tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post1135092402090560464..comments2023-10-20T16:03:03.157+01:00Comments on Devouring Texts: Devouring Stephen King: Bag of BonesLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-46755175911968590562013-08-18T16:57:49.842+01:002013-08-18T16:57:49.842+01:00ONLY TWO?! Madness! I do quite enjoy the magnets m...ONLY TWO?! Madness! I do quite enjoy the magnets moving around too (at least when they're nice) it's much more soothing than it is scary. And oh man, I know which scene you're talking about, and YES it's very disturbing. I mean, it's good that it's not at all gratuitous, and it IS the catalyst, but that doesn't stop it from being horrible.<br /><br />OH MY GOD if I ever saw him in person (if I even saw his house!) I think I'd die. Or, well, I wouldn't die, but I would literally not know what to do with myself! And I don't really like basketball but I would have sooooo gone to all of those games haha!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-46745492894920496422013-08-18T16:54:51.812+01:002013-08-18T16:54:51.812+01:00Oooooooh, I really think this might be the one- it...Oooooooh, I really think this might be the one- it's like I wrote that whole last paragraph just for youuuuu! But yeah, this is a manageable size (it's still 600 odd pages, but they *are* Stephen King pages so it's like nothing) and it's SO GOOD. Like, good without the supernatural bits, but then EVEN BETTER with them :).<br /><br />Also, re: being a Stephen King person: I kind of didn't know I was for sure until I started doing this reading-in-order thing. Like, I'd read quite a few of his books and then I just kept buying them and never reading them (hence why I was like 'I'll read them all in order and then I'll HAVE to read them!) and I liked him plenty but now he's just like my guy. BUT considering everything else I read, he sooooo doesn't fit in with that. So it's a really weird thing, I always think. But I am definitely a Stephen King person, I think it's fair to say hahahaLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-19128821492337557742013-08-18T00:28:07.806+01:002013-08-18T00:28:07.806+01:00I stay mostly silent on your Stephen King posts, b...I stay mostly silent on your Stephen King posts, because I've only read Pet Semetary and I always kind of assumed I wasn't a Stephen King person (whatever that means). And then when I realized that I wanted to read more Stephen King, I thought I should start with The Stand. But every time I see it at the library or somewhere, it's HUGE-GANTIC. Like, really unnecessarily large.<br /><br />So THIS one? I might be starting with this one.Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967657695336270359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-26983831936771752402013-08-16T23:18:10.826+01:002013-08-16T23:18:10.826+01:00I've only read two Stephen King books and this...I've only read two Stephen King books and this is one of them. I liked lots of it, and there are scenes that are indelible in my head from it. (I also loved the moving of the refrigerator magnets an awful lot for some reason.) There was one particularly graphic scene that disturbed me for a while. It wasn't an unnecessary scene as it's the event that is the catalyst for everything, but still gut-churning.<br /><br />I'm originally from Maine so I guess it's a shame that I haven't read more of his books. Apparently he would occasionally show up at my high school when our school would play Bangor in basketball. (I never went to the basketball games myself.) Once our family picked up someone from the Bangor airport and we decided to drive by his house. You can see pictures online of it, but I thought the wrought-iron gates with the wrought-iron spiders was a nice touch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-21406461739053523802013-08-16T20:56:10.650+01:002013-08-16T20:56:10.650+01:00YOU DO NEED TO READ IT! I'm trying to remember...YOU DO NEED TO READ IT! I'm trying to remember how I feel about Cujo, and mostly it's sort of 'meh'? I can take or leave the Castle Rock books, tbh. And NICE ONE buying from your competitors! I mean, really. Nice work. *applauds sarcastically*<br /><br />OMG ELLIE I am so scared of ventriloquists dummies too! My scariest goosebumps book was Night of the Living Dummies, and there's this one Buffy episode with a dummy that isn't even scary but IS alive and so it freaks the shit out of me! So basically, this sounds AWESOME in a terrifying way!! Also you should totally save it, and RIP starts in September (so, two weeks. Yessssssssss) so you can read it then! I have already made a list of books I can read for RIP, is how excited I am. Favourite reading thing (I don't even want to say challenge, cause it's not at all challenging) ever!!