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Mig wrote: "Angie wrote: "If you have any questions about the group... or about goodreads in general, post them here!"HEY! I want a recommendation.
What should I read next? Sleeping Beauties or Night Shift?..."
Night Shift would be my recommendation
I was going to say Night shift but then I realized it would be coming up as a group read soon and I revise my answer as follows:That depends...is Night Shift going to be read as a single book for the group read (versus the individual stories by published date)? That will be coming up in several months.
Sleeping Beauties was just read as a group read and it will take a loooong time before it comes around again.
Hi group. New here, so apologies if these two questions have been asked. But I have two questions regardless.1.) Can't find a copy of "Colorado Kid" anywhere. Why is it so elusive?
2.) I have an early 1985 paperback copy of "Bachman Books" that I was going to donate to a used book store, but now I'm wondering what its value is, because all copies containing "Rage" have been discontinued (my copy contains it). Is this copy considered valuable or collectible?
Nick wrote: "Hi group. New here, so apologies if these two questions have been asked. But I have two questions regardless.1.) Can't find a copy of "Colorado Kid" anywhere. Why is it so elusive?
2.) I have an..."
Looks like there are lots of copies of the Colorado Kid paperback on Amazon. Just log in and search for it. As for the Bachman book... not sure it's a collectible, but I'd hang onto it.
Nick wrote: "Hi group. New here, so apologies if these two questions have been asked. But I have two questions regardless.1.) Can't find a copy of "Colorado Kid" anywhere. Why is it so elusive?
2.) I have an..."
There are also several copies of Colorado Kid on ebay as well.
I would say without seeing your copy of The Bachman books that it is worth about $5-10. If your are lucky maybe $15. If it is the only copy of Rage that you have then I would hang on to it just in case you want to revisit.
Nick wrote: "Hi group. New here, so apologies if these two questions have been asked. But I have two questions regardless.1.) Can't find a copy of "Colorado Kid" anywhere. Why is it so elusive?
2.) I have an..."
It depends on you how valuable to feel it is to you. Are you willing to give it away or do you want to hold onto something that is becoming rarer and rarer.
Hello,Just curious about a copy of the Shining I have. It has the dust cover from 1977 but no publisher name. The book is bright red with gold lettering but inside there is not a copy write date or publisher name. The dust cover does not state Book Club. The title page only says THE SHINING kind of crooked. Any Ideas? Can't find a copy like it anywhere.
Thanks,
Hello, I am new to the group and am fairly new to reading Stephen King, but he is already one of my favourite authors (and people in general!).This is a general question - I have just got two of the recent "Halloween special" reissues: Bag of Bones (for kindle) and Christine (in paperback). I am a bit of a nerd when it comes to adding the right edition to my Goodreads shelves, and these new editions aren't listed yet. I don't feel brave enough to add them myself, so do they just eventually get added by magic, or does someone physically update to add new editions from time to time?
Thank you, I'm looking forward to being part of this group :-)
Lizzie wrote: "Hello, I am new to the group and am fairly new to reading Stephen King, but he is already one of my favourite authors (and people in general!).This is a general question - I have just got two of ..."
I checked the list of editions of Bag of Bones and I didn't see the edition you're talking about. You can add the edition yourself. Go to the page of the title, you'll see a list of editions. There's also a button for adding an edition but there are rules there on how to add editions.
Goodreads does claim that they add editions and I'm sure they do. But I'm a writer myself and even though they surprise me by adding my new books and editions, sometimes I have to remind them.
Lizzie wrote: "Hello, I am new to the group and am fairly new to reading Stephen King, but he is already one of my favourite authors (and people in general!).This is a general question - I have just got two of ..."
They do have a Goodreads Librarian group and you can post there and ask someone to add the books. Post pictures of the covers and the isbn and even a link to Worldcat or Amazon with the books info (page counts, publishing dates etc).
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
Just go to the Adding New Books thread.
The Shining. Perhaps my favorite book of all time.
Barry wrote: "The Shining. Perhaps my favorite book of all time."Still way at the top of my Stephen King favorites list.
The Shining is very high on my list as well
Hi! I am new to the group and wanted to ask is there anywhere I could set up a topic tracking my Stephen King reads? A personal list thread where I can tick off the completed books?
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Humm.... that's a good idea! I'll set up a thread for it and post it here.
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Thanks again for the idea... I've added a thread for this here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
Hi all, first of all I'm glad to have found this group! I've been a long time Stephen King fan; read him a lot when I was younger, and have recently read some of his newer work. 11/22/63 was amazing and has drawn me back in...I am wondering if there is a schedule for the group reads over the next coming months? I saw that this month is Later, but curious if there are plans for May, June, etc. Any potential to revisit some old ones? Thanks!
Eric wrote: "Hi all, first of all I'm glad to have found this group! I've been a long time Stephen King fan; read him a lot when I was younger, and have recently read some of his newer work. 11/22/63 was amazin..."We are currently reading his books in publication order, one per month. We also usually do one non-King book per month and we vote on that. They are in the Group Reads folders.
Eric wrote: "I am wondering if there is a schedule for the group reads over the next coming months..."Under "Group Reads Discussions" is a thread called "Stephen King Books Chronological Order," which lists them all in order, so you should be able to see what's coming next. Keep in mind that new books are interspersed when they come out, so August will probably be Billy Summers.
