Giving Stephen King a Last Chance? || One Week One Shelf Reading Vlog
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Hey Booktube, this reading vlog of one week one shelf is all about shelf 30 aka Stephen King books! I have pretty much giving up on him after this video ( • Stephen King's Books I... ) but the jar decided that this week was time for another chance!
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What's your favorite book by Stephen King?
Pet Sematary 🐈
Different seasons is my favorite. But Pet sematary and Blaze were good too.
I have a couple favorites, but was stoked to hear you liked The Long Walk, which I LOVED! Have you read any of his short story collections? I find those to be phenomenal!
The Shining without no doubt! And my least favourite is The Long walk, so totally different taste than yours haha
I only started "Different Seasons". I'm still in the middle of the second one (pile of shame lol)
I say let the kitty pick your next book, or even the next shelf… And leave her on the shelf; so adorable!
Agree!!
That's only fair, I let the squirrel do it so it's her turn!
Delores Claiborne is probably my favourite Stephen King book. It's harsh and dark but Delores is so compelling. I hope you end up enjoying it!
Seems to be one of the most popular ones I own so I'll have to try it!
I love that you do this. I'm too much of a mood reader to be able to do this but it's always interesting to hear your thoughts and see your disappointment when you get a shelf like this one. 🤣
Doing it once in a while is fun but I could not do this challenge or the "read it or unhaul it" all year... I'd be in the worst reading slump lol
Stephen King is definitely a hit or miss author, and I always know when I'm not going to like one of his books. Still, he is one of my favorite authors. Rose Madder, Lisey's story and Duma Key are few of my favorites by him. It's always a pleasure to watch your videos. And well... I think it's time to accept that the cat has adopted you. :)
I share the same point of view as you about Duma Key, it's also one of my favorite book by Stephen King
I’ve had Duma Key sitting on my “wow I really need to read these books” shelf for a couple years and I think these comments are finally convincing me.
Snow globe Emily! I’ve missed her 😂
The cat looks like the one that appears in the cover of Pet Cemetery. It's gorgeous 😍
She does! She'd look good with that hat you're wearing too XD
@@BookswithEmilyFox thank you so much 😊
If you decide to read Dolores Claiborne, you definitely should do it via audiobook. The story is a first-person narration, and the audiobook narrator is phenomenal for it.
Good to know!
In general I find king is better on audiobook, I had gotten sick of him and hadn’t read a book of his in years and gave billy summers a shot on audio and really really liked it!
Agree!
I love the lady on the audio book on my gosh!
I read War and Peace for a self-guided literature class one year. Wegot to pick books and the teacher gave them each an assigned point value. (I figured if I was going to read war and peace I should get credit for it!) I actually really liked it but it was hard to keep track of all the characters so I made a character list and it helped a lot!
You should try "Misery" or "11/22/63" if you haven't yet. I really liked these! I've the feeling it's a hit or miss with Stephen King. I either love or hate his books. Couldn't find a pattern yet though
In my opinion Misery, Mr. Mercedes, 11/22/63 are the books by King. I think you should check it out them ☺️
Pet Sematary and The Long Walk are two of my favourite Stephen King novels. If you want one that isn’t too long, Misery is only 300 pages. Maybe you’d enjoy some of his short story collections. Night Shift has some great stories; ‘The Last Rung on the Ladder’ is one of my favourite things he’s ever written.
Dolores Claiborne is great! I'd say it's one of my favourite King books and I'm kind of thinking about re-reading it now that I saw it in your video. Anyway, I'd recommend that one from the shorter ones for sure.
I really enjoyed Dolores Claiborne definitely a favorite of kings books
i love the cat updates 🥰🥰
The nice thing about King is he is such a prolific writer that there really is something for everyone. His short story compilations can be a good place to stay if his large books look overwhelming.
I'm reading my first sci-fi (to be taught if fortunate -Becky Chambers) rn because you recomended it and I'm LOVING it! Thanks so much for your wonderful reccomandations!
Hope you'll love it!
Stephen King is hit or miss for me. I really enjoyed 11/22/63 which I saw on your shelf. You might want to give it a try.
