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Getting ready for the movie with my 3rd read of @stephenking 🎧📖🔖

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ElizaMarie I am really excited for this movie! 3d

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BarkingMadRead

The Long Walk | Richard Bachman

Welcome to the #LosersClub open discussion for #theLongWalk
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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BarkingMadRead @jessclark78 @kathywheeler @imperfectcj @roary47 @fortifiedbybooks @kwmg40 @bookwormjillk @maddustkitties @tiedyedude @jenlovesjt47 @5feet.of.fury @balibee146 @bookwormahn @addison_reads @sconsinbookybadger @alldebooks @paperbackpirate @sace @bklover @karkar @julies_bookshelf_adventures @bekakins @elizamarie 4mo

Bookwormjillk I liked this more when I read it as a teen I think. As an adult I thought it was too long and SK was a bit too much with some of the sidebars. It read very late 70‘s early 80‘s to me. Still King do readable but not a favorite. 4mo

BarkingMadRead @Bookwormjillk 💯 could have been a short story! 4mo

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JenlovesJT47 I enjoyed this and am looking forward to the movie adaptation! It is one long existential crisis that fills you with dread. 4mo

AllDebooks I did not like this. I found it repetitive and overlong. It certainly was tense and horrifying. I agree, @BarkingMadRead it would be better as a concise short story. 4mo

5feet.of.fury I didn‘t like it either. Weird side note though, there was a 20 mile race that went from Kittery Maine to Salisbury Massachusetts and goes through the part of Rt1 NH that they were on at one point. I was there once also trying to beat an aggressive time cut off 4mo

KathyWheeler I liked it but feel it would‘ve worked better as a novella. I also have mixed feelings about the ending. 4mo

ElizaMarie How will this change when the movie version comes out? I am curious to see what direction this goes - and what the movie ending will be. I enjoyed this book - I liked the boys' conversations throughout the walk and the different character developments. I agree with y'all thinking this would have fared much better as a novella. 4mo

Karkar This was okay for me. Real middle of the road. It did do a very good job of stressing me out. 4mo

Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures I felt like this would have been better as a novella. It had an interesting premise, but kinda lost itself for a bit. Really stressful in general, but I enjoyed the thought experiment of how psychologically and physically something like this would affect people. 4mo

kwmg40 I'd read this book some years ago and, though I liked the story very much, I found it very disturbing and decided not to reread it at this time. I've always been intrigued by the real-life Swedish Fotrally race inspired by this book. Nothing terrible happens to the competitors that drop out of that race, thankfully! 4mo

MatchlessMarie Late finishing this one.. is this a metaphor 🫣 It was physically exhausting reading this one as someone who struggles with daytime drowsiness reading about how tired all these guys were. 🫩 I also didn‘t realize it was being adapted. I will be interested to see the movie take on it. I really like the concept but it definitely dialed up the existential dread for me 😱 4mo

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ElizaMarie

The Long Walk | Stephen King

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Initially read this years ago, had almost forgotten how great it was - knew I liked it, but I hadn't remembered the intensity of the boys.

It was kismet that one of my co-workers (who saw me reading) had also randomly picked this one up! So we have been discussing too!

Picture from one of the protests (felt like it belonged here)

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#TheLongWalk
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Chrissyreadit 💙💙💙💙💙 5mo

lil1inblue 💓 💓 💓 💓 💓 5mo

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ElizaMarie

The Long Walk | Stephen King

Ooo - It references another book club book we read :) #HashTagBridgage

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BarkingMadRead I love when book worlds collide! 5mo

Leftcoastzen Yay! That was a good one ! 5mo

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BarkingMadRead

The Long Walk | Stephen King

Really excited about this! #thelongwalk #losersclub #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion

ElizaMarie OOOO perfect!!! 5mo

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ElizaMarie

The Long Walk | Stephen King

Currently on #TheLongWalk 🚶 in #StephenKing land (Maine)
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BarkingMadRead A lovely tour of Maine 🤣 5mo

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BarkingMadRead

The Long Walk | Stephen King

This month‘s book is #theLongWalk 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

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BarkingMadRead

The Long Walk | Stephen King

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

BookwormAHN I loved The Long Walk 🖤 And I'm still on the waite list for The Stand audiobook. 6mo

BarkingMadRead @BookwormAHN I haven‘t read Long Walk in decades, I can‘t wait! I‘m still reading the Stand (for the gazillionth time) I‘ll be finishing mid April at this point 🤣 6mo

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AllDebooks I started The Long Walk in December but bailed as found it troubling and non-festive. 😅 I'll go back to it as I do want to know the outcome. 6mo

BarkingMadRead @AllDebooks definitely not festive 🤣 6mo

ElizaMarie I want to join this month :) please add me 5mo

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Eggbeater

The Long Walk | Richard Bachman

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This book gave me serious sympathy pains in my whole body. "...his feet had headaches and the blood was coagulating in them and swelling them and turning the veins to al dente spaghetti." I had to check to make sure my feet were okay after that description--the mark of great mind manipulation!

Apparently it is technically possible to walk that far. Records have been set. I Googled it.

#losersclub #thelongwalk #stephenking @DGRachel

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DGRachel

The Long Walk | Richard Bachman

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Welcome to the #LosersClub open discussion for #TheLongWalk!

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!

DGRachel #TheLongWalk #LosersClub #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion #BachmanBooks #RichardBachman 7y

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InLibrisVeritas Oh no! I forgot to read it! 😂😅 I'll have to blaze through it on Thursday. 7y

DGRachel @InLibrisVeritas 😂🤣😂🤣 7y

MinDea I read The Long Walk last year and really enjoyed it. I heard someone bought the rights to make it in to a movie a while ago but no news on when it will actually come out. 7y

Eggbeater This book made my feet ache in sympathy. It was great. But damn that ending! I really wanted to know what Ray would have wished for. Would he wish for his dad back? Would he wish the major dead? I had questions! 7y

Karkar This was one of my least favorite books. I powered through it, but by half way I was like how much longer can he go on about a stupid walk. :( oh well on to the Dead Zone! 7y

Bklover I love the fact that Stephen King can write an entire book about a walk. Creating all those different characters and scenarios all around walking and dying. I loved this one! It was every bit as good as it was when I first read it years ago 7y

BookwormAHN I also loved this book. I was shocked how well he could keep me engrossed in a book with teenagers walking. Also for me dystopian is always more frightening than horror. 7y

JulAnna I looked forward to re-reading this and for me it stood up to the passage of time. I remembered the shock I felt during my first read when I realized the penalty for walkers who stopped. I thought there were interesting talking points here about competition and spectator fascination. Ditto to @Bklover and @BookwormAHN 7y

LauraJ Finished up my reread...this is not a good book to read when you‘re sick...unless you like wallowing in misery. 7y

DGRachel @LauraJ I feel like King is not a good author to read when you‘re sick, no matter which of his books you are reading. 😂 I hope you are feeling better! 7y

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