It, by Stephen King

My first Stephen King to be honest but I'm absolutely hooked. Already looking forward to the next one. Always happy for suggestions.

Forgot to post last week!

I took a little bit of a break from reading after reading 7 books in June as I didn't want to burn myself out. But I've begun again!

Finished: Blood of Elves, by Andrzej Sapkowski and Time of Contempt, by Andrzej Sapkowski I've finally managed to make a dent in my backlog with my GoodReads Reading Challenge; a big part of my backlog is the Witcher series and I'm so glad for it because these books are quite enjoyable. I'm a big fan of the games and I really enjyoed these two books.

Started: IT, by Stephen King So, I finally started my first Stephen King book in anticipation of IT: Chapter Two due to come out in September. One of my best friends is a massive Stephen King fan and she has been recommending me to read him for quite a while, but his books have never really piqued my interest. I'm about 50 pages in and it's quite gripping so I'm excited to sink my teeth into a King novel and maybe consider reading Misery, The Shining or even The Dark Tower (which given the huge Sci-Fi/Fantasy fan I am, I feel like I really should have considered to read by now!)

IT, by Stephen King

This is my third attempt. My first two attempts I didn’t get past the “6 phone calls” part. I guess I was just impatient. But I’m glad I stuck through it this time. I’m about 1/3 done and I absolutely love this book. It’s my 18th book this year and so far it’s my favorite. I love the characters so much. It really shows the range of human behavior from good to evil. The silly clown is really just a small part of this story. I’m almost glad it’s 1100+ pages because I’m enjoying every second of it.

Started:

The Man in the High Castle, by Philip K. Dick

Finished:

It, by Stephen King

Edit: Got 'em backwards. Have finished both now anyway.

Finished:

11/22/63, by Stephen King - Hey! King CAN write romance and a satisfying ending. I thoroughly enjoyed the book from cover to cover.

I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson - I saw the William Smith movie before I read the book, and while I enjoyed both formats, I enjoyed the ending of the book much better. It ending actually fits the title.

Started:

IT, by Stephen King - I haven't read a lot of King, so I am finally catching up.

And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie - Also, never read any Agatha Christie, so I will start with this one.

Finished:

11/22/63, by Stephen King

My first King book and I loved it. Perfectly paced and felt much shorter than it's huge page count. As of now probably my favourite book I've ever read.

Started:

IT, by Stephen King

About 1/4 of the way through, another dauntingly long novel, but I'm really enjoying it so far.

Finished The Fifth Season, by N.K. Jemisin

I thought it was great, and will be reading the remaining 2 books in the trilogy. I was a little put off by the sections of the book written in 2nd person, but on the whole it was a quick read.

Started It, by Stephen King

I loved the new movie, and wanted to read it before part 2 comes out this year. It's been awesome so far, I'm about 400 pages in; almost done with the first kid's section.

Finished up Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman. Predictable but enjoyable. Still working my way through Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell. It's interesting but not something I can binge on.

Also began The Terror, by Dan Simmons but I just started and it's too soon to give any sort of opinion. The audiobook of IT, by Stephen King has me riveted though. For such a long audiobook I am just blowing through it.

Finished The Stone Sky, by NK Jemisin. A near perfect ending to the trilogy. Also finished The Goblet of Fire, by JK Rowling. Another fun Potter book.

Started It, by Stephen King. Read like 200 pages on my first sitting, great so far.

Last week I finished Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro. I had a really hard time with this book. I kept waiting for the story to develop and without spoiling anything, it just wasn't my type of book.

I recently started It, by Stephen King. So excited to read this "beast" of a book. I am around 100 pages in and it has been fun!

Started reading:

• It, by Stephen King (audiobook)
• Unstoppable Moses, by Tyler James Smith (I saw the author post about it on reddit!)

Still reading:

• The Eye of the World, by Robert Jordan
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by JK Rowling (audiobook; listening with my son)

The Penultimate Truth, by Philip K. Dick .I’ve got a top secret hook-up at the second hand book market near me who keeps feeding me classic sci fi in exchange for my pocket change. Eventually, I had to start making the TBR pile shrink!

It, by Stephen King. Because I really don’t have enough nightmares about clowns.

Goodbye To All That, by Robert Graves. Just started this. I like everything else of Graves’ that I’ve ever tried, so...

This week I picked up Simon VS. The Homo Sapiens Agenda, by Becky Albertelli and read through it in a day. It was such a fun and modern take on the teenage experience. The movie was cute too. Also started and finished Brooklyn, by Colm Tóibín. The book was okay, but I must say that for once I definitely prefer the movie.

Still reading The Terror, by Dan Simmons. It's good but I'm not reading it super quickly. Still making my way through Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell too. Should be finishing that one up within the week.