I've seen the tv show and liked it... I was waiting to forget about it before trying it. Is the ending good?
I'm reading 11/22/63 and I love it so far
From what I remember, I think the ending was a bit funky like a lot of King books. Even so, it was interesting and though provoking.
Should name the cat Alm, short for Adorable Little Monster. :)
I hate under the dome. Just watch the tv show. A group of characters who sa’d someone is like yeah I did and is laughing about. That happens for about 200 hundred of the pages. Don’t waste your time.
You mentioned War and Peace in this vlog (briefly) - I signed up for War and Peace and Emails where every day they email you a chapter from War and Peace so that by the end of the year (it's got like 361 chapters) you will have read the book. It would make for a really interesting long-term vlog idea... Just saying! ;)
Love your One Week One Shelf vids! =) Can't wait to see what you choose next!
Dogs are children, cats are teenagers. Generally, to keep cats from climbing on things they shouldn't, you want a tower in that area. But yeah, those bookshelves are definitely too tempting
She's good except in that room... I need to keep the door closed when I film lol
King is a hit or miss for me as well! I hate the weird sexual commentaries lol One that I love and think you will probably enjoy too is "Different Seasons", it's a collection of four short stories and two of them are amazing and were turned into movies (Stand By Me and Shawshank Redemption) ❤️
Apt Pupil (or whatever its called) is also a movie, but with a different name I think.
I've read the first short story and stopped in the middle of the second one... one day I'll finish it, for now it's on my pile of shame lol
You could try Salem's lot. It's a vampire story.
Oooh you’re a cat owner now! Don’t let her go back to that hellhole 🥺
War and Peace is good, but after watching you for years I know you won't like it! Anna Karenina is much more up your alley. Just a hunch.
I’ve been doing a “read my tbr” challenge before buying more books this year. I unhauled all of my unread King books, too. Just don’t have the energy for him.
I always like the “idea” of King but his books just never quite hit for me. Maybe I go in with too high expectations I don’t know. But I do agree with other comments that 11/22/63 is quite good.
If you had skipped the prologue I reckon you would have liked drawing of the Three. Its nothing like the first book
I've definitely given up on King's books - I've read a good solid chunk of them and so far, every one has been like the literary equivalent of ordering soup and getting a bowl of tepid water instead 🙃 I liked 'On Writing' though, as he's definitely a person that writers can learn a lot from, one way or another.
I decided Stephen King isn’t for me. I tried Pet Sematary, The Long Walk and Needful Things. When I read the premise I think I’m going to enjoy it but the writing is not very good.
Aw no! The drawing of the three is so good! It’s something I have never read before! You should keep going! Roland is the Gunslinger, Jake is someone he met and cared a lot, the book will explain
That's a bad kitty, I know I have 2 🤦🏼♀️ the youngest is pure chaos. I've found her on top of the blinds after scaling a chair and somehow a glass cabinet to get up there 🤣
The thing about Stephen King is that his writing style, focus and execution changes over the decades. I see that you mainly own more early King, when he was angry, high on drugs and alcohol, and his writing reflects this. The more mature 2000s King writes some gorgeous novels, I would recommend 11/22/63 and Joyland- a beautiful coming of age/mystery thriller/horror novel. I love Stephen King and I think that because he has such a large body of work, that there is something there for everyone.
The Dead Zone is a Stephen King classic….great book….
i read dolores claiborne and its sister novel geralds game last year and enjoyed both a lot
Have you read any Joe Hill? I read Horns because I was curious about the movie but mostly hated it. I was shocked at how similar his writing is to his dad’s, and unfortunately it’s all the gross sexual and religious stuff that I hate most in King’s books.
Hi Emily, please try reading "Duma Key", by Stephen King; I loved it when I read it, maybe you will, too
I do like quite a few King books...but I tried Dark Tower (because I've been told MANY times how amazing it is) and DNF'd the first time.....tried it again a few years later and finished the first book and still didn't care. I'm told you need to get to book 3 before it gets decent. WHY? Why did anyone read 3 books when they didn't like the first 2?
I really loved the Green Mile by King. Even if I personnally prefer the movie I still think its enjoyable in some way..! Also Sleeping beauties the idea was interesting !
