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"The Tommyknockers" is something I have my eye on for next year. I do have the miniseries (I THINK it's 6hrs? 3 parts?) I do have fond memories of the miniseries. Ah, "The Green Mile..." I remember my best friend reading the serials as they came out. She couldn't really put into words what it was about, I think because it moved her so much. Glad you enjoyed "The Stand" and "It!" I read "The Stand" last year (yeah, a book about a fictional pandemic, reading during a real pandemic... smart LOL) I've had apprehension about "Cujo." I chuckled at the minor mention during "The Body" LOL. Ah, "Gerald's Game" is another book my best friend absolutely ADORED. I don't know how I feel about that one. I haven't read it as of yet. I am definitely intrigued by "The Institute." "Pet Sematary" is an awesome choice! You know I realize as I'm watching this how many of these I myself need to read! All of these so far are works I have yet to read. I am surprised that I still haven't read "Pet Sematary" yet. I hope I'll tget to that next year as well. "The Dark Tower" series, "Eyes of the Dragon," and "Hearts In Atlantis" should also be worked on next year!

I'm reading needful things now and I'm also planning on reading firestarter this month 🎃

I was also hyped up for Cujo and it turned out different than I thought it was gonna be. Overall it was a great book though with the other things happening besides Cujo being rabid

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Cujo was much better than I thought it was going to be. While I was reading it, there were so many times I was like "Aaaah, if only that character reacted differently, or if only that random decision had been made sooner then this whole nightmare could be avoided!" You can see that very bad things are going to happen as the story progresses, but you are powerless to inform the characters about what you know. "Nightmares & Dreamscapes" has some great "short" stories by King (seriously though, these are loooong short stories). Also, I'm currently re-reading "It" and I just noticed a reference to "The End of the Whole Mess" when adult Mike is trying to explain Derry's power of influence. Re-reads, especially re-reading King, can be insightful experiences.

What's up! Gerald's Game is a top 10 King book for me. Highly recommended.

@theloveofreading3563

2 жыл бұрын

I will be reading it soon !!

@lacmalince1652

2 жыл бұрын

I love Gerald's Game as well. I had to keep it in a different room when I wasn't reading it.

You should talk about Peter Straub books.

I am surprised to learn that Gerald's Game has a low rating. I have a theory that books should be around 50 years old before it can be determined whether or not they are "literary", "high literature" or whatever you want to call books that go down in history as important. I think The Dark Tower Series, The Stand and Gerald's Game will all have a place in history. Gerald's Game kept me up at night. It made me question reality in the same way that The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon did. It is darker though. I believe it's his most psychological book. I really hope you enjoy it. It's possible the book came to me at a time I could absorb it the way I did and I know books are subjective, but I look forward to hearing your take. I just found your channel today and subscribed immediately. Do you have a list of what order you would read all of the Dark Tower related books added in among the Dark Tower books? I am hoping to do that next year, but am not sure of a decent order. I would like your take on that as well.

I really enjoyed the stand and sleeping beauties they are some of my favorite books from king I have never read cujo I hated the institute

The institute was very good

I tried really hard to get into The Institue but it is just very poorly written. I've read about 10 of his novels, so far, and that one was so much worse than all the others it was shocking. It felt like he wasn't really trying. That's just my personal take, though. I know a lot of people liked it. I just take writing quality, prose and character development really seriously. The hype regarding Pet Cemetery is justified, however. It has some of King's strongest writing of his career. Very deep and engrossing from beginning to end. P.S. I thought The DaVinci Code wasn't good at all. I'd even go as far as calling it a book for the dumb. It reminded me of those Nicholas Cage National Treasure movies. Just absurdity around every corner and poorly executed. A book targeting the dim witted. This happens in every form of media which is why the WB Network exists, as well as movie directors like Michael Bay and Tyler Perry who both kill at the box office despite making some of the worst films to ever put up numbers. I mean, one of the other highest selling books out there is 50 Shades of Grey. In today's world, stupidity sells.

@bill8856

2 жыл бұрын

Spot on with The DaVinci Code and The Institue. King actually has a lot of books that are simply bad. I'd say close to half of his works. Throughout my life I've noticed that most diehard Stephen Kind fans are not well read, or diversely read, people. It's a shame too considering there are a lot of better authors out there.