IT, by Stephen King on audio is still moving quickly for a 30+ hour listen. Should finish in a couple days.

Finished It, by Stephen King

Started Crazy Rich Asians, by Kevin Kwan

I started reading It by Stephen King. I just finished 11.22.63 and was drooling for more King so dove right into It. It's calling to me while I'm at work or doing anything other than reading it. And that's all the hallmarks of a good book right?

Just finished The Shining, by Stephen King, and just started It, by Stephen King

Today i started reading IT, by Stephen King.

Started:

IT, by Stephen King (audiobook)

Silent Patient, by Alex Michaelides

Finished:

Jar of Hearts, by Jennifer Hillier (audiobook)

The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins

I was on vacation so my list is slightly larger than usual for myself. I finished It, by Stephen King. I understand the hype machine behind this one now, excellent book, I will never attempt to re-read it though. I also read Calypso, by David Sedaris, possibly his funniest book yet, and then read We are Legion, by Dennis Taylor. Didn't care much for it, maybe it was to snarky and to heavy with pop-culture refs, was hoping it would be more high-concept.

Started to read Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy. I read half of this years ago, but lost the book on the train. Now I am diving back into it and remembering the true brutality of the story.

I finished

It by Stephen King

I started

1984 by George Orwell

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

Started It, by Stephen King

I just finished It by Stephen King. An amazing read, that's at its core, about going from childhood to adulthood, unafraid and capable of not looking back due to nostalgia for the past. While the main skeleton of the story is the same, the book is about as different from either movie as they can possibly be in terms of events taking place. Check it out if you dare to go through the 1153 pages.

Tonight, I'll begin The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. I'm a bit of a fan of historical nonfiction. You get to learn history in a flavorful way instead of from a dry history book. I'm looking forward to this one tonight, though I don't know much about it beyond it telling the true story of a serial killer that terrorized the World Fair in 1893.

I recently finished reading Crazy Rich Asians, by Kevin Kwan. I really enjoyed it! It was so easy to read and I understand all the hype surrounding it.

I'm continuing to listen to the audiobook version of It, by Stephen King. It is 45 hours long, so it is going to take a while to get through this one.

I started reading The Hideaway, by Lauren Denton. I started reading it because I was thinking of attending a new book club that I found, and this is their current selection. Not sure if I will be able to attend the book club this month anyway, so my interest level has decreased. There are just so many other books on my shelf that I would rather be reading. Maybe I'm just not a book club person.

I am almost finished with It, by Stephen King. Fun book!!

I finished The Andromeda Strain, by Michael Crichton. I'm a bit unsure whether to recommend this or not. I was really enjoying at first but got bored and for the second half of the book I found I was just reading it in order to get it finished. I need some time to reflect on the book but I think I just got bored at hearing about the results of the different tests they were carrying out and the book showed it's age a bit. I did find the book exciting to start off with and I liked the charts that appeared in the book. I ended up rating it 2 out of 5 stars on Goodreads but might bump that up to a 3 after further reflection.

I also read volumes 13 to 19 of The Walking Dead, by Robert Kirkman. There are 30 volumes in total and I promised myself at the start that if I ever got bored of the series I would drop it and not force myself to the end. There was one volume (number 16 or 17 I think) when it seemed like nothing interesting happened and I started to consider dropping the series. However the introduction of Regan in the next volume really stirred things up and I found I was reading it in bed way past my bedtime on a work night...I was gripped again. A couple of things that annoy me about the series is that some of the sentimental conversations between characters are a bit brief, repetative and cheesy. I'm all for a bit of sentiment in a story and I think TWD has set a perfect environment for some moving moments but it just doesn't seem to execute them well. I also find on a few occasions the story suddenly jumps from one group of characters to another in an abrupt way and there have been numerous times I've turned the page and thought I'd accidently turned two pages because the change didn't seem smooth at all. I assume this moments are when the original issues of the comics ended then restarted. This paragraph seems negative but overall I am enjoying the series but I just notice these things over the past couple weeks.

I also read Museum of Terror Volume 2: Tomie 2, by Junji Ito. Junji Ito is a horror manga author who I discovered last year and Tomie is a collection of short stories about the seductive regenerating succubus Tomie. The book was decent but wouldn't say it stood out against Junji's other work. I enjoyed the stories towards the end of the book much more as they were interlinked slightly.

This week I am going to start reading IT, by Stephen King on the side, thinking about 20 pages a day. I bought a great hardback 1987 version of it for just 50p in a charity shop last week and I'm really chuffed with it. It's too nice and big to carry about with me all day so I am only going to read it in the evenings. I took a photo of the book and uploaded it here (had to hastily edit out some work documents just in case it got me in trouble!). https://imgur.com/a/V8sGLh7

I finished 'Salem's Lot, by Stephen King and Wytches, by Scott Snyder.

