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Hello All!

Vickie, Katie and I will be starting this on October 4th. Please read at your own speed and I hope we all enjoy this great collection of Stephen King stories!

Please join us if you would like to read this with us or want to knock this off your 2020 Halloween Season Reading Challenge. It is after all a book cover with a cat on it! :D

Looking forward to it!

I hope y’all enjoy it!! I loved the first and last story a lot!!

Melissa �� Dog/Wolf Lover �� wrote: "I hope y’all enjoy it!! I loved the first and last story a lot!!"

Thanks so much Mel!

You’re welcome 😊💕🎃🍁🍂

Starting this today and I’m looking forward to it!

Ginger wrote: "Starting this today and I’m looking forward to it!"

I'm planning on it, too. 😊 BTW... are any of you not receiving notifications here on GR? All of a sudden, as of yesterday, I stopped getting them.🤔 I even double checked my settings to make sure nothing got reset but everything is the same. Glitch???

Vickie wrote: "Ginger wrote: "Starting this today and I’m looking forward to it!"

I'm planning on it, too. 😊 BTW... are any of you not receiving notifications here on GR? All of a sudden, as of yesterday, I stop..."

Definitely glitch. I’m not receiving any as well and I also noticed a few status updates from other friends commenting on it as well.

Okay, phew. Good to know it's not just me.😉 How annoying, sigh...

Vickie wrote: "Okay, phew. Good to know it's not just me.😉 How annoying, sigh..."

Agree! Super annoying.

Finished up Mr. Harrigan's Phone last night. I really liked that one! Stephen King always seems to write (view spoiler)[children and growing up stories well.
The Body, It, The Institute, etc. always come to mind.

I loved how the phone was in the grave and he kept calling it for vengeance. I don't know if I wouldn't have been just like Craig. ;) LOL! (hide spoiler)]

Ginger wrote: "Finished up Mr. Harrigan's Phone last night. I really liked that one! Stephen King always seems to write children and growing up stories well.
The Body, It, The Institute, etc. always come to mind...."

I completely agree with you Ginger he really excels at the growing up stories (though I still need to read The Institute.) I really enjoyed Mr. Harrigan's Phone too. He did such a good job at making the characters come to life. Fixing to start on The Life of Chuck, I hope the rest is just as good as the first one!

I started this book yesterday evening and now I'm more or less in the middle of the first novel, Mr. Harrigan's Phone. King's style is always fantastic, a wonderful picture of the life of this young boy, his influence on Mr. Harrigan and vice versa.
(view spoiler)[The moment Craig find the message from Mr. Harrigan's phone is a thrill masterpiece! (hide spoiler)]

Katie wrote: "Ginger wrote: "Finished up Mr. Harrigan's Phone last night. I really liked that one! Stephen King always seems to write children and growing up stories well.
The Body, It, The Institute, etc. alway..."

I read The Institute some months ago and I liked the story of these boys told by King.I hope you read it Katie and enjoy it. :)

Andrew wrote: "Katie wrote: "Ginger wrote: "Finished up Mr. Harrigan's Phone last night. I really liked that one! Stephen King always seems to write children and growing up stories well.
The Body, It, The Institu..."

Thank you! 😊 I've been meaning to read it since it first came out but just haven't gotten around to it. I don't know what I've been waiting for as I can't see myself not liking it. Since its fresh in my mind I may try to read it next.

Hi everyone! Just got home from the library with a copy of If It Bleeds :) Now I'm reading like 4 books at one time, but I can't resist!

Katie wrote: "Ginger wrote: "Finished up Mr. Harrigan's Phone last night. I really liked that one! Stephen King always seems to write children and growing up stories well.
The Body, It, The Institute, etc. alway..."

Me too! I'm going to start on the second story tonight.
I really liked "The Institute". It was a good and entertaining supernatural thriller. It could have been a bit more believable in a few spots (not anything to do with the supernatural stuff but more the plot) but I enjoyed it overall!

Andrew wrote: "I started this book yesterday evening and now I'm more or less in the middle of the first novel, Mr. Harrigan's Phone. King's style is always fantastic, a wonderful picture of the life of this youn..."

