darktowerdecember

Movie trailer August!! Stand Tall! https://youtu.be/GjwfqXTebIY

Mommamanzi I tried and tried to like it but I just couldn't get into the flow of it. 😕 8y

melrailey This looks really good! 8y

tpixie @Mommamanzi I don't know why this series spoke to me. it's not like any other Stephen King books. But I started reading them when they came out in 1982. I liked the multi-verse theme about it. I read them until he quit writing them -right around his led/car accident in 1999. Then when he started up writing the series again, I re-listened to all of them to catch up, and then finished the series. 8y

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tpixie @melrailey yes! 8y

tpixie @RealLifeReading weren't you reading the gunslinger series about a year ago? (edited) 8y

ValerieAndBooks I started this series way back when I was in college but then got too busy to continue. Younger son is interested but hasn't had the time to get past the 1st one. I found several illustrated versions in our used bookstore and need to find the rest. I think this might be a good summer reading project 😊 8y

ValerieAndBooks @tpixie I know @TheNextBook did a re-read of the series recently. 8y

TheNextBook Yep! #darktowerdecember! It was so worth it. 8y

tpixie @ValerieAndBooks Yes! Thx! It was @TheNextBook !! Sorry I got mixed up!! (edited) 8y

tpixie @TheNextBook you'll be ready for the movie. Did u do the books or graphic novels? ( sorry I got you mixed up!!) 8y

TheNextBook Oh you're fine! I did the books! The copies I read had illustrations and they were awesome 8y

tpixie @TheNextBook great job! That's a lot of reading in one month!! 8y

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Christine | Stephen King

I reread my Kings randomly. The latest was #darktowerdecember. I feel like it's time to read this one again. One of my first Kings and I still love it. Haven't read it since 2013. #stephenking17 #lovetoreread

Gayan, Josie

kylienoele I love this cover!!!! 8y

Texreader Bad to the bone! 🎼🎶🎼🎶🎸🎸 8y

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v_cuev

Wind Through the Keyhole | Stephen King

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Read this for the first time and ended up really enjoying it. The story within a story was well done and I appreciated the closure on the Gabrielle storyline. Onward to book 5!#darktowerdecember #katet

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TheNextBook I'm glad you decided to plug it in between books 4 and 5. It adds a nice continuity that you don't get if you read it as the 8th book. 8y

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v_cuev

The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass: The Wizard and Glass | Stephen King

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I finally finished my re-read of book 4 after an embarrassingly long time. I don't remember enjoying it as much as I did this time. Thanks for the motivation @TheNextBook ! I'm going to keep along the path of the beam #katet #darktowerdecember #orjanuary #oops

TheNextBook I enjoyed this book so much more than I ever have! It is one of my favorites. This and 5 are my favorites! #darktowerdecember #darktowerallthetime I'm glad you are still following the beam. 8y

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sprainedbrain

The Gunslinger | Stephen King

Reposting in case anyone else wants to join our informal read-along of the Dark Tower series. We are hoping to get all of the books read before the movie is released this summer. 😃

Read at your own pace, and post about the books as you go using #darktowerreadalong. Be sure you mark spoilers as needed, since we will all be at different parts of the story.

Excited to be reading with all of these fabulous Littens!

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Owlizabeth I just picked The Gunslinger up on Tuesday, this is some great motivation to break into it right away! 8y

vivastory @sprainedbrain Have you started book one? 8y

sprainedbrain @vivastory hoping to start tonight. This week is getting away from me. 8y

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sprainedbrain @Owlizabeth Yay!! 8y

Little_Reader @CJ5Luke You should join us! 8y

Mommamanzi Oh I am so in!!!! 8y

vivastory @sprainedbrain Completely understand. I'm doing a Don Quixote read along right now. I'm planning on devoting 24 in 48 readathon to dark tower. 8y

MeganAnn I've never read these, but have had several friends recommend them... I guess I'll join in if I can make it to the bookstore this week! 8y

CJ5Luke @Little_Reader I'm in! 8y

Little_Reader @CJ5Luke Yay! I haven't started reading The Gunslinger yet. Probably this weekend. 8y

TheBookStacker I read gunslinger last year and just never progressed. I own the second and the third but I could make myself read them. 8y

KCorter Count me in!!! 8y

RabidReader Yes! I am in! 8y

Shortstack I'm down!! 8y

Chessa Ooh! Good idea! I read The Gunslinger last month so I'm on track! Count me in. 8y

daena I am in!!!! 8y

IndyHannaJones I love this series! Stand and be true, readers! Enjoy!!!!!! Ah to be reading these again for the first time.....so achingly good.... 8y

sprainedbrain @TheBookStacker Several people have told me to stick with it last Gunslinger, that it will definitely grab us by the second book. You should join us!! 😃 8y

IndyHannaJones Push through the first two and then sh** gets real cray cray!! 8y

sprainedbrain @Hyaeger 😂 love that advice! 8y

intothehallofbooks Yayyy!!!! 8y

lennearb Just got notified that my hold on this is available. Picking it up tomorrow! 8y

sprainedbrain @Mommamanzi @CJ5Luke @MeganAnn @KCorter @Ctimmer @Shortstack @Chessa @daena Happy to have you!! 8y

