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Today‘s mood. Why, yes, I do like it darker. This is the perfect music for this book.

I finally finished this!! #hauntedshelf #flerken #tbr #scavengerhunt #nightsky #pokemon #mischievious #bingo

Doing a bit of audiobooking while working on my first ever corner to corner crochet blanket. The colors are actually very lovely ombré purples. I‘ve been listening to the newest collection of King‘s short stories off and on since it came out. Finally finished it today. While there were some stories I like more than others, this was a great collection!

#hauntedshelf #flerken #wordsearch #creepy

#dark
#wickedwhispers

Catching up on #Losersclub September read.

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A find for #BookScavengerHunt - Orange

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🎃🎃🎃 This probably isn‘t fair to Mr. King, but I‘m not a huge fan of short stories so take my review lightly. There are some standout short stories I r read in the past they actually stick, like King‘s The Jaunt. Unforgettable!!! His son, Joe Hill gave me a couple I‘ll never forget. And one of my all time favorite books is the Martian chronicle. But there are far and few between.

These were just ok, no standouts for me.

Welcome to the #LosersClub open discussion for #youlikeitdarker
 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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This is the latest collection of short stories from Stephen King. I loved it. My favorites were The Answer Man, Laurie, The Dreamers and Rattlesnakes. Rattlesnakes stands in as the sequel to Cujo and it's brilliant and creepy 🖤
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Short stories aren‘t my favorite format, so I usually skip these for #losersclub (&truthfully I only made it 1/2 way but library holds are calling to me) but I enjoyed Two Talented Bastids, Danny Coughlin‘s Bad Dream, On Slide Inn Road & Red Screen.

Like with any short story collection some were better than others, but overall a really good read. I appreciate that King‘s characters seem to be aging right along with him. It‘s nice to read about people 40-60 being haunted 🤣

I got this book when it first came out but since it‘s short stories , easy to read one or two then set it aside. I liked some more than others, one is more a novella. What always charms me about King ,he‘s always a craftsman with his writing, and delights in the details that bring characters and places alive.Long live the King !👑 This is the first day in months that Phoenix hasn‘t suffered record heat , it‘s almost driven me mad .

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This month's book is #YouLikeltDarker Grab your copy and check back at the end of the month for open discussion! Don't forget to tag me so l can see which version you have! #LosersClub #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead

This month‘s book is #YouLikeItDarker 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

Next up for #losersclub with @barkingmadread
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Just a reminder that September‘s #LosersClub read is #Youlikeitdarker 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

My top fiction read in July was the new book of short stories ‘You Like It Darker‘ by Stephen King

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I could not put down this book! I liked some stories more than others but did not feel like there was a single dud. This felt like classic Stephen King with some meta fiction, nods to other authors, references to his older works and many never before published stories.

normally don‘t read horror and I stopped reading King because he freaked me out too much 15 years ago:). Gave him another chance with these short stories and they were fantastic- believable sequence of events that are well written then dark. He‘s exceptional writer and this is a great collection. I just wish these stories/characters would stop entering my dreams after reading them.

I always have such a hard time reviewing story collections, but I‘m getting smarter: this time I rated each story as I finished it and tried to average.

I truly enjoyed every story at least a little. Two of them were legitimately scary/creepy, but all of them were dark (as promised). Cujo characters and Duma Key making an appearance (in the same story!) = very cool, and Danny Coughlin‘s Bad Dream is 5⭐️ perfection all by itself.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

I'm a Stephen King fan so this review is a bit biased. I enjoyed all the stories in this book. Some were more memorable than others but overall I really enjoyed all of them. My favorite was the story titled "Rattlesnakes". Whether you're a fan of King or not, it's a great book of stories.

Definitely not my favorite Stephen King collection but still a soft pick. My favorite stories were Rattlesnakes and The Answer Man. Rattlesnakes was by far the scariest story to me and had that great combo of terror and the supernatural I love. The Answer Man was just plain creepy! The rest were ok but not really all that “dark” to me. Will still read everything he writes 🤣! 🌟🌟🌟

Haven‘t read King in a while, and I was already biased toward this one since I prefer his shorter works to most of his novels. There were two that fell flat for me, but over all, I really enjoyed this. I loved Danny Coughlin‘s Bad Dream, The Turbulence Experts, and Laurie, and the nods to Flannery O‘Connor and Len Deighton - had to go back and reread A Good Man is Hard to Find. The move toward older MCs was nice; write what you know, right?

