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  @DL-ir1roКүн бұрын

  A little bit late, but i got to this book by searching books similars to house of leaves. Maybe you might like it if you didnt read it already

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  @zulby092 күн бұрын

  I have a mass market paperback of this celebrated horror novel bought by my late father just for me. Our family are non-native English speakers so when I turned 13 and started my secondary education, my father brought me to a Times bookstore at a mall in city centre. He told me to choose any English book that I liked in the bookstore. I remember watching Salem’s Lot on my late uncle’s vhs tapes and so I selected Salem’s Lot by Stephen King. That was way back in 1986. I have already finished reading it once and I am reading it again for my pleasure. I could only guess why my father bought me the book which is bcos he wanted me to improve my English language. The year before when I was in the last year of primary school, I begged him for some money to buy a couple of books and bcos of that he could see how I managed to pass my exams with flying colours, improve my English and get into a good secondary school. I still have that mass market paperback copy till today even though it’s old, battered and the corners are dog’s ears. Ths particular copy has sentimental value which reminds me of my late father who had only a primary 4 education. As for the novel itself, it’s a pleasurable slow burn to be devoured intellectually at one’s own leisure. But when you kinda least expect it, the horror is palpable and seems real even though vampires aren’t real. Worth every penny and every minutes/seconds spent

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  @richardranke31582 күн бұрын

  I've read Dr. Jeckel, Treasure Island, Huckleberry Finn, Hound of the Baskervilles, Diary of Anne Frank, and A Christmas Carol!

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  @Mike-ym6rl3 күн бұрын

  Lovely presentation of many good books that I have read as a younger man.

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  @jamie-5785 күн бұрын

  Just Subscribed, do you read comments and what is favourite book of all time. Thank you

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  @mwmann5 күн бұрын

  I bought the book brand new in 1972. I never get into books to the point of reading them in one sitting. I did this book. I started reading in my apartment in the afternoon with the sun shining. I finished about 5am in the dark drinking coffee. During that time i slowly developed the creeps. Eventually turning on every light in every room in my apartment. The movie blew me away as well but reading that book when i was 18 stayed with me like no other novel I've read. To be crude but i must say this. One line says, She's suckling my cock to the thistles. The visualization of a demon from hell and it's foul sex organs violating an old human woman is terrifying. Writing about Karras mother. That was so vile and horrific in that statement. And of course that's not in the movie.

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  @Anderssisco5 күн бұрын

  Just started reading and my first King book was Billy Summers! I loved that one. Then i moved on to Mr.Mercedes. Good book but did not fall for the characters as much as i did in Billy Summers. But it still was a good read! Next up for me is Finders keepers and End of Watch. Then i plan to read The Outsider and Holly. Or should i reconsider in what order to read them…?🧐

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  @cylelle3766 күн бұрын

  One of my favourites that really doesn't get as much love as it ought to is Anthony Hope's The Prisoner of Zenda. I also enjoy Baroness Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women and Good Wives, anything by Jane Austen, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World and Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. More modern classics would include To Kill A Mocking Bird, Stephen King's The Stand and anything by Daphne du Maurier.

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  @dariospadafore8298 күн бұрын

  Hola, coincido totalmente! Me gustó la idea de reversionar una historia clásica pero NO lo de juntar ambas. Además se me hizo complicado de leer por la cantidad de subtramas y personajes Afortunadamente en la edición traducida, la contratapa explica de qué se trata. Saludos desde Argentina!

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  @KB-pl2gj9 күн бұрын

  Interesting perspective. I wonder about your second point though-criticizing the idea that a retreat can fix a psychological issue. I agree that would be problematic, but I also don’t feel like the author was arguing that. One of the characters was (Marsha) but it became clear that she wasn’t very stable and that her methodology wasn’t exactly successful.

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  @elisasoon60359 күн бұрын

  That's really creative, fun vid ❤

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  @WilliamScavengerFish11 күн бұрын

  Canadian here, loved Mel’s film. Great line, btw.

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  @Nixreads12 күн бұрын

  Wow this was such a unique idea and great effort to film so many different makeup looks!

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  @thebookworm655411 күн бұрын

  Thanks! It took forever to film and edit, glad it was worth it!

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  @user-um7cf8nt1q12 күн бұрын

  This is the first video on your channel that I have watched, but I already want to write a comment in support! Greetings from Ukraine, thank you for the interesting book review! Of course, I would like to offer Ukrainian classic books that are almost unknown in Europe. Example. "Clouds" by Ivan Nechuy-Levytskyi. This book was written in 1874, but it describes the issues that arise now, during the war against terrorist Russia. Even the words used by the book's characters one-to-one correspond to what Russian propagandists are saying now! Next, I would like to suggest books by Ivan Bagryany, namely: "Tiger hunters", "Garden of Gethsemane", "Man runs over the abyss" There - the truth about the 30s - 40s and 50s of the 20th century. From modern Ukrainian authors attention should be paid to the work of Serhiy Zhadan, for example, the book "Internet" and Oksana Zabuzhko, in particular. her essay "The Longest Journey", "Ukrainian Palimpsest" and others.

