Still my favourite Salem...
Starting a spooky buddy read with some buddies! (You know who you are 😊💕)
I LOVE the cover of this version.
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!
Ohhh, how did I not know Salem‘s Lot is a vampire story?! I do love a good vampire book and I loved King‘s version. Perfect October read! 🧛🏻♀️ #Pop23 ~a book published the year you were born #Booked2023 ~a modern take on a classic
I chat through some books that have scared me https://youtu.be/3ZbxnExohE8
Tonight‘s viewing, the classic made for tv movie version.
#Scarathlon #HHC
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So, I subscribed to Audible a few months ago because I was trying to finish the tagged book quickly before a book club meeting. I really enjoyed listening to the book, but when I went back and read it again in print, I realized I missed so much on audio. I‘m too easily distracted, & I don‘t think audiobooks are for me. I‘d rather that money go to a BOTM subscription. With that said, I still have 2 credits I need to use. So my question is…(cont ⬇️)
I guess, when some random bloke on a book app says that an author with nearly 50 years of worldwide success writes bloated, boring books, it‘s a bit like an out of shape footballer on Hackney Marshes saying he doesn‘t rate Lionel Messi. But the facts are,although I didn‘t bail (Like It) I skimmed. I wish I could “get” King but I think his best ideas are always reinterpreted better by movie makers. Tobe Hooper made ‘Salem‘s Lot iconic. This is dull
I‘m getting a jump start on horror season. Who am I kidding? It‘s horror season all year long for me. 💀🖤
Horror would be amongst my #LeastFaveGenre, enough to frighten you in life without purposely doing it by reading a book. Don‘t want the nightmares. Having said that I do enjoy Stephen King‘s non-horror books.
Also add on erotic fiction which I won‘t read.
#BookBinge
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Carrie might have kickstarted King‘s career, but it‘s ‘Salem‘s Lot that cemented him as a force of nature. This is a remarkable book, equal parts creepy and expansive. One part vampire tale, one part swan song for dwindling, small New England towns that seem to dry up as the world marches forward.
Jahoobies!
Not as terrifying as the original read when I was 20…or got locked in the freezer.
Haven‘t read in 20 years. Hoping it holds up
I can‘t believe I‘ve never read this. I also can‘t believe I didn‘t know Stephen King wrote a vampire book. I also also didn‘t know that ‘Salem was actually short for Jerusalem.
I loved this, and really enjoyed reading a vampire story that was actually scary, not sexy (or, worse, TRYING to be sexy). You can definitely tell that it‘s an early work, as there were a lot of loose ends that didn‘t get tied, plot points that that weren‘t followed ⬇️⬇️
Up next on audio! 🎧 Trying to get to some of Stephen King‘s backlist.
#bookspinbingo
Needed to fill my car with gas and take it through the wash. After this, need to pick up a prescription. But still plenty of time to enjoy my book and some Panera.
I haven‘t had much time/energy for reading between work and taking care of health stuff, but I had to do some fasting labs this morning and stopped for breakfast after (jasmine latte and egg and cheese sandwich).
Enjoyed breakfast for lunch (eggs, hash browns, and a chocolate chip pancake) at the counter of my favorite cafe while reading my book before heading to my infusion treatment for my Crohn‘s. Had a nice conversation with a couple waitresses about what books we were reading, too. Perfect way to start a weekend.
This is a slow burner, laced with dread; as is most of King‘s work. King is the only author who makes me feel genuine fear. He has an uncanny ability to write small towns and lifelike characters, and this is evidently displayed in ‘salems lot.
My first foray into vampires, and these are definitely not the ‘sparkly‘ kind. Another solid book from the master himself!
“‘Sounds more like the Good Humor man to me,‘ Parkins said, and tapped his ash into the vase again.”
“Matt stood on his stoop for almost a full minute after the sound of the car had died away, his hands poked into his jacket pockets, his eyes turned toward the house on the hill.”
King‘s classic tale of vampires infiltrating small town America is just as creepy as I remember. This is slow burn horror at its finest, and when things start to ramp up, you‘re stuck on the rollercoaster until it‘s time to get off. King creates just as many lovable characters as evil ones, and The Lot‘s ragtag band of heroes is no exception. A remarkable second novel with impact. I won‘t be looking out my bedroom window at night anytime soon. 4⭐️
“And then she felt the cold flesh of his wrist and the lack of movement in the light blue tracery of veins beneath her fingers, and she ran for the nurses‘ station to report a death on the ward.”
