"I could never be a surgeon" Lol love it!! You're hilarious. Your spreads look great! This year I want to the A-Z challenge with author's last name as well as book titles. Happy reading!

I’ve heard them called Dutch doors before. Your journal is looking great!

Thanks for sharing this! I'm doing a reading journal for the first time for 2025, so I've been devouring content. lol I like your barn doors for your 2025 books. I'm trying to figure out how to incorporate a barn door or three in my 2025 journal. I hope you'll share any monthly spreads you do, or maybe quarterly flip-throughs? I'm looking forward to seeing how your journal grows throughout the year!

For the micron pens I’ve found out they work better when they are held more perpendicular then at a slant. I was having an issue with mine as well.

Two of my faves are Duma Key and The Institute! Also from Richard Bachman "The Long Walk" :) I have read 11 of his books, but I still have a lot of his classics to read.

Start the shining at part two. It's the second half of book and you won't miss a thing

I have read several SK books but I tend to love or hate them. My #1 is 11/22/63 which we totally agree on but my list differs from there. #2 is the Shining #3 Pet Semetary #4 Delores Claiborne #5 Dead Zone #6 Elevation and have hated the rest.....IT....Cujo.....Carrie.....Fairy Tale....DNF...Misery......The Outsider

My rankings Liseys Story- 5 star (beloved) Carrie- 5 stars Geralds Game 3.5 stars Christine 3 stars

DARK but real

No, books have always been about human nature. The good ones, at least.

Thanks for making this, but please stop with the tik tok twit microphone holding. It is irritating. It works just fine clipped to your shirt

...Yup, this is precisely why gatekeeping in the literary market needs to be stamped out by federal regulation. Too many 'liberal' (meaningless word, given the context) women in positions where they get to screen authors to stonewall them from getting their work published because it doesn't advance their propaganda. All of these agent bios with heavy indications of a DEI bias, proves that the entire medium is now co-opted by this stuff. The result is resoundingly clear: Mediocrity, sharp decay in readership, no more original fiction, no more flagship IPs. You are destroying everything. Just a procession of foaming at the mouth, line-towing ideologues and harmless fluff, fan fiction and smut producers, which flood our bookstores with frivolous and often mean-spirited garbage that is constantly promoting social division and the decay of morality for the young. You are TOXIC people. Books are upstream from society. It is absolutely heartbreaking to hear these cynical takes and faux concerns, under the guise of "Justice" in a medium which is the genesis of creative freedom. You guys are just about done here. The common folk want amazing stories with higher values and superior moral positions that speak to humans as a whole, not whatever you crabs in a bucket decided society should become. You are the hate. You are the evil and the decay and you keep projecting that to your perceived adversaries like we're all just knuckle-draggers over here. People are seeing this and the consensus was just revealed this election: EVERYONE is sick of you. You are free to write and publish whatever you want, but you don't get to force the rest of us to make it about your politics. Literature is not your personal playground. It is Democracy manifest, it is open and available to all views and approaches, you literal, pockmarked FASCIST. I'm writing my books to defeat this diseased mentality and no matter how much bs I have to endure from you people, it will come through and prove by merit why you're trash. These braindead takes from embittered people over my craft, make me angry enough to make that my personal crusade going forward. I won't let you destroy creative freedom, you decadent, stupid philistines. The day my work is recognized I will immediately place all of my efforts to ensure that you don't get to attack freedom of speech ever again.

😮Let's be honest, it's abortion your talking about. And the us supreme Court literally said we have no opinion on it. Almost every liberal state has less restrictive abortion than they did under roe Wade. Some states have more restrictive. Disagree, but it seems like a pretty logical result in a federated republic.

I’m sure writers are watering at the mouth with possibilities for more fiction books even when it doesn’t conform to reality like they think it does.

Thanks for making this. Im adding a lot to my TBR. 💯💙

How much percentage of you guys voted against people that didn’t vote as a Aussie where it’s compulsory to vote in like you guys so if you now please let me know ❤❤❤

Parable of the sower to add to that 😔

Okay, I’ll give you my rankings. It The Stand Wizard and Glass ‘Salem’s Lot The Shining 11/22/63 Misery The Green Mile Different Seasons Pet Sematary The Waste Lands Duma Key Hearts in Atlantis If It Bleeds Under the Dome The Drawing of the Three Everything’s Eventual The Dead Zone The Outsider Full Dark, No Stars The Long Walk Carrie Needful Things Bag of Bones Christine Night Shift Nightmares & Dreamscapes Firestarter Skeleton Crew You Like It Darker Billy Summers Finders Keepers Four Past Midnight The Dark Tower Mr. Mercedes Insomnia Just After Sunset End of Watch The Gunslinger Black House The Bazaar of Bad Dreams Holly Rose Madder Danse Macabre Gwendy’s Button Box The Regulators Dolores Claiborne On Writing Desperation Wolves of the Calla The Talisman Gwendy's Final Task Doctor Sleep The Running Man The Institute Gerald’s Game Joyland The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Thinner Later The Eyes of the Dragon Rage The Wind Through the Keyhole Fairy Tale Cujo Lisey's Story The Dark Half Elevation Blaze Sleeping Beauties Revival Roadwork Song of Susannah Dreamcatcher The Colorado Kid Cell The Tommyknockers From a Buick 8

I've read 30ish of his books. My top 3: 1) The Stand 2) It 3) The Dark Toer series

I agree Carrie sucks!!

