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| Tópicos | | mensagens | Última mensagem | | | Club Read 2010 : Introductions and Re-Introductions | | 34 | AquariusNat, Hoje 11:22am |  |
| 20-Something LibraryThingers : What's your favorite book in your library? | | 122 | asukamaxwell, Hoje 8:56am | |
| BookCrossing Australia! : Group Reading Log: December 2009 | | 46 | KimB, Hoje 5:42am | |
| 1010 Category Challenge : Blondierocket's 1010 Challenge | | 12 | auntmarge64, Ontem 7:16pm | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : What are you reading from the 1001 list in DECEMBER? | | 74 | klobrien2, Ontem 4:32pm | |
| 1010 Category Challenge : Soffitta1's 1010 challenge | | 51 | soffitta1, Ontem 3:15am | |
| Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night : The Son of "What scary book are you reading right now?" | | 233 | goydaeh, Segunda-feira 11:07am | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : BJ tries to read 75 Books in 2009, Part 2 | | 343 | billiejean, Segunda-feira 9:01am | |
| 50 Book Challenge : notmyrealname is off again for 2009 | | 89 | notmyrealname, Domingo 7:08pm | |
| Club Read 2009 : INTRODUCTIONS | | 275 | jaseD, Domingo 10:25am | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Dulcibelle's 75 for 2009 | | 130 | dulcibelle, Domingo 7:26am | |
| Alphabet Challenges : Bella_lee & her ABCs x2 | | 17 | bella_lee, Sexta-feira 4:35pm | |
| 1010 Category Challenge : Paruline's 1010 challenge | | 49 | paruline, Sexta-feira 4:24pm | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : soylentgreen23 wants to read 1001 books | | 49 | soylentgreen23, Sexta-feira 8:03am | |
| King's Dear Constant Readers : December's SK Flavor(s) of the Month - Creepshow and Cycle of the Werewolf | | 21 | jseger9000, Dezembro 16 | |
| King's Dear Constant Readers : Least favorite King book? | | 56 | 5hrdrive, Dezembro 16 | |
| 999 Challenge : Moneybeets' | | 97 | cmbohn, Dezembro 15 | |
| Read YA Lit : Suggestions for a 16 year old girl that loves to read! | | 57 | chimneysweep, Dezembro 13 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : karenmarie's 75 book challenge for 2009 | | 147 | karenmarie, Dezembro 13 | |
| Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night : The Bride of "What scary book are you reading right now?" | | 316 | jseger9000, Dezembro 13 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : Judylou's 1001 | | 41 | judylou, Dezembro 12 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Group Read: War and Peace | | 237 | billiejean, Dezembro 11 | |
| Great Reads for Teens : Horror Books | | 228 | Thespian, Dezembro 8 | |
| Teenage Book Nudgers : We need to get some nugding going on here! | | 11 | Thespian, Dezembro 8 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : Soffitta1's 1001 Books- Lifetime of Reading | | 20 | soffitta1, Dezembro 4 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Marie bubbly's 50 in 2009. | | 3 | mariebubblyster, Novembro 24 | |
| TBR Challenge : Carolien's 2009 | | 11 | cal8769, Novembro 19 | |
| Ghost Stories, Past and Present : My Favorite Ghost Story..... | | 51 | SirBookworm, Novembro 15 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : How many have you read? | | 265 | ekebivibeke, Novembro 15 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What bookmark are you using? October 2009 | | 57 | goddessladyj, Novembro 13 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : ashley21's 2009 book challenge | | 15 | ashley21, Novembro 12 | |
| Book talk : Stephen King recommendation | | 12 | SqueakyChu, Novembro 11 | |
| Reading Globally : October Group Read - ghoulies and ghosties - recommendations | | 87 | bfertig, Novembro 10 | |
| Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night : Who do you think is the worst author of horror fiction? | | 38 | jseger9000, Novembro 9 | |
| 999 uitdaging : Carolien70's | | 13 | Carolien70, Novembro 2 | |
| 50 Book Challenge : Tracie's 50 book effort for 2009 | | 31 | TracieG, Novembro 1 | |
| Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night : Favourite Characters in Horror Fiction | | 5 | Moomin_Mama, Outubro 29 | |
| Book talk : Books made into movies | | 107 | Ape, Outubro 25 | |
| Fifty States Fiction (or Nonfiction) Challenge : Colorado books | | 10 | coppers, Outubro 22 | |
| The Green Dragon : Halloween 2009 Readings | | 29 | katylit, Outubro 22 | |
| 1010 Category Challenge : SlySionnach's 1010 Challenge | | 25 | cmbohn, Outubro 22 | |
| Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night : Anyone find Stephen King actually scary? | | 93 | artturnerjr, Outubro 20 | |
| Knitters Inc. : Knitting novels? | | 68 | wolf_babe, Outubro 20 | |
| Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night : My Top 5 Horror Classics for Newcomers | | 10 | bookmonkey00k, Outubro 10 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of October 3, 2009? | | 227 | Mr.Durick, Outubro 10 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : hdc versus 1001 books (2008) | | 2 | hdcclassic, Outubro 8 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : Book Brought Home - September 2009 | | 215 | jdthloue, Outubro 2 | |
| Book talk : Favorite Horror Book! | | 9 | omaca, Outubro 2 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : What are you reading, September 2009 | | 83 | jdaniel3760, Outubro 1 | |
| King's Dear Constant Readers : November - 'Salem's Lot "The Emperor of Ice Cream" | | 22 | BeckyJG, Setembro 27 | |
| Literary Snobs : Harold Bloom: Pro on con? | | 152 | kswolff, Setembro 19 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Kidzdoc's 75 Book Challenge for 2009 #4 | | 253 | kidzdoc, Setembro 9 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Blondierocket's 2009 Challenge | | 213 | Cauterize, Setembro 8 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : Nickelini's 1001 List | | 14 | soylentgreen23, Setembro 7 | |
| King's Dear Constant Readers : August's SK Flavor of the Month - Different Seasons (Rita Hayworth, Apt Pupil) | | 13 | jseger9000, Setembro 2 | |
| The Green Dragon : Your August aquisitions | | 178 | MerryMary, Setembro 1 | |
| King's Dear Constant Readers : SK's flavors of the month - 2009 | | 82 | jseger9000, Agosto 30 | |
| Most Disturbing Books : Additions to | | 42 | Moomin_Mama, Agosto 28 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : BJ tries to read 75 in 2009 | | 356 | billiejean, Agosto 27 | |
| History at 30,000 feet: The Big Picture : Fiction Books Currently Reading by Us Non-Fiction types | | 72 | Garp83, Agosto 26 | |
| Book talk : Creepy books for book club? | | 21 | extrajoker, Agosto 8 | |
| Made into a Movie : When the movies are better than the books or vice versa | | 211 | Jenson_AKA_DL, Agosto 6 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : Books that once you read them, you wondered why they are on the list | | 48 | HannahJo, Agosto 5 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : RebeccaAnn's 2009 Reading | | 259 | RebeccaAnn, Agosto 2 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Stuckey's 75 books for 2009 | | 101 | rstuckey, Julho 28 | |
| Literary Snobs : What are you reading? 1st Quarter, 2009 | | 302 | bobmcconnaughey, Julho 27 | |
| Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night : Ramsey Campbell - What am I missing? | | 16 | HerbertWest, Julho 17 | |
| Writer-readers : Books on writing that inspired you | | 195 | BJaeger, Julho 15 | |
| Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night : A question for Brian Keene readers. | | 10 | BookBindingBobby, Julho 7 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : belva's list | | 19 | judylou, Julho 6 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : What is Your Type of Book? | | 43 | Narilka, Julho 5 | |
| 40-Something Library Thingers : First book you ever bought | | 36 | AHS-Wolfy, Julho 4 | |
| Literary Snobs : Film Snobs 3: Attack of the 50 Ft Snob | | 235 | CliffBurns, Junho 17 | |
| 999 Challenge : Carolien70's | | 62 | Carolien70, Junho 4 | |
| King's Dear Constant Readers : May's SK flavor of the Month - FIre Starter | | 33 | Moomin_Mama, Junho 3 | |
| What Are You Reading Now? : 2009 GROUP READS: Single Book or Theme-based | | 7 | Jenson_AKA_DL, Maio 19 | |
| Book talk : Your favorite book? | | 121 | Sandydog1, Maio 13 | |
| King's Dear Constant Readers : Literature or not? | | 43 | hemlockclock, Maio 12 | |
| Literary Snobs : No sacred cows--bad books by good authors | | 158 | GeoffWyss, Maio 8 | |
| Hogwarts Express : Add a Word Drop a Word 5 | | 428 | picolina, Maio 3 | |
| 2009 Genre Challenge : April Genre -- Horror | | 19 | readeron, Maio 1 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Prop2gether's 2009 List | | 253 | Prop2gether, Maio 1 | |
| King's Dear Constant Readers : The most memorable S.K. Character - Who did you Love? | | 35 | rstuckey, Maio 1 | |
| King's Dear Constant Readers : April's SK Flavor of the Month - The Dead Zone | | 66 | LibraryLover23, Abril 28 | |
| King's Dear Constant Readers : SK and abused women/domestic violence | | 5 | Moomin_Mama, Abril 27 | |
| The Green Dragon : Most HATED books | | 199 | cal8769, Abril 19 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : drneutron's Books in 2009 | | 299 | drneutron, Abril 18 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : jseger9000's 2009 challenge | | 44 | jseger9000, Abril 13 | |
| Défi 999 (999 Challenge en français) : Cathcartes, catégories en boîtes | | 33 | Cathcartes, Abril 6 | |
