I personally prefer when your vlogs have spoilers but with a SPOILER warning (while you are going over the spoilers). This way if I haven't read the book I can still watch the vlog and get all hyped up if you like the book. If I read the book later I just come back to watch the video again with the spoiler to get the full experience. This is what I did with 11/22/63. I watched your video skipping the spoiler sections and just from your reactions I was extremely eager to read the book. Once I read it I then watched the video again and I was like "YES, YES, YES" with your spoilers!
Definitely prefer spoilers all the way. I only usually watch your reading vlogs if I have already read the book. I like to see what bits you are reacting to.
Stephen King wrote Salem's Lot when he was a professor and was surprised to see his student still fascinated with Dracula. It is kind of a pastiche of that, hence the gloomy gothic style and the perspectives. Glad you enjoyed it!
Love the reading vlogs, especially the Stephen King ones. The coffee, rain and candle - clips are such a mood. Made me start reading my first Stephen King book today! / Swedish viewer
The part I loved was Barlow’s letter. My god, it was terrifying! It was more about what he didn’t say than what he did say! You really got a grasp of how ancient and powerful he was. You really realized what they were truly up against. He was evil personified. What chance in hell did they have really? I just love this book. Its sublime
I read this book back in '78. I was only 10y/o. It was the first book I ever read.. Far too young to be reading novels like that but I couldn't put it down. It was during the summer when school was out. Couldn't sleep with the windows open for weeks. Never opened the blinds at night. Absolutely terrified me more than any movie ever did.
I never have bad dreams from horror movies or books, but I had a vampire nightmare during reading this book. I couldn’t read it too late at night because I was so damn SCARED!!! One of the best, creepy, atmospheric slow burn books ever. I had to laugh at your reactions because I could relate
@@staceyking7504 it was actually very 2020 horror. I read it last March during the Covid lockdown. I don't remember much of the nightmnare except being scared. But just before I woke up I found out how to stop the vampires. What you do is say the word "safe" before the vampires get within 6 feet (2 meters) of social distance. It's true. When I woke up and realized what I dreamed, I laughed
I think that what King was trying to achieve was to make the town the main character of the book. And I believe he accomplished this to perfection. This book is definitely about the last days and death of a small American town. The vampires are just the icing on the cake. This is my favorite Stephen King novel. It always will be. It's a story with so many great moments.
I read salem's lot for halloween last year and I LOVED IT. Probably because it gave me a fresh perspective at horrific vampires amidst the romanticized image of vampires we have today.
I absolutely agree!! I love reading vlogs with full discussions because if not then I don’t feel there is ever a real in-depth discussion of the books which is something I love. And I think real time thoughts are so much more fun then a sit down review.
I read Danse Macabre when I was 20-ish and immediately read every author he claimed as an influence. And that is why I now adore both Jackson And Lovecraft.
@@wifiraslibrary8096 Its a book King wrote back in the 80's. It's about all of his pop culture inspirations, and it brought me to authors I'd never heard of and probably never would have found without him. Here is a link to Goodreads about it. www.goodreads.com/book/show/11563.Danse_Macabre
I loved hearing your thoughts on this! I read it about a month ago and mostly really enjoyed it. For me sometimes the story got way too slow when he spent forever introducing different small characters around the town instead of focusing on the main group of characters.
I remember Danny scratching at the window in the movie creeped me out as a kid. Later when I read the book I loved how thar scene brought back those creepy memories.
Ohh, I remember seeing that scene in the made-for-TV movie as a 4th grader, it was one of the MOST scariest in both the movie and the novel, Plus that Mark Petrie was smart enough not to let Danny Glick , who turned into a vampire in his house
Loved this! I would love to see you do a spoiler reading vlog for The Stand one day. It has such an eerie atmosphere and the characters are some of my favorites that he’s written.
My first time watching your blog. I enjoyed it. Very cute. Loved your reactions, review etc. I'm a S.K. fan. Salem's Lot is definitely in my top 10 favs of his books. Maybe even top 5. King recycles names, but he also recycles whole characters. He's very into "alternate dimensions" or he'll take a character and give them a certain persona and moral compass, then he'll play around with stories where that character is a different age, or in a different time, has different family ties or even a disability. Its hard to explain. However, the more you read his stuff, the more you'll notice it. Almost always, one of his main characters is always some type of artist, either a writer or a musician etc. Just like you pointed out. It was fun to see a young person, who obviously never watched the cult-classic made-for-tv movie based on the book, watch and react to this beloved classic. Great editing of the video too btw 👍
Omg 😍😍😍 ich read it last week in 3 days and it was one of the best books i‘ve read in the last years and then i saw your video and i never clicked so fast 😅 (sry for my bad english i am from Germany 😬)
DUDE I ALSO forgot Mark was a kid at least once! AND I got characters mixed up. AND I felt like we never really connected with them. I agree that there were too many characters, So glad to see someone else felt the same way! Stop reading my mind lol.
