August Evening Book Group
Tuesday, August 26th @ 6:30pm at Elliot's Woodfired Kitchen & Taps (50 South Liberty Street #104, Powell, OH 43065)
Book selection: Any book by Stephen King
Jenn Genthner suggested any Stephen King novel as we have several Stephen King fans in our group. This may be a shocker, but I have to admit I haven't read a single Stephen King novel so maybe it's time I did. Question for all you SK fans, which one would you recommend?
- IT - this book started my obsession with Stephen King back in the day & touches on childhood fears in this coming-of-age horror with the theme of unbreakable friendships (which you'll find in most of his books), but it could stick with you long after you close the book
- The Stand - this is a an apocalyptic epic novel that pits good vs. evil (again a common theme in most of his books) after a super flu wipes out 99% of humanity (does this seem familiar? but was written back in 1978)
- Misery - this novel is a captivity horror that explores the psychotic obsess of fans
- 11/22/63 - historical fiction with time travel thrown in to make it exciting about the assassination of JFK & asks the question, "Can we really rewrite history?"
- Needful Things - this novel set in a small-town explores what happens when the Devil opens a general store & preys on the town's worst impulses of greed
- Dolores Claiborne - psychological thriller about a housekeeper that murders her employer that brings out her past of secrets & lies around physical & emotional abuse & the unwavering will to survive
- Insomnia - this horror fantasy novel is about a retired widower whose increasing insomnia cause his to begin seeing auras & other hidden things that start to make him question what is purposeful & what is random in our lives
- Bag of Bones - this novel is about a writer who loses his wife & gets involved with another widow & her daughter's custody battle that touches on human cruelty, grief, lost love & enduring bonds while exposing haunted secrets of the past
- Dreamcatcher - this sci-fi novel is about 4 childhood friends that encounter an alien presence & military conspiracy on an annual hunting trip that touches on friendship, memory & the nature of good & evil (sound familiar?)
- Duma Key - this novel is about a guy that moves to Florida to help recover from a traumatic accident & finds healing through painting that becomes a conduit for psychic visions & paranormal events revealing secrets about his family & the island he's staying on
- Under the Dome - this novel is about a small town that suddenly gets cut off from the rest of the work by an invisible dome that causes dwindling resources & rising tensions & touches on power, corruption, survival, the fragility of society & what else, but good & evil
- The Institute - this novel is about a facility called the Institute that subjects children with psychic abilities to cruel experiments & psychological manipulation that explores the importance of friendship & loyalty in the face of adversity, the resiliency of children in the face of abuse of power and his favorite theme, good vs. evil
- Fairy Tale - this sci-fi novel is about a high school student that finds a portal to a hidden world that is loosely based on popular fairy tales & is embroiled in conflict between the forces of light & darkness that touches on the power of stories, the importance of friendship & love and the consequences of one's actions
Let's channel the spirit of summer and make it easy and fun! We always do when we get together 😊
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