| 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Piyush's bid for 75 | | 252 | PiyushChourasia, Abril 4 | |
| King's Dear Constant Readers : Scary Stuff | | 20 | RebeccaAnn, Abril 1 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : Really Long Books | | 71 | Nickelini, Março 31 | |
| King's Dear Constant Readers : Your favourite King book? | | 65 | rstuckey, Março 29 | |
| Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night : New to the horror genre; trying to figure out what to read next | | 18 | cal8769, Março 25 | |
| Literary Snobs : Best books by GENRE | | 342 | kswolff, Março 23 | |
| Hogwarts Express : Game: I HAVE read X, but HAVE NOT read Y (continued) | | 267 | MrAndrew, Março 18 | |
| 1001 Books to read before you die : elephantango's valiant attempt for 1001... | | 1 | elephantango, Março 10 | |
| 999 Challenge : February 2009--what are you reading? | | 122 | cmbohn, Fevereiro 28 | |
| The Green Dragon : The Author as a Character | | 29 | jillmwo, Fevereiro 25 | |
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... King
2. Four Past Midnight by Stephen King
3. Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
4. It by Stephen King
5. The Shining by Stephen King
6. Everything's Eventual by Stephen King
7. Firestarter by Stephen King
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10. I am yet to read anything by Stephen King. I believe The Shining is a "1001" book, so that's probably the first I'll tackle. :)
I finished Things We Didn't See Coming, and, yes, livrecache, I get the whole disconnected narrative now. In the first couple of stories I didn't realise it was the ... ... on A big ball of string and The Witches by Roald Dahl, graduating to Stephen King his early work Salem's Lot, The Shining, Misery, Needful Things, then progressed or regressed (depends on your view) to Jackie Collins. High School English was major part of studies and then went ... ... on A big ball of string and The Witches by Roald Dahl, graduating to Stephen King his early work Salem's Lot, The Shining, Misery, Needful Things, then progressed or regressed (depends on your view) to Jackie Collins. High School English was major part of studies and then went ... I've finished The Shining, which I enjoyed, though was very freaky. I am now reading The Piano Teacher, I saw the film a few years back and am curious to see if the book has the same level of tension. ... Pet Sematary? I'd still like to read the two books I missed (I came in too late) - Carrie (which I've read before) and The Shining (which I haven't). Might get round to one this Christmas/New Year, who knows? 24. The Shining
Aarrgh, a creepy book, but a page turner.
25. Stardust
I have been listening to this for over a week now and I really enjoyed it. It is read by the author, who has a very good dramatic voice. I have never read the book and found that there were huge differences between ... I'm reading The Shining right now by Stephen King. It is spooky as all hell. And we are reading Brave New World in school right now. It is REALLY good. OR at least I think it's good. I am reading The Shining at the moment, enjoying it, but waiting for the scariness to kick in :S ... I was blown away by the Tin Drum, such good writing while I found the Riddle a good thriller.
I am currently reading The Shining, I have never seen the film, but at page 100, it is already creepy and tense. ... are, except that my first was Duma Key!
I've gotten a couple of suggestions, and have bookmooched Bag of Bones and The Shining. I also found It and The Tommyknockers at the thrift store for 50 cents each.
Haven't started a new one yet, though. Really liked his early novels: Carrie, The Shining I agree that The Stand is King's best. Though I admit that The Shining is a close second. ... he lost mid-career. If you want to try some other good ones, the classics are a decent start: Carrie, 'Salem's Lot, The Shining. Not really a character (although I would consider them a periphery character), but I love the topiary beasts from The Shining. They stick with me more than anything. Too bad the movie pulled a Ron Howard. Apparently Kubrick didn't even read the book and brought in his favorite literary writer to ... ... room at a huge old Victorian house in upstate New York. I was left alone for one weekend, and I just happened to be reading The Shining. I refused to use any bathroom that had a tub in it. In fact I had to go down the back stairs and through the kitchen to get to the 'safe' one. Have you ever read a book in a location that multiplied its scariness? I read The Shining when I returned to college a day early and was the only person in the dorm! That night alone in the dorm was the creepiest I ever experienced. I have to stop reading - I can't stop reading - Put the book ... ... when knitting gets mentioned in a book that I wouldn't expect to find it in. Two of my favorites for having done that are The Shining by Stephen King, which mentions that Wendy is knitting at one point; the other is Whip It or Derby Girl by Shauna Cross. The main character Bliss mentions ... ... Cycle, but I just don't like a hero with supernatural powers in my horror (unless it's something like Danny Torrence's shining).
From one of the synopses "The battle has begun: On one side, the ultimate evil created by man, and on the other...the unthinkable, unstoppable, unknowing ... ... funny like that.
If you want to read something of Stephen King's with believable child characters, I'd recommend The Shining. He may slip now and again, but I do think Stephen King is much better at believable kids than most authors. ... of his. The Stand is incredible, but looong (I like the longer edition better, but I am in the minority here), and The Shining and Carrie are both pretty good too.
Glad you liked The Stand BJ - I think you are the only one who finished the group read! LOL I think The Shining would have to be included on that list as well. The book scared the s*** out of me when I read it the first time (and the second, and the third...) ... I think The Tommy Knockers was the last book I read of his. He seemed to ramble on and on and on and on.
The Stand and The Shining are two of the ones I liked. I finally just finished The Shining. It was so hard to get into, but in the end it was really good. It felt like it took forever to read it.
28- The Shining by Stephen King
I plan on reading The Other Side of the Story by Marian Keyes next. ... rto Eco
283. If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler Italo Calvino
284. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams
294. The Shining Stephen King
305. Interview With the Vampire Anne Rice
318. The Year of the Hare Arto Paasilinna
324. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum Heinrich Böll
... ... It just has lots of bright colors and an advertisement of when and where the book sale is. I'm currently using that one for The Shining. I also have a book mark that I found in one of my used books. It's just a narrow strip of paper that says 'Scratch paper for narrow-minded bastards'. I don't ... I just started The Shining by Stephen King earlier today. So far it is interesting. I think it will be a fast read since I have seen the movie. Mine also was The Stand, closely followed by Carrie and The Shining
King was the first author I knew the name of; that I would look for titles by. In fact, when I was young and foolish, I drove to his house (I live in Eastern Canada) and sat in the car in the street. Then I saw his ... ... Devil: The Possession and Exorcism of Five Contemporary Americans by Malachi Martin.
I've also thought about reading The Shining by Stephen King. Yeah, another American, but it's on the 1001 Books To Read Before You Die which I'm also working on.
Hail to the King
1. Duma Key
2. Bag of Bones
3. The Shining
4. Hearts in Atlantis
5. Insomnia
6. Needful Things
7. Lisey's Story
8. Misery
9. Danse Macabre
10. The Stand ...
Idlewild by Nick Sagan
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
The Rising by Brian Keene
The Shining by Stephen King (No clue why I don't have this book already...)
Hi moneybeets,
My mother tongue is French so yes I'll be reading them in French. As for The shining, I went through a Stephen King phase in my teen years and somehow managed to miss that one. ... be waiting to see what comes of your "En français" selections. Will you be reading them in the original French? Also, The Shining is a great book. :) I usually re-read it every year! ... The Luxe
H. Holden, Wendy - Filthy Rich
I.
J. POSSIBLE READ: Johnson, Maureen - Girl at Sea
K. King, Stephen - The Shining
L. POSSIBLE READ: Laurie, Victoria - What's a Ghoul to Do?
M. Mortimer, John - The Trials of Rumpole
N. POSSIBLE READ: Niffenegger, Audrey - The Time Tra ... 33.The Shining by Stephen King
First class horror. The tension is intense and drawn out beautifully. I have only ever read The Stand, which wasn't particularly frightening, but this was hugely heart-pounding. I will be reading more... I'm reading The Shining by Stephen King. Another one I can't believe I have been missing all these years!! I should have read this by now
1- The shining
2- The graduate
3- Walden
4- Moby-dick
5- A Christmas carol I should have read this by now
1- The shining
2- The graduate - started Oct 26 2009 - finished 28 Oct 2009
3- Walden
4- Moby-dick
5- A Christmas carol Some good storytellers can transcend themselves, methinks, and approach artfulness.
