Welcome to Litsy!

We are following our 9 year old protagonist Tricia as she is lost in the woods and it's her love for Tom Gordon, a famous baseball player, that pulls her through the ordeal.

Does Tricia read like a 9 year old girl? No. Does Tricia read like a 30 year old man? Yes. Am I mad about it? Not really no.

Im also not into baseball at all but again, I wasn't mad about it.

Not his best but far from terrible.

Sneaking in one last title for 2024…another recommended by my 10 year old King-loving son.

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Happy New Year, friends!

The world had teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted.

In keeping with my Stephen King theme of the day:
#StorySettings #Forest

This is my third time through this King story, and I‘ve grown to appreciate it even more. I still think it ends very abruptly, but I love the iconography and his voice.

Charity shop haul. Very pleased with this. Especially the illustrated Drawing. Plus Tom Gordon is one of the ones I've not read yet.

#BookBinge #SpecialEdition Pop-up edition of The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

Recommended by a friend, so I‘m starting this one next 🤔

Definitely an interesting one to read in Maine, but ultimately kind of a disappointment. I'm not a baseball fan, so that piece didn't really resonate with me, and I couldn't shake the reality that this nine-year-old girl's perspective was written by a middle-aged man, which gave the book an unintended kind of creepiness. It's also just kind of long and repetitive. But King is a closer, as usual, and the book has a solid ending.

I used our drive up the Maine coast as an excuse to introduce my kids to Stephen King. It was inadvertently an introduction to how, when an author gets famous enough, no one asks them to pare down the exposition, even when it really needs it. I'm currently reading ahead so I can summarize and then skip ahead to the interesting parts in the audiobook. Or maybe we'll just switch to John Hodgman's Vacationland.

A young girl gets lost in the Maine woods. It‘s a claustrophobic tale with a building sense of dread. Anyone who‘s ever been on a hike and heard something moving that you couldn‘t see, will recognize the churning feeling in your stomach. I‘m glad I read it the day AFTER hiking with my kids in Acadia. 😳

“There is a point at which people who are cast upon their own resources stop living and begin merely surviving.“

*Pic at King‘s house in Maine!

If you've ever been well and truly lost - especially in a place where humanity's influence is nil - you're well-versed with the prickly, all-consuming panic that creeps up on you, taking hold of and dismantling your rational thought. That unenviable place is where this story begins, and it heads down some wild and overgrown paths from there. A delightful protagonist makes this quick read an absolute pleasure that doesn't overstay its welcome. 5/5

🎧 I loved most of this story … I understand the motivation behind Tom Gordon but I‘m not interested in baseball in my horror ??? so one star removed.

Little girl lost in the woods. A possible supernatural presence. A baseball subplot.

Anne Heche narrates & it fit the story.

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One of King‘s more endearing books, and one that‘s perfectly suited for younger readers looking to begin their horror journey.

#FFFS #FallingForFallSwap
 @Pigpen_Reads I'm so excited to add these books to my library! The tagged book would be good for this time of year. Thank you for the candy corn and my tier tray decor.
Thank you to our host for another successful year! @Avanders

This audiobook was just ok. The narrator was great (Anne Heche, which made me a little sad) but the storyline was so-so. Girl gets lost in the woods and uses her wits (and her love of Tom Gordon) to try and survive. Is a malevolent God-like creature stalking her? Is she slowly going mad? To be honest I don‘t know. 🌟🌟🌟

Not what I expected but still good.

Afternoon reading.

IT FINALLY HAPPENED. This born and raised Mainer FINALLY visited the amazing house where Stephen King and his family used to live!

https://www.ericarobynreads.com/visiting-stephen-kings-old-house/

I was going to read this next … but my puppy had different plan for it 😂

Disappointed.

This was a reread for one of my local book clubs. Usually considered not your "typical" Stephen King book but I still enjoyed the ride. Definitely a different reading experience as an adult vs as a kid (when I 1st read it). Anne Heche does a great job narrating the audiobook.

#LosersClub Discussion starts NOW!