Warning! None of the characters in the TV version of The Haunting of Hill House are in Jackson's novel. The show would be better described as "inspired by" the book. And no matter what you think of The Haunting of Hill House, please read "We Have Always Lived in the Castle". It's Jackson's masterpiece. IMHO.
Amazing video and oh my God i read this book too and I'm close to finishing it its actually my first book of Stephen King and I LOVE IT🤍 also I got the Special Illustrated edition with over 150 rare and possibly unpublished material, I found your channel through your video about 11/22/63 because it going to be my next read... (new sub here🥳)
I saved this video to watch when I finished the book and I agree with you on a lot of the points you made. I'm much older than you tho so I was able to relate to most of the characters. It's definitely high on my list of King favs!
Another enjoyable reading vlog. I laughed when I saw you setting you timer on your phone cause I’ve recently been doing this too. It does help with the distractions 😊
I just finished reading this early this morning and it was fun seeing your live reactions to things. I had to write a little cheat sheet of all the characters (or most of them) to keep them straight. Especially because some characters had similar names like you mentioned. It would have been fun not knowing what the evil in the town was but I feel like most people know what this is about, even if they haven't read it. I loved how creepy this book was and I can definitely see myself reading it again.
I am living for these reading vlogs, Gabby! So good 🖤 Salem's Lot was my first Stephen King book. I was in the 4th grade and have been reading him ever since. I've now read 43 of his books, still a lot more to go. Watching you experience these stories feels like reading them again for the first time!! Such great content! 😚
I don't care about spoilers. I still will have my own experience with whatever was spoiled and could be completely different. I couldn't get through Hill House. Shirley Jackson's writing style is a lot of one paragraph sentences and stuff like that. Look her up if you get the chance. Her life was a mess haha. Glad you found a King book you actually enjoyed! Also The Dark Half has a main character that's an author so yeah, that's just something he does.
I'm happy to see another Stephen King reading vlog from you! 'Salem's Lot is a King book that my opinion seems to chance all the time. I did not love it but it was good for what it was. It definitely creeped me out (wasn't really scary, like actually scary) and I can really relate to that window thing. I was living alone in my apartment when reading this and feeling scared to even look at the windows with curtains covering them :D In my opinion, The Shining is great in that slow-burn type of plot but 'Salem's Lot is not. But 'Salem's Lot is creepy and atmospheric! And my opinion to 'Salem's Lot may have something to do with the fact that I hadn't read much King before reading that and I didn't really know what to expect. And this vlog is atmospheric and inspires me to read :D
Spoilers are always best because you have to discuss and elaborate in depth and that’s the most entertaining part of a video post like this. It’s what makes movie review shows so good
Such a great vlog! I read Salem's Lot five years ago and I remember having pretty much the same thoughts as you! I loved the vibes and the creepy scenes! And the writing is beautiful as well. I agree that the theme of adult/children fears is sooo interesting!! And King brings that up in a lot of his books!! I'm so glad you made me discover Raine's Booktube channel 🤗
AHHH you watching my video in your vlog is the coolest things ever!! I can’t wait to read Salem’s Lot and watch the rest of this 😬😬😬 p.s. send that pizza recipe my way 🤤
I read 'Salem's Lot about two years ago. I'm a very big King fan and I've read all of his seminal novels, but 'Salem's Lot never quite made its way into my priorities. I have no regrets about reading it, despite my prior fear that other vampire stories written after it would turn the story into something hackneyed. It is creepy and unique. Thanks for reviewing your experience, it was cool to watch, and similar to mine! :)
The audio version of this is really amazing between this one and the outsiders are two of my favorite king books I used to not like him but now I'm really into him
I love this book and your vlog makes me want to read it even more. TNT did a miniseries if this book back in 2004. I highly recommend watching it in my mind they stayed true to the book. Just bought The Troop and can’t wait to get all the creepy feels.
Those tidbits of the news clippings collected by Ben Mears is my most favorite part of the book, because they compliment the suspense, and a couple of those clippings that most intrigued me was the one @ an issue with a wild dog pack roaming @ The Jerusalem's Lot-Cumberland-Falmouth area and the other one was @ an elderly widowed lady's account of the night of 6/4/1976 (Fri) when she heard that distinctive scratching sound on her window and then looking up to see a VERY scary, grinning face supposedly of a vampire and then apparently suffering a heart attack as a result. BTW, June 4, 1976 is my cousin's birthdate!