Stephen King did that with ONE book, THE SHINING, which I think is pretty darn close to flawless. But that was Steve's "Apocalypse Now". He went far into himself, threw everything he had, all his talent and ... ... Black
2. The Piano Teacher read
3. The Tin Drum read
4. The Old Man and the Sea
5. The Plot Against America
6. The Shining - read ... step ahead of me, keeping a key piece of information just out of my reach. (Similar with what he tried with the boiler in The Shining, referencing it several times, but calling it 'what was forgotten', but in that example it was pretty easy to guess.)
Now I'm on Apt Pupil. I think ... ...
3. The Green Mile: The Complete Serial Novel - Stephen King 3.5/5
4. Silent Night - Mary Higgins Clark 3/5
5. The Shining - Stephen King 4.5/5
6. Lisey's Story - Stephen King 4/5
7. The witch of Portobello - Paulo Coelho 3.8/5
8. In the woods - Tana French 3 ... ... you're going to get the short end of the stick).
2. The first building that comes to mind as a force in a book is The Shining, but I could be misremembering the story. ... :)
Right so in 2009 I've read...
* The witch of Portobello - Paulo Coelho
* Lisey's Story - Stephen King
* The Shining - Stephen King
* The curious incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
* In the woods - Tana French
***** To Be Read List *****
... Salem's Lot or The Shining by Stephen King ... fiction. While there are certainly repetitious themes and bloat in some of the dozens of King novels, everyone should read The Shining, Salem' s Lot, The Green Mile series, The Stand, The Shawshank Redemption and It at one time or another. I also discovered Stephen King at around 16 and The Stand is one of my favourites, I also love It and The Shining.
I would suggest Great Expectations by Charles Dickens for the classics, not to mention Pride and Prejudice and Little Women.
I just finished the House of Night ... How about The Shining by Stephen King? It's set at the (fictional) Overlook Hotel in Colorado and was supposedly inspired by the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park. ... creepy book about things that go bump in the night. It reminds me a lot of early Stephen King - Christine, The Shining, and Salem's Lot especially - where a normal setting just isn't quite what it seems. The story is filled with sympathetic characters, bad guys and a REALLY ... ... er
Empire of the Sun
The Piano Teacher
The Name of the Rose
A Bend in the River
The World According to Garp
The Shining
... King was still getting used to writing thrillers.
After the straight up horror of Carrie, 'Salem's Lot and The Shining, he started branching out. First into epic fantasy with The Stand and then a spate of thrillers where the supernatural takes a back seat. The Dead Zone, Fir ... I'm smiling at that one (and good on you).
THE SHINING is, by a large measure, the best book King ever did. I think it's his "Apocalypse Now", where the experience left him ravaged and scarred. He went deep into his psyche on that one and (like Coppola) it took too much out of him and after ... ... truly give me the shivers. Knowing Joe Hill was the son of Stephen King--who wrote my favorite horror story of all time, The Shining--motivated me to pick up his first novel. (I also love the Nirvana song of the same name.) The premise is something I had never read about before--an aging ... ... have even noticed it, yet I argue that it is King's ability to create such believable characters as Charlie (or Danny from The Shining) that makes his books resonate with so many people.
O.J. seems like a pretty two-dimensional character, but they can't all have rich inner lives.
For a ... Wat langer geleden verfilmd: Twee vrouwen, Christiane F., Waterschapsheuvel, the Shining (had je zelf al vermoed), Ogen van Vuur (Firestarter - met Drew Barrymore in de hoofdrol), De witte wijven van Eastwick, Leven en liefdes van een duivelin. Volgens mij heb je ook hier genoeg keuze. (reference from The Shining polly. Look at the word backwards)
apple cheeked Don't judge all King books by that series! I'm not a big fan of that series but I love King. Try The Shining or Duma Key before you give up on him completely. ... mean that as a criticism, but this book does feel sort of odd to me. I think I can see why it isn't mentioned as often as The Shining or The Stand. ... what to think about it. Last and First Men finally arrived, so I will be ready to start it tomorrow, I think.
I loved The Shining and both movies of it, but I did think that it was really scary.
Have a great day!
--BJ ... (such a guilty pleasure, lol).
Just scrolling up, love your little 'Stephen King as a cheer-upper' comment, lol. I read The Shining when I was in the worst mood. Not such a great idea >.< lol, see you around :) ... seems to be the first novel where SK starts building his universe. Connecting his works I guess. Carrie, 'Salem's Lot, The Shining and The Stand all stand sort of solo. But in The Dead Zone, there’s been offhand mention of Jerusalem’s Lot, Flagg Street, Richard Dees has shown up and ... ... it was well done, but I didn't really enjoy it and I've tended to avoid the rest of his stuff. In some ways reminiscent of The Shining it had a cold, dull feeling about it. ... spectre in many of his older books, even if it's not directly played out as specifically as it is in that cycle. Think of The Shining and Cujo, for instance. ... of all time is The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, but others I love a reread all the time are The Jungle, The Shining, The Dark Jewels Trilogy, and Good Omens. I'm sure there are tons more, but from where I'm sitting I can only see two sheves on my bookcase and I don't feel ... ... ty
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Turn of the Screw by Henry James
The Ghost Stories of M. R. James
The Shining by Stephen King
The Stand by Stephen King
Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Strange Cas ... The Shining. That scene with the topiary scared the hell out of me. Gerald's Game also freaked me out. I got to the point where she sees the freaky man in the room with her right before I went to bed. Spent the entire night staring around my room making sure I was alone... ... Constant Reader Group is reading his books in order of publication. We started in November with Carrie and December's was The Shining. http://www.librarything.com/groups/kingsdearconstantrea#forums
Here is this year's schedule:
January - Night Shift
February - The Stand
March - The St ... ... an excuse for one of the lists.
1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
2. Dharma Bums - Jack Kerouac
3. The Shining - Stephen King
4. The Road - Cormac McCarthy
5. About a Boy - Nick Hornby
6. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
7. Everything's Eventual - Stephe ... I always love Stephen King books. Even if they don't scare me, I still love them. The Shining had me terrified, as did 'Salem's Lot. Overall, though, I found his short story collections Night Shift, Nightmares and Dreamscapes, and The Skeleton Crew to be, by far, his scariest works. I ... ... tool? I bought 2 King books in my life, read one and haven't bothered with the other. That said, I liked the movie of The Shining, but that is the cinema transcending the original source material.
King is polished compared to Meyer, in much the same way a skunk smells better than rotten ... ... Atwood
20. The Color Purple – Alice Walker
21. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
22. The Shining – Stephen King
23. Interview With the Vampire – Anne Rice
24. 2001: A Space Odyssey – Arthur C. Clarke
25. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – K ... ... and it scared the crap out of me. I wouldn't go outside at night for awhile after reading this book. I fourth or fifth The Shining and 'Salem's Lot(wow, that's the wrong touchstone) too.
Heart-Shaped Box is also good. It's by Stephen King's son, so you know he learned from the best. I finished the third one on my list...
3) De Shining / The Shining - Stephen King ***½
>>416 pages
I survived my first horror experience. :-)
Some people say that The Shining is King's best book. I did enjoy this book, but I doubt it's really his best. I hope there are better books ... I'm about to start The Shining by Stephen King. It wil be my first horror experience. :-) ... ;)
I also just realized that I forgot two of the most well-known King books with authors as characters, Misery and The Shining! Hmmm Stephen King likes to write about authors. ... and am now going back to read the posts again.
Regarding #34, like you, I remember the description of the topiary in The Shining. As much as I admire Jack Nicholson's acting abilities, I think the movie was no where near as scary as the book.
Here is a link regarding where part of the ... ... Torrence goes, Nicholson was definitely scarier. I also remember liking Danny (I think that was his name - I haven't read The Shining for awhile and a friend is currently borrowing my copy) more in the Kubrik version while just finding him plain annoying in the other.
I guess if you take ... A lot of constant readers don't like the Kubrick version of The Shining. I admit and was happy to see that the TV version was much more closely tied to the book. while Kubrick didn't stay close to the story, I thought he captured the feeling of the book just right, especially with Nicholson's ... ...
We are group reading all of King's works in order of production. We started last fall with Carrie, Needful Things, and The Shining. Now we are reading The Stand. ... are a few short stories here and there (he's hard to keep up with) and that collection you just read, Just After Sunset. The Shining is a favorite. Couldn't finish the movie for years (the Kubrick version) because of the twins asking Danny if he wanted to play. Then put the book down after ... ... good, Dan Simmons is very good, but no one can beat King IMHO. I still get goosebumps when I read the topiary scene in The Shining.
That said, I still have like 20 of his books to read, mostly because I'm one of those people who can't read two books in a row by the same author. I have to ... ... comme lui en aurait tiré quelque chose d'aussi bon que Malpertuis, ou alors par un Stephen King de la période The Shining ... intricate. Not deep philosophically, but depth of characters and stories. In my twenties I read a lot of Stephen King; The Shining and The Stand are two good examples of B, D and I for me.
