Stephen King reading challenge, update ....

... on 2nd January I decided to join in with the Stephen King Reading Challenge, and this is my post.  As you can see I've edited the post a couple of times, but I thought it was time to bring it completely up to date.  I was originally only going for six books, but it quickly became obvious to me that tweleve really wouldn't be a problem!!  In fact, I may well do rather more than that :)

I was directed to this challenge at Book Chick City by Becky at The Girlie Blogger - and I've been having lots of fun.  This is my list of twelve books; those finished and those not started yet.

1. The Stand - finished 23 March 2011
2. The Green Mile - finished 28 March 2011
3. It - finished 29 April 2011
4. Salem's Lot
5. Misery
6. On Writing (non-fiction) - finished 27 May 2011
7. Cell - finished 19 May 2011
8. Duma Key
9. Carrie - finished 3 June 2011 
10. Desparation - finished 8 May 2011
11. Bag of Bones - finished 10 May 2011
12. The Gunslinger 

I've done lots of reading, but I'm being really bad about getting up some reviews - bad me!!  Starting this week, I'll be posting one review a week until I'm up to date!!

Finished ....

.... reading The Stand - it was totally awesome!!!  Finally put the book down about half an hour ago - even though I've read the book (including this time) five times - it is still fresh.  I love reading about the characters, really getting involved in the story.  At the heart of it, it's simply a story of good vs evil.  And while good appears to win - there's always that little bit of doubt about how long it will last before the evil comes back.  If you haven't read it yet - I highly recommend it.  Be warned, though, you could lose your week :)

And now that I finished the book - I can start to make cards again.  And I suppose I'd better finish the ironing:)  Bye for now - off to find out which new challenges I want to play in, and find out which ones I've missed!

Side tracked ...

... today - I did plan on visiting my craft room and making a few cards for several challenges that are in my note book.  But I spent the day reading instead.  You may have noticed on the sidebar a somewhat sinister looking clown - from It by Stephen King; it's a fun challenge to read Stephen King's books - for me a joy!!

I did plan to start my reading in January, but got side tracked by the Clan of the Cave bear books and when I reached the end of the last book, I decided to start on The Stand by Stephen King.  A brilliant story - a big thick book - but it does mean that I've not been in my craft room much!!  So, if you did pop back to see a card - then I apologise!  I've nearly finished the book and should be able to get back and make a card or three sometime tomorrow!!

Stephen King reading challenge ...

... this should be great fun!!!  I've been reading SK's books since I was a teenager, so this challenge is right up my street.  I was directed to this challenge at Book Chick City by Becky at The Girlie Blogger - a very eclectic range of topics in her blog, and I just have to join the fun. 

I think I'm going to start at Level 1 - which is 6 books over the year, but it may well end up at Level 2 - 12 books.  The hardest thing, for me, about this challenge is which book to start with!!  I'll post up a list of books later.

Edited (28 March 2011) to include the list of Stephen King's books which I'm going to read.  As I said - I'm going to start with 6, but it could end up being 12!!

Edited again (10 May 2011) to update my list - and highlight the books completed so far.  I think I'm going to get to 12 in the year.  Really enjoying this challenge.

1. The Stand - finished 23 March 2011
2. The Green Mile - finished 28 March 2011
3. It - finished 29 April 2011
4. Salem's Lot
5. Misery
6. Danse Macabre
7. Cell
8. Duma Key
9. Carrie
10. Desparation - finished 8 May 2011
11. Bag of Bones

I've finished the first two books and will post reviews shortly.