Yay!! I'm glad you are joining us Andrew and you're liking the first story. It stays good throughout the whole plot. :D

Lisa wrote: "Hi everyone! Just got home from the library with a copy of If It Bleeds :) Now I'm reading like 4 books at one time, but I can't resist!"

Yay again! I'm glad you were able to find a copy and join Lisa.
Join the rest of us with reading too many books and not having enough time with each one. LOL!!

Andrew wrote: "Katie wrote: "Ginger wrote: "Finished up Mr. Harrigan's Phone last night. I really liked that one! Stephen King always seems to write children and growing up stories well.
The Body, It, The Institu..."

Me too Andrew! I liked The Institute as well. :D

Loved The Institute!! Yay, Lisa and Andrew, glad to have you joining!

I finished up The Life of Chuck last night.
Absolutely great start and I was excited to see where this went. And then it just felt like SK didn't know where to take the plot and it turned into a hot mess by the end.

Ugh, I'm going to be behind on this one. I'm trying to devote more of my time to my A-Rod steroid book since I'm reading that with my son for his one college class. All I want to do is read this one instead, but we're on a deadline for the other one. Oh the woes of reading... sigh...😞😉

Vickie wrote: "Ugh, I'm going to be behind on this one. I'm trying to devote more of my time to my A-Rod steroid book since I'm reading that with my son for his one college class. All I want to do is read this on..."

Ha!! The woes of reading is right. No worries. I'm sure we are all reading at different paces. I know Andrew and Lisa have just started. Good luck with the 'roids! :D

I think I'm going to finish up If It Bleeds (3rd story) by the weekend just so I can start a BR with Terry on Sunday. I HAVE also bit off more to chew...err read. ;) hahaha!!

Ginger wrote: "I finished up The Life of Chuck last night.
Absolutely great start and I was excited to see where this went. And then I just felt like SK didn't know where to take the plot and it turned into a hot..."

I just finished The Life of Chuck and I feel the same way you do about it. It was kind of confusing and all over the place. I get that the story is going backwards but I didn't enjoy it as much as the first story. I'm about to start If It Bleeds which is the one I've been the most excited to read!😁

Ginger wrote: "Vickie wrote: "Ugh, I'm going to be behind on this one. I'm trying to devote more of my time to my A-Rod steroid book since I'm reading that with my son for his one college class. All I want to do ..."

Thanks!😂 And I feel your pain...😜

Katie wrote: "Ginger wrote: "I finished up The Life of Chuck last night.
Absolutely great start and I was excited to see where this went. And then I just felt like SK didn't know where to take the plot and it tu..."

Same for me. I'm looking forward to another Holly story!

Side note... Yay, looks like GR turned the notifications back on!😊

Vickie wrote: "Side note... Yay, looks like GR turned the notifications back on!😊"

I see that! Woohoo!
It felt weird not knowing who was commenting or answering on groups. Glad to be back to normal...for now. ;)

Ginger wrote: "Vickie wrote: "Side note... Yay, looks like GR turned the notifications back on!😊"

I see that! Woohoo!
It felt weird not knowing who was commenting or answering on groups. Glad to be back to norma..."

Knock on wood!

Vickie wrote: "Ginger wrote: "Vickie wrote: "Side note... Yay, looks like GR turned the notifications back on!😊"

I see that! Woohoo!
It felt weird not knowing who was commenting or answering on groups. Glad to b..."

Ginger wrote: "Vickie wrote: "Side note... Yay, looks like GR turned the notifications back on!😊"

I see that! Woohoo!
It felt weird not knowing who was commenting or answering on groups. Glad to be back to norma..."

Vickie wrote: "Ginger wrote: "Vickie wrote: "Side note... Yay, looks like GR turned the notifications back on!😊"

I see that! Woohoo!
It felt weird not knowing who was commenting or answering on groups. Glad to b..."

Yay! And, I love the Jack gif!

Vickie wrote: "Knock on wood!"

That's the best gif I've seen in a year. :D
Well done you. hahaha!!

😏😜

I finished Mr. Harrigan's phone and I'm satisfied. The story is good, creeping and thrilling but in the end is the story of a boy and the experiences that will bring him in adult life.
If all the novels have the same quality, this collection will be a great reading!

