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Another good Stephen King read. Luke is kidnapped and taken to a place where kids with telepathy and telekinesis are molded to “save the world”. Luke and Tim in this read are great characters. Poor Avery! Love Kings books that are scary true!!😳😬

I haven‘t read any Stephen King since the BIG disappointment of Doctor Sleep. At this point it seems like he keeps writing the same books over and over with a few changes to the minor details and character names. File under “More of the Same.”

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“My heart is warm with the friends I make, And better friends I'll not be knowing; Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take, No matter where it's going.” Edna St. Vincent Millay

A few of my favorite “train” books

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My 2 copies of this book. The UK edition was from a swap but I forgot or lost the note where I use to write the swap and who sent it to me.

I enjoyed this book and as always, love the way Mr. King describes the characters. An interesting sci fi novel. However, I think it was unnecessarily too long but who will tell that to this author?☺️So hard for Luke. I like the relationship between these characters. Some little gory scenes as expected😆3.8⭐️

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Yesterday, I finally finished The Institute by Stephen King. I started this books last month but due to my busy life, it took me forever to finish it but I did it 😅

Thank you @TheSpineView 🥰

Welcome to the #LosersClub open discussion for #theInstitute
 Please be mindful of spoilers. We have new readers to King who haven‘t read all of his books. When referencing his other work, please keep this in mind for our new-to-King friends. Don‘t forget to tag each other in the comments so your friends can see your reply. Have fun!
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#20in4 goals:
📚 finish the Institute
📚 finish Ice Limit
📚 start and finish my #authoramonth book
📚 start and finish my #bookspin

Liked it, it‘s got an X-Men / Stranger Things vibe with the Institute kids. And a protagonist you could really cheer for. But it seems overly long in some parts, & the resolution was middling. #losersclub

Audiobooking #losersclub since the book buying ban persists. Not mad about it, Santino Fontana is really good at doing all the different voices. Caught King being self referential about some creepy twins in a horror movie.

This month‘s book is #theInstitute Grab your copy and check back at the end of the month for open discussion! Don‘t forget to tag me so I can see which version you have! #LosersClub #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion

My February #BookSpinBingo list - thanks for hosting @TheAromaofBooks -

Make a great day everyone 📚

Just a reminder that February‘s #LosersClub read is #theInstitute Put your library holds in now, search your shelves, or buy a new copy, and check back on or about October 1st, when we begin reading this one. Discussion will be at the end of the month! #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion

I never know where a novel by Stephen King is going to take me and that‘s what I love about his story telling talent. In the Institute, King introduced fascinating concepts that made my skin prickle. He developed theories I hope stay in the realm of fiction. The story is suspenseful; the last 100 pages were intense! I couldn‘t stop reading until I finished the book.

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First book done for #scarathlon #mischiefandmayhem I don‘t think this is King at his best, but still enjoyable and I tore through the back half (pun not intended!) when the plot picks up!

Well, while I was feeling cruddy today due to the side effects of a flu shot (always hits me hard), I did get some reading done.

This book sucked me in immediately. I haven't picked up a King book in a while, and I think I nearly forgot how much I enjoy his writing style. The characters were the driving force in this one, for sure, but his easy flowing prose also just made the chapters fly by. Definitely glad I picked it up!

"The Institute is like what they say about the mafia — once you're in, you can't get out."

Now that schools out for the summer I have so much more time to read again 🥹❤️ This was a great book and I loved the narrator! I love all the kids in the institute so much 🥹

Started this one yesterday, pretty darn good so far.

Nothing beats getting off work, having a nice dinner, and settling down with a glass of wine and a good book 📖 🍷

Fans of Firestarter or Stranger Things will enjoy this story of a secret facility and the abducted children held captive there, chosen for their psychic abilities. When they kidnap 12-year-old Luke Ellis, they make the mistake of discounting his true gift, a brilliant mind. The actions of the sadistic staff were hard to stomach at times, and King's teenagers all talk like someone's Grandpa, but it was still an engrossing and tense read.

This is my first Stephen King book. I chose it because it had amazing reviews (like all of his books), seemed to be on the shorter end and had an audio book accompanying it. I have always been intimidated by picking up Stephen King books because they are so long and seem to have so much depth. I have been afraid I would get lost and not love his books like I want to.
This reminded me a lot of Stranger Things. Definitely worth the read!

I didn‘t read much in August, no 5 stars, nothing really earth shattering, but I read the first month of school! 🤣

3✨ Luke Ellis is a genius. One night he is stolen from his parents and taken to the institute. He discovers that all the kids here have special abilities that the staff forcefully brings out of them. They are rewarded for cooperation and the staff is not kind of they don‘t. Luke and his friends work to try to escape to get help. This book was really good.⬇️

Just started this audiobook. When I first started I knew I recognize the narrator‘s voice but I couldn‘t place it. Then I realized he also narrated songbirds and snakes by Suzanne Collins. I like his narration style.

