Welcome to Litsy!

King‘s gift for building tension (and characters) to ultimately deliver climactic blows of horror and heartbreak is legendary. And this, his second novel, certainly helped establish that reputation. Loved it.

Also, I‘m excited now to try and watch at least one of the screen adaptations before month‘s end.

#grimreaders #hauntedshelf

Not sure what‘s going to happen to my bookshelves if I have to buy a 50th anniversary copy of all the books…

Salem‘s Lot-Stephen King. I was reading it in college…home for the weekend. Instead of going upstairs to my room, I slept on the couch, nearer my parents. I think my Dad said something like: bad dreams? 🤣 Yep
Bird Box-Josh Malerman. So claustrophobic with the masks
Fantasticland-Mike Bockoven. A hurricane traps people at a theme park where they fight for their lives…some of them were so beyond creepy. 😬
@dabbe

50th Anniversary Edition of Salem's Lot (arrived today), the other anniversary editions and my original paperbacks purchases from way back when.

I don‘t know where September went, but I‘m still very excited October is almost here! As such, here‘s my fang-tastic & spellbinding TBR for this year‘s #HauntedShelf…

Vampy Reads:
Salem‘s Lot
Vampires of El Norte
House of Hunger
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

Witchy Reads:
The Bane Witch
The Bewitching
The Witching Hour
The Witch of Willow Hall

Team #GrimReaders

Reading some of Stephen King‘s earlier books. Nothing beats a good vampire story! Now
let‘s see if I can sleep tonight? ;)

#weeklyfavorites
@Reaad4Life

Can't believe we're heading into the last week of January! 😱

“ 'SALEM'S LOT has to do with my own disillusionment and consequent fear for the future. In a way, it is more closely related to INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS than it is to DRACULA. The fear behind 'SALEM'S LOT seems to be that the Government has invaded everybody“ (King).

A writer who can take the time to get me to care about the characters and then horrifically dispose of some of them is a truly gifted writer indeed. He is THE KING.

3✨It took me a long time to get in this one. The kids dying was the hardest for me to get through. I lost track of all the characters, but the overall plot was good. #LosersClub @BarkingMadRead #DoubleBookSpin @TheAromaofBooks

#FirstLineFridays
#ShyBookOwl

“Almost everyone thought the man and the boy were father and son.“

My favorite part of this book was the traps at the Marsten house. The only deduction on this book was for a few not safe parts. My mom and I think that parts of the story were different depending on the edition. I cannot recall the evil baby. Stephen might have excluded it. The mystery of the Marsten house was fascinating and dark in a good way. There are a lot of characters. Floyd got what he deserved.

Stephen King's classic vampire novel and one of my favorites. I love the characters, Matt is my favorite 🧛🏻‍♂️
#LosersClub @BarkingMadRead
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Welcome to the #LosersClub open discussion for #SalemsLot
 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

This was my first time reading this edition of ‘Salem‘s Lot. This book includes a section of deleted scenes from the original manuscript, the short stories One for the Road and Jerusalem‘s Lot, and black and white photography in the section breaks.

This is still one of my favorite vampire novels.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#ReadAway2024 #KingFromTheBeginning
#LosersClub

Part way through a re read for this month's Losers Club but I don't think I will be finished until early December.
Next month the read is short though (Rage) so will get caught up again 🤘

@BarkingMadRead

#LosersClub
#StephenKing
#StephenKingInOrder
#KingFromTheBeginning
#ConstantReader
#ReadAlong
#buddyread

It took a minute to get to the point in this one, but once it got going it was great. So fun to read this right after Dracula. I‘m impressed that King has had a consistent voice and style for over 50 years. #LosersClub

I have my activities for the “til you wobble” part of the day ready to go 😅

🩵 59 pages left of RTSA
🥂 I hope to start First Wives Club in honor of it being Operation Hell‘s Fury Day today
🧛🏻‍♂️ ‘Salem‘s Lot in progress on Kindle for #losersclub

Happy Thanksgiving from behind one of my new Zenni pairs! 🤓

Started this today and the forward read by the author was so good. It was about his mom and her willingness to get him what he wanted to read when he was young. #LosersClub

Really good, funny how King was somewhat self referential on his 2nd published book.

