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Pet Sematary (Library)
Pet Sematary (Library) | Stephen King
Discover the classic #1 New York Times bestseller from master storyteller Stephen King! When Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job and moves his family to the idyllic and rural town of Ludlow, Maine, this new beginning seems too good to be true. Yet despite Ludlow s tranquility, there s an undercurrent of danger that exists here. Those trucks on the road outside the Creed s beautiful old home travel by just a little too quickly, for one thing as is evidenced by the makeshift pet cemetery out back in the nearby woods. Then there are the warnings to Louis both real and from the depths of his nightmares that he should not venture beyond the borders of this little graveyard. A blood-chilling truth is hidden there one more terrifying than death itself, and hideously more powerful. An ominous fate befalls anyone who dares tamper with this forbidden place, as Louis is about to discover for himself "
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Robotswithpersonality
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Well, that was indeed horrifying. Sad, rather than terrified now.
I have a renewed appreciation for what might be termed classic Stephen King. He managed a certain warmth, genuine, heartfelt moments, depth to characters and their relationships. And then he visited a parent's worst nightmare upon the characters and the reader is dragged through the slowly building dread of the consequences of some terrible but understandable decisions. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? There is fear, and anger and grief, as one would expect, encountering death, and it aches that much more for having spent quality time with this protagonist, with this family and friends, prior to tragedy striking. (Solid argument for indoor cats.) 5mo
Robotswithpersonality 3/? Main points that stood out to me:
Man trying to be a good father, while appreciating the appearance of a father figure in his adulthood, contrasted with abrasive father-in-law.
Variance in people's reactions, experiences with death, reconciling to the truth that death can be better than the alternative, than suffering, that it is natural.
Strain that patriarchy puts on men, toxic masculinity, this feeling like the 'man of the house' has to take on certain burdens, certain ugly tasks, assumption made without consulting female life partner, felt like a duty he would be ashamed not to be able to fulfill alone.
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Robotswithpersonality 4/4 Quite obviously, I hope a horror writer today would not choose to include an indigenous burial ground or figure from indigenous spiritual traditions as a plot point, nor some other unenlightened choices/statements made in this early 1980s book. I can't condone it, I can be only hope King also would not make the same decisions, writing today.

⚠️animal cruelty, animal death, child death, ableism
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DebinHawaii
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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#ScarathlonPhotoChallenge

Church gets my vote for the scariest #Cat 🐈‍⬛ 😱
While I won‘t have time to reread the book for #Scarathlon I will probably try & sneak the 1989 movie in this weekend.

+6 points for Team #SpookyGhostClub 👻🖤👻

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Fortifiedbybooks
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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Day 26 #Scarathlon Photo Challenge - Cat. I read this last year. While it's definitely not the scariest King has written, not by a long shot, it was disturbing. #TeamWhoYaGonnaCall

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Gissy
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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#Scarathlon photo challenge Day 19
#Cemetery

I really liked this book. So much social criticism related with rituals/ceremonies. The pain of that father was so intense, deep. Great character driven novel. I know, maybe an unpopular opinion but I really liked this one. My door to read SK books. The movies adaptations are garbage for me👎

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Morr_Books
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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Mehso-so
Catsandbooks 🙌🏼🦇👻 5mo
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 5mo
TheSpineView Well done! 5mo
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DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 5mo
Read4life 🍁👻🎃 5mo
Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 5mo
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JessClark78
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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Day 19 #Scarathlon Photo Challenge

#Cemetery #Grave

+6 points #HHC #HalloweenHexesCoven

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mom_of_4
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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Going to watch all the pet sematarys. #scarathlon #batbrigade

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candc320
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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I really haven‘t been participating in #scarathlon like I should be or usually do! This week has been hard…I‘ve been sick and stressed out about a new job I‘m going to be starting and pretty much couldn‘t concentrate on anything other than TV and audiobooks. But I‘m trying to get back into the swing of things and earn points for team #skeletoncrew ! Starting with these movies/tv shows I‘ve watched (I‘ve watched 5 episodes of Hill House).