If you love Haunting of Hill House TV show I highly recommend the original film The Haunting from 1963. It's easily my favorite classic horror film of all time. One of the few old gothic horror movies that I think is legitimately creepy and holds up insanely well. I am re-reading Salems Lot for the first time since 2007 when I was 13. I don't remember anything about this book but I'm excited to read this again and see if it holds up
I think ben and susan were great. And matt and mark had some interesting perspectives. But yah, the story had a hard time letting you really hold on to the characters. I feel like the book It balanced its ensemble cast more cleverly
The problem with people reading Salem's Lot is everyone think the Vampires are the main element of the story..... The story is more focused on the Marsden House and it's negative influence on the town and the towns corruption. Many small towns have stories of the "haunted" abandoned house on the outskirts or in the Town with various stories about it. I love the twist that those who were miserable in life find some form of happiness and "peace" as vampires.
Hey Gabby! If you remember Father Callahan from this book, his story does continue beyond that book in a strange way. On another note, you should try his 7 novel Dark Tower saga. Best thing he’s written, at least for me that is.
I'm currently reading 'Bag of Bones' by Stephen King and the main character is also a writer :-). Bag of bones is good, its not as scary as some of his others, but it is atmospheric and enjoyable! I read Salem's Lot when I was around 16 on holiday and refused to sleep with the window open for the whole 2 weeks! 14 years later I still haven't re-read it, but watching this has made me want to pick it up again!
I think he just keeps using the same names. If you read Carrie, which I think was his first book, it has a lot of names from other books. Plus he writes "It" a few times with a capital letter. I don't know it was weird.
I've never read a Stephen King novel and I never will because they are not for me but I love watching these spoiler vlogs and hear your thoughts about them! 😍
Gabby please read the lesser dead by Christopher Buehlman. The audio is SO good. It’s one of my favorite vampire horror novels. His voice in his narration is so haunting and is just perfection. You would love it.
HILDA, JASCHKE, even the cover of William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist novel scared 😱 me to death, the first time I saw it was @ a flea market my cousins an me visited.😳 And later on I saw a copy of The Exorcist in my high school's library, and out of curiosity started leafing through it and reading excerpts here and there, my heart was pumping, I was nerve-racked.
I remember watching the movie in the 80s with Marc Singer, and I was little, like 6 or 7, and I was watching it on my black and white tv in my bedroom, and I kept getting scared and running out of the room to my parents room--I'd go back and forth. I was not allowed to watch scary movies at the time, but I was....good memories.
And as I am listening to this, I remember for me, one of the parts from the movie that scared me a lot was when Danny (I think it was that character) goes to his friend's house after he dies, and he is tapping on his window asking to be let in (and of course his friend's room is on the 2nd story). I bet if I watched the movie now, I probably wouldn't be as scared, but who knows.
This was the window scene that freaked me out: ua-cam.com/video/vV1V0U41HI4/v-deo.html But I just watched it again, and that scene is not as scary to me because of the make-up. But as a 7 year old--so scared! Ok yeah, I am commenting as I am watching this video, and yes, I see that you were freaked out in the window scene too! It is creepy!
You are so brave to read Salem's Lot. I don't dare to read that book. I saw the movie years ago when I was a kid and I was so scared. I will just watch your video and watch any spoilers. (I love vanilla covered pretzels too.)
this book is best book of SK, like pet sementary and It i only read 4 book of he but this is amazing and fantastic hi from mexico i really like your video vloggs
I loved this book its a five star from me. I loved the pacing. I love big thick books I can sink my teeth into (pun intended) so I loved all the chapters where he was setting the scene of the town. This books terrified me in two parts. The boy at the window, and when the gravedigger sat up smiling in bed after he died. I get your points on the ending but the rest of the book was too good for me not to enjoy it. Keep your windows shut !
