The Keep - F. Paul Wilson - October 21st

[Ginger]

Vampires and Nazi's ?!?! Yes please!

Come join Terry and I as we buddy read The Keep. We'll be starting this around October 20th-21st.

[Terry]

Definitely excited to give this a shot!

[Alan]

Ooo y'all lucky to be reading this one for the first time. It was one of the early books that got me into horror.

[Terry]

Great to hear, Alan.

[Ginger]

Alan wrote: "Ooo y'all lucky to be reading this one for the first time. It was one of the early books that got me into horror."

Fantastic to hear Alan and see you rated it 5 stars. Woohoo!

[Jen]

I plan on joining in!

[Ginger]

Jen wrote: "I plan on joining in!"

Great Jen!! So glad you can join us for this!

[WendyB]

I can't promise anything but I'll try to work this one in. I've had it on my kindle for a while now... probably time I got to it. :)

[Terry]

Excellent, Wendy, I hope you can join along.

[Ginger]

WendyB wrote: "I can't promise anything but I'll try to work this one in. I've had it on my kindle for a while now... probably time I got to it. :)"

I hope you can join Wendy!!

[Alan]

If it weren't for the facts that, my TBR list just had a setback due to my successful library sales last week, and the I would have to go dig through I dunno how many boxes to find my F. Paul Wilson books, I would so consider re-reading this one with y'all.

[Ginger]

Alan wrote: "If it weren't for the facts that, my TBR list just had a setback due to my successful library sales last week, and the I would have to go dig through I dunno how many boxes to find my F. Paul Wilso..."

Damn that TBR list Alan! Wish you could do a re-read with us but I get it. Too many books and not enough time!

[Alan]

I'll be thinking about The Keep as I read whatever it is I'm reading now. :D

[Ginger]

Alan wrote: "I'll be thinking about The Keep as I read whatever it is I'm reading now. :D"

Well, make sure you pop in every once in awhile while we're reading this. I'm sure you'll love the spoilers if nothing else. :D

[Alan]

I was about to be a wise guy and say I'll pop in to drop spoilers, but it's so long since I read, i mostly just remember the highlights, and not enough detail to be a spoiler.

[Ginger]

Good because we would have to beat you down!! Hahaha

[Alan]

[Marie Helene]

Book now on my Kindle and i'll be joining 😈

[Terry]

Marie Helene wrote: "Book now on my Kindle and i'll be joining 😈"

Glad you could make it!!

[Ginger]

Marie Helene wrote: "Book now on my Kindle and i'll be joining 😈"

Yay!! Glad you are joining Marie Helene!

[Marie Helene]

I saw the movie long long time ago.
You know, when they were video stores 🦕
I rented a VHS tape (atrocious copy by the way, faded colours and poor sound quality). Do not remember a great deal, so I cannot spoil.

[Ginger]

Marie Helene wrote: "I saw the movie long long time ago.
You know, when they were video stores 🦕
I rented a VHS tape (atrocious copy by the way, faded colours and poor sound quality). Do not remember a great deal, so ..."

I'm glad that VHS tape had such poor quality so you don't remember much! :P
Haha!

[[deleted user]]

I need to find my copy! I watched the movie first and was pleasantly surprised when a friend told me about the book. If I can find it, I'm going to join in the buddy read.

[Ginger]

JaeRavenClaw wrote: "I need to find my copy! I watched the movie first and was pleasantly surprised when a friend told me about the book. If I can find it, I'm going to join in the buddy read."

Great! I hope you can find a copy JaeRavenClaw!

[Ginger]

I should be able to start on this tonight or tomorrow depending on how the day goes with Sunday chores.

Excited for some more vampire action!

[Terry]

Me too, Ginger!

[Terry]

I made it to ch6. Good creepy start! Can you think of a better setting than this for a horror story? (view spoiler)[ And finding something inside the keep’s walls?? No way could I have crawled into the dark when they pulled that block out. Too claustrophobic for me! (hide spoiler)]

[Marie Helene]

I will start reading it tonight :)

[Terry]

I’ve been excited to get to this one, 😁 so I’ve jumped right in!