Emilymdxn That sounds like quite a week! I hope you‘re enjoying your well earned hill house time 🥰 scarathlon is always here if it‘d be enjoyable for you and you have time but there‘s never any pressure! 6mo
candc320 Thank you, @Emilymdxn !! The pressure is all from me 🤣 6mo
ElizaMarie How was Totally Killer? I have heard good things. Its on my “list“ but it's also on my husband's so I have to wait :( 6mo
candc320 @ElizaMarie it was really good! I love a good horror comedy, especially if it has to do with the 80s or 90s, so I thought it was really fun. 6mo
Emilymdxn I also LOVED totally killer 6mo
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BarkingMadRead
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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AmyG I‘m watching this now. 🤣 6mo
BarkingMadRead @AmyG great minds!! 6mo
AnnR Yikes! That brings back movie theatre memories. 6mo
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jessinikkip
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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Honestly, I just love this book every time I read it and every time I see the movie. The thought of a father having to make that decision about their kid - knowing you could bring them back but also knowing the cost... I couldn't be the one to make it.

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katiekat311
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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Pickpick

It‘s well past my bedtime but I needed to finish. I must say, I nailed the kick off to spooky season. 😱😳 I really don‘t have words, I‘m still wrapping my head around it. Round of applause to Stephen. 👏🏼 #scarathon #TeamCreepinItReal #Falling4Books

Lin3han That one has been on my list! 6mo
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DeeLew
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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1. A witchy cat
2. All of the horror. I usually reread Pet Sematary in September or October
3. Back when I had a figure I had a cat costume that was adorable!
4. I LOVE themed socks. Especially book related socks. My size is 6.5
5. Halloween 1978
6. Reese‘s pumpkins or candy corn

🎃🧙🏻‍♀️💀🖤

#HHS @wanderinglynn

wanderinglynn 🎃👻🙌🏻 6mo
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DeeLew
Pet Sematary (Library) | Stephen King
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Things I love. Fall colors. Candy corn and peanuts. Horror. Stephen King. #HauntedHollowSwap

wanderinglynn Love it! 🎃 7mo
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ShelleyBooksie
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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1. The Blair Witch Project
2. The original Scream movie - I've never viewed a bathroom stall the same.
3. Poltergeist - TV static *shiver*

Thanks for the tag @TheLudicReader and @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks .

Wanna play @DinoMom , @DebbieGrillo

dabbe Excellent choices! I forgot about the original SCREAM. Yikes! 🧡🖤🧡 7mo
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kaykay521
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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1. The Descent: A group of young women go cave exploring and get lost in the extensive underground system. The less you know about this movie going in the better. It plays on fears of the darkness and claustrophobia.

2. The strangers: home invasion movies freak me out. I‘m more creeped out by stuff that can potentially actually happen than most supernatural movies

3. Pet Semetary: honestly watched wayyy too young, Zelda‘s what really got me.

kaykay521 It took me a bit to figure out three that actually freaked me out. I love horror movies and they usually don‘t bother me and if they do I don‘t make myself sit through them 🤷🏻‍♀️ 7mo
dabbe I have not seen ANY of these! They're now on my list for October video watching! 🧡🖤🧡 7mo
IMASLOWREADER loved descent 7mo
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keithlafo
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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Pickpick

Certainly King‘s darkest book, but also his most poignant in a lot of ways. There‘s one passage, where Louis imagines Gage growing up, that‘s as heartbreaking and earnest as anything else he‘s written.

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BarkingMadRead
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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It almost doesn‘t fit, but now that pics are back 🎉🎉🎉 check out this meme I found on Facebook again 🤣🤣🤣 🛻 🪦 🐈‍⬛ 🔪 #losersclub

KaylasReadingNook Omg 😂😂😂 8mo
robinb That movie really creeps me out. 😳 8mo
DeeLew Oh boy 😂😂 I‘m reading this now for the third time. The meme made me giggle. 8mo
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intothehallofbooks
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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Definitely one of the creepiest books I‘ve ever read, but so so good. The long, well-maintained path into the dark woods to the Pet Sematary and the spaces beyond, the whispers along the way-terrifying. I loved it. There‘s a little madness in these characters. Stephen King writes madness so well. The audiobook was superb, narrated by Michael C. Hall.