I also really liked the Green Mile. Honestly I love any Stephen King book that doesn't have aliens in it 😂
My favorite book is Dolores Claiborne it's so underrated along with the movie adaptation starring kathy bates
So many people are raving about it that I'll have to try it!
I like Stephen King quite a lot. I learnt English reading his books, so i am also rather sentimental when it comes to him. But I hated the Dark Tower. Didn't continue with the series, won't ever come back to it. But Stephen King is good. Don't give up on him.
My favorite Stephen King book is Needful Things.
Go for War and Peace!! Then you’ll never have to dread it again
It's nice you got one that you kind of liked. I've never actually read Stephen King. Well I did start Under the Dome. I was liking it, but I had to put it down since the book wasn't mine.
I actually really loved Under the Dome (including the ending!!)- def worth the 1200 pages
I enjoyed Christine, The Dark Half, and Delores Clairborne, and my favorite was Misery
Really loved this video as always! I'm actually reading dreamcatchers by king atm and it made me giggle when you mentioned about his weird sexual references 😂 I generally like king even the endings I don't mind compared to others ... but... in this book no joke there is a point where the word P**sy is mentioned 10 times in the span of 2 pages!!! 10 FREAKING TIMES and it's not relevant to the story at all 😂 so yeah I get exactly what you mean!
I shouldn't be surprised but... it's almost impressive lol
Cats are adorable little monsters! 🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛
This was a funny video for me to watch since Stephen King is my all time favorite author and I have read every single piece of fiction he wrote (still have to read his newest Fairy Tale)
Can always rely on King to throw in as many inappropriate sexual scenes in the weirdest of places 😂
Always lol
Stephen King can be really hit or miss. Especially when he was on drugs and after he was in that car accident. But you picked a lot of clunkers. Really enjoyable reads by Stephen King are "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" that you will find in "Different Seasons." "The Body" is also in that book. And it's a great read. "The Shining." That is such a good book with a good ending. It's very different than the film. "Salem's Lot" is very scary and well-written, but it's a lot of work. I like a lot of his short stories in "Night Shift." Especially "One for the Road" and "Children of the Corn." Books to stay away from "The Tommy Knockers," "Needful Things" and "Dreamcatcher." I'm not saying those are bad books. But based on the books you didn't like, don't read those.
I used to read a lot of Stephen King & loved The Stand, also Dr Sleep. Recently I read one called Later, which is short but intense. I’m with you on the Gunslinger series, such a hot mess!
Cats are waaaay better than children. Because they don't actually talk😆😆 Can you imagine what they would say to us if they could?!? "Where is my food, hairless slave?!? By the way, don't forget to clean my poop!"😼
That would be the worst! She already wakes me up in the morning just so I can stand next to her while she's eating XD
oh one of fine sure talks alot not in a language I understand but hes def very vocal about the inhumane conditions he has to live in (he's very loved and cared for just don't stop cuddling him putting him down haha)
Have you read 'The Green Mile' yet? I'm hit or miss with Stephen King as well and I really enjoyed it. Also the movie is incredible if you haven't seen it.
I haven't read it but love the movie!
I love drawing of the three amazing new characters TIME TRAVELING.
You definitely should check out 'Blaze'... The least King one I ever read. I mean, it was originally published under the Bachman banner (when he was actually able to write good shit)... It's a short one and one of my favorites of all time.
This is the calm version of “Larry” i can deal with this. Booktube isnt supposed to be as hyper as that girl🤣
My 17 year old self did enjoy Christine and Pet Cemetery, although I couldn’t read them before turning out the light at bedtime. I stopped reading King about 40 years ago😂 I just can’t for the reasons you have mentioned!
I absolutely enjoyed christine the dark half was good glad you enjoyed the dead zone I absolutely had a blast reading it I also enjoyed the movie adaptation
The way I think of it is, if you’re going on a journey to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow with a troop of amazing people who give you the best adventure and help you find the meaning of life, only to find no gold at the end of the rainbow. It’s about the journey not the ending. Though the ending of many are fantastic…Pet, 11/22/63, Revival etc. The Dark Tower II and III are like an acid trip.