Amanda wrote: "If you go to Amazon.com you can get an app version of Kindle for the PC for free. Then you'll just have to have the money to buy them :)"Thanks for this, Amanda! I did not know about the free app version. I'm going to get it now!
Michael wrote: "Jules♡︎ wrote: "has anyone read "The body" yet?"Yup. It's a good one. The movie, too."
The movie is excellent, I've seen it quite a few times.
Erin wrote: "Michael wrote: "Jules♡︎ wrote: "has anyone read "The body" yet?"Yup. It's a good one. The movie, too."
The movie is excellent, I've seen it quite a few times."
I've never watched the movie but I probably will after reading the book :)
Jules♡︎ wrote: "Erin wrote: "Michael wrote: "Jules♡︎ wrote: "has anyone read "The body" yet?"Yup. It's a good one. The movie, too."
The movie is excellent, I've seen it quite a few times."
I've never watched t..."
If you can, you definitely should.
hi!! quick question, can I make a category in the "keep track of your reads" section? I just want to be sure. some groups I'm in I have to ask them before I do one.
A book in which a boy gets power to change Te and universes but someone from other universe came to conquer it Such book was coming on kdp on 21. Name of book was the the time man
I am new to the group not really sure how it works in here. Any advice would be appreciated and I was wondering what book the group is reading at the moment
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Hello! Chris and I usually have the new BOM read posted the day before the first day of the new month. We do have a section called Buddy Reads if you ever want to try to get a book club read going. There is a thread for End of Watch from the last time the group read it together but there isn't one for the 2nd round of King books (only because we are going in publication order). Here is the thread:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
This is the list of books we are reading together :https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... so if we don't have it listed yet you can go here to see what's next. I hope I answered your questions. The group has been around a long time so it's getting full as far as threads go. I try to keep them organized as much as possible. :)
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I'm sorry I'm late to replying to you. I missed your message. Usually the group read is at the top of the group to make it easy to find. We are about to start The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. There's areas to talk about movies/TV shows, short stories, buddy reads, novels, Stephen King himself. Let me know if you need additional help. You can always PM me.
Angie wrote: "Valerie wrote: "Hi everyone. It looks like there is no group read for April. (If there is please alert me because I can not find it, thanks) Having just finished Finders Keeper, the group read for ..."Angie thanks so much!
Hey!My memory is not what it used to be and I'm hoping one of you could help me refresh it. I read a lot of Stephen King a couple decades ago (and since), and I suddenly remembered a scene from one of them. It's about a woman and her best friend taking a break from a hike under a pavillion. They sit there for a while talking and laughing and enjoying the view. It is the woman's happiest memory and she keeps coming back to it throughout the novel. Does anyone know which book this is from?
Your input is much appreciated!
Possibly the girl who loved Tom Gordon?
Hm, I wonder. I thought perhaps The Tommyknockers or Rose Madder, but it was so long ago that I cannot remember the context.
Tamás wrote: "Hey!My memory is not what it used to be and I'm hoping one of you could help me refresh it. I read a lot of Stephen King a couple decades ago (and since), and I suddenly remembered a scene from on..."
Could it be from The Regulators? I can't remember the character names at the moment, but the autistic boy is being cared for by his aunt, and I think she remembers a conversation in a gazebo with her sister (his mom) fondly, numerous times throughout the book.
Kandice wrote: "Could it be from The Regulators? I can't remember the character names at the moment . . ."That was Audrey Wyler when she was Audrey Garin (Seth Garin's aunt). Audrey and Janice Goodlin had gone to Mohonk Mountain House at Lake Mohonk in the Catskills in May 1982
That’s what it was!! As Celine Dion once said, it’s all coming back to me now. Thanks you both for clearing up this mystery! It might be time to reread the Regulators then 😊
I wanted the Moderator to know that since I had read Finders Keepers (and that End of Watch is technically book three of the trilogy) that they both should be read in order). Both are on my HOLD list at the library. I will read them when I can rent them. This holds true for the long-awaited new release that is coming out next month. It is becoming difficult fo keep up with the purchases. Thank you, and I hope this will not interfere with my membership. Let me know. Thanks so much.
Lola (Kai's version) wrote: "immmmmaaa gooply! u nrow hrat?"Yes, I think so, too. I'm not as sure about your previous post; I'd need to look it up first before offering an opinion. I will say it sounds plausible.
Lola (Kai's version) wrote: "whitersaw, id whiterswa ur moodler?"To-may-toe, To-mot-toe.
Whit-ter-say, Whit-ter-swa.
Does anyone have an updated tracking list for the tracking King's reads that includes the audio only books?
question, sorry if it's been asked before, tbf there are quite a bit of posts on this thread and I didn't see anything about in the FAQ, but, can I set up a personal poll in this group (it's a simple "which book should I read next" one) or should I just ask about it here (or maybe another thread)??
Brittany wrote: "Does anyone have an updated tracking list for the tracking King's reads that includes the audio only books?"I found this one, not entirely sure how legit/updated it is but it looks good to me https://listsofbooks.com/sk
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There is a section called recommendations that you can use :
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
Hope this helps.
I have a question. I notice that the group is coming to the end of King's books. What do you guys do when you do come to the end? Do you stop doing monthly reads? Or do you go back to the beginning and start again?
We will always have Paris... a new published book by him.
Cordelia wrote: "I have a question. I notice that the group is coming to the end of King's books. What do you guys do when you do come to the end? Do you stop doing monthly reads? Or do you go back to the beginning..."We loop around and do it again.
Perhaps 19 times?
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