I am currently in a crime novel phase, but not exclusively. I like James Ellroy. I recently ... ... good book about language barriers in a family or what it's like growing up Chinese-American, definitely check it out.
7. The Shining by Stephen King - After reading On Writing earlier in the year, I figured I would give an actual novel by Stephen King a shot. I learned that Stephen King is ... I haven't read The Shining,
But I have read The Higher Power of Lucky. ... of Echoes, and that's primarily because I saw the movie and it was cah-REEEEEEEE-pyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!
I have, however, read The Shining. Also creepy, but I'm glad I read it instead of seeing the movie. ... when King was producing one masterpiece after another. It's possible that I just didn't like it compared to things like The Shining and Pet Sematery. They can't all be gems.
I've also always wondered if it's something of a gender thing. Partly I didn't like Tommyknockers because I ... Have read and enjoyed The Shining, other titles I have read are The Green Mile and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. Had already planned on reading The Stand, will also add, The Gunslinger, Salems Lot, Dead Zone and Needful Things to the list for this year. ... quick read. If you like it, there are six books that follow.
If you like more his original, simple horror type books, The Shining, 'Salems Lot, Dead Zone or Needful Things.
If you like psychological horror, try Gerald's Game or Dolores Claiborne.
His newest most ... I haven't read Telling Christina Goodbye but i have read The Shining Laia- I have read The Shining But not since I was 13 so I have to reread it soon. But I haven't read many of his books yet, but if you look at my library you'll notice i own quite a few lol... I have been on a YA reading kick lately.... But I did start Desperation tonight and I have to say I ... ... Steven King? I'm picky about horror (very picky, actually - it takes a lot to get me to even consider reading it), but The Shining was probably one of the best books I've ever read. I also really enjoyed Lost Boys by Orson Scott Card; sufficiently creepy without being overly gory.
El, ... ... Salman Rushdie
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49. The Cement Garden Ian McEwan
50. The Shining Stephen King ... int
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Just about anything by Stephen King or John Grisham. My favorites being:
IT
The Shining
Pet Semetary
Time to Kill
The Rainmaker
Skipping Christmas made into “Christmas with the Kranks”
jbeast & Marcia
How about setting a group read for The Stand in April? Even I haven't read much of Stephen King, The Shining, The Green Mile and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon is all I have read. ... 70s
67. The French Lieutenant's Woman, 2007
68. Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick, 2008
69. High Rise, 2008
70. The Shining, 1980s
I think Salem's Lot is one of the earlier King novels. I liked this one, but The Shining still remains my favorite. ... with a display of users that have checked the Currently Reading' box.
It would be neat to (for example) start up The Shining and see that three other users are also currently reading the book. ... ey
05) Ciske de Rat; De complete Ciske trilogie - Piet Bakker (Dutch) march 23
06) De shining / The shining - Stephen King march 03
07) Passiespel / The rosary girls - Richard Montanari
08) Misha / Surviving with wolves - Misha Defonseca ... I'd definitely recommend The Shining or 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King (or Misery if you'd like to try King without the supernatural elements).
I'd also recommend Ghost Story or Koko by Peter Straub.
Since you liked The Terror you might also try Dan Simmons' Summer of Ni ... I'd definitely try some older Stephen King - The Shining, Salem's Lot, Carrie are the big three for me. Also, in Duma Key he got back to the spirit of the early books. It's excellent.
The Keeper and The Missing by Sarah Langan were great. ... ngaging.
July - The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan. Meh
August - A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
September - The Shining. Still making me shudder...
October - A Dying Light in Corduba I think those little girls are by far Kubrick's best contribution to The Shining legacy. I also think the hedge maze--especially the scene where Jack is looking into the model maze and it morphs into the living maze with Danny and Wendy inside it--was an inspired addition. I am watching the Kubrick version of The Shining again after many, many years. I just watched the part where Danny sees the twins in the hallway. I didn't remember it as well as I thought and I also confused it with the remake. I forgot how well the boy who played Danny was. It was the Danny in ... 77. The Shining by Stephen King
Not one of my personal favorites of King's, graphic violence and a slow, drawn-out ending put it near the botttom of the list. But still, no one can set a mood quite like King can, so it still had some redeeming qualities. ... We Talk About Love, The Grapes of Wrath, Blood Meridian, The Postman Always Rings Twice, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Shining, Moby Dick and The Continental Op.
If I had Charles Bukowski's Women, I would probably read that first, as he's one of my favorites. I just acquired ... ... due to embarrassment (expect Tony Bourdain's books to feature prominently.)
1. The Jungle, Upton Sinclair
2. The Shining, Stephen King
3. Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain (completed 1/31/09) **
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling (reread 5/01/09) ***
... Finished The Shining. I'm whipping up (and winnowing down) a review now. It isn't my favorite King book, but I can admit that it is probably his best book as far as how well the characters, themes and story all meshed together and supported each other.
I agree with Bookmarque that the ending ... Well, I finished The Shining last night. Very good book, though I suppose that's no surprise.
I've started Monster Nation. I wasn't too impressed with its' predecessor Monster Island (I think it was a three star-er). David Wellington can write well enough, but the last book was a ... ... and also used touchstones.
I've seen some of the books I'm going te read in other threads, like The Da Vinci Code, The shining, The shadow of the wind and The mists of Avalon. ... in our weighty opinions so far, there are threads for 'October - Carrie', 'November - 'Salem's Lot' and 'December - The Shining' (Not too late to take a crack at The Shining!)
January will be Night Shift which I'm looking forward too. I've read various stories from it over the ... That's right. The Shining is December's book... ... p://www.librarything.com/groups/kingsdearconstantrea.
That is where the group read info can be found. Right now we are on The Shining. Here is the thread talking about a tenative 2009 reading schedule.
http://www.librarything.com/topic/50983
Welcome
I was looking for something to read after The Shining and was eyeballing Logan's Run. Then I got to thinking 'That's a short book. I think I'll save that for 2009...'
Maybe I can make the 75 book challenge by reading lots of thin books! 6. Horror
The Shining by Stephen King
Four Past Midnight by Stephen King
Love in Vein, ed. by Poppy Z. Brite
Love in Vein II, ed. by Poppy Z. Brite
Blood Is Not Enough, ed. by Ellen Datlow
The Best Horror From Fantasy Tales, ed. by Stephen Jones and Davi ... It's a busy time of year, that's probably part of the reason there are no more posts. I finished The Shining, but I haven't posted much about it.
So, Night Shift for January and then The Stand for February and March. I'm not that organized, I just like to think ahead. The Stand is ... ... Overlook.
Having said that, the movie is incredible. I don't even see the mini-series as a remake. Kubrik's Shining is so far removed from King's that I think of them as two separate things.
Anybody ever hear about the hell Kubrick put Shelly Duvall through during filming? It ... ... the movie people while reading? Nicholson & whats-her-face?
Shelly Duvall.
It's funny actually. Reading through The Shining now I'm realizing that the 'SK approved' miniseries from a few years back is much better than I thought.
Though the Stanley Kubrick movie clearly blows ... ... pages left and the next book I want to read will just sort of bubble to the surface of my consciousness.
I'm surprised The Shining hasn't drawn more traffic and discussion yet. "Dad?"
The Shining by Stephen King
????WHAT MASKS???? ... Tower V – Wolves of the Calla
6. Dark Tower VI – Song of Susannah
7. Dark Tower VII – The Dark Tower
8. The Shining
9. Yes, I am reading The Stand as a part of the "Flavor of the Month." I'm caught up through The Shining, but I haven't had much time to post in the threads. I should have more time to post later this week. The Shining is definitely one of the scarier ones! I've started The Terror a time or two, but never finished. I'm planning on reading that one over the next week or so in addition to a couple of others. I need to finish it before I begin The Stand! To start the ball rolling, I've started re-reading The Shining as part of a group read in another group. I'm about 85 pages in and have to say that Stephen King is firing on all cylinders. As familiar as I am with the story the thing is still a page-turner. In one day I read sixty ... ... With the Wind
Charlotte's Web
Catcher in the Rye
Catch-22
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Shining
Interview With the Vampire
The English Patient
The Poisonwood Bible
The Blind Assassin
Mystic River
Cold Mountain ... ... of a cheesy movie novelization. Nothing but class, folks. Nothing but class.
Anyway, I've moved on to a re-read of The Shining which seems fitting for these winter months.
Reading and re-reading all these Stephen King books, it's really struck me just how much better he is than ... ... Of Hill House recently, sort of as a companion piece to this book, although it might work better as a companion to The Shining, mainly because the second half definitely became more about vampires and less about the creepy Marsten house. Even the final battle between Ben and Barlow ... I'm just about to go start The Shining. I can't wait till I've caught up to you guys so I can get in on the discussion. 86. The Shining by Stephen King
A King's Dear Constant Reader's group read.