Scary vampires take over a small town & it‘s up to a few characters (including a writer, teacher & comic book obsessed kid) to fight back.

I love a scary, “classic rules” vampire.
I lost track of some of the towns people here or there but it was a good read. #losersclub @BarkingMadRead

Starting next.

#LosersClub #KingFromTheBeginning

The type of monsters described in this one don‘t usually scare me, but Stephen King really is the king of horror lol. I really enjoyed it, even though horror is not usually what I go for, and Stephen King never disappoints. I was entranced and kept wanting to turn the pages to see what would happen next. Of course, it gets gorey, so now I‘m ready for a palate cleanser lol.

So creepy and so good. King just writes the most delicious sentences sometimes, here‘s one of my favorites: But when fall comes, kicking summer out on its treacherous ass as it always does one day sometime after the midpoint of September, it stays awhile like an old friend that you have missed.
Cont⬇️

“The act of moving forward at all became heroism.”

November's #LosersClub #buddyread was a very atmospheric read. Very creepy, disturbing but thrilling read. It's my 1st time reading this and it's one of his best horror books.
I particularly enjoyed the nod to Bram Stoker with the epistolary record of Charles Boone, 1850. It certainly added more context to the longevity of evil at 'Salem's Lot.

@BarkingMadRead

1. Sunsets cause I‘m not a morning person lol
2. A spooky town

@TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday

If you wanna play, consider yourself tagged!

“If a fear cannot be articulated, it can‘t be conquered.”

@kwmg40 here a few the books we will be reading through to December 2025! #losersclub #kingfromthebeginning

This month‘s book is #SalemsLot 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

It‘s sooo squishy!!! Thanks for the thoughtful package @KaylasReadingNook I love it 😻 I‘ve not read this Stephen King yet, and I‘m looking forward to enjoying everything. I‘m pretty sure that puppy is nefarious, too. Right?
#allhallowsreadswap #ahrs
Thanks for organizing @MaleficentBookDragon

#bookspinbingo stack for November!

“I think it‘s relatively easy for people to accept something like telepathy or precognition or teleplasm because their willingness to believe doesn‘t cost them anything. It doesn‘t keep them awake nights. But the idea that the evil that men do lives after them is more unsettling.”

Repost for @BarkingMadRead

Just a reminder that November‘s #LosersClub read is #SalemsLot Put your library holds in now, search your shelves, or buy a new copy, and check back on or about October 1st, when we begin reading this one. Discussion will be at the end of the month!

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

In the mood for some Stephen King in honor of Halloween coming up 🎃

Watching the 1979 miniseries #losersclub #stephenking

A great vampire story perfect for spooky season! I‘ll admit the first part it‘s difficult to keep track of all the new characters but as the story goes on and gets darker it‘s easy to see how each met their end in ‘Salem‘s Lot.

My October TBR (plus the tagged book via audio) for #HauntedShelf.

Team #DeadSerious

I‘m back on my #StephenKing hype train and I‘ve started with #SalemsLot. I really loved getting to know the town and all its (horrible) secrets. I definitely didn‘t expect such a big body count!

#horror

Quintessential King.

Quintessential Vampires.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@TheAromaofBooks 💕 #bookspinbingo
July 2024

repost for @BarkingMadRead

On October 1, I will be starting back at the beginning! If you would like to read King with me, drop a comment below to be added to the tag list! You don‘t have to read every book if you don‘t want to! The first three are Carrie, ‘Salem‘s Lot, and Rage. I will post a graphic of the first 15 books before we start!

I will post a reminder on the 23rd of the month before, and we will discuss around the 28th of the month!

I needed something light after All Fours...

Joining in the buddy reread with @Leniverse @scripturient @Caroline2 @MicheleinPhilly @RaeLovesToRead @TrishB (did I it get everyone right?)

Still my favourite Salem...

Starting a spooky buddy read with some buddies! (You know who you are 😊💕)

I LOVE the cover of this version.

I‘ve tried to read this book several times since I was a teen, and it finally clicked for me. Right place, right time! The story was everything I‘ve come to expect from King: rich setting, sympathetic characters (and some not-so-sympathetic!), and creeping dread that I sometimes had to put down and walk away from for a bit. Very glad I finally managed to read this one, and I could see myself reading it again someday!