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Books finished in March include Four Past Midnight, The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands, Needful Things, Gerald's Game, Dolores Claiborne, and Nightmares and Dreamscapes. My March pick for my #readingbracket2023 is, perhaps predictably, The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands!

The Waste Lands might be my favorite entry in The Dark Tower Series. It feels like the true beginning—the team is assembled and Roland can focus on his quest again.

King‘s world building here is fantastic; so many themes and objects that become a major part of the storyline are introduced. The final section in Lud is so well structured and perfectly paced.

And we can‘t forget about the introduction of Oy—man, I love that little billy-bumbler.

There is a scene in The Dark Tower III where Jake dreams he meets a young Eddie wearing a yellow shirt that says “Never a dull moment in Mid-World.” And I thought to myself: ‘I bet someone has turned that into a real shirt.‘

A quick Google search later, and sure enough, someone has! I found this on TeePublic. There were more designs, some that were just text like the book describes, but I‘m partial to this one with Shardik the bear.

This is a great story and an exciting continuation of the series. Thankfully, I read this series many years after it was written, as this book ends on a cliffhanger. Those who read it as it was being written had to wait five years to find out what happened to Roland and his ka-tet. How frustrating must that have been? #SeriesLove2023 @TheSpineView @Andrew65

“Several months have passed since The Drawing of the Three, and in The Waste Lands, Roland‘s two new tet-mates have become trained gunslingers. Eddie Dean has given up heroin, and Odetta‘s two selves have joined, becoming the stronger and more balanced personality of Susannah Dean.”

As always, The Dark Tower series remains the pinnacle of King's ability to create strange and fantastic worlds, beloved characters in whose welfare the reader is deeply invested, and spellbinding narratives that urge the reader to turn the page without delay. The Waste Lands is one of my favorites in this series. The lead up to Jake's drawing is some of his best writing, and the ka-tet's escape from Lud is intense. A Key, a Rose, a 5/5.

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My second journey to the Tower is proving more enjoyable than the first and that's something I didn't think was possible.

I think this is the book where the series really starts to come together. The foreshadowing I'm noticing on this re-read is creating suspense for me even though I know what's ahead.

King's ability to spin a story never ceases to amaze me.

If you haven't read this series yet do yourself a favor and add it to your TBR.

#DarkTower #2022ReadingChallenge

Well, i finally got some timd to finish this. Held up obviously due to the Christmas craziness.

I loved revisting my favourite book of The Dark Tower series.

Cool new characters.

Previous characters becoming more developed.

He just brings the characters to life in this one in my opinion, i can feel their emotions and it turns it into a intense page-turner.

The ka-tet has grown ever so stronger and the Tower is closer than ever..

I‘ve been in a slump and desperation trying to get out of it. Here‘s to trying with the third in The Dark Tower series. #stephenking #hardcover #thedarktoweriii #gorgeouscovers

Finished It! #doublespin for October! I enjoyed meeting Blaine the Pain. Sorry that didn't happen until the end of the book. Blaine is obviously depressed. Perhaps because he's a monorail bullet train, not a steam engine as pictured on the cover! I'm enjoying these books even if they aren't ever going to be my lifelong favorites. Something about Stephen King's authorial voice just bugs me too much to really get into his books.

@TheAromaofBooks

Switching from Pratchett to King tonight in an attempt to complete all my reading goals for the month. Bedtime is probably the wrong time of day to start reading Stephen King!

#stephenkinglonghaul

Every time I re-read another book from the Dark Tower series I think no, that‘s my favorite. #bookspinbingo #ominousoctober #deadprotagonist #spookoween #screamathon #scarathlon #tramslaughter #scarepairs

Perfect fall night 🎃🍁🍂

When you start a book by famous Red Sox fan Stephen King on the day of an important game you use a baseball card from the other team as a bookmark to ward off jinxes. #ImNotSuperstitousJustALittleBitStitious

🎧 I loved this book as much as the last!

Months have passed, Roland's Not dead 😝 Eddie & Susannah have trained to be gunslingers.

During Roland‘s last interaction with The Pusher in 1977 New York he altered ka by saving Jake‘s life & ending The Pusher‘s. In Roland‘s world Jake has already died, twice.

So now Roland & Jake exist in both worlds. They share a connection and both have two sets of memories driving them crazy.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👇🏻👇🏻

5🌟 This is still likely my favorite book in the entire series. This was my first time reading it since I finished the entire series years ago (when the last book originally came out), but my third or fourth time overall. I think I enjoy it even more than I used to. Choo choo...Blaine is a pain...

My old boy is very happy I didn't immediately start working this morning. Now if I can just get him to stop putting his head in the way. 😻

I have a pretty full day of editing work and chores ahead of me, but first a cup of one of my favorite coffee flavors (Java Momma White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle) in my new mug and the last section of one of my favorite books. #priorities

What to do? What to do? I haven't gotten a response to an email for work, so I can't start my next project. I guess I'll just have to spend the morning reading. What a travesty...