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  @thebookworm655411 күн бұрын

  Thanks for the supporting comment and the recommendations!

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  @smileytpb12 күн бұрын

  👍

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  @smileytpb12 күн бұрын

  Purring Sandwich!

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  @thebookworm655411 күн бұрын

  @@smileytpb Let's face it, it's the best part of the video...!

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  @PungiFungi14 күн бұрын

  It would appeared you got one of the later reprints/editions of Salems' Lot that seems to have included a short story that King wrote later and was first published in one of his short stories anthologies.

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  @thebookworm655412 күн бұрын

  I didn't realize it wasn't originally in the book. Thanks for the info!

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  @user-zh8yv3qx1q17 күн бұрын

  It definitely became one of my favorite kng books. A different kind of read from Steve

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  @thebookworm655412 күн бұрын

  Yes, definitely not his usual style. Have you read the sequels to it?

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  @stevenmartin681221 күн бұрын

  I tbh ink I can debate you on this book

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  @stevenmartin681221 күн бұрын

  Late comment and I’m sorry for that as I just read or actually listened to it on audible. I listen to books at the gym. I loved the series and characters. I’m trying to follow everything now so I want to follow the holly character. I haven’t read slash listened to the outsiders yet. I watched the hbo series when it came out and I know holly was changed but I want to hear the audible. Great video by the way

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  @scp24022 күн бұрын

  A decent list, the Wodehouse books are loads of fun if you like that sort of thing. I’ll have to check out Three Men in a Boat it escaped my radar somehow. I’m reminded of the first classics that I read as a boy, particularly memorable were The Call of the Wild, Robinson Crusoe, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Metamorphosis, Of Mice and Men, and Animal Farm. I re-read these within the past few years some 40+ years later and they all were as good or better than I remembered.

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  @StingerXtro23 күн бұрын

  Great Review!😀

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  @smileytpb26 күн бұрын

  Ha, I see my Gundam in the background 😊

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  @u2crazi9827 күн бұрын

  i completely and wholeheartedly disagree with this take. i highly recommend the book if anyone is interested! the juxtaposition is brilliant

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  @thebookworm655424 күн бұрын

  I'm happy you enjoyed it, I didn't think they book was bad, the focus is just confusing...

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  @MyMessyBookshelfАй бұрын

  I’m a Christie girl too but I enjoyed some of Holmes’ stories. I definitely plan to check out some of the Jeeves books!

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  @Bernie44DragonАй бұрын

  Good Point ! Reading short stories at the Beach or pool.

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  @shreya__7Ай бұрын

  Hello ma'am I am searching good books for my special friend, actually he's suffering from anxiety and sleeplessness But he love's to read some fictional books ,can you please suggest me some mind relaxing fictional books for him Thankyou Mam I am waiting 💙

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  @Amanda-xi8dfАй бұрын

  In my opinion Miranda’s journals highlight the humanity she had and all of her complex human thoughts, desires, and reasonings (whether flawed or not) whereas with Frederick Clegg he was not as developed in my opinion.

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  @rosenthal111Ай бұрын

  i love this list so much and agree with them all! i love your accent and your hair too 😁 i would recommend anne of green gables and white nights for beginners. those are some i started with 🩷

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  @smileytpbАй бұрын

  I love that you recommended Dragonsong 😊

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  @origamidennisАй бұрын

  My wife and I go to a old country house on the coast of Scotland for a while in summer. We choose books for the holiday by each having a long list of books we want to read and cutting it down as the holiday gets closer. A sort of 'Holiday Booker'. And a warm summer evening, sitting on a bench beside a loch and reading by daylight until 9:30 p.m. is deeply relaxing! I usually take a selection (Sci-fi, detective, graphic novel, fantasy, whatever) I like having a choice. And nice cat 😸

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  @brendan722002Ай бұрын

  Blatty passed in 2017.

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  @brendan722002Ай бұрын

  Ellen Burstyn conveyed Chis' anguish better in the movie. The audience empathise with her more.

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  @HkFinn83Ай бұрын

  Better than who?

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  @janlahney1556Ай бұрын

  Your review absolutely concurred with mine. The improbability, the way it was structured, and the denouement screamed for help from an editor. I was reading it for a book club. I'll be interested to hear what the others think

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  @thebookworm6554Ай бұрын

  Let me know once you do!

