Reality is thin ice, but most people skate on it their whole lives and never fall through until the very end. We did fall through, but we helped each other out. We're still helping each other.
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Reality is thin ice, but most people skate on it their whole lives and never fall through until the very end. We did fall through, but we helped each other out. We're still helping each other.
pick🎧 👀 HOLY 🐄! Do not read this book if you have kids. TW - A truly horrific crime against a child.
It did its job. Angered & creeped me out!!
You‘ve been warned.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I‘m surprised by how many black books are on my shelf. I decided to go with the King for this first day.
#scarathlondailyprompt #scarathlon #TeamMonsterMash @StayCurious
pickShould have probably saved this for the October reading challenge but I didn‘t. Oh well. This was a fast paced read and disturbing and creepy. I know. It‘s a SK book it‘s supposed be creepy. ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 read
pickI‘ve watched the show on HBO and liked it. I thought it was more unnerving than the book. El Cuco turns out to be an old legend but King puts his own twist on it. El Cuco isn‘t the Doppelgänger you‘re used to…it‘s something far worse.
More: https://www.denofgeek.com/culture/the-outsider-el-coco-explained/
pickI listened to the audio with the same narrator as for the Mr. Mercedes series, I believe. Holly Gibney from that series also makes an appearance in this one. This was really good. Things seemed like a done-deal on both sides, but almost right away, I figured it couldn‘t have been Terry. In any case, how in the world could there be such convincing evidence on both sides? It certainly had me wanting to know more
I read 148 pages in 5 hours 35 minutes for the #20in4 #Readathon. My goal was 200 pages, but adulting got in the way.
I‘m still loving this book.
Thanks again @Andrew65 !
Time for my #20in4 #Readathon update!
I‘ve read for 3 hours 36 minutes so far, getting 98/200 pages done toward my goal.
Loved the double connection - I just finished watching season 4 of Ozark, and Jason Bateman plays the main character in both Ozark and The Outsider (which I‘ll watch when I finish).
Thanks again for hosting @Andrew65 ! 🙌
📘 The #20in4 #Readathon gives me the perfect excuse to properly read the book I‘ve been sad to put down all week.
📖 My goal is to read 200 pages.
💙 It took me a minute to figure out the date was off - hoping to save some confusion. 😜
📚 Thanks for hosting @Andrew65 !
P.S. Is this your 1 year anniversary of hosting the #20in4 Readathon?!
pickFor fathers day I received 'If it bleeds' but saw it carried on the story from this bk so being a completist had to go to this one 1st +was pleased to revisit Holly gibney from the Mr Mercedes books, a great character.
The initial crime is disturbing and I'd avoid if violence to children in novels causes distress. The bk itself however is unsettling with a doppelganger idea + at times I was definitely checking that the door was locked, scary ⬇️
Couldn't have picked a better spot this morning
pickWell it‘s a classic Stephen King so you know it‘s good. Not scary at all but a fascinating interpretation of an old Mexican urban legend.
pickAnother brilliant book by Stephen King! I picked this one up because I love the character Holly Gibney and she did not disappoint. Among the sadness and anger toward terrible evil I also laughed a little in some parts. I love books that can create a gamut of emotions. On a side note I‘ve been listening to Kings books (Mr. Mercedes and this one) on audio and I have to say Will Patton is an outstanding narrator.
Today‘s reading comes with a view.
I finally got the harvest job where I get to read 😍😍😍😍😍😍 thanks @Pageturner1 did you know thus is set in oklahoma?????
Harvest has been miserable. I've been working 15 and 16 hours days at the local grain elevator and keeping up with our cows calving while Bae fixes the combine every time it breaks down. We are both exhausted. So I didn't get a chance to open my #llss package from @Pageturner1 yesterday! It is so amazing! Thank you! I love the local touches and you got my two favorite authors!
@rsteve388 and @bookgoil you picked such a good match for me!
pickAnother great book to this series! This has been the best series I've ever read so far! The characters are so well explained and I feel like I know them. Holly was still my favorite but Ralph was growing on me! Reminds me so much of Bill though. This book was soo good and just kept me interested the entire time! I physically read this one and I was flying threw it! 5 stars!
pickI always enjoy Stephen King, and Will Patton is just the best narrator. I hadn‘t realized that Holly Gibney from the Mr. Mercedes trilogy would pop up in this one! Great audiobook even if the ending was a little so-so.
pickThis book combines a plausible fear of false conviction with the supernatural. I really enjoyed some of the characters in this book. I also really enjoyed the reappearance of one of these characters in another of his books.
The storyline felt a bit stretched in places but overall I enjoyed it.
New belated birthday gift! Yay! Hope you all have a great weekend😊☺️📚!
Currently been reading 'The Outsider'. DAMN Stephen King never fails to impress by his writing.
pickTypical King - nice concept, large cast of characters, nicely rambley... disappointing ending lol
Characters from the Bill Hodges trilogy show up and it's possible the ending to that one is spoiled. Unfortunately I own that trilogy but haven't got to it yet - don't understand why this one is not properly marked as a series book.
so-soSomewhere between a pick and a so so. King builds tension and a community of monsters fighters exceptionally well. But he didn‘t seem to know what to do with the monster in this one.
panUgh, I loved the first 60% of this book and then...what the frack was that ending? I stuck with it because I was invested by that point, but it felt contrived. I was really hoping for a more creative wrap to the story than what King did. 🤨
What are your thoughts?
Happy Tuesday! I just got done teaching, and now I'm going to curl up and read until I have to go to office hours this evening.
Sorry if this is old news, but I found out how to keep your Overdrive loan past the due date! Just putting the Kindle in airplane mode didn't work for me because the book self-destructed. You also need to leave the book open and your Kindle on without opening other apps. I ran out of time, so this was a lifesaver. 🤓📚
Update: marathon read is going well. I got sidetracked when I realized my Overdrive loan was due back tomorrow and I didn't have enough time to finish the book. I ended up ordering it from ThriftBooks along with a few others. 😉📚
Winston is happy that the fire is lit and we're all cuddled up together. How is your Sunday?
I woke up to SNOW this morning! 😱
Who else feels so much cozier when it's snowing outside? I have a book, a fresh cup of coffee, and I'm ready to snuggle up and marathon read. 🤓📚
How was everyone's Halloween? Lucas and I just had a quiet night in.
I got an email this morning that Amazon is going to give me $5 toward e-books as long as I read on my Kindle 5 times in the next two weeks. Uhm, easiest $5 ever! I downloaded The Outsider today to read. I heard it's a good one. 🤓
pickIt‘s books like this one that remind me why Stephen King is my favorite author. As prolific a writer he is, they can‘t all be home runs — but that does not apply here. I was intrigued from start to finish, and thoroughly creeped out. I don‘t want to give away spoilers but unlike some of SK‘s books, this one has a very solid ending. Highly recommended! 5⭐️
#Scarathlon2020
#TeamSlaughter
#StephenKing
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pickOfficially creeped out 😱😱
Creepy good, great characters, and engaging voices on the audio
#authoramonth2020 @Soubhiville