Open discussion is in the FOLLOWING POST marked as a SPOILER. Find the post for #TomGordon & 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

Another great choice with #thelosersclub #losersclub #stephenking

Not my favorite King book 😕

#LosersClub2021 #ThegirlwholovedTomGorgon #StephenKing

This month‘s book is The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon! Grab your copy and check back around JULY 18th (probably a few days later, because I‘m a forgetful ghosthost) for open discussion! #LosersClub #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion #ghosthostpost #TomGordon

Just a reminder that June‘s #LosersClub read is The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon! Put your library holds in now, search your shelves, or buy a new copy, and check back on or about June 19th when we begin reading this one. Discussion will be in July. #TomGordon #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion #ghosthostpost

Tackle the TBR 🤓📚 #boleybooks #stephenking #bookbeast #bookjoy #bookstagram #readwithme
What are you reading? 😊

I haven‘t read the regular version of this book yet but plan to sometime next year. I found this cool pop-up version at a used bookstore. It‘s obviously very abridged but I still enjoyed this and really look forward to reading the full book soon. I love that SK shares my love of baseball! 4⭐️

#StephenKing

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I loved this book! My anxiety was actually rising while reading it because I kept imagining myself in the situation of the main character, lost in the woods - alone. King did a great job creating a strong female character. 💪

This was a fun audio and a creepy survival story about a little girl who gets lost hiking in the woods. I enjoyed the Red Sox/baseball game set up as I actually remember some of those players! #scarathlon #teamslaughter 16pts #deweysreadathon #authoramonth #bookspinbingo #bingo

Finished my first Stephen King book. It was a pretty quick read, but not as scary as I expected. He really leaned hard into the baseball theme as well. I‘m not a sports fan so I didn‘t care about that.

One of my favorite King books! Due for a reread. “How could anyone have such a cold and scary voice inside them? Such a traitor to the cause?”

Pretty good. Mostly listened to it in the background. Nothing wrong with it, I just wasn't totally engaged. A simple story of a girl who gets lost in the woods and gets by with a little help from Red Sox broadcasts.

Because I‘m really missing baseball I decided to re-read this book. I love how King divides the chapters into innings, and acknowledges how sometimes it feels like if your team can get the win life will be okay. Plus it‘s good nostalgia to read the names of some of my favorite Sox players from the late 90‘s. (Nomar is still one of my all time favorites.)

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Really liked this one! Totally freaked me out with the idea of one of my kids possibly getting lost. I absolutely could not handle that. I'd never leave the woods. I'd go get myself lost too trying to find them! Chills! 😱 It's a thriller so 11 #scarathlon points for #teamslaughter @Clwojick And it's the final #scaryscavengerhunt item for me too! Also it marked nearly 7 hours in for #24b4monday

Started #24B4Monday #readathon before work this morning. This one will also cover my last scavenger hunt item, scares you prompt. Geez, I'll feel even more anxious thinking about my kids when they go camping with their dad now! I think some survival tips need take priority!

#teamslaughter #scarathlon @Clwojick

Good book so far just a little angry at the mom !

Book 5 of #spookathon

Prompt: read a book outside your comfort zone.

I struggled to find a book on my TBR that would fit this prompt and stay within the spooky theme of this readathon. I went with the tagged book due to bad reviews I have seen. I don't think I would have ever actually read this book if not for this prompt.

Listening to one of my favorite podcasts - they are doing a Stephen King countdown for October and yours truly got quoted about the tagged book! I'm famous y'all.

Recently read this book by Stephen King. I was surprised by the calmness his writing reflected throughout the book. The master had once again managed to lead his audience off the path and take them along for a stroll in the woods. If I had not been to careful I might have just never found my way back home. Not what you would expect, still have suspense and a whole lot more than what you see in front of you. You really need to look deeper within!

I am going camping at a loch for the weekend and looking for book suggestions (fiction) to take away with me.

The tagged book I know is set in the woods but as it's a horror I would like something lighter/fun (just incase) 🙈

Thanks in advance.❤️

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