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I finished 12 books between the last day of school & the first day of school.

I read:
🦈 Jaws
🐦‍⬛ The Book of Delights
🍆 Dial A for Aunties
👻 The Haunting of Hill House
👠 Under the Duvet
♦️ Crows and Cards
☕️ Something I Might Say
🌺 Maui Ink: Supernatural Tales
🐪 Cress
🧑‍💻 Billy Summers
👶🏽 A Council of Dolls
🇺🇸 The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy

I had a great reading summer: prizes from the library, good books, & I read on a train!

This King story is a one-last-job-and-I‘m-done-forever trope, & classic King had to make it with a special twist. I loved the characters & would read another book about all of the “good” ones. I was really surprised at the intricate combat descriptions coming from author with no military background.
Today I had about 100 pages to go & had to finish it!
Great “summer” read!
🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩

Thank you @BarkingMadRead for hosting the #losersclub again!

Welcome to the #LosersClub open discussion for #BillySummers
 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!
#StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion

Loved it. Sometimes I don‘t appreciate where King‘s stories meander but I was fully along for the ride. Billy was so endearing. The cliches (one last job) & writer‘s jokes/conventions playing out kept it from feeling too heavy. Even though it was heavy, lots of bad stuff happened. I‘ll be thinking of that ending a while. #losersclub

Audiobooking this months #losersclub @BarkingMadRead
& Enjoying the gorgeous weather 😍

repost for @BarkingMadRead:

This month‘s book is #billysummers 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 #BookDiscussion

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This month‘s book is #billysummers 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 #BookDiscussion

I made my #bookspinbingo selections early because I leave tomorrow for Europe and I get back on May 2. Still perfecting my system 🤣 I‘m guessing using the #libraryladder isn‘t going to work🤣 @TheAromaofBooks

Via @Barkingmadread
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2727329
Just a reminder that May's #LosersClub read is #BillySummers Put your library holds in now, search your shelves, or buy a new copy, and check back on or about May 1st, when we begin reading this one. Discussion will be at the end of the month! #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion

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

#vehiclecvr
#newyernewbooks

#12Booksof2023

Favorite read in November was the tagged book—I just liked everything about it. King has many talents (needless to say) but one of them is giving readers reason to root for complex, flawed characters, where the line between good/bad is often blurry/smudged, and nowhere is that more true than in this book.

@Andrew65

A slight departure from the usual fare from Stephen King but very engaging and it‘s got bang for the buck.
#stephenking

#Two4Tuesday

1. Clue has long been a favorite—with my kids too though my husband thinks it‘s boring. We liven things up by taking every opportunity to tell stories when we ask questions, hunt for clues, & solve the crime. Explanations of the interpersonal relations, revelations about motivations, & descriptions of the murder get quite elaborate. 🔪 🕯️ ☠️

2. Monopoly features prominently in the tagged book which is great.

@TheSpineView

Started 🦃 Day finishing a book which may well make my Top 10 for 2023. I don‘t think anyone on Litsy needs me to tell them that King knows how to tell a good story. And this one about a hired killer taking on one last job—which he doesn‘t like to think about because something always happens on the “last job”—is a fantastic read. Billy Summers is a character that stays with you, for a multitude of reasons, and his story is very entertaining.

I should not care this much about a hit man…but I suppose that part of King‘s brilliance…

Also, this story is tense as all get out and hard to put down. I suspect it will wind up being one of my favorite King books.

Tonight‘s reading

I was surprised by the ending but overall very pleased!

A little late. Thanks for the tags @eggs & @thespineview

1. Billy Summers. King is always a top choice.

2. I'm looking forward to trying #bookspinbingo for the first time, so who knows what I'm going to be reading?! 😁

I didn't know anything about this going in: my library friend got a water damaged copy returned, so weeded it and gave it to me. I didn't even read the cover flap until I was about 1/3 through and had no idea where the rest of the book was going. It's an interesting plot, and crosses multiple genres: assassination plot, revenge thriller, veteran war story, love story. It is a winding road, but I enjoyed the ride.

"After thinking it over she says, 'This guy Benjy Compson hired you, but who hired him?'" p. 285 tagged book

#WondrousWednesday
@Eggs

Out of town for a wedding and realized I didn‘t have my #bookspin, #doublespin #bookspinbingo list! I‘ll have to make it pretty once I‘m home 🤣 starting with the tagged book, and hoping to hit some more #roll100s this month. My bookshelf is starting to see the smallest pockets of “holes”. Progress, progress!

