@Bix

a pretty smelly movie with Matthew McConaughey & Idris Elba though

@tgraph52
Yes, I couldn't watch it.

@Bix
I made it through once cuz I like both those movie stars but once was enough

@Bix @InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus
I have always been an avid reader. An unexpected side effect of grief has been the loss of ability to read as I did. The brain fog kind of took over my brain. It has gotten better, but has sure sidelined my reading.

@CinnamonGirlE grief did that? 😳 @Bix @InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

@peeppeepcircus @Bix @InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie
It really did. I just can't concentrate the way I did. It literally changed every aspect of my life.

@CinnamonGirlE 🫂 @Bix @InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

@peeppeepcircus @Bix @InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie 💙

@CinnamonGirlE @peeppeepcircus @Bix @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

I'm sorry, Cinni.

💔 ❤️

@InUnfunky @CinnamonGirlE @peeppeepcircus @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

Same here Cin. I lost a loved one and it feels better, but the 1st 3 years was a fog of pain.

@Bix @CinnamonGirlE @peeppeepcircus @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

Same to you, Bixie.

💔 ❤️

@Bix @InUnfunky @peeppeepcircus @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie
I had no idea how grief could take over your life and for so long. Thanking goodness it is better now for me as well. Thanks Bix 💙

@InUnfunky @peeppeepcircus @Bix @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie
Thanks Trey. I am much better now.

@CinnamonGirlE @peeppeepcircus @Bix @InUnfunky @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

Sending you a hug, Cinny. That must be very difficult. 💞

@JoyfullyDazed @peeppeepcircus @Bix @InUnfunky @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie
Thanks Lisa 💙

@CinnamonGirlE @InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus
I have read a metric ton of murder mysteries, TY Lawrence Block. "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" is my favorite one. Clear your mind of the movie, because the #Comeuppance bites harder.

@Bix @InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus
I haven't even heard of this one. I will add it to my list. 📚

@CinnamonGirlE @InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus
The "Shawshank Redemption" is the movie of the novella.

@Bix @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus

Clancy Brown!

And this scene —

@Bix

my grandma got me started early with her shelves of Agatha Christie and Erel Stanley Gardner

@Bix
*Erle*

@tgraph52
You can't go wrong with those ones.
Over all, I find Agatha Christie's characters in her books a bit cold, but I do love Miss Marple.

@Bix

We had a new/used bookstore in Mpls that only dealt in mysteries... Uncle Edgar's. I found all kinds of different authors there, in my 20s and up. Lots of foreign writers and people who never came out from under the radar. It was so great to have a resource like that...

You had to go thru Uncle Hugo's Sci Fi bookstore to get there... and I spent a lot of time and $$$ in that one too.

@Bix @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus

Weren’t they combined as “Different Seasons”? 🤔

@InUnfunky @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus
Yes, that is how the 4 short novels were 1st released.

@InUnfunky @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus @tgraph52

Salem's Lot is one the greatest horror books of all-time. The vampire is not inducted until we are more than half way through the book! Rock star writing.

@Bix @InUnfunky @CinnamonGirlE @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus @tgraph52

Salem's Lot was the first King book I read. We were living in NH with several acres of woods separating us from our neighbors. I was a little scared...lol.

@InUnfunky @Bix @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus

The first three stories from Different Seasons have been turned into movies.

Shawshank Redemption
Apt Pupil
Stand By Me (The Body, in story form)

A movie has never been done for the "Winter" story, The Breathing Method. I can sort of see why, with that one. Not sure it'd translate well to the big screen.

@Tarnagh @InUnfunky @Bix @CinnamonGirlE @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus

Stand By Me was awesome.

@JoyfullyDazed @Tarnagh @Bix @CinnamonGirlE @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus

In my "6x Or More In The Theater" movie club. 👍

@InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @Tarnagh @Bix @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus
Same. Excellent book. Excellent movie.

