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I think this has been one of my favorite books since I was a kiddo (reading Stephen King way too early for my age!) One of my #5StarReads

#OctoberReCap

#BookScavengerHunt prompt -animal 15 pts
#BookRecommendation 30 pts so good but sad

#HauntedShelf #FreightClub team @Jadams89

1,265 pts + 45 pts (current) = 1,310 pts

#WickedWhispers #Grave

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ How does he do it? How does King make horror so human? The focus isn‘t fear, nor the horror elements, it‘s the people, and the mundanity of their everyday lives. The Terror lives on the periphery, waiting. A father enveloped in grief allows naiveté to take hold. Questionable decisions are made. “Sometimes dead is better,” honey. There are some conveniences in this plot, but they work. I‘m not mad about it.

#coverlove

This book gets better and better! I love this tradition of a yearly book for me :) #TBR for my #HauntedShelf

#HexesAndCrows

@CatsAndBooks

@TexReader
@LibraryBelle
@TheSpineView
@RedXOHearts
@Light_Of_Aether
@Charityann
@PuddleJumper
@Yuki_Onna
@JulieClair
@TripleM80
@DebLovesToRead
@Addison_Reads

= 26 points

#HauntedShelf Book Scavenger Hunt #Grave
Team #DeadSerious @OriginalCyn620

#HauntedShelf @Catsandbooks #HexesAndCats
#BookRecommendations
#Critters

#HauntedShelf
@PuddleJumper @Jadams89 #FrightClub
#BookScavengerHunt
#grave
+16 points

#BookScavengerHunt #Grave
#HexesAndCrows
#HauntedShelf

@CatsAndBooks

@TexReader
@LibraryBelle
@TheSpineView
@RedXOHearts
@Light_Of_Aether
@Charityann
@PuddleJumper
@Yuki_Onna
@JulieClair
@TripleM80
@DebLovesToRead
@Addison_Reads

= 16 points

Love having an audiobook when I‘m shopping and doing errands :) 🐈‍⬛♥️☠️

#PSL

“There was a big old St. Bernard went rabid downstate a couple of years ago and killed four people. That was a hell of a thing.”

I love when King references his other stories. 🖤

Two of my October #Roll100 picks are pretty perfect for Halloween.

This is my fav Stephen King book. I remember reading it as a “too young“ kiddo. Anyway, I read this every October :) Its a nostalgia thingie for me :) Gonna recommend this one to all of my spooky peeps. Also, the #Audio version of it is so well done too!

#HauntedShelf #HexesAndCrows @CatsAndBooks

Early Bird - 16 points

My Halloween aesthetic. I love cool fall days. Reading a book outside when it‘s chilly outside but not cold. Curling up in a comfy chair inside when it is cool and rainy. Cozy socks. Books that make you sleep with the light on. My favorite time of the year and Halloween is my favorite holiday! #HauntedHallowSwap @wanderinglynn

#AboutABook #YouveReRead

I‘ve read this quite a few times, along with It and a few other King books.

I started reading this the day before my uncle died, which made this a really weird read. Lots of good stuff about grief, though.

#StorySettings

Toured my first lumberyard today along with other activities on my work trip to Maine. Driving from Portland to the home office of the company we are visiting, we passed a couple of cemeteries & I couldn‘t help thinking about Stephen King & this #Graveyard novel. While it was written while King lived a couple of hours away in Orrington, as we dashed across a rural road from the offices to the yard, I thought of it even more! 🚛😱

Growing up, I remember going to our local movie rental place and seeing the cover of the Pet Sematary movie. It scared me.
Scary isn't the word I would use for the novel. It was horrifying, but not because of blood and gore and violence - though there is also that. What I found the most horrifying is the way it made me think of death, loss, and what makes us human.
BTW, Michael C Hall should narrate all creepy books. Perfect choice.

Well, that was indeed horrifying. Sad, rather than terrified now.
I have a renewed appreciation for what might be termed classic Stephen King. He managed a certain warmth, genuine, heartfelt moments, depth to characters and their relationships. And then he visited a parent's worst nightmare upon the characters and the reader is dragged through the slowly building dread of the consequences of some terrible but understandable decisions. 1/?

#ScarathlonPhotoChallenge

Church gets my vote for the scariest #Cat 🐈‍⬛ 😱
While I won‘t have time to reread the book for #Scarathlon I will probably try & sneak the 1989 movie in this weekend.

+6 points for Team #SpookyGhostClub 👻🖤👻

Day 26 #Scarathlon Photo Challenge - Cat. I read this last year. While it's definitely not the scariest King has written, not by a long shot, it was disturbing. #TeamWhoYaGonnaCall

#Scarathlon photo challenge Day 19
#Cemetery

I really liked this book. So much social criticism related with rituals/ceremonies. The pain of that father was so intense, deep. Great character driven novel. I know, maybe an unpopular opinion but I really liked this one. My door to read SK books. The movies adaptations are garbage for me👎

This is probably my least favorite King novel to date. I finished it & did enjoy Michael C Hall's narration, but this book was morbid & too graphic/gory for me.
#Scarathlon #SpookyGhostClub #rushathon #littenlisten #31by31 #falling4books #spookoween #scarathlonatoz #OutstandingOctober #onemorechapter #birthdaybashweekend @Clwojick @Andrew65 @aperfectmjk @catsandbooks @Read4life @TheSpineView @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES @Texreader @TheAromaofBooks

Day 19 #Scarathlon Photo Challenge

#Cemetery #Grave

+6 points #HHC #HalloweenHexesCoven

Going to watch all the pet sematarys. #scarathlon #batbrigade

I really haven‘t been participating in #scarathlon like I should be or usually do! This week has been hard…I‘ve been sick and stressed out about a new job I‘m going to be starting and pretty much couldn‘t concentrate on anything other than TV and audiobooks. But I‘m trying to get back into the swing of things and earn points for team #skeletoncrew ! Starting with these movies/tv shows I‘ve watched (I‘ve watched 5 episodes of Hill House).