(reread)
87. Doublecross by James Patterson
88. T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton
89. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
edited for a substitution. I was going to read Cr ... ... with Eva - Alan Judd **** jan. 13 (#25)
2. De bekoring - Hans Münstermann *** jan. 16 (#27)
3. De shining / The Shining - Stephen King ***½ march 03 (#41)
4. Dodelijke stijging / Paul Goeken (Dutch) *** march 17 (#45)
5. Het spel van de leeuw / The Lion's Game - N ... ... be knocked down a month, with Different Seasons becoming the August book and so forth.
As long as you are reading The Shining now (or have it finished by the end of the month anyway) you are on the same page as everyone else. ...
We are reading all of King's books in order as group reads. We have read Carrie and 'Salem's Lot and December's book is The Shining. I never looked at topiary the same after reading The Shining. I just KNOW I can see them moving.
The Shining is one of King's creepier books to me. I think it has to do with the family being cut off from everyone; they seem utterly helpless. #89 Salem's Lot by Stephen King
#90 The Shinning by Stephen King
I reading through King's books in the order of publication for the King's Constant Reader's group. I love rereading these books! #89 Salem's Lot by Stephen King
#90 The Shinning by Stephen King
I reading through King's books in the order of publication for the King's Constant Reader's group. I love rereading these books! The Stand is next. ...
So far I don't think there's any consensus yet. It may be too early since lots of us haven't even started December's book (The Shining) yet. Not to derail the conversation from The Shining, but, oh, I loved Desperation! Tak!
I'll be starting The Shining once I finish (casts eyes downward in shame) the Doom movie novelization... ... of days I'll hope to find the time to finish Desperation, which I'm currently reading. After that I'll start reading The Shining... "He lay in bed motionlessly, looking up at the wind-stirred shadows of the leaves on his bedroom ceiling."
The Shining by Stephen King ... time to finish 'Salem's Lot yet, but I hope to do so in the next few days so I can comment on it. Then, it's right on to The Shining! Yep. He is one of the kings of horror literature. I wanted to read The Shining in 5th or 6th grade, but my mom wouldn't let me, so I haven't thought about it since. So The Shining will be our December read. I think that is a very good time to read about a spooky old snowed in hotel myself.
With Carrie and 'Salem's Lot we had threads for different sections of the book. 'Salem's Lot didn't draw a huge amount of discussion though, so I figure for this ... Here, I'll start a thread for The Shining as a December read and maybe we could use this to discuss what we'll be reading for the next couplea months?
I'm assuming that we'll be reading the unabridged version of The Stand (though it was actually published much later) because that's the ... Yes, I agree! December is a great time for The Shining!
I hate that I haven't had much time to read over the last few weeks. I teach and I'm also taking a class that is requiring a lot of outside work. I still haven't finished Salem's Lot. Well, if we stick to CandiBelle's plan, the next one up would be The Shining. I guess we could put it to a vote if that doesn't sound good. I do think December is a nice time to read (or reread) The Shining though. 100. The Shining by Stephen King
So I ran out of library books with Stardust. Oh, the inhumanity! Fortunately, I had picked up some used Stephen King to replace books lent but not returned years ago, and this one was on the top of the pile. It was as good as always! Classic King. ... this:
1. Haunted Houses & Spooky Places
The Haunting of Hill House. The classic by Shirley Jackson.
The Shining. Another classic by Stephen King.
Age of Consent by Howard Mittelmark. Suggested by 'Jseger9000'. Based on his Locke in Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night : What should go on my reading list for 2009? (Nov 15, 2008, 7:32am) ... House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, Creepers by David Morrell and The Shining by Stephen King
2. Short Story Collections: 20 century ghosts by Joe Hill, Alone with the horrors by Ramsey Campbell, Bradbury Stories ... #133 - Not Duma Key, not It, not the Shinning.
You mean The Shining.
Shh! Do you want to get sued?
(That was a reference to The Simpsons if you are scratching your heads...) The Shining?
I did read all the Dark Tower books, and I while I acknowledge they're quite an accomplishment, I'm not as crazy about them as everybody else. Since I've read them, it's hard to say, really, if they "cleared a lot up" from the other books. My sense is that if you read It, Ins ... Man, re-reading these old, old SK shockers: Carrie and 'Salem's Lot with The Shining up next, I'm really impressed with the one, two three punch he came out of the gate with.
Reading over them you can see why he became a bestselling author so quickly. sorry for the confusion CandiBelle, Jseger won the quote and now we're just talking about our favorite other quotes from The Shinning
Pick a quote Jseger, you're up. Oh no. The Shining is my official pick. I'll always remember the first line of that book "Jack Torrence thought: Officious little prick." It's The Shining unless you want to take it back ;)
ya know jseger, since doing these quotes I'm amazed at how many times Uncle Stevie uses the same descriptions and situations. After awhile they *all* start to seem familiar. The Shining? ... First of all, I get enough of that at work, thank you very much. Secondly, many of my tags are very personal (ie, tagging The Shining with "Divorce")-tags like that get washed out in the long tail, but are incredibily useful to me when I'm looking for books in my own catalog. Thirdly, though ... ... Hyde. Very appropriate considering it is Halloween and the night of fright!
I try to put my C-essay on Stephen King's The Shining together. Therefore I read a lot of books about Stephen King and his works. Quite interesting. If only I could get my essay sorted... then I'd be happy! Personally I like the Stanley Kubrick version of The Shining with Jack Nicholson Scatman Crothers and Shelly Duvall however there is something to be said for King's 90s version The Shining when he decided to remake it the way he felt it should've been done originally. King said he was ... ...
Misery, Rose Madder , Dolores Claiborne, Firestarter, Bag of Bones, Carrie, Needful Things, The Regulators, The Shining, The Tommyknockers
I'm going to guess The Stand as there are journals in that (Fran and Harold) and this could be one of them. I can't remember anyone who kept a journal....so guessing The Shining. ... ISERY.
It's become a point of pride with me.
I thought his early novels and some of the short stories were very good. THE SHINING, especially, was terrifying but also one of the most authentic depictions of the mental dissolution of a man I'd ever read.
Another one that might go on the ... ...
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DAYS BETWEEN STA ... For some reason, I'm guessing The Shining. I'm listening to that right now and I seem to remember something like that. not The Shinning either Im guessing The Shinning. idk.
and jseger the group read will work out. That's The Shining, Fourpawz2, with Nicholson, on which you and I agree. The television version of it is much, much closer to the book, so you might want to try it. Although, Blackdog, I do agree that often the horror which you feel when you read is awfully hard to convert into screen time ... ... And I love The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. For equal time, I intensely dislike the Kubrick version of The Shining and also Dreamcatcher (which, to my mind, lost all redemption possibility in the rewrite), and I haven't made my mind up about Desperation, having only ... 47. The Shining = 10 Audio CD's. Another Audio book. I could not get to the library for so long. Such a good story and so fun to hear in audio format.
Finished 10/14/08 Because of this recent discussion re. The Shining, I'm going to rent the movie this weekend and watch it again.
I'm pretty sure the first book I ever bought was a Stephen King, probably Salem's Lot or The Shining. The first album I ever bought was High Infidelity by REO Speedwagon. Man, I'm old. thanks for the information re. the hotel where the Shining was filmed. I'm learning something new every day from LT.
Now, I think I should go back and read the book since it was so long ago that I did so.
The Shining, I know it's probably way off but it's the first thing that came to mind... I agree with you regarding the movie The Shining Jack Nicholson was so darn campy and simply seemed to make fun of the true gothic horror of what was occurring in the hotel.
@Message 35: The Shining is already amongst my favourites, The Green Mile was a decent read too, but I guess that will be all for now, time to sample other writers :) I think The Shining is one of King's best books. What did you think about this one?
#38 Green Mile - Stephen King
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#40 The Shining - Stephen King Sleepwalkers was only a movie, not a book.
The Shining? Has that been guessed yet? The Dead Zone and The Shining are two of my favorites. Both were made into movies...The Dead Zone in my opinion was a better rendention. Jack Nicholson was just a little too campy in The Shining ... is a good choice, though it is also pretty early in his career; some would say that is a good thing, others would not. The Shining was one of those books I had to put down a few times because it was that spooky. Dead Zone is another good choice. If you like your horror crossed with a ... Before giving up on King, you may want to try Duma Key. It was the best he's done in a long while. I'm also a fan of The Shining.
As fara as other recommendations go, The Keeper/The Missing were good. Also The Bone Key was wonderful for me. I read The Old Man and the Sea, my first Hemingway! Who read The Shining? So many.....The Green Mile, Needful Things, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, and The Shining. I could read his books over and over. no, not The Shining Is it The Shining? I keep thinking of Jack talking to himself and having his visions.
... made a surprisingly good movie out of a literary book.