Domino is such a great cuddle buddy. We rearranged our living room furniture and looks like the pups are a fan. 🥰 Now to grab a book and enjoy the evening. 💛

This was the first Stephen King book I‘ve read and I was not disappointed. Loved the fact that he threw out some of the current trends of tv shows into the story line. #thriller #stephenking #theinstitute

#BookCoverChallenge
Day 302.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

Read this over the xmas/NY break. A top secret group kidnapping children with extra sensory abilities, a genius kid, interweaving storyline‘s converging to a showdown, small town USA. King doing his thing well yet again. The most recent book of his I‘ve read, weird seeing him writing about catching Ubers but he has kept up and stays relevant. Very enjoyable.

🌟These are my top 21 reads of 2021!! ⭐ 📖

*In no particular order😉

Thanks @Yuki_Onna !🖤

1 - Hands down I am a THRILLER QUEEN🖤👸🏼

2 - I haven‘t read too many actually “SCARY” books but the one that creeps me out is The Institute! The worst kind of people…

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I was confident that I was going to enjoy this but those first two-thirds blew me away! Fantastic storytelling, which had me picking it up any time I had a spare five minutes (and even sometimes when I didn't).

Sadly the last stretch didn't grip me quite as much, so I lost a little momentum there.

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As usual a great book from Mr. King, although there were some disturbing aspects to this one, it‘s sad that while this is fiction I could see it absolutely taking place. But a great page turner and lovable heroes. As for the kids language, I get it and those who don‘t weren‘t the weird kids in an element where you were the outsider. I loved the language they used and thought it was appropriate.

Book 103🎧
I‘m not even sure I have the words to express how I felt throughout this book😶

King is certainly a master of suspense!! My heart was racing on more than one occasion and I couldn‘t stop listening🤯
I loved the characters! Especially Annie, what a spitfire🔥

& I will go as far to say it is the best book I‘ve read to date🖤

I can barely put this down, just wow. Stephen, you never disappoint. #StephenKing #SpookySeason

I liked the story here - truly horrifying as King is so good at. Some of it is well written…he‘s great at capturing minutiae and making it interesting. However, the unrealistic, old fashioned, and downright corny at times dialogue by modern teenagers was just too hard to get past. Ultimately, the characters didn‘t feel real and I couldn‘t get very invested in them.

I‘m mostly enjoying this but the dialogue is driving me nuts. I have teenagers. I‘m around many of them much of the time. They don‘t say: “Jeepers!” “Put an egg in your shoe and beat it.” “Since Hector was a pup.” Actually, I know no one of any age who talks like this. Also, nobody beyond Gen X would have any idea who Kreskin is. He needs a younger editor. The old fashioned language is distracting me from an interesting story.

Out here celebrating spooky season, because we all know spooky season starts September 1st #StephenKing #Mydude

Unpopular opinion here… SK is one of my favorite authors (like, I‘m going to marry Roland Deschain favorite authors) but I disliked this one so much I‘ve convinced myself someone else wrote it.

Did anyone else feel this way or am I just having a mood?

I‘ve been slogging through this one for a while. Once I found out Santino Fontana narrated the audio I knew I had to switch.

An engaging story about youngsters fighting against the injustice of adults who are intent on exploiting them. The kids use their supernatural psychic powers in their battle. I enjoyed this, but I feel like King did not achieve his usual magic in the portrayal of the young protagonists. I just didn‘t feel that charmed submersion into the magic of childhood that he created so well in books like IT. It‘s still a great read!

Pretty good audiobook but not my favorite of King‘s writing. He is a masterful storyteller but this story has me question a few of his idea choices. Trigger warnings of child abuse and kidnapping. I think the main character should have been older in the story for as wise as he was. The narrator was pretty good but I had a few issues with the voice choices for done if the characters. Overall it‘s a good King read if you are a fan.

Book 56
I listened to The Institute. Stephen King is an excellent storyteller with very unique ideas. His writing, especially as it pertains to women, feels pompous and arrogant and is sexist. Luckily, The Institute's characters are mostly children--children in a facility because of their supernatural powers. The book is really engaging. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is the best Stephen King book (that‘s not an older one) that I‘ve read in awhile. He took an idea he‘d used before in Firestarter (shadowy organization kidnapping people with powers — in this case, children) and really fleshed it out.

Trying to read but The Institute is a heavy book and this guy is taking up a lot of available lap space!

It had been a long time since I had read a good book , a page turner by Stephen King! Perfect for turning into a TV show

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This was long, but felt perfect for the story. King makes me interested in a whole genre I usually have no interest in.

Loved the Stranger Things vibes of this one.