fans knowing that I'm the only one among my friends who reads his books. :) I'm not a long-term fan but a new one. I must..."Megane, sending you a friend request. I absolutely adore anything Stephen King writes and I'm sure you will too. You'll find many good friends in this group.
Hello Mégane,I recommend trying out some of King's short story collections. Night Shift would be a great place to start!
Welcome James ! ~And thank everyone for all your suggestions, I completed my list (:
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Thanks Lena. I've added Doctor Sleep to my "want to read" list so thanks for that. On The Dark Tower novel, I bought The Gun Slinger when it first came out and couldn't get into it at all, although that was over 30 years ago and I was a lot younger. I may revisit it and cont I with the rest of The Dark Tower series as they seem to be very well received.