And for pulp fiction -- gotta go with Mystic River or maybe The Shining.
For classics -- I love, love BBC's Middlemarch series.
Fairly disappointed by the recent The Other Boleyn Girl, The Kite Runner. Although Atonem ... ... 25 years.
* Any Algernon Blackwood collection that includes The Wendigo.
* The obligatory Stephen King: I'd go with The Shining, Desperation, or Dreamcatcher (purely for its WTF?! factor)
* The Ring series by Koji Suzuki: admittedly, I only got into this series after watching the ... ... think The Exorcist is one of the most genuinely spiritual books I've ever read.
As for Stephen King, I have to go with The Shining as his "best" horror novel and probably Cujo as my favorite.
And I'm glad someone mentioned Relic. That book was great fun, perfectly paced--just a ... ... considers a favourite.
It's interesting to compare - King is an absolute favourite of mine. My first read at 13 was The Shining (sneaky under the desk readings during RE classes...seems so inappropriate now!) and this, along with The Stand still feature as favourite books, but Desperat ... ... not just scary King does so well."
That's so true. I think when King is really firing on all cylinders--Carrie, The Shining, Pet Sematary, etc--he's really writing pure Greek tragedy. He sets up a main character with a fatal flaw, and the reader knows pretty quickly where the ... ... ings.
Here's one for The Empire Strikes Back:
And one for The Shining:
 ...
Anyway, I picked up
Steampunk - a great collection of short stories in one of my favorite genres
Salem's Lot and The Shining to replace books lent out and never returned years ago. Going out on a limb here....Guessing The Shining...where the wife is starting to get worried about Johnny's intentions... ... didn't like Insomnia. It took me FOREVER to finish it. If you're looking for a good starting point, I HIGHLY recommend The Shining. That was my first SK novel - I read it when I was 14 and I finished it in less than two days. And I recommend reading his earlier novels first, like Carrie ... The most common symptoms of gas are belching, flatulence, abdominal bloating, and abdominal pain. However, not everyone experiences these symptoms. The determining factors probably are how much gas the body produces, how many fatty acids the body absorbs, and a person's sensitivity to gas in the ... I never considered The Shining. but sorry its neither The Shining nor The Tommyknockers. Yeah, that's the band in The Shining. (Though my first guess was something from The Tommyknockers for some reason.) The Shining ... stories gives you an idea what kind of things to expect from his bigger novels. Having to choose from either Cujo or The Shining, if I had to it would be Cujo, but my recommendation is don't start with the ones that have been made into movies.... ... of even the mouse was was quite amazing and I guess its one of his less dark works (when you compare it to something like The Shining) ... of disbelief is low and the supernatural thing turns you off, go for Misery. If you want to be creeped out, try The Shining or Pet Sematary. If you're into political paranoia, go for Firestarter or The Dead Zone.
Cujo is one of my personal favorites, but I think The Shi ... My first was Carrie and I think it can be a good start, but The Shining would be good, too. ... this: As someone who's never read anything by King before, what book of his should I tackle next? I was thinking Cujo or the Shining, but I'd love some recommendations. ... to say the least - there is a severe lack of editing in much of the later work. I can see some of the early novels, like The Shining or Salem's Lot, being published as classics, due to their importance as horror novels. Others may be published as genre classics.
... novel I've ever read was The Eyes of the Dragon (not likely ever to be a classic), I do believe that the likelyhood of The Shining or Carrie ever going out of print is nil.
So, if a classic author is defined by the life of their work, I believe that he will, one day, be considered a ... Could it be Wendy from The Shining? During one of Jack's breakdowns? ... of friends, Joey and Rachael talk about their absolute favorite books. Rachel's is Little Women and Joey's is The Shining. Joey tells Rachel that he was so scared when first reading the book, late at night, that he threw it into the freezer. Rachel laughs at Joey, but eventually ... I wanna say The Shining, but since that's been taken, how about Desperation? Is it from The Shining? ... has every single book he's ever written in her own personal library. I myself have only read one.... and go figure, it was The Shining. I have a couple other on my list to read
*The Talisman
*Needful Things
What are some of his absolute best that I should add to my ridiculous mountain ... ... to read something of his(especially since Dean Koontz has fallen oh his face, a loss which I mourn very much). I have seen The Shinning, Storm of the Century, Dolores Clairborne and the The Mist and I loved them all(though The Mist was probably the weakest of them all). The Shinning ... ... of 2001 and were just taken by surprise when Danny Boyle decided to turn the last third into the hedge-maze scene from The Shining. 36. The Shining by Stephen King ... that adaptations of Michael Crichton or Stephen King novels fall flat, the exceptions being movies such as Jurassic Park, The Shining, and Carrie.
... King is a favorite of mine, but I haven't read beyond the first two Dark Tower books. I don't mind characters from The Shining being mentioned in passing in Misery. I loved that Desperation and The Regulators play off of each other. I always thought of it as SK winking at his ... ... generally...
27. I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
I'm currently reading The Shining I've slowed down a bit because life is crazy busy. =( #27. The Shining by Stephen King - Okay, now this was scary.
The Overlook hotel has a long and twisted past, much of which we learn about bit by bit. Jack, Wendy, and Danny Torrence take up the caretaker post for the winter after a hard couple of years. Jack recently lost a ... ... not unpleasant. She was trying to make out if what he'd said about his father was the truth or a lie.
The Guesses:
The Shining, Firestarter, Misery, Wizard and Glass, The Talisman, The Dark Tower, Duma Key, Bag of Bones, Everything's Eventual, The Song of Susannah, The ... Everything is Illuminated Jonathan Safran Foer
The Shining by Stephen King
The Bright Forever by Lee Martin
Blinded by the Light by John Gribbin
Princess in the Spotlight by Meg Cabot
No, not The Shining.
And trust me that is not from memory; I had to look for something to post :) The Shining? ... times. It usually takes me the longest to work through the ebook and audiobook.
After this batch I think I will read The Shining, listen to The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket, and do another classic ebook...maybe Wuthering Heights.
I don't know though, I jump around a lot. There' ... ... (next up is Needful Things). I agree with beeg, that Misery isn't his best, but I did still enjoy it. I hope you like The Shining which is one of my favorites so far (although I *hated* the movie, but that's another story). ... So, you're not alone there. Give another of his novels a try and see what you think. I personally liked Salem's Lot, the Shining, and Needful Things a lot for their rich characters and stories. I fyou like fantasy, his Gunslinger series is one of the best fantasy series available, I ... ... Boiled wonderland and the end of the world ... The Things they carried, The princess bride, Narnia, Little Women, The Shinning (only because I STILL visually remember things from that book.. talk about a lasting impression!
ok ok i'm done, obviously i have no idea what my favorite ... ... both read it as teens - maybe the plot is all the more disturbing and lingers longer for this? I read The Exorcist and The Shining at around the same time (yes I know, nice reading habits even then) and they have both stayed in my mind as very disturbing although I doubt they'd top anyone's ... ... that anymore and sometimes I think this has a very bad impact on my literacy in my native language.
My list so far:
1. The Shining by Stephen King
2. Redwall by Brian Jacques
3. Borders of Infinity by Lois McMaster Bujold
4. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
5. Les ... ... 98
Continuing the list:
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Master i Margarita
The German Lesson (long ago)
Fear of Flying
The Shining
If on a winter's night a traveler (favorite)
The name of the rose (favorite)
Memorial do Convento by Jose Saramago ("Klosterkrønike" in Norwegian)
Th ... ... going in will color your perceptions, but you owe it to yourself to at least rent it once. I liked it over all. It's not The Shining or Dr. Strangelove, but it's not Always either. 21) The Shining by Stephen King
This was a reread I read due to a school related project; to compare the book with the movie adaptations and find/discuss diffrences and such. And then to hold a 20 min presentation(yikes!) in fromt of the entire class (double-yikes!). I didn't like the book ... ... I'll try to comment on it here when I do. My daughter wants it first. She read her first Stephen King novel last night, The Shining, and was blown away.
Received my review copy of Jorgy for the early reviewers program. It looks nice, what I mean is, the book is a pretty looking book. Tha ... I'm reading The Shining due to an project for my Englsih class, where I have to compare the book with the movie adaptaion of it. 17. The Shining - Stephen King The Shining?
Probably not. ... of respect for his older work. They lose interest after about the first five works or so, but Carrie, Salem's Lot, The Shining, and The Dead Zone are not uncommon in college classrooms and scholarly journals. ... never get its own subject heading.
