Imagine waking up in a room that looks exactly like yours, except the window is gone and your parents are missing. 😱
I just finished The Institute by Stephen King, and it’s a terrifying reminder that “human monsters” are often scarier than supernatural ones. From the heartbreak of “Front Half” to the high-stakes escape, this is King at his most suspenseful.
Check out my full review plus 4 other King books you need to read if you love “The Shine!” 📖✨
Talking about where I have been, plus:
From the Pantry, originally episode 19, to honor the recent eclipse: In which Carla starts with Dolores Claiborne and Gerald’s Game–Stephen King’s planned In the Path of the Eclipse series—and explores folktales used to explain solar eclipses. It gets weird.
Recommended and referenced reading:
Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781501143809
Gerald’s Game by Stephen King https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781501144202
Scarecrow Gods by Weston Ochse https://www.amazon.com/Scarecrow-Gods-Weston-Ochse/dp/1929653956/
Seal Team 666 by Weston Ochse hardcover at Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781250007353 /
ebook at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/SEAL-Team-666-Weston-Ochse-ebook/dp/B0085UCZLE/
Dante’s The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso—my recommended translation is by Robin Kirkpatrick, a leading expert on Dante. The meticulous notes are superb. This is the version translated by Kirkpatrick and illustrated by Eric Drooker: bookshop.org/a/6560/9780143107194
Hozier, “Unreal Unearth”:
https://open.spotify.com/album/3gF9KIynrJaC80HbVayPMx https://music.apple.com/us/album/unreal-unearth/1687585357
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Happy Sunday ☀️ here’s a shelfie!
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It’s time to unbox @owlcrate The Raven Boys 10th anniversary box! This box was absolutely amazing y’all! Inside was:
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🔹A double sided woodmark featuring iconic symbols and objects from the book designed by @llstarcasterll
🔹 A 300 Fox Way keychain designed by @no0nedesigns
🔹A souvenir travel mug from Cabeswater designed by @paperbackbones
🔹Exclusive 300 Fox Way tea blend by @riddlesteashoppe
🔹A Lynch & Sons Woodstock candle created by @lichen_and_limestone
🔹A custom journal inspired by Gansey’s designed by @paperbackbones
🔹A travel print set featuring several locations from the book designed by @legionofpotatoes
🔹An Aglonby Academy tote bag designed by @paperbackbones
🔹 This 10th anniversary edition of The Raven Boys features a redesigned cover illustrated by @_saintdri, a reversible dust jacket with art by @maggie_stiefvater herself. The hardcover features a foil design by @paperbackbones and end paper illustrations by @_saintdri. An author letter is bound into the book and it is signed by the author.
I love EVERYTHING about this box! The Raven Boys is one of my favorite books and this box was curated perfectly! I honestly can’t pick a favorite item because they are all so wonderful!
This is a fantastic box for fans of the book or Maggie Stiefvater. It’s, dare I say *magical*
There are still some boxes available in the shop at Owlcrate.com if you missed out!
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Do you ever have an bookstagram photobombers?
My senior supervisor is constantly messing around on set, laying across my flat lays, or trying to eat marshmallows from my mugs. Sometimes he just looks so cute I can’t bring net self to banish him from the set 😂
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It is nothing but the wind in the chimney
It is only a mouse crossing the floor 😬
All my prints are available in my Etsy shop, pop down and see what suits!
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Vampire horror, anyone? 🦇
#vampire #salemslot #stephenking #constantreader #curiosityboughtthebook #bookish #bookstagram #bookishlove #floral #fangs #trolli
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I don’t know about you, but my tactic for clearing out my bookshelves is to hide my books in empty draws. That way I can pretend they don’t exist and not worry.
#constantreader #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #books #bookproblems #tsundoku #tbr #tbrpile #bookshelf #bookshelves
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Another year, another bookstack I can’t keep straight. Considering this stack fell 5 times in the process and about took out a little boy cat once.. it’s fine 😜
These are some of my favorite reads of 2022. Several of these I’ve read multiple times already I loved them so much! It’s fun to look at this stack and think that a year ago I had yet to discover these. I wonder what books I will read this year that hook their claws into me and show up stacked here next January.. it’s a happy thought ☺️
See any in this stack you’ve read and loved?
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New year, new Owlcrate theme! January’s theme is Courting the Fae. The book pick is about a trio of friends who band together to try and defeat a perilous force that awakens in the forests surrounding their home.
This exclusive edition will feature a completely redesigned cover, a reversible dust jacket, exclusive foil stamps on the hard cover, exclusive end pages, author letter bound into the book, exclusive bonus content and will be signed by the author!
Items (many officially licensed!) included are inspired by ACOTAR, The Cruel Prince, An Enchantment of Ravens, and Fortuna Sworn. There will also be a brand new enamel pin collection!
Start your year off with @owlcrate and use my code TAYLOR15 for a discount!
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New year, new Owlcrate theme! January’s theme is Courting the Fae. The book pick is about a trio of friends who band together to try and defeat a perilous force that awakens in the forests surrounding their home.
This exclusive edition will feature a completely redesigned cover, a reversible dust jacket, exclusive foil stamps on the hard cover, exclusive end pages, author letter bound into the book, exclusive bonus content and will be signed by the author!
Items (many officially licensed!) included are inspired by ACOTAR, The Cruel Prince, An Enchantment of Ravens, and Fortuna Sworn. There will also be a brand new enamel pin collection!
Start your year off with @owlcrate and use my code TAYLOR15 for a discount!
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These Lingering Shadows is a collection of fifteen gothic tales compiled by Last Waltz Publishing with a little something for every flavor of horror fan—ghosts, witches, revenge, vampires, haunted houses, demons—both literal and personal, and so much more.
Full review is in https://linktr.ee/BrandiGuarino
A Stephen King booksleeve is a much better twenty first wedding anniversary gift than the traditional brass or nickel. I❤️ it!
#constantreader
#stephenkingfan
#stephenkingrules
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Will be sharing a table with a friend of mine to sign copies of our books 📚at The Troll 🧌 Hole 🕳️ Museum. Mark your calendar and come out if your in the area to see us and enjoy the festivities 🥳. #2023willrock #constantreader #instagood
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I’ve been on the road A LOT in the last couple of months, so I finally got to finish listening to this.
I know there are some people who dislike this book, but I enjoyed it. It wasn’t perfect, but the classic horror elements were just right, and the vampire being a plain old bad guy was the icing on the cake.
Also, how cute is my triceratops sticker from @snixley? Pretty cute I’d say!
#bookstagram #books #horrorbookstagram #horrorbooks #constantreader #gradyhendrix #thesouthernbookclubsguidetoslayingvampires #hydroflask #snixley #triceratops #triceratopsrule #dinos #roadtrip #audiobooks #audiobookstagram
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Both of my 2-book series. Where the Journey Takes Us was just released. If you like engaging fiction, then you’ll like any of my books. Check them out on Amazon or by clicking on the book images on my site: chrisbaum.net
#thanku #lovereviews #constantreader
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“People lived because she killed.” — Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame
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Oh look at that, Taylor actually posted a map on a Monday! 😅
I really wanted to show off this gorgeous bookmark from @azurose.designs inspired by We Hunt the Flame and it is just stinking beautiful! I love the colors and all the little details, it *almost* distracts me from my book (don’t worry, Wrath and Emilia lured me back in and I finished it! 😍)
Check out @azurose.designs’s other bookmarks and remember, my code TAYLOR10 saves you 10%!
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