I've finished The Shining (my first Stephen King book finished) I have finished IT(The first book that gotten me interested in Stephen King) I'm working on Cujo right now Even though this has some spoilers, I'm still low-key reading it The other three I got is Carrie, Doctor Sleep and The Outsider If you have read any of those, I wanna hear your thoughts about any of the ones if you have read them
Gabby, Ur inspiring me to establish a reading vlog, only mine will be strictly reading @ railroad, Cowboy/Old West, Gold mining, Civil War and Logging/logging rr histories ⚒️🚂💂🤠🌲 Also, this Summer, to initially set a contrasting mood of reading about turn-of-the-century history in the present day, I'm going to a local family aquatic center nearby me on a warm sunny day to read it pool side. Just keep looking out for it. 👣🏖️📱🕶️🚙🎩🧱📰🕰️🐎
This is on my TBR list, but I like to be able to know a reaction in “real time” so I know if it’s worth it. I’m sure by the time I get to this book anyway, I’ll forget the spoilers. lol
I remember the same confusion with the similar sounding names of main characters, Matt, Mark, Mike...seriously! With every single minor character in town getting a brief arc, SK couldn't come up with better distinguishing names for the main characters?!
Yes i just bought the SALEMS LOT movie with David Soul on Amazon Prime Videos (a Streaming movie's platform) for 9.99,i have watched it 3 times and injoy it more each time. I did read the book too in 1974. DM
I'm not even 2 minutes in when you say something about it being about 600 pages long so it's one of his bigger books. Funny but when I see a Stephen King book that length I consider it one of his shorter ones lol.
I read Salem’s Lot back in 2004 when my Army unit first got to Iraq. Lol. It was a good time to zone out on a Stephen King book during my downtime, maybe that’s the reason I lucked out and never got PTSD 🤔
I haven't read this, so I'm going to wait for your wrap up and not watch the rest! Curious, though, as to how it compares to The Shining (my fave from King)?
Speaking of movie adaptations being different from the book...you should read Stepford Wives. The original book is dark AF. Also, it’s short. You’ll breeze right through.
I might one day need to re-read salems lot, I love a good vampire story, (I am legend and let the right one in are my favorites) and I didn't love salems lot as much as I wanted to/thought I would 🧛♂️
im reading salems lot now, im at chapter 13 at father callahan, i have not watched to the end but so far i love the book. after i finish it im going to do a book review
I noticed that your window is open at the beginning of the video. Salem's Lot is a book you definitely don't want to read with the window open.
Absolutely NOT!
And P.S. If I were to read this on Saturday night, I'd make effort to go to church the next day!🙏✝️
Really?? 👀
uptown3636, I agree and believe there is a spooky vibe to reading such a scary book and reading with the window open.
@@cobaltmidnightoilamp6748 there might be an uptown or other spooky creature lurking nearby.
As a Gabby stan, I had to come and watch this in chunks, as I’m reading ‘’Salem’s Lot’ for Summerween 23 lol.
Love you Gabby!!! ❤️
I personally prefer when your vlogs have spoilers but with a SPOILER warning (while you are going over the spoilers). This way if I haven't read the book I can still watch the vlog and get all hyped up if you like the book. If I read the book later I just come back to watch the video again with the spoiler to get the full experience. This is what I did with 11/22/63. I watched your video skipping the spoiler sections and just from your reactions I was extremely eager to read the book. Once I read it I then watched the video again and I was like "YES, YES, YES" with your spoilers!
Definitely prefer spoilers all the way. I only usually watch your reading vlogs if I have already read the book. I like to see what bits you are reacting to.
Stephen King wrote Salem's Lot when he was a professor and was surprised to see his student still fascinated with Dracula. It is kind of a pastiche of that, hence the gloomy gothic style and the perspectives.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I have that exact copy. I love it. Read it at least once a year, maybe twice or three times. My second favourite novel of all time
i'm absolutely living for the creepy reading montage music
Love the reading vlogs, especially the Stephen King ones. The coffee, rain and candle - clips are such a mood. Made me start reading my first Stephen King book today! / Swedish viewer
The part I loved was Barlow’s letter. My god, it was terrifying! It was more about what he didn’t say than what he did say! You really got a grasp of how ancient and powerful he was. You really realized what they were truly up against. He was evil personified. What chance in hell did they have really? I just love this book. Its sublime
I would love a prequel explaining how Barlow got turned and how he got involved with Straker!
Barlow is my favorite Stephen King villain. Absolutely creepy
I read this book back in '78. I was only 10y/o. It was the first book I ever read.. Far too young to be reading novels like that but I couldn't put it down. It was during the summer when school was out.
Couldn't sleep with the windows open for weeks. Never opened the blinds at night. Absolutely terrified me more than any movie ever did.
I never have bad dreams from horror movies or books, but I had a vampire nightmare during reading this book. I couldn’t read it too late at night because I was so damn SCARED!!! One of the best, creepy, atmospheric slow burn books ever. I had to laugh at your reactions because I could relate
What happened in the nightmare? I bet it was truly 70s horror genre-scary.
@@staceyking7504 it was actually very 2020 horror. I read it last March during the Covid lockdown. I don't remember much of the nightmnare except being scared. But just before I woke up I found out how to stop the vampires. What you do is say the word "safe" before the vampires get within 6 feet (2 meters) of social distance. It's true. When I woke up and realized what I dreamed, I laughed
I think that what King was trying to achieve was to make the town the main character of the book. And I believe he accomplished this to perfection. This book is definitely about the last days and death of a small American town. The vampires are just the icing on the cake. This is my favorite Stephen King novel. It always will be. It's a story with so many great moments.
I read salem's lot for halloween last year and I LOVED IT. Probably because it gave me a fresh perspective at horrific vampires amidst the romanticized image of vampires we have today.
I absolutely agree!! I love reading vlogs with full discussions because if not then I don’t feel there is ever a real in-depth discussion of the books which is something I love. And I think real time thoughts are so much more fun then a sit down review.
I freaking love the music, in your next vlog could you link the music you used in your videos. Ugh love your content! Keep it up!
Bennie McRae I started using Epidemic Sound so all the music comes from their site 🤗🤗🤗
gabbyreads Thank you! Have a great rest of your day 😊
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Stephen King has talked about how Shirley Jackson is one of his inspirations.
I read Danse Macabre when I was 20-ish and immediately read every author he claimed as an influence. And that is why I now adore both Jackson And Lovecraft.
@@thecompendium9607 what is danse macabre who wrote it please? Heard about it but can only find Laura M Hughes version
@@wifiraslibrary8096 Its a book King wrote back in the 80's. It's about all of his pop culture inspirations, and it brought me to authors I'd never heard of and probably never would have found without him. Here is a link to Goodreads about it.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/11563.Danse_Macabre
I am curious @ that woman
and revising the Dracula story as a what if scenario
I loved hearing your thoughts on this! I read it about a month ago and mostly really enjoyed it.
For me sometimes the story got way too slow when he spent forever introducing different small characters around the town instead of focusing on the main group of characters.
I remember Danny scratching at the window in the movie creeped me out as a kid. Later when I read the book I loved how thar scene brought back those creepy memories.
Ohh, I remember seeing that scene in the made-for-TV movie as a 4th grader, it was one of the MOST scariest in both the movie and the novel,
Plus that Mark Petrie was smart enough not to let
Danny Glick , who turned into a vampire in his house
😨😰😫😱
Loved the interlude music 🧛🏼♀️
Loved this! I would love to see you do a spoiler reading vlog for The Stand one day. It has such an eerie atmosphere and the characters are some of my favorites that he’s written.
My first time watching your blog. I enjoyed it. Very cute. Loved your reactions, review etc. I'm a S.K. fan. Salem's Lot is definitely in my top 10 favs of his books. Maybe even top 5. King recycles names, but he also recycles whole characters. He's very into "alternate dimensions" or he'll take a character and give them a certain persona and moral compass, then he'll play around with stories where that character is a different age, or in a different time, has different family ties or even a disability. Its hard to explain. However, the more you read his stuff, the more you'll notice it. Almost always, one of his main characters is always some type of artist, either a writer or a musician etc. Just like you pointed out.
It was fun to see a young person, who obviously never watched the cult-classic made-for-tv movie based on the book, watch and react to this beloved classic. Great editing of the video too btw 👍
reading when it rains is just so cosyyyy! why am i jealous of your rain?
Omg 😍😍😍 ich read it last week in 3 days and it was one of the best books i‘ve read in the last years and then i saw your video and i never clicked so fast 😅 (sry for my bad english i am from Germany 😬)
Loved this video, I was so entertained!! Love how authentic you are! The way you use the word “dude” cracks me up! 🤣 fun reading vlog!
DUDE I ALSO forgot Mark was a kid at least once! AND I got characters mixed up. AND I felt like we never really connected with them. I agree that there were too many characters, So glad to see someone else felt the same way! Stop reading my mind lol.
I felt bad about Mark. He may try to act like an adult but in the end, he is just a kid.
Warning! None of the characters in the TV version of The Haunting of Hill House are in Jackson's novel. The show would be better described as "inspired by" the book. And no matter what you think of The Haunting of Hill House, please read "We Have Always Lived in the Castle". It's Jackson's masterpiece. IMHO.
The Compendium hmm that’s good to know I didn’t realize that!
Amazing video and oh my God i read this book too and I'm close to finishing it its actually my first book of Stephen King and I LOVE IT🤍 also I got the Special Illustrated edition with over 150 rare and possibly unpublished material, I found your channel through your video about 11/22/63 because it going to be my next read... (new sub here🥳)
I saved this video to watch when I finished the book and I agree with you on a lot of the points you made. I'm much older than you tho so I was able to relate to most of the characters. It's definitely high on my list of King favs!
