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WeeklyThreadWhat Books Are You Reading This Week? January 09, 2017 (self.books)

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[–]Chaoss7809 12 points13 points  (10 children)

The Gunslinger, by Stephen King

This will be my second book by King, really excited to read it. Last week I finished Tuesdays with Morrie, by Mitch Albom which was absolutely fantastic.

[–]Ozyman_Dias 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Do yourself a favour, waste no time in jumping into Drawing of the Three when you finish.

You won't regret it.

[–]Chaoss7809 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I'll go to the library and check it out then

[–]Hop_Swami 4 points5 points  (2 children)

The gunslinger is a weird one. Not a lot of stuff will make sense. Just roll with it.

[–]Chaoss7809 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Nothing makes sense so far! I love the way King writes though, it's still gripping even though it's kinda strange.

[–]jlipps11 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I admittedly put this book down after 20-30 pages and came back to it after 2 months and finished it in 2 days. Might have to re-read the series sometime. My fiance said she wouldn't mind if I read them to her.

[–]Toke_420 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I'm up to Wolves of the Calla in the series. The Gunslinger was the hardest to get through so far. I still liked it, but it gets much better.

[–]Chaoss7809 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love this book so far, so that's really encouraging!

[–]atlccw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh man. Tuesdays with Morrie has wrecked me two separate times in life. It's a book I feel you can always come away from with something new, depending on where you are in life at that moment.

[–]mr_mufuka 0 points1 point  (1 child)

This isn't the typical King style of prose. I think he was like 19 when he wrote it and was still developing. I feel like the word transmogrified was used a lot. The book tells a great story though, and sets up an incredible universe that is weaved in and out of a lot of his books. One of my favorite series.

[–]Chaoss7809 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haven't seen that word once and I'm 3/4 of the way through! It's extremely descriptive, which so far is similar to the other book I read by him :)

E: Finished two of the books in this series, still looking for transmogrified!