I think my oddest tag is actually an odd application of a normal tag-I tagged The Shining with "divorce"-I read it when I was starting to go through a divorce and so that aspect of the book was really prominent to me, so that's one of the subjects it ... My favorite Stephen King books are his early works - 'Salem's Lot, The Shining, and The Stand. I also loved The Talisman, which he co-wrote with Peter Straub (not one of my favorite authors, but I did enjoy his Ghost Story). Their sequel, Black House, was good, though not as ... The Shining,, The Shining, The Shining. Loved lots of other books, but this was my all time favorite. For me it definitely was The Shining, but I really enjoyed most of his books. I just read The Long Walk, which I thought was excellent too. I really liked The Shining, Dead Zone, and Hearts in Atlantis for ESP, psychical kind of weird stuff. But my fave fave is The Green Mile. It's epic, remeniscient of ancient hero tales, and deals with the idea of right prevailing over wrong while showing reality (by that I mean John is ... ... I don't handle animal deaths well--would rather just avoid them, so that may be his one work I don't read. I enjoyed The Shining, but it was so long ago, I'm not sure I remember my reactions all that clearly; I do remember that I expected it to be more frightening based on my experiences ... ... horror, I imagine you've already read some Stephen King, but if you haven't, you might want to start with the early stuff--The Shining and/or Salem's Lot. They're just more accessible to non-fans, I think. Even if you don't like King as a writer, you can't fault him as a reader--the man has ... ... fans of skipp and spector we have the same books. forget what I said about Duma key, I don't think you would like it. Maybe The Shining, Salem's Lot and Pet Semetary would be a better fit. Heart shaped box was pretty good Dan Simmons does pretty good horror as well. ... book, instead of having my own imaginings I fall back on what was in the movie.
My most hated movies from books are: The Shining, it was totally ruined in the movie. It became more of a scare-and-gore fest than the psychological, ESP-type story it was in the book. Hearts in Atlantis ... ... st.
Stephen King is a great author, of course, but I don't remember what my first King book was... Maybe Dead Zone or The Shining. My friend's reading Duma Key and what she tells me sounds really great. She says since King's accident his books have a lot less profanity, anyone else ... While having coffee with my best friend a few weeks ago, she said I just had to read The Shining by Stephen King and be prepared to be s-c-a-r-e-d! So, guess what showed up on my doorstep today via BookMooch??? ... Shirley Jackson
25. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
26. Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult
27. The Shining by Stephen King
28. Emotionally Weird by Kate Atkinson
29. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
30. Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
31. ... ... by Zoe Heller
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Shining by Stephen King
•The Never-Got-Around-To's
Shadow & Claw: The First Half of 'The Book of the New Sun' by Gene Wolfe
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Br ... The Shining? 6. RE-READS
Carrie - Stephen King
Crescendo - Mary McCarthy
The Shining - Stephen King
Salem's Lot - Stephen King
Strangers - Dean R. Koontz
Night Shift - Stephen King
Near Darkness - Dean R. Koontz ... Yeah, I wish that The Stand was on the 1001 list rather than The Shining. I think it's a better book. ... history. Stephen King popularized horror in a way nobody else has. If you look back to when Carrie, 'Salem's Lot and The Shining came out, you'll see that he wasn't riding the wave of a horror boom in the book industry. He was creating that wave.
The reason for this is that he is able ... ... Some are horror, but from what I remember, most aren't.
-Misery
-Gerald's Game
-Dead Zone
I also thought the Shining, Carrie and the Firestarter were really good, but I probably can't call those 3 non-horror.
And of course, there's the penultimate King book, the Stand ... ... I probably will give King a shot sometime soonishlike. Thanks for the suggestions. You too, Cliff. I'll likely go with The Shining. ... King you've been exposed to is Eyes of the Dragon, I STRONGLY suggest you pick up Danse Macabre, Misery, Cujo and The Shining at the earliest opportunity.
Just avoid The Tommyknockers and Dreamcatcher for now. Read them later, by all means, but start with the ones I mentioned. ... Redroom...seems like what you'd get if Gary Larson did the graphic-novel version of Stephen King's The Shining. ... Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith, and would say the film did it proud. I agree with above, GWTW. I also liked Shining, The. ... off The Lord of the Rings.
I'm not sure that Interview with a Vampire is really SF/Fantasy? And if so, does that mean that The Shining is too? ... of my favorites and I think one of his best), that came out in 1987. That was 20 years ago.
Carrie, Salem's Lot, The Shining, The Stand, Night Shift (which were the first short stories I read after reading Edgar Allan Poe) and Dead Zone, all among my favorites of his, were ... ... alone at night, it's going to be much scarier than reading it as an adult in the daylight. For scary ones, I'd have to say The Shining, Salem's Lot, Pet Sematary, and maybe bag of bones and Cujo for pure suspense. ... and other non-fiction books about him and his work.
I hate to say it, but I think King peaked early. Carrie, The Shining, Salem's Lot, those were easily his best works. Most of what he's written since then is too similar in tone and style for me.
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"The Bible ... 51. The Trial by Franz Kafka
52. On The Road by Jack Kerouac
53. The Shining by Stephen King
54. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
55. Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
56. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
57. The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
... The first King I read was The Shining. I was newly married, living in a house I wasn't familiar with yet, and my husband was working night shift - so I was in the house alone. I had reached the part in the book where the topiary is chasing the kid and the wind made the bushes outside the window ... ... read all of his books, but the ones I have read - - while enjoying most -- didn't creep me out or anything. The tiny font The Shining I have irritated the crap out of me but once I got a better, readable copy, I liked it.
I've yet to be able to get into Desperation. I've given up twice ... oh but The Shining scared me, I'm from Massachusetts and I remember the Friendlys topiary and really Stephen King is a genious.
A scary genious to be sure but I'd bet my money on his books still being read 100 years from now. He has as well that irrestible quality of being misunderstood in his ... I can make a guess as to why The Shining was included--I think it's considered (by professional critics) to be King's best work, and King is one of the better writers of the horror genre. So I think it's included to represent "the best" of horror.
I liked the book a lot when I read it about 25 ... ... of both of these - the style is really idiosyncratic, but then a lot of writers are like that in their own way.
And The Shining by Stephen King. I really had to work hard to get through that one - especially towards the end. It started off quite well but it felt like my eyes hated me ... Oooh The Shining! Brill that one.
I got The Scientific Life by John Baker and a bunch of biographies today. I got the following from the library book sale:
The Shining by Stephen King
2001: A Space Odessey by Arthur C. Clarke
In the Dark of the Night by John Saul (wrong touchstone)
and a collection of Edgar Allen Poe stories Still reading Everything She Ever Wanted but I picked up 2001: A Space Odessey and The Shining at the library for $.50 to add to my 1001 Books TBR pile. I also picked up a John Saul book as well as an Edgar Allen Poe short story collection that has some good stories in it and some ... ... Zemeckis and company really did a great job of spinning a so-so novel into an immediate classic.
Other good examples are The Shining (though in that case I'd argue each is great in its own way) and Psycho (I haven't read that one myself). ... n
The War of the Worlds
The Turn of the Screw
The Killer Inside Me
The Collector
Interview With The Vampire
The Shining
American Psycho
-- M1001 ... Shawshank Redemption (Different Seasons)
The Green Mile
Stand By Me- From The Body (Different Seasons)
Carrie
The Shinning
Misery
Oh, I was staying all by myself at this huge old Victorian house in upstate NY while reading The Shining.
*shivers*
I refused to use any of the bathrooms that had bathtubs in them the whole weekend that I was alone, which required me having to traipse all over the house at odd hours just to ... I certainly second Poe and The Shining. The most disturbing Stephen King book I ever read was Gerald's Game! Another cringeworthy King was Misery!
Bah, wonky touchstones don't recognize Stephen King??? Oh, The Shining is still the scariest book I have ever read. I finally saw the movie a few years ago and was surprised at how un-terrifying it was. When I first read it (in high school), I slept with the lights on for weeks and weeks.
A close second is the short story in Everything's Eventual ... ... haunted house short stories ever was written by Conan creator Robert E. Howard. Look for Pigeons From Hell.
Novels? The Shining, Hell House, and Burnt Offerings are must-reads, of course. The House on the Borderland was another great recommendation. I'd also add House of Leaves ... ... I've started with my job --- I'll be a bit delayed with the reading but I'll catch up.
In the meantime, I'm reading The Shining! I'm loving it so far! It's hard to make a scary book scary, but I applaud King's books' easy reading. ... I know It is a long one) on my lirary list now, that way I dont have to wait so long. Let me know if we are to discuss the Shining and I will add it too. You know what? I'll probably end up reading all three books (The Shining, It, House of Leaves). In fact, I think I'll have themed readings for October-- all creepy stuff. I'm all for Stephen King! I need a good scare.
1) It
2) The Shining
3) House of Leaves (just because I had to put something for the third, but I really just prefer the first two. For one, I can easily find copies from the library. Hehe.)
Looking at this though...It seems to be ... 30. The Shining by Stephen King (512p). Dull, insipid, choking on its own cleverness. I've read King now and I doubt I'll return anytime soon.