@theloveofreading3563

2 жыл бұрын

The only thing I find dumb here are those who don't understand that beauty is a subjective element. How philosophically unsophisticated and narcissistic does one have to be to believe that aesthetic value is not only a metaphysical objective quality - but also that their own understanding of aesthetics is the fundamental measure by which that qualia should be assessed ? The phrase ' beauty is in the eye of the beholder ' isn't cliche. It's a metaphysical fact.

@separator94

2 жыл бұрын

@@theloveofreading3563 Beauty and quality have nothing to do with each other. Human beings have a thing called discernment. What you just stated not only denies this outright, but you took a discussion about writing quality, and narrow-mindedness (how some people simply don't like trying new things), and tried to spin it into something that it wasn't. Perhaps you should take some time to digest what you just read instead of getting offended based on your own lack of comprehension. It is true that people have different tastes and there's nothing wrong with that. It is also true that some things are far lower quality than others. Also, some things are simply stupid and, yes, it's ok to enjoy something that's stupid sometimes but trying to say dumb content does not exist and that it's simply subjective is being extremely disingenuous. Yes, I get that the word stupid is offensive and there are more politicallycorrect ways to phrase what I am saying. However, I don't mind offending people. If beauty 100% subjective and inherent quality was an illusion there would be no progress. People would never strive to get better at anything because there would be no such thing as better. Better would be subjective.

@bill8856

2 жыл бұрын

@@theloveofreading3563 Neither of us said anything you just tried to attack us for. You quoted "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" but don't even take it into context. Not only was Margaret Hungerford referring to what we see in other human beings, but she also admitted it was an inherently flawed concept. It's a popular saying she coined in the late 1800's which is true in certain cases but not true in many others. Like, say someone watches two videos on their computer. One is a baby taking its first steps and the other is someone being beaten to death with a hammer. It is not justifiable to say you enjoyed the snuff film better because beauty is simply in the eye of the beholder. People who justify and rationalize this way are the same kind of people who are easily manipulated to do bad things because they're willing to accept ideas without critically thinking about them and discerning their worth. That is literally what Aliester Crowley preached in Liber al vel Legis. "Do what thou wilt will be the whole of the law." He said. Meaning nothing is inherently good or bad, worse or better, and that no one will be judged after we die so just do whatever you want. It's evil doctrin designed to mess up weak minded people with no direction. If personal opinion, and ones own perspective, defined beauty and quality there would be no order. Nothing that exists would be able to be better or worse than anything else. There would be no need for a conscious or morals compass. If things were just subjective you could argue that anything in the world, no matter how disgusting, perverse or violent is just as beautiful as anything else because someone out there might think it so. That's not only flawed logic but it's dangerous to think that way. That is the exact same line of logic that was used in Russia during the rise of communism and the Soviet Empire. Read the non-fiction book Under the Sign of the Scorpion. It (in great detail) explains how the people of Russia were brainwashed into accepting communism, and documents the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. The same thing is happening today. People are being fed false ideals in order to warp their minds, weaken them and divide them. It's been happening for a long time. People are told half-truths, as well as straight-up lies disguised as truths, from the people we are supposed to trust the most. Our educators, our governments and our media. There is a war on knowledge, and intelligence, going on due to overwhelming internet censorship, revisionist history being taught, and the indoctrination false ideals. The reason I'm saying all this is that you were quick to be offended then argued with us based on false assumptions of our intended points. Simply asking us to elaborate on what we were trying to say, and explain why we were saying it, would have been a far better way to go about things.

@angelaholmes8888

2 жыл бұрын

@@separator94 I didn't enjoy the institute it's one of my least favorite books by Stephen king

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I am costarican, of course I read most of the books in Spanish, just for you to know, Don Quijote is not in Mexico, it’s Spain. Also that book was written about 1600’s so the language is a bit different than the actual spanish. I sincerely do not recommend you to read that book until you are very advanced on your Spanish learning. For me the language in that book is complicated and heavy to understand, so imagine how it would be for you at the beginning. Otherwise you could read a Stephen King book that you are very familiar so that way you know what you are reading and then you can try another one

I hope you enjoy gerald's game 😊

I liked Cugo a LOT. Not so much the movie