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The Stand (1978) (1990)

  Before reading: The Stand is one of my favorite Stephen King adaptations. I was obsessed with the mini series growing up and have watched it all the way through quite a few times. I, surprisingly, have yet to read it. So I am super excited to get to read it because I know it can only be better than the mini series. I know there is currently a new tv adaption (which, subsequently, hiked up the price for the book) that unfortunately I won't be watching but that's a story for a completely different blog. This is also going to be the first large (over 1,000 pages) book that I've read for this little adventure and it's also going to be the largest book that I've read with a digital copy. So hopefully I won't be writing the "after reading" too far in the future.... Also, this book is about a pandemic so I'm not sure if it's going to make it harder to read or if it'll be cathartic, but I will let you know. Here we go! *FYI, I'm apparently re...