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Institute
Institute | Stephen King
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, the most riveting and unforgettable story of kids confronting evil since It--publishing just as the second part of It, the movie, lands in theaters. In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis's parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there's no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents--telekinesis and telepathy--who got to this place the same way Luke did: Kalisha, Nick, George, Iris, and ten-year-old Avery Dixon. They are all in Front Half. Others, Luke learns, graduated to Back Half, "like the roach motel," Kalisha says. "You check in, but you don't check out." In this most sinister of institutions, the director, Mrs. Sigsby, and her staff are ruthlessly dedicated to extracting from these children the force of their extranormal gifts. There are no scruples here. If you go along, you get tokens for the vending machines. If you don't, punishment is brutal. As each new victim disappears to Back Half, Luke becomes more and more desperate to get out and get help. But no one has ever escaped from the Institute. As psychically terrifying as Firestarter, and with the spectacular kid power of It, The Institute is Stephen King's gut-wrenchingly dramatic story of good vs. evil in a world where the good guys don't always win.
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Gissy
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#SundayFunDay

Yesterday, I finally finished The Institute by Stephen King. I started this books last month but due to my busy life, it took me forever to finish it but I did it 😅

Thank you @TheSpineView 🥰

TheSpineView Anytime!😊 4w
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BarkingMadRead
The Institute | Stephen King
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Welcome to the #LosersClub open discussion for #theInstitute
 Please be mindful of spoilers. We have new readers to King who haven‘t read all of his books. When referencing his other work, please keep this in mind for our new-to-King friends. Don‘t forget to tag each other in the comments so your friends can see your reply. Have fun!
#StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion

deeannloso How does this group work and may I join along? I‘m a longtime reader of Sai King. 1mo
BarkingMadRead @deeannloso we are reading the books in order, we are closing in on the end, but I will be starting over once we get there, probably this summer. We read a book a month and discuss at the end of the month. We are starting a new one tomorrow. I tag everyone when we start, everyone reads at their own pace. I tag again when there‘s a week left to remind everyone of the next book, and at the end of the month for a discussion! Let me know…. 1mo
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BarkingMadRead If you‘d like me to tag you! @deeannloso 1mo
5feet.of.fury @BarkingMadRead ooooh I didn‘t know it was going to restart! I only jumped in at Duma Key so that is good to know 1mo
deeannloso @BarkingMadRead Yes, please. 😊 1mo
BarkingMadRead @5feet.of.fury yeah, I jumped in a couple years back, but missed the beginning so I thought it would be fun to start again! 1mo
BarkingMadRead @deeannloso welcome to the #losersclub 🎈 1mo
5feet.of.fury I thought this one was good, would have been better if it took that 1 step further into being Stranger Things fanfic 1mo
BarkingMadRead @5feet.of.fury oh, definitely! I hate that I‘m glad that not everybody made it out alive, that would have seemed too unrealistic. The what-ifs are insane, though. My brain hurt at the end 1mo
Karkar This one was borderline meh for me. I wonder now if my brain was unconsciously comparing it to Stranger Things. I did really think about it until 5feet mentioned that above. But it now make more sense to me 4w
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BarkingMadRead
The Institute | Stephen King
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#20in4 goals:
📚 finish the Institute
📚 finish Ice Limit
📚 start and finish my #authoramonth book
📚 start and finish my #bookspin

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5feet.of.fury
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Liked it, it‘s got an X-Men / Stranger Things vibe with the Institute kids. And a protagonist you could really cheer for. But it seems overly long in some parts, & the resolution was middling. #losersclub

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5feet.of.fury
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Audiobooking #losersclub since the book buying ban persists. Not mad about it, Santino Fontana is really good at doing all the different voices. Caught King being self referential about some creepy twins in a horror movie.

BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣 I haven‘t gotten to that part yet, I love when he mentions his older works 🤣🤣 2mo
5feet.of.fury @BarkingMadRead It‘s just a passing mention but very cheeky lol 2mo
BarkingMadRead I can‘t wait! 😝 2mo
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BarkingMadRead
The Institute | Stephen King
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This month‘s book is #theInstitute Grab your copy and check back at the end of the month for open discussion! Don‘t forget to tag me so I can see which version you have! #LosersClub #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion

AmyG Ha….you even have the thing of evil! (King‘s dog!) 2mo
BarkingMadRead @AmyG yea!! Her name is Molly, we have a cardigan corgi so I had to have her 🤣 2mo
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bthegood
The Institute | Stephen King
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My February #BookSpinBingo list - thanks for hosting @TheAromaofBooks -

Make a great day everyone 📚

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2mo
BkClubCare Some good books on that list! (That I have read 😂 they‘re probably all good books) 2mo
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BarkingMadRead
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Just a reminder that February‘s #LosersClub read is #theInstitute Put your library holds in now, search your shelves, or buy a new copy, and check back on or about October 1st, when we begin reading this one. Discussion will be at the end of the month! #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion

Bklover Almost forgot this one! 2mo
bthegood picking up copy today - have not read this before - looking forward to it. 🙂 2mo
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NatalieR
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I never know where a novel by Stephen King is going to take me and that‘s what I love about his story telling talent. In the Institute, King introduced fascinating concepts that made my skin prickle. He developed theories I hope stay in the realm of fiction. The story is suspenseful; the last 100 pages were intense! I couldn‘t stop reading until I finished the book.

Full review at https://abookandadog.com

IndoorDame I have to read this one again! I read it really young and creepy hazy memories of it always stuck with me. Seeing several reviews of it online Litsy this year I realized it was a King novel I was remembering. I‘d always assumed I was remembering some 90s YA thing. 3mo
NatalieR 😂 A reread will probably feel like a new read! 3mo
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bekakins
The Institute | Stephen King
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First book done for #scarathlon #mischiefandmayhem I don‘t think this is King at his best, but still enjoyable and I tore through the back half (pun not intended!) when the plot picks up!

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SpeculativeFemale
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Well, while I was feeling cruddy today due to the side effects of a flu shot (always hits me hard), I did get some reading done.

This book sucked me in immediately. I haven't picked up a King book in a while, and I think I nearly forgot how much I enjoy his writing style. The characters were the driving force in this one, for sure, but his easy flowing prose also just made the chapters fly by. Definitely glad I picked it up!

KathyWheeler My dad, who wasn‘t a Stephen King reader, recommended this book to me. I am an SK reader, so he was surprised I hadn‘t read it. I really liked it. 6mo
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starlight97
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"The Institute is like what they say about the mafia — once you're in, you can't get out."

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michellelav
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Now that schools out for the summer I have so much more time to read again 🥹❤️ This was a great book and I loved the narrator! I love all the kids in the institute so much 🥹

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vivastory
Institute | Stephen King
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I was really disappointed by the tagged book. It felt overly long and the premise of youths with special abilities targeted by the government was old territory. The thing I remembered the most were all of the technical details about trains, which was probably the best part. 🙃🚂
#sundayfunday @ozma.of.oz

Reggie I‘ve wondered does the girl from Firestarter get mentioned in here? Charlie? 13mo
vivastory @Reggie It's been a couple of years since I've read it but I'm nearly 💯 sure she doesn't 13mo
Karisimo My husband has read almost all of King‘s works and I think he would rate Insomnia as the worst! 13mo
vivastory @Karisimo I would be tempted to include Langoliers, but it's so campy I can't help but kinda like it. I haven't read Insomnia yet. I plan on being a King completionist one day (think I have around 20 left) 13mo
BookmarkTavern My sisters love King, and this one was a miss for both of them too! Thanks for sharing! 13mo
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AbstractMonica
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Started this one yesterday, pretty darn good so far.

Nothing beats getting off work, having a nice dinner, and settling down with a glass of wine and a good book 📖 🍷

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Decalino
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Fans of Firestarter or Stranger Things will enjoy this story of a secret facility and the abducted children held captive there, chosen for their psychic abilities. When they kidnap 12-year-old Luke Ellis, they make the mistake of discounting his true gift, a brilliant mind. The actions of the sadistic staff were hard to stomach at times, and King's teenagers all talk like someone's Grandpa, but it was still an engrossing and tense read.

