2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

Our September group read will be The Shining by Stephen King

Danny was only five years old but in the words of old Mr Halloran he was a 'shiner', aglow with psychic voltage. When his father became caretaker of the Overlook Hotel his visions grew frighteningly out of control.

As winter closed in and blizzards cut them off, the hotel seemed to develop a life of its own. It was meant to be empty, but who was the lady in Room 217, and who were the masked guests going up and down in the elevator? And why did the hedges shaped like animals seem so alive?

Somewhere, somehow there was an evil force in the hotel - and that too had begun to shine...

This time the book was nominated by a moderator. We like for you to get the opportunity to get involved, so we want to ask you if any of you want to lead the challenge this month? It involved commenting and keeping discussions going. Let me know if you want to lead it.

Huge Stephen King fan, this was one of the first I read by him. For everyone that is joining in this group read, I hope you enjoy it!!!!

I loved this book! I love all of Stephen King's work...especially the really long ones...This, of course, excels as a frightening and suspenseful story while also making the protagonist someone with which many of us can identify. I didn't like the movie version so much, but who can resist Jack saying "Here's Johnny"??
Among one of my favorites, this book remains up there with E.A.Poe, my absolute paragon of all paranormal and/or normal about which King writes!

The Shining is a classic horror and one of my favourite Stephen King books. Each character is fascinating in their own right. Always reminds me of the Friends scene where Joey hides his copy in the fridge, haha.

This is also my favorite of the Stephen King books that I have read. Even though I have seen the movie a ton of times, the book never fails to scare me. I think it has such a big impact because it is based in very human horror instead of getting scares from the ghosts. It's Jack that is the source of the real terror in the story. Usually, I'm someone that gets caught up in the moment and Starts imagining optimistic scenarios, but I can never lose myself and start thinking that maybe the family is going to be fine in those early chapters. Everything is too menacing.

One of my favourite books for a scare, I loved this novel by Stephen King. It was excellent, and I don't think the movie does it justice in the least!