Another enjoyable reading vlog. I laughed when I saw you setting you timer on your phone cause I’ve recently been doing this too. It does help with the distractions 😊
I just finished reading this early this morning and it was fun seeing your live reactions to things. I had to write a little cheat sheet of all the characters (or most of them) to keep them straight. Especially because some characters had similar names like you mentioned. It would have been fun not knowing what the evil in the town was but I feel like most people know what this is about, even if they haven't read it. I loved how creepy this book was and I can definitely see myself reading it again.
I am living for these reading vlogs, Gabby! So good 🖤 Salem's Lot was my first Stephen King book. I was in the 4th grade and have been reading him ever since. I've now read 43 of his books, still a lot more to go. Watching you experience these stories feels like reading them again for the first time!! Such great content! 😚
I don't care about spoilers. I still will have my own experience with whatever was spoiled and could be completely different. I couldn't get through Hill House. Shirley Jackson's writing style is a lot of one paragraph sentences and stuff like that. Look her up if you get the chance. Her life was a mess haha. Glad you found a King book you actually enjoyed! Also The Dark Half has a main character that's an author so yeah, that's just something he does.
I'm happy to see another Stephen King reading vlog from you! 'Salem's Lot is a King book that my opinion seems to chance all the time. I did not love it but it was good for what it was. It definitely creeped me out (wasn't really scary, like actually scary) and I can really relate to that window thing. I was living alone in my apartment when reading this and feeling scared to even look at the windows with curtains covering them :D In my opinion, The Shining is great in that slow-burn type of plot but 'Salem's Lot is not. But 'Salem's Lot is creepy and atmospheric! And my opinion to 'Salem's Lot may have something to do with the fact that I hadn't read much King before reading that and I didn't really know what to expect.
And this vlog is atmospheric and inspires me to read :D
Spoilers are always best because you have to discuss and elaborate in depth and that’s the most entertaining part of a video post like this. It’s what makes movie review shows so good
Love the addition of you at work! Also that music was a bop Hahahah I was cooking and started dancing hahaha
Okay Gabby! I'm so digging the bass dropping in the music right now! Lol 😂😊👌🏾
I love your enthusiasm when you’re reading & vloging^^ I’m definitely gonna give Salem’s Lot a read.
Come throughhh, Gabby 👏👏👏👏 you are getting me through quarantine lol
Gabby, you're really pulling us through quarantine 😷
I just discovered your channel and I’m absolutely addicted lol
Thank you so much!! 😊
@@gabbyreads so after 2 years or so, do you still rate it 3.5/5? I’ve just recently become interested in horror/thriller books.
@@gabbyreads and you’re very welcome. Thank you lol
I read dracula RIGHT before salem's lot because it's like kings attempt at a modern day dracula, both are on my favorite books list! Sooo good
Such a great vlog! I read Salem's Lot five years ago and I remember having pretty much the same thoughts as you! I loved the vibes and the creepy scenes! And the writing is beautiful as well. I agree that the theme of adult/children fears is sooo interesting!! And King brings that up in a lot of his books!! I'm so glad you made me discover Raine's Booktube channel 🤗
I love these vlogs so much! Can’t wait to watch the Carrie one
I just found your channel and I am so happy I did! I love your personality and can't wait to go back and watch some of your other videos!
AHHH you watching my video in your vlog is the coolest things ever!! I can’t wait to read Salem’s Lot and watch the rest of this 😬😬😬 p.s. send that pizza recipe my way 🤤
Brews & Binds 🥰❤️
Send me the recipe TOO!🤤
I read 'Salem's Lot about two years ago. I'm a very big King fan and I've read all of his seminal novels, but 'Salem's Lot never quite made its way into my priorities. I have no regrets about reading it, despite my prior fear that other vampire stories written after it would turn the story into something hackneyed. It is creepy and unique. Thanks for reviewing your experience, it was cool to watch, and similar to mine! :)
The audio version of this is really amazing between this one and the outsiders are two of my favorite king books I used to not like him but now I'm really into him
I am finishing The Shining and getting back into King. Should I read Salem’s Lot next or IT? Or both? Love your channel!
IT does the small town setting just as well as Salem’s Lot but is scarier imho.
I love this book and your vlog makes me want to read it even more. TNT did a miniseries if this book back in 2004. I highly recommend watching it in my mind they stayed true to the book. Just bought The Troop and can’t wait to get all the creepy feels.