Hi, I'm late, as a King fan, but obvi being critical so please, for the love of God, don't read Christine. It's a 700 page novel about a teenage guy repairing an old car which oh repairs itself???!! and getting from 'oh so ugly, cuz omg he has pimples' to 'oh so hot' and it takes 400 flipping pages for that damn car to kill someone and it's just so stupid, don't waste your time, please.
Dolores Claiborne was very good. More thriller than horror
I still remember finally finishing book 1 of the dark tower after slogging through it, and I literally tossed it into the closet bc I was so mad at wasting my time, and it put me in a reading slump🥴
But, I did read Cell by him and enjoyed it, though the ending is controversial (which is pretty common with King). For me, King is a hit or miss author, and it leads me to not pick up books from him, because there's no guarantee I'll like it. However, I'm enjoying the vlogs and appearances from the kitty!
Pet semetary, green Mile, joy land my top 3 favorite . He is my favorite author but I can understand you, he writes way too long that’s necessary 😅 lol
I’ve still never picked up a Stephen King book 😬
I've never actually read Stephen King, but a couple of weeks ago we streamed a movie from one of his books. It turned out to be about a mother and son who sometimes turn into cats. Real cats seemed to have a real problem with them, though, and would attack them. They had a weird sort of incestuous relationship going on, and after it was over we looked at each other and said uuummmmm, what was that?!? It was all very strange. War and Peace is actually a really good book. But it jumps around between scenes of, well, war and peace. If you don't like reading about battles and battle strategy, some of it may get tedious.
I still need to get to The Dead Zone soon hopefully in this lifetime lol. My favourite King book would have to be Misery followed by The Shining.
If you’re already getting rid of his books, would you be willing to send them to people? Feel weird asking 😅 but if you don’t want then I’m happy to take them off your or anyone’s hands
What? A cat now? !!!
The drawing of the three gets so good! The gunslinger is a weird series cause I hated book 1 too
right is one of the best book
She is really missing out! The second book was jaw dropping good
I used to be a huge Stephen King fan. The Dark Tower was actually my favorite set, but I kinda drifted away from him once he finished it. Now, I pick up something every now and again. I've heard a similar reaction as yours to beginning of the Dark Tower, (I actually liked what he was trying with The Gunslinger) but the rest is told in a very different style. I also think some of my favorites - Insomnia, Bag of Bones, The Dark Half, aren't generally as liked. Whereas, the popular ones like Carrie and It didn't do it for me.
I see a lot of people recommending Dolores Claiborne. Both it and Gerald's Game are about sex abuse. The movies are well done. DC particularly. Good luck.
I really enjoyed adaptations of Dolores Claiborne and gerard game
Ending of the bag of bones is very intense I don’t think she can handle it
11/22/63 is my favorite Stephen King
I been trying to go through my book collection and I'm reading the first chapter if I'm into it, it goes into my TBR. If it doesn't peak my interest at the time it stays on the shelf for the time being. It's making it easier to read.
I really enjoyed reading Delores Claiborne. I think I read it around 25 years ago (I was a teenager at the time) and I still think about it.
Christine was pretty good. Don’t remember too clearly as I read it almost 40 years ago when I was a teen 😂
I used to read Stephen King in the past but I always preferred his novels that he originally wrote under Richard Bachman, like The Long Walk, The Running Man and Thinner.
Just to let you know there was a TV series based on Dead Zone. It started in 2002. It is on several streaming channels in the states but I'm not sure which ones it might be on in Canada.
I really liked dolores clairborne
You should definitely give a try with Dolores Claiborne, it is really good.
I haven’t read King since high school (when I was obsessed.) Since then my tastes tend to be more litfic, and his books are obviously more focused on plot than beautiful, nuanced writing, but I think I’d still love The Stand and The Shining. His later books were DNF’s for me so I’ve given up on him, but if you’re going to read more King I think you’d like those two, especially The Stand.
Really enjoyed the dark half and loved the imagery of its ending and Dolores Claiborne was sooo good very underrated king book
YES, SHERLOCK HOLMES, FINALLY!