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-45023936135029484172013-08-16T10:58:07.307+01:002013-08-16T10:58:07.307+01:00Okay, so I'm not even going to read the rest o...Okay, so I'm not even going to read the rest of this review properly yet because after about two paragraphs I was all like "IMMA GONNA NEED TO READ THAT", but when I HAVE read it I'll come back and read the post again and nod wisely and have proper thoughts. I've sort of packed the rest of my Stephen King books, but I DID just buy Cujo from That Bookshop That's Killing Us across town (oops, bit of an own goal there methinks) so that might have to do for a while. <br /><br />Oh, and also, you know how I've been reading these really naff but completely awesome horror books? I FOUND ANOTHER ONE ON OUR 50P SHELF. It's called 'Funeral March of the Marionettes' and I'm ASSUMING the bad guy is going to be a puppet, maybe even a ventriloquist dummy-type affair, which is MY NUMBER ONE PHOBIA EVER. Naturally, I have to read this book. In the daytime, with lots of people around, obviously. It says the first guy gets killed by a model aeroplane, which made me lol so much that I stole the book immediately. Maybe I should save it for the RIP event this October, in case my books aren't unpacked by then?! Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246472269477492583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-68548672123127033012013-08-15T22:43:31.374+01:002013-08-15T22:43:31.374+01:00Ohhh yeah! You'll probably have more of an ide...Ohhh yeah! You'll probably have more of an idea if it's REALLY referring to 11/22/63 or if I'm just imagining things hahaha. Also *whispers* I sort of hated The Talisman. BUT what do I know?! I'm just happy when anyone likes SK :)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-31806264603822083902013-08-15T22:36:08.568+01:002013-08-15T22:36:08.568+01:00FINALLY.FINALLY.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-32456507043673603722013-08-15T22:34:23.972+01:002013-08-15T22:34:23.972+01:00It's not tooo... Ok, it's quite ghosty. Bu...It's not tooo... Ok, it's quite ghosty. But not in a fully scary way? I don't know- all I know is that when I go away from it, I really really remember the non-ghosty bits (which I love) but then while I'm reading it I do get a bit creeped out. But not TOO badly? I don't know, cause I don't know your fear threshold! But I don't think it's that bad.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-23546085481638425762013-08-15T22:27:43.207+01:002013-08-15T22:27:43.207+01:00I do! I do have to go to Maine! Considering the th...I do! I do have to go to Maine! Considering the things I love, I basically have to go to Maine and Seattle (ALL YOUR FAULT) and WHUT they are the two furthest apart places, basically. Dammit, America, why you so huge?Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-84631463058492510042013-08-15T22:25:05.608+01:002013-08-15T22:25:05.608+01:00I don't know, cause this is SO GOOD! But it ma...I don't know, cause this is SO GOOD! But it makes sense that you've never read it because it always feels like no one's even heard of it!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-66852640199761250212013-08-15T22:23:34.797+01:002013-08-15T22:23:34.797+01:00Yesssssssss, my evil plan is working! I mean... My...Yesssssssss, my evil plan is working! I mean... My plan of spreading the love for reasons of excellent bookness are working! (That sentence didn't make sense... Oh well!)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-88638695422219323702013-08-15T21:41:30.864+01:002013-08-15T21:41:30.864+01:00It's not my favorite SK book, that is Talisman...It's not my favorite SK book, that is Talisman, but I enjoyed Bag of Bones, a lot. I read it before 11/22/63 but now I need reread and find the part where he refers to it :)Caycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17878030813967203887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-23869300228999059412013-08-15T21:22:47.406+01:002013-08-15T21:22:47.406+01:00Alright, fine, I WILL READ THIS. Alright, fine, I WILL READ THIS. Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-40114672658950271062013-08-15T15:54:40.929+01:002013-08-15T15:54:40.929+01:00Maaaan, I have a feeling I will totally be scared ...Maaaan, I have a feeling I will totally be scared by the ghosts (It's why I haven't finished Beloved by Toni Morrison ever), but you make it sound so good! I'm probably going to try it, but if I end up terrified I'm blaming you! :)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196903315080725315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-63809680927355832392013-08-15T15:45:51.546+01:002013-08-15T15:45:51.546+01:00Aww, well this sounds good. And you know that when...Aww, well this sounds good. And you know that when you visit America, you basically have to go to Maine, right?Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-81607364656388385762013-08-15T14:23:47.147+01:002013-08-15T14:23:47.147+01:00This is one of the Kings that I haven't read! ...This is one of the Kings that I haven't read! What is wrong with me???The Relentless Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07059240496186812005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-50735636729418394172013-08-15T13:39:00.839+01:002013-08-15T13:39:00.839+01:00I have heard of this book but had no idea what it ...I have heard of this book but had no idea what it was about until reading your review, and you make it sound so awesome! I must get a copy of it for myself :)Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.com