I‘m doing a pretty deep dive before watching ‘Doctor Sleep.‘ (previously read The Shining and and nearly done the Doctor Sleep book)

Watched Kubrick‘s ‘The Shining‘ last night and ‘Room 237‘ tonight.

I found The Shining movie was a little disappointing compared to the book. 237 offers some pretty wild theories about what Kubrick was aiming for in the movie.

Anyone watched these? Thoughts?
Do you think Kubrick directed the 🌙 Landing?!? 🙃

It‘s feeling like a ‘stay in bed and read‘ kind of morning 😊

I‘m desperately trying to get through this book before going to see the movie later this week.

#booksandbooze #expandedDT #constantreader
#readingbuddy #dogsoflitsy

Thoroughly enjoyed this book. I liked the telling three parts...making it a little unclear which narrator is most reliable. I was kept guessing #whodunit right to the end.

In other greatly news... I found my favourite ‘back home‘ butter tarts sold here in the city! Getting cozy with a reading snack could get dangerous 🙄

One of my favourite events of the year 👏👏👏
#Rockcliffebookfair #bookhaul
📚🤓❤️

Mini #bookhaul from when I was in Nashville. 🤠

I wasn‘t able to get to all the bookstores I was aiming for, but my fellow travelers humoured me and we visited this packed little used bookstore where everything was 1/2 off (sadly, because they were closing). 📚

Garp I‘ve read but would love to re-read, and Feast was a super random grab just to mix things up.

Nashville bound! 🎼🍻🤠

#booksandbooze
#inflightreading

I ❤️ it when books include maps!

#booknerdthrills
#booksandbooze
#dogsoflitsy

This book had me all over the place!

For one, it reminded me of what I was a kid and, too, read a big old dictionary. (I should look into having it repaired, it‘s in pretty rough shape!)

But I found it a little hard to fully connect with the main characters, the twins, as it was a short book and it covered their entire lifetime as well as various family members. At times I was ready to move on, yet found myself tearing up towards the end.

My current read (tagged) most definitely influenced my latest mini #bookhaul.

#wordnerd 🤓

#libraryholds came in!
“There will come a darkness” and “The Grammarians”

Drastically different books and I‘m super excited for both... just not sure which I feel like starting with🤔

#decisionsdecisions
#catsoflitsy

Reading The Regulators immediately after Desperation might not have been fair 😕
I flew through Desperation, creeped out and really enjoyed it. This was just OK for me.

The concept/relationship between the two seemed like it would be amazing, but what I was hoping for/expecting just didn‘t pan out in the Regulators.

I wonder how I would have felt about this one had I read it first. 🤔

#expandedDT #booksandbooze #dogoflitsy

I was late to the King game and surprised at how much more to his stories there is than the ‘horror‘ he‘s known for. In fact, I‘ve been surprised at the lack of horror in the books I‘ve read. And I take it back! This was all the horror, gore and creepiness I was expecting and from (seemingly) a less popular of his books!
(Not surprising, a multiverse Rose Madder link😉)

I flew thru this faster than any other #chunkster I‘ve read.
#expandedDT

Getting ready!!! Going to see ‘It 2‘ on Tuesday ?

Re-watching ‘It 1‘ in preparation... and had to gear myself up since I‘m watching alone.

Doors and windows locked✅
Curtains drawn ✅
Strategic lights turned on ✅
Pup curled up with me ✅

#booktoscreen
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(Bill Skarsgård is creepy AF as Pennywise!)

Waiting for me to drop some popcorn 🍿
😂🐶😂🐶
#booksandbooze
#readingbuddy
#dogsoflitsy

I feel like I‘ve only seen bits and pieces of ‘Stand By Me‘ ages ago but listening to this #audiobook really made me want to go back and watch it all. The book offered a lot of nuance to the boys‘ characters that I never quite grasped from what I saw of the movie.

🎥📚
#booktoscreen

Feeling fancy ... pulled out the champagne glasses for my cider and had to laugh when I noticed I was doing this while eating a box of donuts!! 🍩🥂🍩🥂
😂🤦🏻‍♀️ #soclassy

In other news... I‘m only about 1/4 through this book and already ... nightmares!!! 😱

#booksandbooze

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Well... I‘ll never look at bunnies quite the same.

Heathers meets The Craft? For sure... but that doesn‘t even come close to accurately describing this crazy book!

