Stephen King for The Sake of Halloween

Trying Stephen King's Work Misery



My mother asked me to help her shop for groceries. I declined her request, because I was playing The Sims 3. Well, after a couple of minutes, the motherly request won. I ended up going with her.

While my mother was shopping for groceries, I went to a nearby Target store. I found a Stephen King book.

I'm not a big fan of Stephen King. He writes thriller books, and I'm not a big follower of that genre. But when I saw the price which is only $3.79 with a 25% discount of Stephen King's books, I bought one just to try it.

I had borrowed some of Stephen King's books together with some of Dean Koontz's work at the public library, but I ended up returning returning them before even starting to flip the first page, because every channel in our television was full of scary shows and documentaries that gave me all the creeps.

$3.79 was not a big pain in the pocket, so I bought the book. Why not try, right? Just for the sake of Halloween, I will try one of his works.

Even though Stephen King's works are very scary (base from what I've heard), some people are addicted to his works.


I wonder what will my reaction of his works to me. Will I be so scared that I will end up afraid of books all my life or will I be so addicted to thriller that I will become one of his biggest fans.

I am currently reading "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer. I will think whether I will start reading Misery, the book that I bought from Target, or I'll just try more books before it.


Here are the books that I've mentioned:





Title: Misery
Author: Stephen King
Price: $18.40+tax (price may be different in stores)
Format: Paperback

*Other Format*

Price: $4.49+tax (price may be different in stores) $3.50+tax (at Target)
Format: Mass Market Paperback limited edition


Title: The Host
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Price: $25.99+tax (price may be different in stores)
Format: Hardcover

This me with my own copy of Stephen King's Misery: