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This is a long overdue post expressing my delight and thanks to @CBee for sending this my way. Once I get through my huge stack of library books (make me stay away from the library!!!) I‘ll be diving in. This author is now a must read for me. Thanks again, Cydney, for your thoughtfulness.

Audiobook. I‘ve seen the movie end multiple times - never whole thing. Just like the movie, I cried a few times. The written story here went off on different tandems that made it drag on a lot, to me. surprised a few times, hand over mouth freeze, moments. This book reminds that life isn‘t fair, even those whom done no bad and those who do good. That stinks, but that is life some times. I knew the ending and still wanted a different end.

I finally read this (picked it up because I liked her Child Finder series and also Soubhi‘s review). Brutal, haunting, so dark, but full of light, hope, and yes, enchantment. Absolutely gorgeous writing that kept me riveted despite the very difficult subject matter. 💔 @Soubhiville

This is probably one of my favorites by Stephen King. Some of the scenes in this book will stick in my head for the rest of my life and haunt me. This was such an excellent book and so underrated. I remember watching the movie when it came out and reading the book years ago but I am glad I revisited and read it again to remind myself of the story. Definitely one of my top favorites by him.

I did a Stephen King per month last year (although I got delayed and finished up in January).
Favourite: The Green Mile. Probably followed by Different Seasons.
Least favourite: If it Bleeds. I didn't dislike it, but it was the weakest and least memorable of the bunch.

Although I read a bit more nonfiction than normal it really fell off the last quarter or so of the year. I have some good choices to explore on my #AuldLangSpine list so hoping to have a stronger NF year.

#2023ReafingBracket #NonFiction

In love with this list, @Deblovestoread ‘s reading taste, and @monalyisha ‘s keen ability to match readers for #AuldLangSpine ! The checked ones I‘ve read and loved, and I plan to get to a good number of the rest in January, and maybe all of them throughout the year. This is so much fun already! 😁

Hi Daria @dariazeoli ! I'm looking forward to going through your list for #auldlangspine (we'd only doubled up on The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo), so I'm excited to get started with these 5, which I already own.

I'm a bit wary of the tagged, however, as I don't read horror/King in general. Is there body/medical/hospital gore in it (or, in particular, eye surgery)? It's the one part of my body that I'm squeamish about & would rather not read.