This counts 😂
#temptingtitles
#withaseason

Billy Summers is a #villain who'll steal your heart

#ScaryFebruary

#FebruaryTBR
#januaryjazz

Loved it!

The June Favourite was Billy Summers

I haven't read much of King this year, but whenever I do he tends to come out on top

#12BooksOf2022
@Andrew65

An excellent novel! The character of Bill Summers, an assassin, telling the story of a complex job. Stephen King remains a master of words. The story is so well written that I was engrossed from the first few pages until the very end. The ending caught me by surprise but was excellent. Wow!!

I have been wanting to read this book for a while now. The plot really intrigued me and I would say it didn‘t disappoint. There were definitely parts that were slower than others, but overall it was an enjoyable read and incredibly suspenseful at some points!
4/5 ⭐️

At 17 hours, it‘s gonna be a ride.

Not bad

So I listened to an audiobook while reading along with the book, and I think it made the sense experience with the book that much better for me. Definitely one of the easier reads from this author, mind you, Carrie will and always will be my favorite. This is a close second.

DNF I tried multiple times to get into this one. I even got the audiobook from the library thinking that would help. It did not. This just wasn‘t for me. Usually love a noir but this didn‘t feel like a noir to me. But looking forward to his latest book

Like its hitman protagonist, this novel has an identity crisis, and as it lurched from one half-baked cliche to another, I smelled a rat: this thing was written to be a lucrative TV miniseries. Warmed-over plotting, a female character who feels disturbingly like wish fulfillment, and King specifying the politics of EVERY CHARACTER. We get it, dude. There‘s a decent novel about trauma and writing buried in here somewhere…bring a big backhoe.

New additions to the King collection!👏🏻🖤

My King collection has been mostly gifted to me from various friends❤️

Locke & Key S3 E6 is in motion👌🏻

Current situation. Don‘t worry, she read earlier 🥰😎

The laundry can wait!

Billy Summers sits in the hotel lobby, waiting for his ride.

#firstlinefridays
#currentlyreading
@ShyBookOwl

1. Yes, love them
2. Stephen King has created some good ones, my favorite is recent read Billy Summers. He is so calculated and detached yet also likable. After all, he only kills people who deserve it. 😮
Thank you for the tag @JenReadsAlot even though I‘m a day late. #Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

#Billysummers #stephenking

I don‘t know what to think about King‘s latest novel, a one-last-job homage, war story, and straight-up thriller. I can‘t tell if it was any good, or if King‘s writing is good enough to keep me reading no matter the subject matter. What do you all think? Was it good?
I did enjoy all The Shining references, I guess…

Love!! I was excited to see the reference to The Shining, my first and favorite King book. Also references to the area I live in, I always get excited at mentions of my home and my maiden name. The storyline was great. My only complaint was the constant mention of Trump. I know King hates Trump, that's fine, whatever. A time or two would have been ok to keep the timeline relevant, but it felt like it went overboard. #20in4 #Readathon

My goal is to finish Billy Summers. Read over 600 pages. @Andrew65

I set my #MarvelousMarch goal at 500 pages. I read 940 pages. I am proud of my accomplishment.

Finished this with hours to spare while traveling Upstate to spend time with family.

Not typical King but excellently written. Looking forward to the alleged television series of it — I was rooting for Billy the whole way. My only complaint was the excessive references to The Shining, which didn‘t add anything. 🤷🏻‍♀️

It‘s hard to explain how you can fall in love with a bad man.

Jumping into this audiobook to see if the novel lives up to the hype. Interesting hit man with a heart & a brain protagonist. Mystery/thriller award season is starting up, so interested to see if King will be lauded once again. (His early horror is brilliant.) #crime #hitman #audiobooks

Captivating. Sucker for crime details

And Billy Summers takes its rightful place on the shelf. Pick! Loved it! Billy is an Iraq war vet / hitman who is working his last job. Complications arise at every corner. It was great! I really enjoyed it, and I just loved Billy. Not really the supernatural or horror elements that I tend to expect from SK but loved it all the same.

The thing about Stephen King is that I put it off for so long because once you start there‘s no going back. Diving in today, only 500 pages to go 😆