Yay reading a Stephan King book and making it a reading vlog of it !!!!!
Yessss I ordered this book and was hoping you would be posting a blog when you said you were reading it!
Those tidbits of the news clippings collected by Ben Mears is my most favorite part of the book, because they compliment the suspense, and a couple of those clippings that most intrigued me was the one @ an issue with a wild dog pack roaming @ The
Jerusalem's Lot-Cumberland-Falmouth area and the other one was @ an elderly widowed lady's account of the night of 6/4/1976
(Fri) when she heard that distinctive scratching sound on her window and then looking up to see a
VERY scary, grinning face supposedly of a vampire and then apparently suffering a heart attack as a result.
BTW, June 4, 1976 is my cousin's birthdate!
Dang it! I will circle back to this once I’ve read it. I contemplated watching anyways but I know I’ll never read it if I do. 💖
Just found your channel when searching for Salem's lot review. Loved this Format of video, your editing is so great :)
Another great vlog Gabby. Still hoping to tackle 11/22/63 this summer!
Loved this book back in the day and the original mini series was really good too.
Awe man I have to go to work but love your vlogs gabby :)
If you love Haunting of Hill House TV show I highly recommend the original film The Haunting from 1963. It's easily my favorite classic horror film of all time. One of the few old gothic horror movies that I think is legitimately creepy and holds up insanely well. I am re-reading Salems Lot for the first time since 2007 when I was 13. I don't remember anything about this book but I'm excited to read this again and see if it holds up
Yay love your vlogs😍
I think ben and susan were great. And matt and mark had some interesting perspectives. But yah, the story had a hard time letting you really hold on to the characters. I feel like the book It balanced its ensemble cast more cleverly
The problem with people reading Salem's Lot is everyone think the Vampires are the main element of the story..... The story is more focused on the Marsden House and it's negative influence on the town and the towns corruption. Many small towns have stories of the "haunted" abandoned house on the outskirts or in the Town with various stories about it. I love the twist that those who were miserable in life find some form of happiness and "peace" as vampires.
OMG!! Vanilla Pretzels!! Jealous!! lol!
Jeanne, my taste 😋 buds are SO JEALOUS as well....
Hey Gabby! If you remember Father Callahan from this book, his story does continue beyond that book in a strange way. On another note, you should try his 7 novel Dark Tower saga. Best thing he’s written, at least for me that is.
Another great video ❣️
I really loved this. I'm going to read this for sure
Ahhh I love these vlogs❤❤
I'm currently reading 'Bag of Bones' by Stephen King and the main character is also a writer :-). Bag of bones is good, its not as scary as some of his others, but it is atmospheric and enjoyable! I read Salem's Lot when I was around 16 on holiday and refused to sleep with the window open for the whole 2 weeks! 14 years later I still haven't re-read it, but watching this has made me want to pick it up again!
I think he just keeps using the same names. If you read Carrie, which I think was his first book, it has a lot of names from other books. Plus he writes "It" a few times with a capital letter. I don't know it was weird.
Love these vlogs 😍
I've never read a Stephen King novel and I never will because they are not for me but I love watching these spoiler vlogs and hear your thoughts about them! 😍
Gabby please read the lesser dead by Christopher Buehlman. The audio is SO good. It’s one of my favorite vampire horror novels. His voice in his narration is so haunting and is just perfection. You would love it.
Great book. Seriously funny and creepy. The original movie scared the crap out of me as a kid!
HILDA, JASCHKE, even the cover of William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist novel scared 😱 me to death, the first time I saw it was @ a flea market my cousins an me visited.😳
And later on I saw a copy of The Exorcist in my high school's library, and out of curiosity started leafing through it and reading excerpts here and there, my heart was pumping, I was nerve-racked.
Most of King's books are connected in some way. I think I read this because Salem's lot was mentioned in the Dark Tower.
Been waiting for this 😍
I remember watching the movie in the 80s with Marc Singer, and I was little, like 6 or 7, and I was watching it on my black and white tv in my bedroom, and I kept getting scared and running out of the room to my parents room--I'd go back and forth. I was not allowed to watch scary movies at the time, but I was....good memories.
And as I am listening to this, I remember for me, one of the parts from the movie that scared me a lot was when Danny (I think it was that character) goes to his friend's house after he dies, and he is tapping on his window asking to be let in (and of course his friend's room is on the 2nd story). I bet if I watched the movie now, I probably wouldn't be as scared, but who knows.
This was the window scene that freaked me out: ua-cam.com/video/vV1V0U41HI4/v-deo.html But I just watched it again, and that scene is not as scary to me because of the make-up. But as a 7 year old--so scared! Ok yeah, I am commenting as I am watching this video, and yes, I see that you were freaked out in the window scene too! It is creepy!