Not sure how much reading I will actually get done, but it‘s nice to have #20in4 as an excuse to cuddle up with my book this weekend. I plowed through almost all of my chores for the weekend today so that I can hopefully get some killer reading time in tomorrow while hubby is at work.

'I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
I kill with my heart'.

This series and especially this book is such a mixed bag. Book three in the Dark Tower series, I struggled through book one, loved book two and this one was a combination of struggles and joy. Im glad I pushed myself yo the end as overall I enjoyed this one.

The last thing I wrote about this book was more of a negative than a positive, however people began to rally around the book saying how great it was so I dig my heels in and read from page 356 to page 700 in under a week, boy am I glad I did! I ended up really enjoying this story and I am starting the next book right now. I will say that the middle of The Wastelands drug on a lot and was rather boring but redemption came in the end.

I‘ve been reading The Dark Tower series and I‘m on book 3 so far and halfway through it. I have to say this book is a chore to read at this point. I‘m not sure if I‘m the only one with this issue but as someone who always has a need to finish a book/series...this has been rough. (Also, sorry for the “book abuse” photo. I like these pocket sized books because I literally keep them in my back pocket so they tend to get a bit wore out.)

1.) Oy 🐺🧡 (The billy-bumbler from The Dark Tower series)

2.) I've just been living in London since June but back in Scotland, we'd get snow very heavily and it would cause transport issues and major disruptions. ☃️

Thanks for the tag @The_Penniless_Author 👌

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

Still making my way through The Dark Tower series and I loved book 3 The Waste Lands it's probably my favorite of the series so far. We really get to know the group a lot more and I love their relationship with each other.

#ManicMonday

📖 The Waste Lands by Stephen King

🖊 Edith Wharton

🎥 Walk the Line

📺 The Walking Dead

🎤 The White Stripes, The Weeknd

🎶 Wake Me Up When September Ends (Green Day), When the Stars Go Blue (Ryan Adams), Wicked Game (Chris Isaak

No surprise-I‘m late again. Sorry all! #LosersClub Discussion starts NOW!

Open discussion is in the FOLLOWING POST marked as a SPOILER. Find the post for #TheWasteLands & tap "show me" on the spoiler tag to join in the discussion. Join in whenever you can! Today. Tomorrow. Next month! The post will always be up so just tag any of us & we‘ll jump in to discuss with you. See you there!

Hey there #losersclub! It‘s time to start the third book in The Dark Tower series, #TheWasteLands. Grab your copy and check back around August 18th for open discussion! #LosersClub #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion #epickatet #thedarktower #ghosthostpost

Just a reminder that July‘s #losersclub read is #TheWasteLands book #3 in The Dark Tower series! Put your library holds in now, search your shelves, or buy a new copy, and check back on or about July 19th when we begin reading this one. Discussion will be in August. #LosersClub #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion #ghosthostpost

In celebration of Stephen King's newest release, If It Bleeds, i'm ranking/reviewing all ten books of his that I've read.

4. Wastelands
At 800 pages, Dark Tower book 3 definitely has some fat on it, but it wears it on top of a mass of narrative muscle (kind of a weird analogy, but whatever).

Today on the blog, Haley is talking all about her bookish commitment issues and how she's going to remedy those this year.

https://stuckinthestacks.com/2020/04/04/book-series-saturday-my-commitment-issue...

Are there any series you are hoping to get through year? Check out Haley's list and share yours in the comments!

#bookstagram #bookseries #tbr #tbrpile #readinggoals #bookishalgor #bookishalgorithm

Happy Friday, gang! I signed on to renew the tagged book today and discovered I didn‘t have to! Score one for my library system! Does yours do auto renewals?

I ended up deciding on re-uping my Audible subscription so that I could keep up with the series. I watched the movie tonight, but it didn't satisfy any of my curiousity because I felt like they left so much out!

I struggle with the Dark Tower series but this third installment is a win in my book!

Still on his journey to the Dark Tower, Roland encounters more characters (a mix of good and bad), and between Oy (who I loved) and the riddles, I really enjoyed listening to this one.

Probably the best Dark Towers book yet!

Next...

I finished this 18 hour monstrosity...the 3rd book in the Dark Towers series. I switched over to audio and I‘ve decided to continue the series in this format. I feel invested to finish at this point and I‘m looking forward to the 4th book though I feel like not a ton happens for the size and quantity of the books.

This is the best book in the series thus far. All the characters continue to get more interesting, and the new villains are so fun to read. I am eager to continue this series.

Onto book 3. Continuing the journey.

I was reading this in October when we went through Tombstone, Arizona. I had to stop for some pics in the Boothill #Cemetary of course!
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Continuing on my re-read of the journey of Roland and his ka-tet. ❤❤ Blaine is a pain 🙃🙃