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erickahhh
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This is my first Stephen King book. I chose it because it had amazing reviews (like all of his books), seemed to be on the shorter end and had an audio book accompanying it. I have always been intimidated by picking up Stephen King books because they are so long and seem to have so much depth. I have been afraid I would get lost and not love his books like I want to.
This reminded me a lot of Stranger Things. Definitely worth the read!

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Roary47
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I didn‘t read much in August, no 5 stars, nothing really earth shattering, but I read the first month of school! 🤣

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Roary47
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3✨ Luke Ellis is a genius. One night he is stolen from his parents and taken to the institute. He discovers that all the kids here have special abilities that the staff forcefully brings out of them. They are rewarded for cooperation and the staff is not kind of they don‘t. Luke and his friends work to try to escape to get help. This book was really good.⬇️

Roary47 How they were taken and how they fought back was pretty intense. It was also unnerving that adults pretty much everywhere we‘re doing this type of child trafficking. 2y
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Skyrimir
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Just started this audiobook. When I first started I knew I recognize the narrator‘s voice but I couldn‘t place it. Then I realized he also narrated songbirds and snakes by Suzanne Collins. I like his narration style.

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Roary47
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Domino is such a great cuddle buddy. We rearranged our living room furniture and looks like the pups are a fan. 🥰 Now to grab a book and enjoy the evening. 💛

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Cat.Rogers
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This was the first Stephen King book I‘ve read and I was not disappointed. Loved the fact that he threw out some of the current trends of tv shows into the story line. #thriller #stephenking #theinstitute

Chrissyreadit Welcome to Litsy! Feel free to check out the link in my bio- it‘s info about litsy put together by many people over past few years. 2y
CBee @Chrissyreadit thanks for tagging me as a fun person ♥️♥️♥️ 2y
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wanderinglynn @Chrissyreadit Thanks for tagging me! Welcome to Litsy @Cat.Rogers 👋🏻 2y
Cinfhen Thanks for the tag @Chrissyreadit and welcome to Litsy @Cat.Rogers great photo and you have peaked my curiosity- #stacked ☺️ 2y
TheAromaofBooks Welcome to Litsy!!! There are lots of buddy reads, challenges, swaps, etc. going on, so any time you see a hashtag or post that looks intriguing, just feel free to ask!! I also recommend following @LitsyEvents !! Thanks for the tag @Chrissyreadit 2y
LibrarianRyan I'm pretty sure it was @chrissyreadit who tagged me so thanks! Also Welcome. Glad to have you around. 2y
LibrarianRyan I'm pretty sure it was @chrissyreadit who tagged me so thanks! Also Welcome. Glad to have you around. 2y
Avanders Hi and welcome!! 👋🏽 One of the best things to do (Litsy ;)) ♥️ (And thanks for the tag @Chrissyreadit 😘😘) 2y
KathyWheeler Welcome! This is one of my favorite later Stephen King books. 2y
Cat.Rogers @KathyWheeler This was the first book by Stephen King that I‘ve read! 2y
KathyWheeler @Cat.Rogers 11/22/63 is also really good. The Stand is considered by many to be his masterpiece, but if you are sensitive to pandemic stories, you might not want to read it right now. I‘m glad your first experience with him was good. His son, Joe Hill, is also an excellent writer. 2y
Cat.Rogers @KathyWheeler totally adding all of these to my reading list!!! 2y
KathyWheeler @Cat.Rogers 👍🏼 (edited) 2y
Melismatic King is great!! My faves are Bag of Bones, Under the Dome, and Sleeping Beauties. 14mo
noseinabookagain IT, The Shining and Misery are all King favourites of mine! Truly horrifying 14mo
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yoavshai
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#BookCoverChallenge
Day 302.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

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danx
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Read this over the xmas/NY break. A top secret group kidnapping children with extra sensory abilities, a genius kid, interweaving storyline‘s converging to a showdown, small town USA. King doing his thing well yet again. The most recent book of his I‘ve read, weird seeing him writing about catching Ubers but he has kept up and stays relevant. Very enjoyable.