@InUnfunky @JoyfullyDazed @Tarnagh @CinnamonGirlE @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus

Now, read the story, Trey-a-licous

@Bix @JoyfullyDazed @Tarnagh @CinnamonGirlE @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus

See my response for "Apt Pupil" GEEEEZE

@InUnfunky @Tarnagh @Bix @CinnamonGirlE @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus

Why am I not surprised? 😊

@Tarnagh @InUnfunky @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus
The weakest story in my opinion, The Breathing Method.

The movie Apt Pupil didn't live up to book, IMO too.

@Bix @Tarnagh @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus

Just gonna ask about that one. Need to re-read it and watch the flick.

@InUnfunky @Tarnagh @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus

Read Apt Pupil, and think about the Nazi evil being transferred.

@Bix @Tarnagh @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus

I need to RE-READ it, Bixie Bixie Bo Bixie. I read it when the hardcover collection first came out -- '82?

@InUnfunky @Tarnagh @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie @peeppeepcircus
Lucky, it has been so long, it will be like to you.

@Bix @InUnfunky @Tarnagh @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

i have a theory that no one but me has actually seen the Doctor Sleep movie.

https://screenrant.com/doctor-sleep-movie-shining-sequel-release-date-trailer/

@peeppeepcircus @InUnfunky @Tarnagh @CinnamonGirlE @JoyfullyDazed @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

I very much liked the book..

@Bix @peeppeepcircus @InUnfunky @Tarnagh @CinnamonGirlE @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

I found the book to be a little too much on the science fiction side. Maybe it was just me.

@peeppeepcircus @Bix @InUnfunky @Tarnagh @CinnamonGirlE @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Doctor Sleep movie. I wasn't a big fan of the book, but I'll watch the movie on a loop...lol.

@JoyfullyDazed @peeppeepcircus @Bix @InUnfunky @Tarnagh @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie
I love the movie. I haven't read the book this time.

@CinnamonGirlE @peeppeepcircus @Bix @InUnfunky @Tarnagh @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

In this case, the movie was better than the book, in my opinion. The part with the baseball kid was hard to watch, though. I read that the actors struggled with the scene, especially Rebecca Ferguson (Rose The Hat). After they finally got through it, the kid jumped up laughing. 😂

@JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @peeppeepcircus @InUnfunky @Tarnagh @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

The only SK movie that I like better than the book:

@Bix @CinnamonGirlE @peeppeepcircus @InUnfunky @Tarnagh @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

Yes, I agree, this was better than the book. But, I believe Kathy Bates was a big part of the reason. Same with Misery. I actually read Misery while I was in the hospital. A nurse looked at the book and said "that might not be the best book to read while you're in the hospital".😂

@JoyfullyDazed @Bix @peeppeepcircus @InUnfunky @Tarnagh @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie
Kathy Bates is superb.

@Bix @JoyfullyDazed @peeppeepcircus @InUnfunky @Tarnagh @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie
Fantastic movie.

@Bix @JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @peeppeepcircus @Tarnagh @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

Where do we rank Cronenberg’s “Dead Zone”? What about Frank Darabont’s “The Mist”?

@InUnfunky @Bix @JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @peeppeepcircus @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

I've got some firm opinions about The Mist.

The short story was really great.

The movie (ending) was infuriating as hell. 🤬

@Tarnagh @Bix @JoyfullyDazed @CinnamonGirlE @peeppeepcircus @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

Seems to be a common sentiment…😏

@InUnfunky @Tarnagh @Bix @JoyfullyDazed @peeppeepcircus @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie
I wanted to like "The Mist". It just never clicked for me.

@CinnamonGirlE @InUnfunky @Bix @JoyfullyDazed @peeppeepcircus @codeWhisperer @UmbaSaffire @CanisPundit @Bobk37 @evamarie

My daughter went to see The Mist in the theater when it came out. She loved the short story so much that she spent some time writing a sequel to it - how she felt the story could continue from where it left off.

She came home in a towering rage with what had been done to the ending of the movie.

I saw it a few years later. She wasn't wrong. I'm low-key still mad about it.