I thoroughly enjoyed this. Some of the stories have already started to fade in my memory, but some will live forever. Danny Coughlin‘s Bad Dream is hands down my favorite; I couldn‘t put it down, racing to the end to find out what happens. However, I did DNF Rattlesnakes; the grief in that one was too much for me. I haven‘t read Cujo, knowing the end, and this sequel was…sad. I hear if you stick with it, it‘s fantastic and creepy.

Soft pick. Not really SK at his best. Most of the short stories were enjoyable enough, but not memorable. The line editors and/or researchers could have done their jobs better, because there are some glaring mistakes in several stories. That said, the two novellas were solid. One of them (featuring a character from Cujo) really creeped me out. And there were a couple of other stories that might linger for a while.

Library hold came in, so my weekend is made.
Having lived in Florida, I‘m hoping this giant land alligator stays put. 🐊

Great!!!!

Everyone is scattered about today doing their own thing, leaving me to find time to paint and audiobook the newest Stephen King. Clearly I would not be able to paint without my little helper.

In most short story collections, a couple of the stories are great, most are good, and a few are disappointing. Not Uncle Stevie‘s stories! Every single story had me absorbed and racing to get to the ending. I loved all of the stories!

I feel like Leonard Cohen is an artist I could really sink into, but I'm not familiar with his work aside from a handful of songs and the album You Want It Darker, which was released just weeks before his death. I've been listening to it more this year, as I think of it every time I hear about Stephen King's latest. "On the Level" is a brilliant song.

https://youtu.be/M0uq5cgd2So

#tuesdaytunes

I‘ve been waiting for the moment all weekend when I could finally sit down and crack this one open!

Especially liked the longer stories: The Dream and Rattlesnakes

Thanks for pushing me, without pushing me @Oryx @TrishB @scripturient

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It's been awhile since I have read Stephen King. I love that this is a book of his short stories. My love of reading started with Stephen King!!

For me no one does short stories like Stephen King. This collection is so good. Some stories are almost novellas. Danny Coughlins bad dream is superb and the Jalbert/Javert cop so sinister. The answer man, 😢 I‘m driving fast past any stands with red umbrellas on the roadside from now on. I flew through these so fast that I will go back and re read some again. Nice nod to Leonard Cohen in the title. Thank you from a Constant reader ❤️

These stories explore the idea of "darkness" in all the forms it comes. While all of the stores resonated with me, "Danny Coughlin's Bad Dream" is a story that had me completely engrossed. The joy of this collection is its ability to dance from genre to genre with a similar thread through each story, putting King's nuance as a writer on full display. I've grown up on his writing, and as I approach my 50's, his books continue to affect me.

Managed to find a purple slipcase set of both the WHS & Waterstones editions ☺️

Just waiting on the Independent Booksellers & US editions to arrive

Out of 12 short stories only 2 were like 'O kayyyyyy and?' My favorites: Two Talented Bastids, and The Answer Man
I enjoyed the rest, but for some reason I did not find myself compelled to pick up this book. Haven't felt that way about SK since Fairy Tale 😕

33/62

Constant reader over here

GASP!!! at the end of chapter 51 (the Danny story) there's Ella letting out a breath she wasn't aware of holding!

Mr King, I choked on my morning tea! 😂😂😂

@Oryx @TrishB @scripturient
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Rusty is already demonstrating that he's a Stephen King fan! 😻💕📚 #catsoflitsy #littenkitten #rusty

Woke up @ 2.30. Reading some of the short stories saved the night. Now, the next evening, reading - The dreamers - Hope this story doesn‘t come back to haunt me tonight. Picture is related to the story. Love the book!

Short stories are never my favourite, but somehow King‘s are different. A great collection, some excellent, some ok, some creepy.
I would have loved an 800 page novel but these will do for now 😁

I just finished. All in all, it was a really good book of stories. Some (Danny Coughlin‘s Dream and Rattlesnakes) were really good. The rest were good with a couple that were just meh.

I folded under the peer pressure, twice actually.

1) @TrishB, @Oryx and @scripturient were all reading the tagged book yesterday and so I got the audiobook

2) the feline highnesses decided the night's up at 4:31 a.m. I got up at 5:30, have been tinkering around the flat (🧺🪣🚮) and am sitting in the early morning sunshine listening to the #audiobook

"My father--my *famous* father--died in 2023, at the age of ninety."

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Taking a break from Shakespeare to read my new King book. I‘ve been anxiously awaiting this book since November. #constantreader