DGRachel Dang it. I'm going to have to do this! I read the first two twenty years ago and got distracted by other books. Time to start over. #blameitonLitsy 8y

amywithbooks I started re-reading in December with @TheNextBook and i'm halfway through Wizard and Glass. This is my third time through the series, i can't wait for the movie!! 8y

Scurvygirl I'm thrilled with everyone joining! If you don't like the Gunslinger, for whatever reason, the story picks up quickly. Just remember you are now in a place where the world has moved on... 8y

TheNextBook I just finished #darktowerdecember and it was such a thrill to reread those books! Enjoy guys and have fun! I can't wait to see your post! @BookishFeminist heads up! More Dark Tower time! 8y

BookishFeminist Yes!! I might just join you guys! Thanks for the heads up @TheNextBook !! 8y

rekahlee Awesome! I actually started this a few months ago when we thought it'd be February and I stopped around wizard and glass so I might pick it back up with you guys! 8y

Abcdefghijklmnop Yay! More friends to join our Ka-tet on the path to the tower! 👏👏 😃❤... Long days and pleasant nights fellow travelers 😉 8y

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We Should All Be Feminists | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

So after a quick glance through my 2016 read list I chose these as some of my #topreadsof2016. This was a pretty great year in reading for me! Between the #birthdaychallenge, my annual #harrypotternewyear, discovering the amazingness that is @Litsy then @LitsyFeministBookClub and ending with #darktowerdecember... I'm wishing everyone a Happy New Year! May your bookshelves be full, and your patience not tested. And remember...

Constant Vigilance!

LeahBergen Happy New Year to you! 😘 8y

TheNextBook Happy New Year to you too!!! @LeahBergen 😘 (edited) 8y

britt_brooke Seabiscuit. 💕 8y

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TheNextBook @britt_brooke Hillenbrand can do no wrong! I love her writing! 8y

britt_brooke @TheNextBook I agree! 8y

Reviewsbylola Loved Seabiscuit, Pillars of the Earth, and RP1! 8y

TheNextBook @Reviewsbylola All of them were so good. I am so shocked by Pillars of the Earth. Seriously it's about building a damn cathedral! Why was it so damn good?! 8y

Reviewsbylola Hahahahaha, I know!! I honestly cannot even remember why I read it because I can't imagine that the back of the book blurb would have drawn me in. 8y

TheNextBook @Reviewsbylola I read that one completely off of reccomendations!!!! It is not one I would have grabbed off a shelf! Especially because it is huge!!! 8y

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The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass: The Wizard and Glass | Stephen King

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Such a well-told lovely but heartbreaking story. I keep thinking that Roland of Gilead just might be Stephen King's best character ever...and that's saying something. I last read this book 19 years ago and was a little afraid of feeling it had lost it's magic. Nonsense. I think it's my favorite in the series now. I want to mull it over in my head for a while before continuing the journey with The wind through the keyhole. #darktowerdecember

TheNextBook Roland may be one of the best characters! This book was amazing! 8y

TrishB This is my fav in the series too. ❤ Roland. 8y

KCorter 19! Ka, perhaps? 8y

Eugeniavb Wow! Hadn't thought of it @kcorter (edited) 8y

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The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower: The Dark Tower | Stephen King

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#darktowerdecember

Alas, my journey with the ka-tet is done.

What an incredible reread. This is my 3rd time reading the series and this has been an fantastic experience. This time I was overwhelmed while reading this series and fully consumed by it. King put together an incredible quest and amazing characters in a way that only he can. A sci-fi, fantasy, western of immense proportion. The story of a gunslinger trying to reach the tower.

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TrishB You made it 😀 well done! 8y

Josie Yay!!! You da bomb! (edited) 8y

TheNextBook @TrishB @Josie I freaking made it! Thanks to having Winter Break! It was so worth it guys. Especially because this time I was familiar enough with the story to catch foreshadowing and other nuances I hadnt before! I'm so glad I did it. 8y

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Chessa Nice work!!! So, have you always read them back to back? Do you recommend that over spacing them out? I tend not to binge read series all at once, but I am interested in getting past book 1 of this! 8y

TheNextBook I read them all back to back the first time and I would recommend that. It's easy to get wrapped up in the story once you get past the first book. I say binge unless you absolutely have to take a break. There are parts that get really weird but there's a method to the madness. @Chessa 8y

Chessa Awesome. 👍🏽 8y

[DELETED] 3323341091 yea! you have inspired me to binge read the series 😬 8y

TheNextBook @fern do it!!! It's such a wild ride! 8y

TheNextBook @Josie we need to discuss! I tried tagging you but I don't know if you saw it. What did you think? 8y

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The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower: The Dark Tower | Stephen King

"Ka is a wheel"

I've got about 300 pages left in this final chapter of #darktowerdecember and it has been an emotional rollercoaster.

Josie I'm not gonna finish by months end :( I just had the hardest time getting into the last book! 8y

TheNextBook @Josie This book is defintely the strangest and the heaviest. The scope is broadened so much and includes the passages through so many different when and wheres and pulls all of his other stories in. I think thats why it took him so long to finish the series. He knew how big this can of worms was going to be. It's worth it to finish but take your time. 8y

Josie @TheNextBook I'm about 260 pages in and I can definitely tell that it's going to be a long and deep ride. I'll finish before February, though! I'm determined! 8y

TheNextBook @Josie Yes!! 8y

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