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Misery by Stephen King

Misery (novel)

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Summary

Paul Sheldon is the famous writer of the books Misery. But in the last book he killed her off. Unfortunately he had a bad accident and Annie Wilkes has rescued him. Unfortunately for him Annie Wilkes is his #1 fan. She will do any thing to get him to write her a book. A book dedicated and written to her. There are 2 things that make him write. One is a needle. Another is an ax. And if they don’t work as motivation, she can get really nasty.

Review

This was one of the scariest books I have ever read. It is also the most gruesome book I have ever read. The book was ok until about page 270. Then it got gruesome and there was a lot of blood. I wanted to read this book because I did not like R.L. Stine and I am reading Edgar Allen Poe at school so I wanted something in between. So I choose Stephen King. My mom said no to a lot of the books but she said OK (hesitantly) to this book. This is not a younger YA book at all. I would say no one should read this unless they are over the age of 18. This is definitely an ADULT book. Extremely scary and gruesome.

The characters in Misery were described really well. Annie was portrayed as a person with problems and I do not mean like something that makes you different from others. She looks the same (or is described to look normal) but her personality changes constantly. One minute she might be happy the next she might want to kill you. Then there was Paul Sheldon. He had an accident and could not move his legs because they had been completely shattered. He was described as a person who was fragile on the outside but inside he had some courage, no matter how small and insignificant it was. He was trying his hardest to survive his time with Annie Wilkes, but the whole time he was being kept prisoner with her, he was planning a way to escape. Towards the end of the book there was a considerable struggle between him and her. This showed that he was gaining his courage back. But every time that Annie lost her temper, Paul would feel really scared, and he should be considering the things she could do and did.

This book was written really well in my opinion. It was descriptive and it sucked you in. It sucked me in so much that when it got to the gruesome bit I jumped and started breathing heavily. My mom got worried by I told her it was just the book.

I think much older teen should read this book and I think they would probably enjoy it. Also it might be a book for males because of the violence. It seems boys get drawn towards that stuff. It is a definite read but beware about what I told you.


Looking For Some Light Reading?

Just in case you aren’t sure where you stand on the picture book issue and need to refresh your opinion, or you need to get a little early holiday shopping done Gilt is offering select Harper Collins children’s books with such wonderful classics as Good Night Moon, Fancy Nancy, The Grouchy Ladybug and others. All of these lovely books will be available until 9pm October 26th. If you are not a member……I am sure we can figure something out.

 

 


Talk Amongst Yourselves

by  M.O.M.

This is a book blog, simple and to the point. Occasionally there are brief related topics – movies, poems, book related things, fun things that somehow connect to the printed word. It is written (for the most part) by a rampant book reader who is young, and found her love of books early. Anything in print isn’t safe from her. Keeping her reading isn’t a problem, getting the nose out of the book sometimes is.
How did this come about?
Frankly it was the presence of books, lots and lots of books – board books, pictures books, talking books, early readers, read alongs, read alouds –  you get the idea. And from this grew a reader.

And as you, dear reader, are here reading a blog about books, I think I can assume you love books also. For whatever reason you visit it is not to get a recipe, or read about traveling, or have a daily update on our lives, or get a craft idea (or any of the myriad topics covered in blogs) but it is to find out what is happening book wise at MLCWO.

So, it is with great sadness that this article appeared in the New York Times. What is going on? What do you think? How did you start your love affair with reading?

To be continued……..