Just about to start IT, by Stephen King

'Salem's Lot was great, very good, sometimes genuinely scary read with a solid ending (which I keep reading is uncharacteristic of King, but fuck popular opinion, right?). That scene in the morgue engaged the shit out of me, wow.

Wytches was neat visually, but I found the dialogue kinda lame and the story wasn't super. interesting. It had a good pace though and wasn't too long so it was worth checking out.

Finished:

Fire & Blood, by George R.R. Martin Need some more Westeros in my life with the disappointment of Season 8. Reads like a history textbook but was still super engaging. Hopefully we're getting Winds summer 2020 (one can dream)

Mason & Dixon, by Thomas Pynchon My third Pynchon book. Initially hard to get into the style of writing but sticking with it was pretty rewarding. A little bit of a slog through the middle but overall was pretty awesome. Looking forward to Bleeding Edge next I think.

Started:

IT, by Stephen King Love both the Tim Curry and 2017 film versions and wanted to finally read it before Part 2 comes out soon. 200 or so pages in and loving it.

It, by Stephen King

I just started this book over the weekend and I am already hooked. Love it so far.

• Finished Say My Name, by Allegra Huston
• Started It, by Stephen King

It, by Stephen King

I only read/listen to a few books a year lately, and the 45 hour runtime on this audiobook was intimidating. So far I'm about 20 hours in, and its fantastic. I realized I've never actually read anything by Stephen King, and this is making me want to delve into more of his works.

The Vegetarian, by Han Kang

The Penultimate Truth, by Philip K. Dick

It, by Stephen King

IT, by Stephen King - finished It took me forever to finish, it was worth it in the end. I love horror books and this one was a favorite when I finished.

Borne, by James Vandermeer-started

I finished Anna and the French Kiss, by Stephanie Perkins. I liked the book because it was light and entertaining, but I'm not crazy about it. I also the sequel Lola and the Boy Next Door, but it's not as good as the first one.

I also started IT, by Stephen King. Oh my goodness, I literally cannot put my Kindle down. I was a bit daunted by the size at first, but the book is so good, I don't care.

I finished IT, by Stephen King and thought it was incredible, 1200 pages and somehow I didn't want it to end.

I'm now about a third of the way through The Snowman, by Jo Nesbo and really enjoying it so far.

Still on IT by Stephen King 🤡

Finished IT, by Stephen King. I loved it. It was incredible. 1138 pages flew by. I even loved all the weird cosmic turtle stuff, although I could have done without "that" scene in the sewers. I don't think it added anything to the book.

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Started and Finished Monster Hunter International, by Larry Correia. Meh. Just barely good enough to not stop reading it. Wouldn't recommend.

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Started and Finished Old Man's War, by John Scalza. Pretty good stuff. I'll probably look into the sequels when I have time.

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Started The Eyes of the Dragon, by Stephen King. It's okay so far, although the style of writing is much different than the other King books I've read. This is more narrative styled, and seemingly aimed at more YA.

I'm currently reading It by Stephen King. It's a book I've always wanted to read, but never had the time because of school. I'm about 330 pages in, and it's really good. I could've done without the 15 pages discussing what a typical year on the farm is like for Mike Hanlon, but other than that, it's pretty amazing. I have to imagine that King felt this would be his magnum opus, because the attention to detail in character and location history is something I've never seen in a story before. I truly feel that out of all of his books, King put absolutely everything he had into this one, and it shows with the tremendously good writing.

Heir of Fire By Sara J Mass

It's the third book in the Throne Of Glass Series and I didn't enjoy it as much as the first two, it was really slow ans it took me like 2 or 3 weeks to complete. But while I was reading this I read It by Stephen King and I was so good, I fell in love with his writing and characters. The town (Derry) felt so real, I felt like this town existed in 1958. I read it in 8 or 7 day's and I'm so happy that I read one if his books. I'll definatly buy more of his works.

If anyone has any recommendations for his books, feel free to comment them! :)

This week I finished:

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling

Bird Box, by Josh Malerman

A Walk to Remember, by Nicholas Sparks

Started started reading It, by Stephen King

Finished Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston. This was rec’d to me by a customer, and I really, really enjoyed it.

Currently reading It by Stephen King. Technically a re-read, but I never finished it the first time round. The 2017 adaption is one of my favourite movies, and I found myself wanting to finish it after the trailer for Chapter Two dropped. I’m much further into it than I got the first time (almost finished, actually!) and I’m having a really hard time putting it down!

IT, by Stephen King

IT, by Stephen King

Still on IT by Stephen King I plan on finishing it this week.

Then start Half Lost the last book in the Half Bad series by Sally Green