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[Rose]

Did you all see that JJ Abrams is in talks to make 11/22/63 into a TV show? I really hope this happens! I can see it actually working because of the length of the novel and subject matter. It would be really easy to keep him in the past as long as they needed to as long as they kept the integrity of the book as they did it. No people living who die or happy happy endings etc... lol

OMG I'd love that! I know there's the whole Under the Dome show too but I would love 11/22/63 as a show WAY more.

[RokofAges75]

Has anyone picked up SK's new one, Joyland?  I haven't yet, but I may at some point this summer.  I like the retro look of it.  Judging by 11/22/63, he does retro well.

[mare]

 He also co-wrote a musical with T Bone Burnett and John Mellancamp about twin brothers who die and come back to haunt a cabin. I was thinking about it getting Joyland, but I think I might get the new Dan Brown book first. I got about $50 worth of B&N gift cards so might get both, although there's also that new book from the guy who wrote The Kite Runner too!

[RokofAges75]

Interesting... I didn't know he'd co-written a musical!  Pretty cool.  I caught part of an interview with him on the Today show the other day where he was talking about how he gets inspired by images and excavates the stories that go with them, almost like digging fossils.  I wish I had that kind of creativity LOL.

[mare]

Me too!

[mare]

So, I did buy Joyland and am about halfway through it. It's a good read so far. Nothing really suspenseful has happened. It's basically about a 21 year old and his summer working at an amusement park. It's a coming of age type story. There was a mention of a murder in the horror house and a ghost that still roams around there but it really hasn't been the central part of the story. It reminds me a bit of The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon which is another SK novel I loved. Not sure why there is a hard case crime banner on the book and the girl looking horrified on the cover. It's kind of misleading and I can see how SK horror lovers might be disappointed if they go for this one in hopes of gore etc... I mean it might be coming, it IS Stephen King lol but as of now, not too much.

It's a sweet story and probably a quick read.

[RokofAges75]

Thanks for the review!  I'm trying to get through some of the books I've had lying around here that I haven't read yet, but once I run out of things to read, I'll probably pick it up.

[mare]

"The last good time always comes, and when you see the darkness creeping towards you, you hold on to what was bright and good. You hold on for dear life." ~ Stephen King's Joyland

Excellent book, I give it two thumbs up. You'll need tissues at the end.

[Carter-Orange]

I will have to look out for that one when I go shopping

[RokofAges75]

I started reading "It" back in March, and I am only just halfway through it... OMG, it is so long LOL.  I haven't been reading it consistently, obviously; it was slow-going at first, but I've gotten back into it and made more progress lately, and it is getting a lot better.  I want to finish it before the new movie comes out this fall.  I've actually never seen the 90s miniseries in its entirety, only bits and pieces, so I want to watch that too once I'm done with the book.  Anyone else read it or looking forward to the movie?

[mare]

I read it a very long time ago. My sister is reading it now and said the same thing. Stephen King tends to write really long novels. lol

I enjoyed the mini series. The movie looks horrifying. I'm not sure if I'll be watching that one or not.

[RokofAges75]

He does, but the other super long ones I've read (like 11/22/63 and The Stand) have been among his best, so I'm hoping It will be too.  I thought 11/22/63 was paced really well, but I remember The Stand being slow in the beginning too and then being epic once you got to the end.

[Carter-Orange]

I'd like to read IT.  I saw the mini series and loved it and am looking forward to the new movie.

11/22/63 is one of my favourite books.