[Ginger]

I didn't get a chance to read yesterday but I should be able to start this at lunch. I'm glad you're already liking this Terry!

[WendyB]

I should be able to start this book later today or tomorrow at the latest.

[Ginger]

WendyB wrote: "I should be able to start this book later today or tomorrow at the latest."

Great Wendy!! I'm glad you can join the BR!

[Marie Helene]

Kindle edition, first page: a map.
A stamp-sized map 😶 🙄 😵
But I will survive 🤗

[Ginger]

Marie Helene wrote: "Kindle edition, first page: a map.
A stamp-sized map 😶 🙄 😵
But I will survive 🤗"

I got that same map! LOL

I imagine the Keep looking like this. I just finished up Ch 1.

[Ginger]

Or even this one too. I can't decide!

[Marie Helene]

Finished the prologue and chapter 1.
Looks promising.

[Terry]

Excellent pictures, Ginger! They both fit I think.

[Cailyn]

I started the book before I saw this thread. Just finished. Great read. Enjoy!

[Terry]

Cailyn wrote: "I started the book before I saw this thread. Just finished. Great read. Enjoy!"

Excellent to hear, thanks Cailyn!

[Ginger]

Cailyn wrote: "I started the book before I saw this thread. Just finished. Great read. Enjoy!"

Great to hear Cailyn!

[Kenneth]

I had the privilege of meeting Paul at StokerCon this year. To listen to him, Monteleone and McCammon back and forth put me in stitches for a week.

[Ginger]

Kenneth wrote: "I had the privilege of meeting Paul at StokerCon this year. To listen to him, Monteleone and McCammon back and forth put me in stitches for a week."

That’s really cool to hear Kenneth. What a great group of authors to listen too!

[Terry]

Ginger wrote: "Kenneth wrote: "I had the privilege of meeting Paul at StokerCon this year. To listen to him, Monteleone and McCammon back and forth put me in stitches for a week."

That’s really cool to hear Kenn..."

Yeah, I’m jealous Ken!

[Kenneth]

I don’t think my feet touched the floor the whole weekend.

[Marie Helene]

Cailyn wrote: "I started the book before I saw this thread. Just finished. Great read. Enjoy!"

Thank you Cailyn 😀

[Ginger]

Got to the beginning of Ch 8 last night. I'm enjoying this one!
Really creepy on (view spoiler)[when the light goes away and then one of the privates gets killed. If I was one of them, I would be so freaked out! (hide spoiler)]

[Ginger]

Terry wrote: "I made it to ch6. Good creepy start! Can you think of a better setting than this for a horror story? [spoilers removed]"

There's no way that I would have done it as well Terry!! You don't know anything (view spoiler)[about this Keep with all the crosses on the walls. That's creepy in itself.
The last thing that I would do is crawl through the wall of some hole I made. hahaha!! (hide spoiler)]

[Marie Helene]

Kenneth wrote: "I had the privilege of meeting Paul at StokerCon this year. To listen to him, Monteleone and McCammon back and forth put me in stitches for a week."

Lucky you. Any chance the author spoke of The Keep?

[Marie Helene]

Well, I did a lot of googling regarding this book. What is a keep? Was Romania a major ally of Hitler? I find the date very interesting: April 1941. Most of the Germans could believe the war would be over soon, as they had invaded most of Europe and there was a neutrality pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. I also like when an author reminds us there was a divide between regular troops (the Wehrmacht) and Nazi troops (the SS).
OK, my (home)work is done, time to go back to reading :)

[Ginger]

Marie Helene wrote: "Well, I did a lot of googling regarding this book. What is a keep? Was Romania a major ally of Hitler? I find the date very interesting: April 1941. Most of the Germans could believe the war would ..."

I love all of your research Marie Helene! I was thinking that in regards to the date as well. The Germans have to be thinking that the war is over soon with this being in 1941.