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  @captainnolan5062Ай бұрын

  I love the great Charles Dickens! I have read almost all of the books on this list and can recommend them highly. Why not add Dracula to the list?

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  @thebookworm6554Ай бұрын

  I don't find it on the same "easiness" level as the other...

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  @BonnieNicoleWritesАй бұрын

  I enjoyed this book. It wasn't my favorite thriller, but it was a fun read.

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  @brendan722002Ай бұрын

  I first read Salem's Lot at 15 and read it 5 or 6 times since (I'm now 52). I got King burnout by Needful Things and got annoyed with his heavily condensing (it took 15 pages for someone to open a door situation). I think too much wordiness can be counterproductive. I did like the Marsten connection to Barlow when Marsten was alive (town facts nobody knew about, ie secrets).

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  @thebookworm6554Ай бұрын

  Yes, King does tend to over-elaborate. Did you read anything he wrote in recent years? I feel his writing got more concise.

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  @brendan722002Ай бұрын

  @thebookworm6554 I got Salem's Lot in audio. I can't get in to his new work. Not sure if it was the accident he had in 99 or his getting sober that changed his writing. His earlier work was definitely dark and am told newer work less so.

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  @brendan722002Ай бұрын

  As an owner or 3 cats I can imagine how difficult it is.

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  @kayligoАй бұрын

  I’m like 50 pages in and think I’m going to not keep reading…..

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  @smileytpbАй бұрын

  👍🏻 🤘🏻

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  @SuperStrangSshadowАй бұрын

  Good review. The It Girl was okay but really tired of reading about pregnant characters, especially in thrillers.

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  @thebookworm6554Ай бұрын

  I agree, but I find that here she at least didn't have the "i'm more important because i'm pregnant" trope.

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  @marktyrrell8892Ай бұрын

  I loved the novel but it felt like watching a cartoon (not necessarily a bad thing) I expected to sympathise with Griffin if not like him but, to me, the book beautifully showed how it's empathy and decency that humanises characters.

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  @MartthemaestroАй бұрын

  Don Quixote is hilarious imho

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  @thebookworm6554Ай бұрын

  Read parts of it YEARS ago! I plan on reading it again, thanks for reminding me.

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  @bebebrownsdollhaul6444Ай бұрын

  Murakami’s Wild Sheep

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  @thebookworm6554Ай бұрын

  Haven't read it but I take your word for it. It is Murakami after all...

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  @Nmber62 ай бұрын

  3:04. Takes place in Missouri, not Mississippi.

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  @marktyrrell88922 ай бұрын

  Jerome K Jerome was a fantastic humorist, very funny but he could also be profound in some of his short stories. I think he's under-rated as a series commentator because of his amusing reputation.

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  @robertgallagher52852 ай бұрын

  Have to disagree with the Bookworm on one point on my favorite Stephen King Novel Salem's Lot Thought it was getting kind of silly when they found the note from Barlow in the basement but thought he really made a rebound with a brillant ending (also being a huge fan of the novel and '79 movie know the editor really involved in changing the later part of the novel) when they basically re-started the fire of '51 the previous only major event to happen to Salem's Lot which happened in Ben's childhood last time he lived there before the Vampire Infestation so it brought events around full circle thought it a brillant ending if you catch that??!!!

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  @Garaphon2 ай бұрын

  Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal - Christopher Moore, funny and enjoyable. P. C. Hodgell's Kencyrath series has some excellently funny moments. Nothing beats Sir Prerry Pratchett, tho ❤

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  @thebookworm6554Ай бұрын

  A friend recommended Lamb a while ago, I have it but haven't read it yet.

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  @GaraphonАй бұрын

  I've read it 2 or 3 times, and i will definitely read it more 😄 Just on a BrandoSando re-read, plus i have all of the Dresden books to go through. 😄

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  @origamidennis2 ай бұрын

  Picking one book is tricky! 'Good Omens' or 'Leave it to Psmith' (P. G. Wodehouse) are favourites, but the one that surprised me by how funny it was was 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' by Hunter Thompson.

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  @thebookworm65542 ай бұрын

  I actually saw FALILV in many "funniest books" online lists. Never read it or seen the movie, but now I'm curious!

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  @origamidennis2 ай бұрын

  @@thebookworm6554 The film is very good (I enjoy Terry Gilliam films) but there are scenes that are difficult to watch.

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  @smileytpb2 ай бұрын

  🤣

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  @TheLinguistsLibrary2 ай бұрын

  I absolutely love your classic mystery recs! Do you like Wilkie Collins?

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  @thebookworm65542 ай бұрын

  Thanks! I only read The Woman in White by Collins, but I have The Moonstone at home and it's on my TBR list.