Up next #readingStephenKing: The Talisman! I know absolutely nothing about it. Going in blind!

dabbe Somebody sure looks happy! Da cute puppy! 💙🐾💚 Glad you didn't read this book out loud! 🤣 10mo
Gissy Agree! I really liked this one!❤️ 10mo
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intothehallofbooks
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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I started this puzzle listening to Pet Sematary and I‘m still listening. The story is wild, I love it, and I loved doing the puzzle too. My daughters gave me this one for Christmas because I love plants!🪴

I just got a short subscription to Completing the Puzzle to see if I like it, so I‘ll start whatever puzzle they sent me in the mail next. They send a puzzle from my wishlist, I do it and send it back, then they send another. #audiopuzzling

dabbe Beautiful! 💙💚💙 10mo
ShyBookOwl This just prompted me to go look up plant puzzles on Amazon for my mom, so thank you! Lol 10mo
AmyG Great puzzle. I love plants, too. 10mo
dylanisreading I love this puzzle! 10mo
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Bookworm04
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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Time for hands free reading. Kindle remote turner and wine glass in other with kindle in book seat nice reading time why not. #magnificentmay oh yes defo up for readathon no work till 3pm Sunday.

rubyslippersreads Isn‘t that remote the best? 11mo
Bookworm04 Yep not read much when in bed yet but defo use it when having a wine and for some reason red so much faster 11mo
BookishMadHatter I didn't know this was a thing ... now I need it more than anything lol 11mo
Bookworm04 @BookishMadHatter yep best (d5 spent some don‘t see point some see lazy me winner can have a wine abs read my book 11mo
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Bookworm04
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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#20in4 2️⃣ chapters read not to bad quick read before work shall read more when home from shift if not tired working 3pm-12am uk 🇬🇧 time so home from 1am read hour then go bed and read all day tomorrow hoping @DeweysReadathon started on that but missed it so I was told about 20in4 shall have a go at this @Andrew65 how long have I got to have a go at this

Andrew65 Up until midnight on Monday night 😁 11mo
Bookworm04 Home from shift , a drink poured and wind down read before bed just to decide what to read :) thanks for replys yes that‘s only thing Dewey‘s one I don‘t know time for uk but all good there always one on here. :) 11mo
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Bookworm04
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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Dewey‘s readthon started Friday but not had chance to join in Working later but hit spare hour now that can. Got full day tomorrow if it still on #deweysreadathon @Andrew65 @DeweysReadathon #deweyapril

Bookworm04 QUESTION- How long is Dewey‘s readathon on for i working 3pm uk today till 2am Monday hoping to read Monday when get home from work for hour and all day Monday does it count ?? (edited) 11mo
DeweysReadathon Dewey‘s 24-Hour Readathon ran from noon GMT on the 29th to noon GMT on the 30th, so it‘s now officially ended, but @Andrew65 ‘s #20in4 Readathon is still going strong! 11mo
Bookworm04 @DeweysReadathon thanks for reply yes wanted to try read but been on mix of shifts. Working tonight will try Andrews on thanks gutted missed it i in uk so was hard to track the timing I joined today 12.30pm uk time managed 30 mins reading of 22 pages 11mo
Andrew65 @DeweysReadathon Yes the #20in4 runs until midnight on 1st May. Hope the #DeweysReadathon went well. 11mo
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Bookworm04
Pet Sematary | Stephen King

👍 so far so good 8 chapters done since yesterday

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jamield1911
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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Very apt photo on our snowy walk this morning 🤣

Sleepswithbooks So distinguished 🥰🐶 13mo
jamield1911 @Sleepswithbooks he's such a good boy 🥰 13mo
dabbe I think he ate some of “My Mouses'“ 🪦. 🤣❣️🐾 13mo
jamield1911 @dabbe hahah, it makes me chuckle every single day does "my mouse" the biggest grave ever ? 13mo
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LeftyDv
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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A slow burn until it reaches its climax, Pet Sematary is a chilling take on the human condition in regards to death, sadness, and it‘s desire to cheat both. Like my prior King reads, the horror story isn‘t nearly as frightening as the prospect of our own human minds.