Great vlog!
You are so brave to read Salem's Lot. I don't dare to read that book. I saw the movie years ago when I was a kid and I was so scared. I will just watch your video and watch any spoilers. (I love vanilla covered pretzels too.)
the book is so much better!
this book is best book of SK, like pet sementary and It
i only read 4 book of he
but this is amazing and fantastic
hi from mexico
i really like your video vloggs
Just bought this book, it May be my next King read
I loved this book its a five star from me. I loved the pacing. I love big thick books I can sink my teeth into (pun intended) so I loved all the chapters where he was setting the scene of the town. This books terrified me in two parts. The boy at the window, and when the gravedigger sat up smiling in bed after he died. I get your points on the ending but the rest of the book was too good for me not to enjoy it. Keep your windows shut !
I've finished The Shining (my first Stephen King book finished)
I have finished IT(The first book that gotten me interested in Stephen King)
I'm working on Cujo right now
Even though this has some spoilers, I'm still low-key reading it
The other three I got is Carrie, Doctor Sleep and The Outsider
If you have read any of those, I wanna hear your thoughts about any of the ones if you have read them
Anthony Nguyen, I too started on The Shining, but haven't gotten too far into it, but first I want to go in-depth on this Salem's Lot first.
Love the music at the beginning
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Gabby, Ur inspiring me to establish a reading vlog, only mine will be strictly reading @ railroad, Cowboy/Old West, Gold mining, Civil War and Logging/logging rr histories ⚒️🚂💂🤠🌲
Also, this Summer, to initially set a contrasting mood of reading about turn-of-the-century history in the present day, I'm going to a local family aquatic center nearby me on a warm sunny day to read it pool side. Just keep looking
out for it.
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I haven't read any King books yet but I know I wanna start with Pet Sematary (which my laptop wants to spell as Pet Seminary lol)
I love this book and your channel love from John Saxon in Australia xx
This is on my TBR list, but I like to be able to know a reaction in “real time” so I know if it’s worth it. I’m sure by the time I get to this book anyway, I’ll forget the spoilers. lol
I just started reading this last week. I got cut off by the library app!! Aaaarggh! Might have to go out and buy it.
The movie scared the crap out of me. Still does. The book is very good too.
Probably my favorite book by him :)
I remember the same confusion with the similar sounding names of main characters, Matt, Mark, Mike...seriously! With every single minor character in town getting a brief arc, SK couldn't come up with better distinguishing names for the main characters?!
Salem’s lot may be inspired by Hill House but not in the way you think. Like you said the book is VERY different from the book.
This vlog makes me want to reread Salem’s Lot even though I have at least 15 other King books I need to read lol
It's definitely a slow start but the more you get into it the more it gets juicy!!!
A,"Salem's Lot", television miniseries was filmed years ago and did fairly well.
Yes i just bought the SALEMS LOT movie with David Soul on Amazon Prime Videos (a Streaming movie's platform) for 9.99,i have watched it 3 times and injoy it more each time. I did read the book too in 1974. DM
I'm not even 2 minutes in when you say something about it being about 600 pages long so it's one of his bigger books. Funny but when I see a Stephen King book that length I consider it one of his shorter ones lol.
julie adkins hahaha true
Soo want to read this book now.
Get the Forrest app. You can set it so that if you go to check anything but the app it directs you back to the app.
I read Salem’s Lot back in 2004 when my Army unit first got to Iraq. Lol. It was a good time to zone out on a Stephen King book during my downtime, maybe that’s the reason I lucked out and never got PTSD 🤔
I haven't read this, so I'm going to wait for your wrap up and not watch the rest! Curious, though, as to how it compares to The Shining (my fave from King)?
Katy Wall I think I rated it the same as the shining even though I probably do enjoy The Shining more still..? Idk I’d have to think about it more
Speaking of movie adaptations being different from the book...you should read Stepford Wives. The original book is dark AF. Also, it’s short. You’ll breeze right through.
Keep reading the King 🤴 of horror you are wonderful ❤ 📖
I might one day need to re-read salems lot, I love a good vampire story, (I am legend and let the right one in are my favorites) and I didn't love salems lot as much as I wanted to/thought I would 🧛♂️
im reading salems lot now, im at chapter 13 at father callahan, i have not watched to the end but so far i love the book. after i finish it im going to do a book review
Stephan king second book. I got the hardcover as a Christmas gift six years ago. I am rereading in this time period but he gets better after this book