31. The Takeover by Muriel Spark (192p). Another joyful Spark novel. I love her writing, and it's a shame it took me so long to discover it. Here are my votes:
1. House of Leaves
2. The Shining
3. It ... der:
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
The Shining by Stephen King
A Winter Haunting by Dan Simmons
It by Stephen King
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Shall we take a ... ... I have been told by King readers that the Dark Tower series is not that good and I should try his other works like the shining, the stand, and it.
I would say that I have been reading mostly fantasy and sci-fi lately, mixed with some feminist drama (Cat's Eye but Margaret Atwood ... ... who's read it can give some feedback on it?
Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice, because I've also never read it.
The Shining by Stephen King because (surprise) I've never read it either (shows how much of a scaredy-cat I am!) and it is widely held to be the scariest book ever.
... ... City yesterday & started Power Play by Joseph Finder today. So far it seems like Five Dysfunctions of a Team meets The Shining. The only book that ever really scared me was The Shining by Stephen King.
There was even a point where I wanted to shout "No! No! Don't go there!" at one of the characters, and I felt desperate at being unable to stop him. I think I had forgotten that I could just stop reading and ... ... pulling the shower curtain aside to check if someone is sitting in the bathtub. This after reading Stephen King's The Shining about 30 years ago!
#37 I was told eating the green M&Ms makes you horny. I'm very careful to monitor my consumption.
Also books on shelves need to go ... the shining's movie adaptation (Stanley Kubrick obviously) is well done but the i think the book's a bit tedious =S
King's misery scared the crap out of me thought lol oh and i have to agree with the exocist =
I have to put out support for The Shining, too. That book scared the living daylights out of me! I also had nightmares from Dan Simmons' book Summer of Night, and Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian had one particular chapter that made my hair stand on end. ... the seat worthy, but then it's very difficult for me to find anything that will do that. My friends will tell you that like The Shining, House of Leaves had them hearing things at night and jumping at those things they think they heard. It definitely is worth a read. So many of Stephen King's books give me the creeps. The top are The Shining and Pet Semetary. And Pennywise the clown in It! "We all float down here." EEEKKK!
Edited to add name of super scary clown.
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For older 20th century books on the list, Fear of Flying, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the Godfather and the Shining were all enjoyable and manageable (although I'm not sure that Fear of Flying has stood the test of time).
As for the pre-1900 books on the list, Candide ... #1 Scaryguy: Pocket Books, Stephen King's paperback publisher since the late 90's, has reissued The Shining, along with Carrie, Salem's Lot and Pet Sematary with a larger font. Of course, this increases the number of pages, but it's very much easier on the eyes. The font size matches ... #10 mysticskeptic - I've read The Shining - it's far from being one of my favourites by Stephen King though (and it barely affected me - LOL!). I've not read I am Legend yet though - I'll have to look out for that one - thanks for the recommendation - I'm always up for a potential scare! ... the only thing it shares with the movie is the title. I have several Sci-fi's lined up after that.
I want to go back to The Shining sometime this year. I never finished it - got bored halfway through. I'll give it another try. ... regular edition released in 1987 is heavily revised; essentially a new book):
Carrie (1974)
'Salem's Lot (1975)
The Shining (1977)
Rage (1977)
Night Shift (1978)
The Stand (1978)
The Long Walk (1979)
The Dead Zone (1979)
Firestarter (1980)
Roadwork (1981)
Danse ... ... Trenton in Cujo. I think she's King's best-written, most nuanced female character.
I also love Dick Hallorann in The Shining although I don't think he's as well-written.
Of the villians, my favorite is probably Leland Gaunt from Needful Things. I love the Kubrick version of The Shining, but I don't think it bears any real relation to the book at all. They shouldn't say it's "based on the book." They should just say it was "inspired by the book."
I love Storm of the Century, which is probably well done because it was a screenplay ... Shining Kubrick and also The Green Mile are good movies
... truth is that nothing he's written since he cleaned up his life can hold a candle to the darkness in those early books like The Shining and The Stand. ... and Demons by Dan Brown
44. True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
45. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
46. The Shining by Stephen King
47. Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn
48. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
49. Life of Pi by Yann Martel Ann_Louise:
Actually, I think Kubrick is more loyal to the nuts and bolts plot points of The Shining than he is to the essence of the novel. To me, the essence of the novel hinges on the tragedy of it. Jack and Wendy are almost happy. They have the kinds of problems most marriages face at ... ... the adaptation two separate works of art that have to be judged entirely on their own merits, and I suppose the author of The Shining would have to think that way.
Kubrick's film is a very good horror film, but it bears virtually no resemblance to the book except in discrete scenes. The ... ... of the Three). I have several favourite King books, amongst them The Eyes of the Dragon, The Stand, Needful Things, The Shining, The Dark Half, and Rose Madder. I liked King's The Shining - Kubrick's version, although the mini -series was more faithful to the book ... with a few other non-thriller novels):
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
The Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton
The Shining - Stephen King
Night Shift - Stephen King
Interview With the Vampire - Anne Rice
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - Ann Brashares
To Kill a Mocki ... ... Movie (1979) - Schlocky TV horror fun. Not so much scary, except maybe to children. My grades: Book: B+, TV Movie: C-
The Shining - Novel (1977), Film (1980) - This is an instance where the film and book truly become two different stories towards the end, and in this case they both succeed. ... ... I am currently re-reading all of King's novels in chronological order. So far, I've re-read Carrie, 'Salem's Lot, The Shining, Rage, Night Shift, The Stand: the complete and uncut edition, and am currently starting on The Long Walk.
I am also planning on reading Heart-shaped ... ... them all chronologically, with a few out-of-sequence.
Among my re-reads since 2000 are:
Carrie
'Salem's Lot
The Shining
Night Shift
Everything's Eventual
The Stand
The Colorado Kid
The Dead Zone
The Long Walk
Firestarter
Cell ... are completely believable, and the storyline is mindboggling, yet you never have a hard time believing it. Runners up are The Shining, Pet Sematary, and Night Shift. I don't think there's one story in Night Shift that I don't enjoy. ... Tower books until I get to 2004 (when the last was published).
Carrie (1974)
Salem's Lot (1976)
Rage (1977)
The Shining (1977)
Night Shift (1978)
The Stand (1978) - uncut and revised edition in 1990
The Long Walk (1979)
The Dead Zone (1979)
Firestarter (1980)
Road ... ... ad.
The Magic Cottage by Herbert
Sepulchre by Herbert
The Good House by Tananarive Due
and, of course, The Shining by Stephen King ... by Anne Rice
(450 owners-I haven't read this yet)
10% most popular: take your pick of Choke with 1650 owners or The Shining with 1627 owners
Finally, I have twenty-four unshared books. :)
... read:
The Woods are dark by Richard Laymon
Out Are The lights by Richard Laymon
In my T.B.R. pile:
The Shining by Stephen King
The Rats by James Herbert ... being trimmed/cut right after the sheets were bound and cut into separate pages?)
Anyway, I recently got a nice copy of The Shining, simply because I want to read it before I watch the film, even though I've never been into Stephen King. Tonight, I decided to look up my book online; I ... For reason, the hedge animals in The Shining really freak me out. ... Hunters last night on SCI FI Channel and they were in the Stanley Hotel which inspired Stephen King's Overlook Hotel in The Shining. Ghost Hunters is a reality-based TV show where some plumbers moonlight as ghost hunters/debunkers. I like this show because it takes a lot to convince them ... ... Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House is a very close second, I think that my favorite novel would have to be The Shining, by Stephen King. I first read it when I was about 11 or 12 and it was one of those books that makes an impact that you never quite forget. Not only were ... ... to a schoolfriend after being too scared to turn out the light after staying up late with the Shining...
My list is:
The Shining
'Salem's Lot
The Haunting of Hill House
Songs of a Dead Dreamer
Hideaway
Ghost Story
The Hungry Moon
Dark Companions
Ghost Stories of an A ... I was re-reading Stephen King's The Shining and was incredibly irritated to find spelling errors sprinkled throughout the work. My copy is a fairly recent reprint, too. Isn't it time to proofread the galleys after 20+ years in print? Credit goes to Doubleday for my irritation. Jaws is arguable better in it's celluloid form....The Shining was very different and equally excellent as both a book and a movie ... Book of Haunted House Stories by Peter Haining
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Mischief by Douglas Clegg
The Shining by Stephen King
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Some of the above works a classics and some are more recent. ... Darkly
2.Walpurgisnacht
3.Carmilla
4.Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
5.Dracula
6.The Turn Of The Screw
7.The Shining
8.The Murders in The Rue Morgue
9.Frankenstein
10.The Haunting of Hill House
... town of Arkham, Mass, the infamous Red Hook area of Brooklyn, and certain remote islands in the South Pacific).
I enjoyed The Shining but often wondered if the place was inherently evil to begin with, resulting in all the murders and madness, or if the evil was merely a residual effect caused ... ... majority of serial killer or crazed psycho stories. On the other hand I love stories about ghosts and haunted buildings so The Shining is my favorite Stephen King novel but I never picked up Misery.
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