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Pikathulhu
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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What remains to be said about a property as well-known as Pet Sematary? From my perspective, this is one of King's more gruesome submissions, wrapped as it is in a saccharine rendition of a loving family. We're made to fall in love with the Creeds ourselves over the course of the book, a love that makes the horrors lurking toward the end that much more horrifying. A special shout-out to Jud, who remains one of King's best side characters. 5/5

BeckyWithTheGoodBooks His scariest in my opinion! 1y
Pikathulhu @BeckyWithTheGoodBooks In many ways, I absolutely agree!! 1y
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Lauranahe
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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There was less of everything than I expected; I thought Gage‘s return would be…more. I enjoyed the book, though it dragged on and rambled in parts. I think I prefer the first film.

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Twainy
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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🎧 This one made me sad. I read 19 Stephen King books in October. This is a must read if you don‘t mind being sad on top of scared.

Know what I haven‘t read or haven‘t watched even though I have the movies … IT!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️3/4

Daisey That is an impressive number of Stephen King books for one month! 1y
Twainy @Daisey readathon. The most we could read was 19. I have Stephen king burn out for November. 😁 1y
Bookwormjillk Clever picking 19 as the goal. Good for you! 1y
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Fortifiedbybooks
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I'm determined to finish this during the #readathon So far, it's not scary, but it is a bit creepy.

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JessClark78
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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Thanks for the tag @SeaToSkyes

✨ Thriller
✨ Haunted House
✨ Hard to choose one. I‘ll pick Pet Sematary since it‘s a favorite reread and there‘s never a time that it‘s not scary. I don‘t even read it at night anymore.

#ThoughtfulThursday

MoonWitch94 Thanks for playing 🎃🕯✨🏚📖 1y
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BeckyWithTheGoodBooks
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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Truly one of the scariest books I‘ve ever read. I did a re-read several years ago and got so scared I had to sleep with a light on!! 😂 King has even said that of all of his novels, this one scares him the most. Maybe someday, I‘ll be brave enough to read it again. 😂 #scarathlondailyprompts #grave #teamslaughter

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Fortifiedbybooks
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I'm finally reading it. It's been on my list of Horror and #RIP books for years, and it just might end up in the freezer, but it's time to get Halloween started 🎃👻👹☠️

Sleepswithbooks I love this photo! 1y
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kelseycoleburke
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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One of my favourite Stephen King books 😺🧟‍♂️ #OminousOctober #Cat @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🙀🖤📚 1y
Eggs Good one 🖤🐱☠️ 1y
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Traci1
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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Stephen King always paints an interesting portrait of animals. There's no #cat on my cover of Pet Sematary, but one definitely plays a big part in the story.

#OminousOctober
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🖤🙀🖤 1y
Eggs 🐈‍⬛🖤🐀 1y
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Michellesibs
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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Pickpick

This is was relatable and traumatic for me to read, while at the same time fully engaging me on how as a society we deal with death, the dying and grief. The horror was there, but not in the magical way it was when reading this as a teen, but in a very horrific raw way.

Louis will stay with me for a long time, I can't help feeling I'd act the same way given the opportunity.

Five stars.

Suet624 I read this years ago when I had two young children and there is one scene in particular that really shook me. 1y
Michellesibs @Suet624 Yeah it isn't an easy book to read at all. 1y
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KT1432
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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My #Scarathlon spooky TBR for #TeamSlaughter! I‘m so excited to read some darker, supernatural, and fun Halloween works! #Scarathlon2022

Clwojick Looks great! 2y
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allureofbeauty
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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Happy Birthday Stephen King 🖤🐈‍⬛🖤

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JessClark78
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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Thanks for the tag @Tera66

Pet Sematary is the P book my mind keeps going to. This was the second book I read by Stephen King. No matter how many times I read this, it‘s always just as scary as the first time.

