Actually Reading the Book I’m Named After (And All of Stephen King’s Other Work)

Before reading : I'm excited to see what happens next and am glad I'm able to do it in the same day that I read installment one! I'm curious to see if we'll finally get to read about the plant, considering it is the title of the story. I am also bummed that I'll have to wait a while before reading the rest of the installments. Well, without further ado... After reading: It is taking everything in me not to just read this whole thing. It is crazy and I'm here for it. I really appreciated that this one began with some background information. Most of which you are able to infer but it was nice to have a clear backstory to understand more of where the characters are coming from. This is great so far and I'm quite confused as to why it remains unfinished. I literally, out loud, went "oooooo!" when I read Carlos' letter to John. This is a lot of fun and so far a really good read. Installment two was a little bit more boring than installment one was, ...

Before reading:  Another one that I hadn't heard of until reading King's list of work. Apparently I'm a fake fan. I didn't even know he had a werewolf book...assuming this is about a werewolf. We haven't had a traditional monster take from King in a while so let's see how this one goes! After reading: Stephen King was apparently in his super short story era. While this is great for me cause I can read multiple books back to back, I do know some of his more well known books are coming up soon and they are chunky. That being said, this was another quick read and very short story. Not sure this could even be considered a novella, it was so short. I almost wish it was a little longer but I think for what it was it did the job.  This book was set up in calendar order and went month by month on each full moon and told the tale of this werewolf. I had considered looking up the full moon dates of that year because a lot of them happened on holidays so it was quite funny...

Before reading:  I had never heard of this before I found a new list of Stephen King's work to follow and this one was included. I found it online for free and just from what I've seen I'm quite intrigued. There are several installments in this piece and they are published together but I will read them separately as they were released. Together they are called The Plant: Zenith Rising.  The second one actually comes up very soon. Here is some information about it from Stephen King's website:   The Plant was published in six installments and distributed through Stephen's web site as an e-book on the honor system for payment. The novel has not yet been completed. If the inspiration does return, at some time in the future this project will be completed but the format for its publication may be different."  From what I've seen this is an epistolary written as a series of memos. Also, people seem to really like this one. I saw a lot of comments on the page beggi...

Before reading: I somehow managed to completely skip over The Mist  even though I have it sitting on my bookshelf. This is another classic that I haven't read but know the story. So far I have really enjoyed diving deeper into these well-known stories and finally getting the full picture. I'm expecting this to be a similar experience and I am hoping for a quick read. Let's go...into the mist! After reading: We survived The Mist ...or did we? I don't have too much to talk about with this one because it didn't have too much going on. The book does start on July 19th which is the day I read it so that was exciting. The Mist  is a novella and a super quick read. It took me a few hours to finish. Honestly, if you're looking for a quick little read this book is perfect. Next time you're on a plane or have a long wait somewhere, I would definitely suggest bringing this one along.  Because it was so short it wasn't as fleshed out as it probably should've bee...

Before reading:  I've said it before, I am not into the genre of inanimate objects coming alive. That being said, I have been proven wrong in this journey many times and thus will keep an open mind. I would be lying if I said I was excited for this one, I'm not. But I am hopeful that it will be just as good as the rest of the books I've read so far. While the concept seems silly to me, King is such a strong writer that I'm sure he can get me to like the story even if the content matter is a little bit blah. Alright Christine, take me away.  After reading: Dang it. It was so good. At this point it's just silly of me to not think I'll like something King writes. It's almost always so good. Let's jump right into my notes and talk about that ol' bitch, Christine. First and foremost, hallelujah for chapters. It had been a while since I read something from King that had chapters and this really helps me while I read. Also, I knew immediately when I saw the...