I'm curious if he has the same types of comments in his newer books. He's very hit or miss for me and because of that it's been hard for me to pick them up and give them a chance but I have a whole collection cause of second hand shops. (Plus the more I read the more I find horror authors I like more)
About "the comments" yes they are still in there, there are fewer of them and they are a little bit less gross.
Can I ask what other horror authors you have discovered?
He’s my favourite author. 😡
I can recommend Delores Claiborne but as an audiobook, it was really good.
I feel like you should try Agatha Christie! I tend to enjoy her mysteries as something fun and easy to read :)
I really enjoyed the inspector Poirot books
I actually picked up two of her books in my last book haul! I'm planning on giving her a second chance too (I've only read "ann then there were none" and I found it underwhelming)
@@BookswithEmilyFox I haven't read that one. I've only read the Poirot books. Death on the Nile has been a fav thus far!
11/22/63 is a good one)
Really enjoy these reading vlogs
Wait, there's a cat now? I had no clue 🖤
I loved Dolores Claiborne!
I really liked Christine by Stephen King. Given that it’s about a car I thought it would be boring but his writing in it is great.
I read it last November I absolutely enjoyed it
What my bones know such a excellent book 🤍💕❤️❤️❤️💕🤍🤍❤️❤️💕📚📚📙📚🤍❤️📖📖📖📖❤️💕📚📙📙📙📚💕💕🤍💕❤️📖📖📖❤️❤️❤️🤍🤍📚📙📙📙📙📚📚🤍❤️❤️❤️❤️💕🤍📙📙📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📖📖📖📖
I just love The Green Mile. Other than that... meh.
I haven't read that one but like the movie! I recently watched The Mist too without having read the book and I might just like his work better as movies lol
Stephen King OBSESSED my favorite author! 🤍💕❤️🤍📚📚📚📖🤍❤️❤️💕📙💕💕💕🤍📖📖📚📚📚📖🤍❤️💕💕📙📙💕💕❤️🤍📚📚📚📚🤍🤍❤️💕📙📙❤️📖📚📚
If you want to read a Stephen King book that’s genuinely good, try Danse Macabre. It’s a non-fiction book about the horror genre. It’s great, though he disses William Peter Blatty, author of The Exorcist, and manages to sound petulant and jealous while doing it. As far as King’s fiction goes, I did like The Dead Zone, Pet Semetery, and ‘Salem’s Lot. The Shining, not so much. I love how he criticizes fans of the Stanley Kubrick film for liking it “just because it’s scary” and criticizes the movie in general for being misogynistic. Sorry, WHO’S misogynistic?! LOL. Despite mostly liking the three novels I mentioned, I’ve pretty much given up. Like you said, it’s not worth wading through a thousand pages of hot mess that is frequently offensive just to get to a crappy ending that screams “I’m out of ideas”. I don’t think he’s a great writer. If anything, the extreme lack of editing almost gives off self-published vibes.
I read „Carrie“ by him, loved it, then proceeded to read „Dead Zone“ and „the Shining“ and hated both🫠 I did start „IT“ as a kind of last chance to Stephen King, because I had already bought it, BUT I absolutely adored it (except for THAT scene of course). Now I want to read more of him😂
I am currently reading the dead zone ... I am half-way through. I really enjoy reading it. Definetly not his best -the beginning is sooooo slow ... hopefully it will get better. And I am curious about the "Trump" character ...
Happy Saturday Emily hope you have a relaxing weekend xoxo 😘 📙📚📚🤍❤️❤️💕📖📖💕💕❤️📚📙📙📚🤍❤️📖💕💕❤️📚📙📙📚📚🤍🤍📖📖💕❤️📚📙📙📙📚🤍❤️
Dead Zone is the most readable King book, I read it in 24 hours in HS. Yes, his endings are often weak, but the writing is so great. KEEP Wizard and the Glass it is a flashback book and amazing. Maybe you'll "get" what the Dark Tower is about with Roland's backstory. Good ending "bad" book (for me) Revival, Duma Key better book, the ending also gives the creeps.
Lol, hating books with Stephen King writing about sex, but you own a copy of Gerald's Game? 😂😂