“Floyd left. The Bryant kid put another dime in the juke, and Dick Curless began to sing ‘Bury the Bottle with Me.‘”
Unexpected day off work because of a snow day (a real perk of working at a college!). April and I are taking full advantage #catsoflitsy
“‘I‘m scared,‘ he said.
‘I am, too,‘ the tall man answered.”
Lunchtime read. Very intriguing start to this novel!
#Pop23 Oops! I don‘t have much to choose from for published books in my birth year. I was super excited to see Salem‘s Lot but for some reason in my head I was thinking The Stand, which I started yesterday and I‘m hooked on! So I‘ll finish that as my longest book on my TBR and read Salem‘s Lot this year as well. Going old school King this year!
A thoroughly enjoyable read. I can't say I found it all that scary, but I was riveted none the less. 🧛
And, of course, I got books for gifts! 🎁 📚 #bookhaul
The set of Stephen King from my Mom, who has certainly read all of these at least once and is excited that I‘ve hit my King-reading phase. The tagged will probably be the first I read.
A chronic illness memoir from my sister. We both have Crohn‘s (I‘ve been diagnosed since 2013; she was just diagnosed this summer). The author also has Crohn‘s, so this is now on both our TBRs.
A very good King novel. I was expecting gruesome horror and this was more psychological; not a lot of physical action, even at the end. And, having read The Dark Tower first, I was surprised Father Callahan didn't have a bigger presence. One of my favorite things about King, though, is that you really get to know all his characters, and you care about the town before the nightmare begins.
Lazy morning reads. Things have been quite hectic for the last month or so, but relief is in sight.
#wondrouswednesday Thanks @Eggs for the tag!
1) tagged, in high school, in the 80s—the wind was howling and tree branches were scratching my window. I was terrified. I loved Stephen King back in the day!
2) Tough pick: two series: Discovery of Witches and Practical Magic
3) dark blue or deep green
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#ScarathlonDailyPrompts #Day23 #Story There‘s no greater storyteller in my opinion than Stephen King. This is my favourite King novel, scared me stupid as a kid. I still can‘t sleep with my neck uncovered & with the curtains open. That miniseries with the scratching on the glass😱 #Scarathlon #TeamSlaughter 6pts
#ScarathlonDailyPrompts #Day16 #Scared I don‘t think any other King book scared me quite as much as this one did when I was 13. Also, the mini series in the 80s terrified me! That kid scratching at the window?😱 #Scarathlon #TeamSlaughter 6pts
#thoughtfulthursday @MoonWitch94 tagged by @Eggs ❤️
🎃 Mistery for sure
🎃 I like both
🎃 Salem's Lot
Everybody is tagged
Returning to Stephen King today, as this is one of the scariest vampire stories I‘ve read (maybe because I read it as a kid - oh, the 80s/90s). Little Danny Glick as a child vampire haunted me for years. #scarathlondailyprompts #vampire #teamslaughter
I‘m slowly making my way through SK‘s backlist and selected this “vampire” read for #scaralthon I started this Saturday and finished it this evening this #chunkster was quite the page turner. I can see how this one terrified one of my friends when she read it as a kid. #TeamMonsterMash. This read is my October #bookspin book as well! @StayCurious @TheAromaofBooks
An incredible read. This remains one of my favorite stories about vampires. The pacing is economical, the "stakes" feel real, and the characters are largely compelling - especially in the case of Mark Petrie. There's a reason I keep coming back to Salem's Lot. 5/5. #ReadKing
I wasn't on Litsy much yesterday so I somehow missed the posts celebrating King's 75th birthday started by @reggie I have posted extensively about King previously: about how I read IT during a week off from work 5 years ago & the scope & ambition completely changed my idea of what a horror novel could be; I have also talked of my abiding love for the genre bending series & the memorable characters in the Dark Tower; a few times I have mentioned
If all goes to plan I‘ll be a guest on a Podcast at the end of September to talk about Stephen King. I‘m so excited. And to prepare I‘m re-reading my favorite King novel. And reading Danse Macabre as well. I can‘t wait to fangirl over King‘a works. #returningtoSalemslot #books #stephenking #goodtimes
Ok. I'm excited now.
I was just mentioning yesterday that I wanted to watch the original 'Salem's Lot and then complained to hubs that I couldn't find it anywhere. He just came home with a present! Our Walmart has next to nothing for movies do what are the odds?? It's too late tonight but I'm diving in by the weekend.
Thinking of turning my #ReadKing into a #ReadAndWatchKing experience now. There are SO many adaptations it might be a good time.