Andrew wrote: "I finished Mr. Harrigan's phone and I'm satisfied. The story is good, creeping and thrilling but in the end is the story of a boy and the experiences that will bring him in adult life.
If all the n..."

Glad you liked this one Andrew! I agree, it was very creepy and I really liked how it ended by (view spoiler)[Craig throwing the phone in the lake and letting him go. (hide spoiler)] It was a nice touch!

'The Life of Chuck' was my favorite of the 4 stories, a little confusing but would make a wonderful episode of 'The Twilight Zone'.

Scott wrote: "'The Life of Chuck' was my favorite of the 4 stories, a little confusing but would make a wonderful episode of 'The Twilight Zone'."

Nice Scott! Glad you enjoyed that one and I can really see how it would be a great Twilight Zone episode. In fact, it works a bit better for me now that I'm visualizing it in that way. :D

Today I started "'The Life of Chuck'", a novel that remember me an episode of the tv show "The Twilight Zone" and I see here that I'm not the only one.
I read few pages, but the beginning is so actual and so disturbing. I have goose bumps reading it! :)

I enjoyed Mr. Harrigan's Phone as well. (view spoiler)[It was a sweet relationship that made the story pleasurable, but yet it easily gave goosebumps, as well, for the creepy factor. (hide spoiler)]

Based on what y'all have said about Life of Chuck, I think I'm going to jump to If It Bleeds, since that's the one I'm most interested in. I need my Holly fix.😉😄 I'll double-back to Life of Chuck after that.

Vickie wrote: "I enjoyed Mr. Harrigan's Phone as well. [spoilers removed]

Based on what y'all have said about Life of Chuck, I think I'm going to jump to If It Bleeds, since that's the one I'm most interested in..."

Excellent! I’m about halfway through If It Bleeds and really liking it! Go Holly Go!

Finished "Life of Chuck", in my opinion a wonderful novel. The structure of the story, divided in three different episodes, gives a strange perspective to it and different feeling to the reader. Sometimes it's sad, other is mysterious , but engaging. :)
And I finally started "If It Bleeds", with Holly Gibney in another incredible hunt for the killer!

Andrew wrote: "Finished "Life of Chuck", in my opinion a wonderful novel. The structure of the story, divided in three different episodes, gives a strange perspective to it and different feeling to the reader. So..."

Glad you liked it Andrew! I wish I could have gotten something more from the last chapter. I’m not sure what though. 🤷🏼‍♀️��
I loved the beginning of that one though!

Just finished up If It Bleeds. I really liked it!

I think if you haven’t read the Bill Hodges series, you’ll get more from this story about Holly’s background and friends from that series.

Lisa - I still don’t like the poopy cussing. LOL!

Vickie - Because we’ve read that whole series and The Outsider, I think you’ll really enjoy this (view spoiler)[mash up of the two! (hide spoiler)]

I'm really enjoying it so far and, c'mon, ya gotta love the 'poopy' cussing... that's classic Holly!😄

Vickie wrote: "I'm really enjoying it so far and, c'mon, ya gotta love the 'poopy' cussing... that's classic Holly!😄"

I just want her to say "shit" for once. ;) hahaha!!
Glad you are liking this one! :D

I finished this up today.

I really liked Rat as well.
SK can write about writers going (view spoiler)[slowely insane so well! (hide spoiler)] hahaha

Looking forward to seeing how everyone likes each story!

Hi all! After a little absence here on GR I just saw that you started this BR a few days ago. Are some of you still reading?
I started the first story, well, many moons before, lol. I really liked it, it was a 4 star story for me. I just picked the book up again (wanted to squeeze in The Outsider before going on) and finished Life of Chuck. Wow, I really enjoyed this story. It's one of my favourite novellas/short stories/whatever by King, I think (N. will always be number 1, though). I liked the structure and how he build the plot backwards and it just felt right for me.
Can't wait to read more about Holly now, live her so much 😄

I’m still reading, getting close to finishing Mr Harrigan’s Phone. I really like it so far...

Yep, still reading as well. Glad you can join Feli!

Ginger wrote: "I finished this up today.

I really liked Rat as well.
SK can write about writers going [spoilers removed] hahaha

Looking forward to seeing how everyone likes each story!"

Glad you liked it Ginger!