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Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 6h

☀️ Day 5
📖 Reading The Stand
✍️ by Stephen King
✅ 309/ 1211 pages

Daily Progress report:

1/4 of the book completed! A bit disappointed because supernatural man showed up again. But stories appear to be moving towards a close for part 1. All main players alone now.

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#stephenking
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Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 1d

☀️ Day 4
📖 Reading The Stand
✍️ by Stephen King
✅ 261/ 1211 pages

Daily Progress report:

I’m pissed off tbh. At barely 200 pages in some magic happened. Nothing since but I was hoping for a good ole fashioned apocalypse novel.

Rough time for Nick, Larry and Fran.

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Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 1d

How goes Book 5 of the southern reach trilogy Jeff 😂

Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 1d

She’s not that worried about the revolution, if I remember correctly, and is happier with her quiet revolt.

Newman’s novel gives her character the fleshing out it deserves.

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Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 1d

I can relate. I was a secondary school teacher for about a decade. Such a time vacuum.

Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. It’s Julia- highly recommend the book by Sandra Newman (I believe).

Never really had much time for Winston as a character *ducks*.

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Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 1d

I actually really enjoyed this section of the novel.

I think Orwell included it to show the severe contrast between a utopia and a dystopia, between socialism and fascism.

It’s easy bait for the characters, who wouldn’t want that instead of Big Brother?!

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Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely up there 😂

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Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 1d

lol. Thank you. 8th Nov (I share mine with a certain Mr Stoker).

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Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 1d

He’s so easy to read! I’ve asked for a copy of The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon for my birthday- first read it in 1999, I think. Proper nostalgia!

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Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 1d

I’m a bit snobby with Frankenstein, I’m in being truthful, and haven’t really watched an adaptation that’s blown me away so I’m hopeful this one is IT!

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Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 1d

Roughly 200 pages into the stand!
Atwood’s always a great read!

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Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote my dissertation on Frankenstein, and wrote a piece on Medium last week about how Victor grates on me- I’m invested in this new film already 😂

Piece here for reference:

Confession: I’ve gone off Frankenstein.

Photo by Dad Grass on Unsplash

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Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 1d

Finished my reread last week!

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Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 2d

☀️ Day 3
📖 Reading The Stand
✍️ by Stephen King
✅ 177/ 1211 pages

Daily Progress report:

More time spent with Nick and Larry. Deaths starting to feel a bit more emotional as minor characters start to get ill to feed the larger narrative of the novel.

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#stephenking
#horror

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Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 2d

The Dracula one is nice!

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Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 2d

Literally finished this on Wednesday. Same edition too!

Wrote a snotty analysis of Victor on my Medium page 😂

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Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 3d

☀️ Day 2 of
📖 Reading The Stand by
✍️ Stephen King
✅ 128 pages in

Daily Progress report:

Lots of people died. It reminds me of the early anxieties surrounding Covid which, oddly, makes me identify with the story on a more profound level. I feel like I’ve lived it.

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Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 3d

The Stand by Stephen King!

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Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 3d

Returning to Stephen King…

#booksky #booktok #horror #stephenking

Stephen King: a return to my reading roots.

Quite by accident, in 1999, I found a Stephen King Novel on my Mum’s bookshelf.

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Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 5d

I love Criminal Minds but holy shit it’s been good since the reboot.

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Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 5d

Enjoyed that!

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Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 5d

Oooooh. Tell me about the hole. I’ve seen it in Waterstones.

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Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 5d

Not necessarily in that order but all worthy non-fiction reads that start a bit morose but end with a bit of soul.

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Rob Horton @thelastread.bsky.social · 5d

Ok Stephen King readers.

I’m about to read my first King novel since Revival (2014).

I’m jumping straight back in with The Stand- all 1200 pages. Does ANYONE have any tips when approaching this behemoth?!

Help!

Concerned this might reawaken my naughties King obsession! 😂

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