I just finished Fairy Tale. I loved the first third of the book, but unfortunately, somewhere around the halfway point the story kinda fell apart for me. I wouldn't say it was terrible, but I was pretty disappointed by it.

Loved The Troop, can’t wait to check out the Queen by Nick Cutter! Also just found out that’s just his pen name 😂

I recently rewatched The Faculty as well and it holds up! Totally forgot about / didn’t previously appreciate that cast! Gonna have to finally read The Troop 🪱 Your matches and recommendations are top notch and your videos are always very relaxing - cheers! Happy Halloween!

Just finished The haunting of Hill House and it was good. Not as scary as the netflix show ;)

Excellent video. Some titles you didn't mention that I thoroughly enjoyed. Revival Under the Dome Duma Key The Institute You Like it Darker (short stories) Billy Summers Needful Things Cheers!

Hope you enjoy your spooky reads this season 💀👻🦇🎃🍂🍁📚☕

Apparently the Descent film is somehow not based on the book (maybe that’s what their lawyers told them to say…). Nevertheless I didn’t know there was a book so thanks for bringing that one up!

Some fab titles on your TBR! Hope you enjoy them!

Woof. Not going to use that explanation of The Shining ever. Lol

I disagree with your opinion about Carrie because I adore it! To be fair though I have a very biased opinion on it because I read it as a very insecure teenager with many issues so I connected with Carrie and Sue as characters. This isn't me dismissing your opinion of course! It's just that with this book's format you need to connect with the characters in a very short time to get invested. I recommend the Green Mile and his short story collection The Night Shift. Also it's not one of his books but a movie adaptation of his short story The Body but I recommend the movie Stand By Me, it is a very heartfelt story, if you like River Phoenix the ending will make you cry. I also want to read Gerald's Game and Dolores Claiborne because of how good their movie adaptations are. I haven't read 11/22/63 because I am not from the US and don't know anything about JFK but if the books covers it I will give it a shot.

it's so funny to hear just how wildly people's opinions can differ. i agree that stephen king is often times long-winded, but honestly it's something i enjoy. HOWEVER even with that in mind, that's crazy that people thought that the first chunk of salem's lot was hard to get through because i was fully captivated the whole time. (i do fully agree that he often drops the ball on endings, and his portrayals of women and minorities and like.... children is quite questionable at times) short list of my fav king books, just off the top of my head: Hearts in Atlantis!!!!!!! (fav book of all time) It Duma Key Salem's Lot honorary mentions of "was obsessed with this book until the ending" Tommyknockers Bag of Bones

I'm happy he's sober, but cocaine fueled Steven was fun to read

I haven't seen the 2019 Pet Sematary since theaters but I remember liking how bleak it was. The Starcrawler cover of the song slaps though

I'm so excited to see you posting videos again. And you have so many great Stephen King books to look forward to. Here's a list of my favorites, in no particular order: Billy Summers The Dead Zone Duma Key Salems Lot Bag of Bones And there's plenty beyond those, of course. We're probably due to make another video together soon!

YESSS IAIN RIED 👏👏

Pig 🫶🫶🫶 so underrated!!!

Didn't realize neon films was starting to get the a24 treatment? Cool though!

immaculate was consummately boring.

“Immaculately pregnified” is how I’m going to refer to any pregnant friends I have from now on.

Great wrap up 📚🍁☕🍄🍂👻💀

Your unhaul videos are always super satisfying to watch!

Great unhaul. Happy Autumn season! 🍁🍂🥧🎃🍄📚☕

I love your unhauls. I've been unhauling books lately ad I've been trying to curate my collection. I'm also trying to be more mindful of purchases going forward

thank youuuu i bought 3 books from your recommendations!!

Welcome back! Great wrap up 🥤📚

GIRL YOU HAVE TO READ NO LONGER HUMAN BY OSAMU DAZAI ITS LIKE MY MENTAL HEALTH GOT WORSE

I love the color of your shelves! I wear that color all the time lol

Thanks for the inspiration. Really enjoyed your video. And: 'Go the librarians!!!'

Thanks for the inspiration. I will give this ago. Really enjoyed your encouraging wisdom.

Your tips are so true 🤎 I’m actually a hybrid between authortube, booktube and art-tube? But it works lol