Stephen King 2025 read-along discussion
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Dreamcatcher
January Discussions 2021
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Hello January! New Year, New Reads!
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Excited to be participating!
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YAY! I've already started. If you read 19 pages a day you should be done at the end of the month. At least that is what I'm doing teehee!
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I guess I didn't click "post", but I'm going to actually attempt to read Dreamcatcher, though I can't start until the 3rd since I'm out of town.
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Indeed! so very excited for the new year and for this selection! Also, I believe this is a great idea and new approach to the way we discuss the month's selection! That way we can discuss freely without worrying about spoiling it for others. I know there's a spoiler feature already, but still - makes it nice and organized as well! Can't wait to start this week!
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Thanks Josie! I'm trying this year lol, ugh I couldn't function in 2020.
This year I'm trying something new and I'd like to be more active in this group, like with more discussions. What I figured we could do and of course you can let me know what you think, but I thought I'd break the book up into weeks. Each Friday we can discuss what we've read so far and what we are thinking about the book. Now I know we all have different editions but I'll be posting chapter/sections for each week in their own discussion section in the same monthly folder so you can read at your own pace and discuss when you reach a certain part. I hope that makes sense.
The second thing I wanted to tell you guys if you don't watch me on YouTube, is that I've chosen this years books to coincide with Kayla's @booksandlala's Goodreads group/readathon. https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/... That way we can kill two birds with one stone. My monthly picks aren't completely on point with her challenges each month (I've stretched them a bit to "fit" the themes), but I thought it would be fun.
Okay with all of that out of the way, This months pick as you have seen is Dreamcatcher which came out in 2001. I picked up the book around that time while I was still in college and saw the movie in theater when it was released in 2003. *Cool fact-Stephen King wrote the first draft of this book with a fountain pen*
This is essentially an alien book. We follow a group of childhood friends who have come together as adults for one last hurrah because one of them is dying of cancer. They are staying at a cabin in the woods when the aliens touch down and all hell breaks lose. This is also the book when I learned my favorite motto SSDD (Same Shit, Different Day). For the most part the book and the movie are the same, except for the ending.
Dreamcatcher isn't on either Netflix or Amazon Prime for free, but you can rent it on Amazon for $2.99 if you so desire. It stars Jason Lee, Damian Lewis, Donnie Wahlburg and Morgan Freeman.
Hope you are as excited about this year as I am. I'll see you in the discussions and as always...Happy Reading.