Ahhhh... Stephen King

LOL... Ok so I am not a Stephen King fan... With all of the horror and sci-fi I read you'd think he'd make his way in there some how... Well I guess now he kinda has... My mom made a deal with me... If I read one of her Stephen King books then she would read one of my fave books... Not a bad deal since I'm always trying to get her to read something I've read and she is forever trying to get me to read him... She is convinced I should LOVE Stephen King because he is the King of horror... No pun intended... I love his movies but I can't stand his books... They drag and drag... I've read Salem's Lot (of course) and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon... I'm sure there were others but I can't remember... But the fun part is she's gonna read Kim Harrison's Dead Witch Walking... I can't wait until I get feed back from that one... LOL... I was gonna give her a Laurell but she wouldn't admit to me she liked books with SEX in them... I'm not 14... Anyways... So Kim Harrison it is!

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Princess Spanky Pants ~ The Real, Original, Heather T Sep 11, 2007, 6:02pm EDT

Some of his books are definetly better than others. Maybe you'd do better with a book of his short stories. They don't contain as much information, and background, which is what tends to drag his books out.

I'd recommend Nightshift, Nightmares & Dreamscapes, & lastly, Skeleton Crew- that's my favorite by far. It includes the short story about The Mist- the latest movie about to come about about a King story. :)

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Trinity*So I'm Obsessed With John Cena* F. Sep 11, 2007, 6:06pm EDT

Cool... The one she is giving me is Cell

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Denise B. Sep 11, 2007, 6:08pm EDT

let me know how that works for you two. and Please review the books you read and post them for all to enjoy.

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Trinity*So I'm Obsessed With John Cena* F. Sep 11, 2007, 6:09pm EDT

always do :)

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Kelly K. Sep 11, 2007, 9:31pm EDT

Salem's Lot is truly one of my favorite books of all time. I just love it! Another good one is The Stand, though it's kind of long.

Bag of Bones is one that's a bit different. It's got a bit of romance to it and is very engaging. Reads almost like a drama.

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Nancy O. Sep 12, 2007, 2:28am EDT

I think your mom will LOVE "Dead Witch Walking" these are some of my all time fav characters!!!!
I read most of Stephen King's books years ago, I am still obessing about the Cujo book,some of his books just so could happen to anyone. His wife writes and I read a couple of her books . I think one of them is called "The One" it's good !!!

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Nancy O. Sep 12, 2007, 2:33am EDT

Now that I'm thinking about Stephen King ,he wrote a fantasy novela for his daughter, it has dragon in the title, if I am remembering right, it's a good one, not to long.
It's been twelve years or more since I read it so it is hard to remember and I gave it to someone ( I can't look up the title) :(

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TanTrum Napolde Sep 12, 2007, 10:43am EDT

I don't like Stephen King. He's way too into details. I read a short story by him that wasn't too saturated with details & was ok. The Langoliers I think it was. And I actually like his young adult series Maximum Ride. Anything else I can't get into by him.

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ann c. Sep 12, 2007, 4:29pm EDT

Trinity, you'll like "Cell" but you will never think of your cell phone in the same way again!

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Trinity*So I'm Obsessed With John Cena* F. Sep 12, 2007, 5:54pm EDT

I feel the same way TanTrum... I feel like his books just drag!!! I have Cell in front of me and I don't really want to open it!!! LOL... But my mom has started on hers...

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