Was it all really happening? A hallucination? A metaphor for something bigger? Maybe all of the above!! 🦢

Not for everyone, but I was definitely entertained and left wondering 🤔 ... “What the..?”

#booksandbooze #lastdaysofsummer #bunnieseverywhere

Getting back to my morning #booksandbooze hang out.
This was an impressive debut.. so much going on! I think there were some ideas/plots touched on that could have made for stand alone novels as they were a little off the central plot but it was definitely interesting... and graphic! If you‘re into that kind of thing...

My oldest #bookhaul pic is from 3 years ago from the #Rockcliffebookfair, which used to be one of my favourite events. Last time I went it had gotten too big and was a bit of a nightmare to navigate. 😞
I‘ve only read 4/11... tried 2 others but it just wasn‘t the right time for those guys. All the 📚 that I haven‘t read are still on my radar though. This challenge is a great reminder for me to get back to them!
#bookhaulchallenge
@Lcsmcat

#unpopularopinion
This took me forever to listen to. I felt like it took way to long to get to any kind of point.

Again, not sure if it‘s #audio that makes it more apparent than reading (for me anyway) but I found the character‘s dialogue and actions required to push the plot along seemed so unrealistic. Sadly, not for me 😕

When all your library holds come in, but you have a 280 page settlement agreement to read before Monday 😬

My final cottage read. Far less sex and rage than you‘d think. I was more into it for the first half than the second. Definitely not for everyone. I enjoyed but didn‘t love it... I soooo wanted to love it.

A quick, breezy, fun read... perfect for #cottagetime.☀️
#greatbookcover and lots of fun 80s nostalgia.

#booksandbooze

Not my favourite Stephen King, but decent.

#cottagetime ☀️🛶
#booksandbooze ☕️
#dogsoflitsy 🐶💜

I *think* this is my cottage stack... maybe, almost. Only there for a week, there‘s no way I‘m going to get through all these, but you just gotta have some variety to accommodate any mood right? 🤷🏻‍♀️
☀️🍹🛶🔥

Whoa 😮
Interesting...

https://bookstr.com/article/marilyn-mansion-cast-in-stephen-kings-the-stand/

#booktoscreen

#Sundaymorningvibes ☀️☕️📖
#booksandbooze
#hotAFalready and it‘s barely 8 in the morning!! 🥵
#Canadianweather

#ExpandedDT ... about mid-way into the book and it‘s taken an abrupt turn. Not unexpected from King but even the descriptions and writing feels a little different.

Having a #treatyoself moment 🤗

I don‘t usually bother with all-out dinner for just myself but I‘m having a lovely #booksanddinner #booksandbooze kind of evening 👌
🍤🍠🍄🍹

This reminded me a little of The Immortalists.

The beginning of this story really hit home since my brother and I lost our father around the ages the Skinner kids lost theirs. We were very lucky, and forever grateful, that our mother managed this in an exceptionally different manner than Noni.

#weekendreads

Of course, book nerds are the real hotties!
🤫😉
This dummy is late to the game! 😆

Just finished this #audio. Not my first Horowitz, but I think I‘d have preferred the non-audio version (which is almost always the case for me). It was a fun, easy listen.

Spent lots of time out in the ☀️ busting through this read. I rarely read YA, and I think there were some of those elements that were a little off for my reading taste, but over all a solid read. Entertaining for sure and some pretty creepy characters.

Ran through most of it on a Sunday afternoon. Loved it all, which is rarely the case for me with a short story collection. There were creepy and gory tales and mingled in, horrors that can befall those living in rough, poverty stricken areas. The stories definitely had an impact. Loved the Argentinian backdrop. Shouldn‘t have read ‘The Neighbour‘s Courtyard‘ before bed 😱
Would 100% recommend, as long as you‘re Ok with the macabre.

Just finished up Lovecraft Country. Not what I expected but I liked it. Definitely Genre bending... felt like there could have been 3-4 self contained tales, all completely different if the author was so inclined. This wasn‘t a bad thing for me, but I would have enjoyed spending more time with each.

#booksandbooze on this beautiful Sunday 😎📚☀️☕️

Other than 🧘🏻‍♀️this morning, and a little yard work, I spent most of my day with this 📖... really enjoying it so far.

Spent the day yesterday hiding out from the rain. My only venture out was to the library. Figured I needed to switch it up a little from all the Stephen King I‘ve been reading (not that I don‘t have hundreds of unread books on my shelf that would have fit the bill 🤷🏻‍♀️).

