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Finally got this after some issues with Amazon. Still have no clue what happened to my original copy! #losersclub

‘Only death can keep you from the finish line—in the ultimate competition of the all-too-near future...‘

Finished this in June.

A gruesome race where only one can cross the finish line. This was my third time reading this. Good story. Shocking at times.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#LosersClub #KingFromTheBeginning #TheLongWalk

#Read2025

Waking up first thing in the morning w/ a bloody reminder (🩸👃🏻)that the cold is on its way wasn‘t the best way to wake up today, but receiving my first SK book shortly after that resolved was a good way to redeem the morning!!

I can‘t really do gore, violence, scary stories, horror, or super morbid reads, but I have started to collect & will eventually start reading select SK books in honor of my dad who is living w/ terminal prostate cancer.

Sock mail! Out of Print US makes the best bookish socks! I had to replace Nancy Drew socks that I lost, so I splurged on these. Giving my sister a pair for Xmas. #bookishgifts

This is in my top ten this year. The whole book is told by Dolores Claiborne who is telling her story to the cops because she is under suspicion of killing her longtime boss, Vera Donovan, who was found dead after falling down the stairs. Her story doesn‘t start there. It‘s starts 30 years ago when she killed her husband, Joe. It‘s a book about a mother‘s love. What you do when one person is poisoning everyone. The lengths we go through. Pick!

Today I went to eat at our deli at work. While I was paying, the worker, who is this really nice, young man, 22 at the most, saw my book and says-Stephen King, I‘ve heard he‘s good. But he says Stephen like it‘s spelled Steffin. Steffin King. And I didn‘t have the heart to correct him. But I am gonna buy him a book of his short stories.

I first read this around the time I turned 10, so not only has it been a long time between readings, but the first time I read it I lacked much of the context necessary to understand what I was reading. Reading it nearly 40 years later, I think about this what I think about most King books: Really cool idea, should be shorter. Todd in the first half (not in the second half, fingers crossed), reminds me of several of the bros in power right now.

5/5 ⭐

Sometimes the past and repressed memories can be more haunting than ghosts. And sometimes phantasy is a place much more real than you'd think.

Testing out some earbuds that go over my ear for use on an upcoming vacation and the gym. I've got about 45 listening minutes left on the tagged book, but I had to admire the leaves on this little tree in the park. It's leaves are still hanging on & the sunlight and blue skies really make the red pop!

#beautybreak