Trying out the new movie #scarathlon #scarymovie #judd #losersclub #petsematary #teamcryptkeepers @LiseWorks

Honestly, I just love this book every time I read it and every time I see the movie. The thought of a father having to make that decision about their kid - knowing you could bring them back but also knowing the cost... I couldn't be the one to make it.

It‘s well past my bedtime but I needed to finish. I must say, I nailed the kick off to spooky season. 😱😳 I really don‘t have words, I‘m still wrapping my head around it. Round of applause to Stephen. 👏🏼 #scarathon #TeamCreepinItReal #Falling4Books

1. A witchy cat
2. All of the horror. I usually reread Pet Sematary in September or October
3. Back when I had a figure I had a cat costume that was adorable!
4. I LOVE themed socks. Especially book related socks. My size is 6.5
5. Halloween 1978
6. Reese‘s pumpkins or candy corn

🎃🧙🏻‍♀️💀🖤

#HHS @wanderinglynn

Things I love. Fall colors. Candy corn and peanuts. Horror. Stephen King. #HauntedHollowSwap

1. The Blair Witch Project
2. The original Scream movie - I've never viewed a bathroom stall the same.
3. Poltergeist - TV static *shiver*

Thanks for the tag @TheLudicReader and @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks .

Wanna play @DinoMom , @DebbieGrillo

1. The Descent: A group of young women go cave exploring and get lost in the extensive underground system. The less you know about this movie going in the better. It plays on fears of the darkness and claustrophobia.

2. The strangers: home invasion movies freak me out. I‘m more creeped out by stuff that can potentially actually happen than most supernatural movies

3. Pet Semetary: honestly watched wayyy too young, Zelda‘s what really got me.

Certainly King‘s darkest book, but also his most poignant in a lot of ways. There‘s one passage, where Louis imagines Gage growing up, that‘s as heartbreaking and earnest as anything else he‘s written.

It almost doesn‘t fit, but now that pics are back 🎉🎉🎉 check out this meme I found on Facebook again 🤣🤣🤣 🛻 🪦 🐈‍⬛ 🔪 #losersclub

Definitely one of the creepiest books I‘ve ever read, but so so good. The long, well-maintained path into the dark woods to the Pet Sematary and the spaces beyond, the whispers along the way-terrifying. I loved it. There‘s a little madness in these characters. Stephen King writes madness so well. The audiobook was superb, narrated by Michael C. Hall.

Up next #readingStephenKing: The Talisman! I know absolutely nothing about it. Going in blind!

I started this puzzle listening to Pet Sematary and I‘m still listening. The story is wild, I love it, and I loved doing the puzzle too. My daughters gave me this one for Christmas because I love plants!🪴

I just got a short subscription to Completing the Puzzle to see if I like it, so I‘ll start whatever puzzle they sent me in the mail next. They send a puzzle from my wishlist, I do it and send it back, then they send another. #audiopuzzling

Time for hands free reading. Kindle remote turner and wine glass in other with kindle in book seat nice reading time why not. #magnificentmay oh yes defo up for readathon no work till 3pm Sunday.

#20in4 2️⃣ chapters read not to bad quick read before work shall read more when home from shift if not tired working 3pm-12am uk 🇬🇧 time so home from 1am read hour then go bed and read all day tomorrow hoping @DeweysReadathon started on that but missed it so I was told about 20in4 shall have a go at this @Andrew65 how long have I got to have a go at this

Dewey‘s readthon started Friday but not had chance to join in Working later but hit spare hour now that can. Got full day tomorrow if it still on #deweysreadathon @Andrew65 @DeweysReadathon #deweyapril

👍 so far so good 8 chapters done since yesterday

Very apt photo on our snowy walk this morning 🤣

A slow burn until it reaches its climax, Pet Sematary is a chilling take on the human condition in regards to death, sadness, and it‘s desire to cheat both. Like my prior King reads, the horror story isn‘t nearly as frightening as the prospect of our own human minds.

What remains to be said about a property as well-known as Pet Sematary? From my perspective, this is one of King's more gruesome submissions, wrapped as it is in a saccharine rendition of a loving family. We're made to fall in love with the Creeds ourselves over the course of the book, a love that makes the horrors lurking toward the end that much more horrifying. A special shout-out to Jud, who remains one of King's best side characters. 5/5

There was less of everything than I expected; I thought Gage‘s return would be…more. I enjoyed the book, though it dragged on and rambled in parts. I think I prefer the first film.

🎧 This one made me sad. I read 19 Stephen King books in October. This is a must read if you don‘t mind being sad on top of scared.

Know what I haven‘t read or haven‘t watched even though I have the movies … IT!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️3/4

I'm determined to finish this during the #readathon So far, it's not scary, but it is a bit creepy.