Took me some time to finish, it was a #chunkster... not that I‘d expect much else from King. It started with a bang, and had lots of great connections to his other works, It and The Dark Tower series in particular, but it did feel like it dragged a little. Not that that deterred my crying towards the end (even knowing what was coming)... As I‘m late to the Stephen King game, it‘s shocked me how many of his 📚 have had me blubbering 😭
#expandedDT

Just finished this #audiobook on my walk to the bookstore. It was only OK for me. Lots of details but kinda boring. Maybe because I was somewhat familiar with the tale of the axe man, or maybe it just wasn‘t great as an audio. Dunno 🤷🏻‍♀️ I finished it but won‘t remember any of those many details.

Just finished watching this series. I really disliked the book (maybe it just wasn‘t great as an audio?) but the actors in the show did a good job of making the completely unrealistic characters a little more believable.
While watching, I was a little distracted (in a good way) by the eclectic sound track so I checked it out on Spotify, and yep, it‘s there. It‘s pretty fun ranging from Led Zeppelin to Tupac to beautiful instrumentals. Recommend🎼

Heavens to Murgatroyd! Nostalgia 😍 I loved the old Hanna-Barbera cartoons.

This certainly had a different story to tell than those cartoon. It started a bit abruptly but once I got the feel for it, I loved it! I wish I wasn‘t late returning it to the library, I‘d have reread it.

#blameitonlitsy

I really liked this quick and quirky read. There were certainly parts that, while written tongue in cheek, still infuriated, but it was definitely fun.

I was feeling some ‘The Vegetarian‘ vibes, which I also really liked, with those women who just won‘t conform and freaking everyone out about it. Love it!

My little #bookhaul from today, wandering the neighbourhood for the community garage sale and of course a stop at the library book sale.

I‘m looking forward to rereading The Telling if Lies. A high school read and I remember being driven crazy by the teacher and all the symbolism talk. I just kept thinking, what if the author just liked the colour green, and didn‘t mean anything else when using it?!? 🤷🏻‍♀️ We‘ll see how I feel about that now.

Trying to ignore the mess of being midway into the new deck and enjoy the new patio furniture on this sunny Sunday 😎
The pup was quick to join me in testing out the loveseat.
#dogsoflitsy #summerreads

It‘s here! The time has finally come, if well overdue. Sitting outside reading weather!
#booksandbooze #springhassprung
👏☀️🌷

The 2nd in the series... decent, quick read, but I think I liked the first better. Granted I read the first in #print and listened to this #audio and I always have a hard time comparing when I go with different formats. I‘m enjoying the Icelandic setting. ❄️❄️❄️

Some serious Stephen King vibes, ‘It‘ in particular with the 2 time period, the gang of kids (complete with the one red-headed girl) and older bullies to deal with... which made perfect sense when I went to learn more about the author and discovered she was a huge King fan.

All said, I was pleasantly surprised by this one 👍
Often these latest trendy books end up irritating me but I enjoyed this and the #audiobook narrator was decent.

The usual set-up on a Sunday morning.... we‘ve been to the dog park, cleaned the house and now taking a break with some #booksandbooze and #petsoflitsy
☕️📚🐶😺
#expandedDT #katet
#dogsoflitsy #catsoflitsy #readingbuddy

YES!!!! Right up my alley as I continue my #expandedDT journey 👏🧛🏻‍♂️

https://www.screengeek.net/2019/04/24/salems-lot-movie-james-wan-gary-dauberman/

#booktoscreen 📚🎥

#unpopularopinion but I was pretty disappointed with this one 🙁
I get that it was intended to be a quick little novella but it was far too rushed for me. Maybe that‘s partly attributable to listening to the #audio vs. print but there could have been a great story here that didn‘t really develop at all for me.
I enjoyed her other books with these characters so hopefully another full length 📖 will come along to fill the gaps.

The last few stragglers for my #expandedDT tour. I kept finding Desperation, but of course, I was insisting on having them both in the same edition. Finally picked up Desperation at the library sale succumbing to the idea that I wouldn‘t find The Regulators (because I‘m not into ordering it for $35).
BUT 2 days after buying Desperation, I came across The Regulators at Value Village for $5 👏

#booknerdthrills ❗️#matchingedition for a deal ❗️