#AlphabetGame #LetterP
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

A book you‘d recommend whose title starts with the featured letter.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘ve only read The Shining by him and it scared me!! 🖤😱 2y
Tera66 I really need to read this one! 2y
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Bklover
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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#alphabetgame #letterP
This is a book that I read when it first came out. It was the first (and only) book that ever truly scared me. If someone had come up behind me while I was reading this book and tapped me on the shoulder I‘d have probably had a heart attack. ❤️❤️👑

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🖤📚😱 2y
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allureofbeauty
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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Just sharing some of the out of print bookmarks I got off bookoutlet.

KateReadsYA I love book outlet. 🥰 2y
KateReadsYA I'll be sending off your bookmarks next week :) 2y
TheNeverendingTBR 😍😍😍 2y
allureofbeauty @KateReadsYA I love them too. And yayyy. I hope to send mine out soon. 2y
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jb72
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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#readmyroom #22booksin2022 #22booksin22

Finally decided to get this one finished. I do own a copy of this book, and I did purchase the audiobook too. Michael C. Hall was the narrator (excellent). My favorite character was Judd. 🌟🌟🌟🌟

ElizaMarie ooo I love that you finally got to this one! Its one of my favorites :) 2y
Crazeedi Thank you for the postcard! I'm still here, trying to get back in the swing. I will write soon, spent last week putting in my garden 2y
jb72 @ElizaMarie I really enjoyed the story. I‘d say it‘s one of my favorites now too next to IT. Judd was such a good character and it was so sad when Norma died. 2y
jb72 @Crazeedi No worries! I hope your garden is doing good. 2y
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amywithbooks
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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This book gets me every time. It is both scary and heartbreaking. The story is a slow build to what is definitely one of King's most tense and terrifying endings. Definitely one of my favorites and still, for me, the one that scared me the most. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
#stephenkinglonghaul

AmyG Also one of my favorites. Scared me, too. 2y
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amywithbooks
Pet Sematary (Library) | Stephen King
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Next on the #stephenkinglonghaul
This, for me, is his scariest book. Sometimes, dead is better....

Suet624 Definitely so scary. 2y
LoverOfLearning Still have never read this classic! Have actually never read anything by him! Crazy 2y
amywithbooks @LoverOfLearning this is definitely a good one to start with if you want something scary! 2y
LoverOfLearning @amywithbooks I'm not a big pet person haha but I'm sure I'd still like it! 2y
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Michael_Gee
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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LeahBergen Eek! 😆😆 2y
RaeLovesToRead Gorgeous kitty!!! 😍 2y
vivastory 😂😂 2y
readordierachel Uncanny 😆 2y
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stretchkev
Pet Sematary | Stephen King
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Mehso-so

Not the biggest King fan. At least not his novels. To me they're overwritten. At least the narration of Michael C. Hall was very good. And for once the ending didn't suck. Probably King's creepiest horror novel, maybe would have been my favorite if I hadn't read It first.

Done with King's novels.

TheNeverendingTBR Have you read this? 2y
stretchkev @TheNeverendingTBR Yeah a long time ago. Was the best Vampire book I ever read. Solid number 3 in the King too 5. Although everything after 3 for me is just ok. Excluding short stories, those I tend to like much more than the longer works. 2y
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Balibee146
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Paused at the midway point reading this because Covid sucks 😭😭 headache from hell for days and days (I'm so lucky by comparison though I know).

Manicure done and now crackingon while I wait for the groceries to arrive.

TheNeverendingTBR Take vitamin c and zinc supplements on top of paracetamol. Hope you feel better soon and you're enjoying your read! 2y
TrishB Yes that headache felt like someone was stabbing me in the head! Hope all symptoms gone soon ♥️ 2y
Balibee146 @trishb a very accurate description..... In other news there was not a single mention of a sport coat in this book.... Shook 🤣😜 2y
Balibee146 @TheNeverendingTBR thanks so much 👍 2y
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Shido
Pet Sematary (Library) | Stephen King
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Back to the line up, I‘ve got Stephen Kings Pet Sematary! Never read a Stephen King book before so this is gonna be fun!

#stephenking #petsematary

ElizaMarie Ooo you are in for a wild ride! Pet Semetary is my fav #StephenKing :) 2y
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