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BeeMagical
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🌟These are my top 21 reads of 2021!! ⭐ 📖

*In no particular order😉

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BeeMagical
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Thanks @Yuki_Onna !🖤

1 - Hands down I am a THRILLER QUEEN🖤👸🏼

2 - I haven‘t read too many actually “SCARY” books but the one that creeps me out is The Institute! The worst kind of people…

@Moonprismpower @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego @ShelleyBooksie

ShelleyBooksie The Institute was a good one! 2y
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Mandoul
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I was confident that I was going to enjoy this but those first two-thirds blew me away! Fantastic storytelling, which had me picking it up any time I had a spare five minutes (and even sometimes when I didn't).

Sadly the last stretch didn't grip me quite as much, so I lost a little momentum there.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Alora Great picture! Loved this book 2y
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CallMeIshmael
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As usual a great book from Mr. King, although there were some disturbing aspects to this one, it‘s sad that while this is fiction I could see it absolutely taking place. But a great page turner and lovable heroes. As for the kids language, I get it and those who don‘t weren‘t the weird kids in an element where you were the outsider. I loved the language they used and thought it was appropriate.

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BeeMagical
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Book 103🎧
I‘m not even sure I have the words to express how I felt throughout this book😶

King is certainly a master of suspense!! My heart was racing on more than one occasion and I couldn‘t stop listening🤯
I loved the characters! Especially Annie, what a spitfire🔥

& I will go as far to say it is the best book I‘ve read to date🖤

Mandoul Thanks! This is in my pile, but I might just bump it to the top now 😃 3y
BeeMagical @Mandoul That‘s exactly what I did too😂 You won‘t be disappointed! 3y
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HotMessJess
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I can barely put this down, just wow. Stephen, you never disappoint. #StephenKing #SpookySeason

peaKnit He never does! 3y
HotMessJess @peaknit I hope you read this, because WOW. 2y
peaKnit @HotMessJess yes, right away! I love him! 2y
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Bookgirl
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I liked the story here - truly horrifying as King is so good at. Some of it is well written…he‘s great at capturing minutiae and making it interesting. However, the unrealistic, old fashioned, and downright corny at times dialogue by modern teenagers was just too hard to get past. Ultimately, the characters didn‘t feel real and I couldn‘t get very invested in them.

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Bookgirl
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I‘m mostly enjoying this but the dialogue is driving me nuts. I have teenagers. I‘m around many of them much of the time. They don‘t say: “Jeepers!” “Put an egg in your shoe and beat it.” “Since Hector was a pup.” Actually, I know no one of any age who talks like this. Also, nobody beyond Gen X would have any idea who Kreskin is. He needs a younger editor. The old fashioned language is distracting me from an interesting story.

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HotMessJess
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Out here celebrating spooky season, because we all know spooky season starts September 1st #StephenKing #Mydude

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DHill
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Unpopular opinion here… SK is one of my favorite authors (like, I‘m going to marry Roland Deschain favorite authors) but I disliked this one so much I‘ve convinced myself someone else wrote it.

Did anyone else feel this way or am I just having a mood?

KathyWheeler I really liked it, but it did take a bit for me to get into it. I read it instead of listening to it. (edited) 3y
Bookgirl Reading right now and just posted about how much the old fashioned dialogue is irritating me. That said, I‘m now almost done and it got better. Also love The Dark Tower! 3y
DHill @Bookgirl yes! It did get better towards the end and I think it was the dialogue that really bothered me too. 3y
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DHill
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I‘ve been slogging through this one for a while. Once I found out Santino Fontana narrated the audio I knew I had to switch.

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CindyMyLifeIsLit
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An engaging story about youngsters fighting against the injustice of adults who are intent on exploiting them. The kids use their supernatural psychic powers in their battle. I enjoyed this, but I feel like King did not achieve his usual magic in the portrayal of the young protagonists. I just didn‘t feel that charmed submersion into the magic of childhood that he created so well in books like IT. It‘s still a great read!

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mschenk
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9/10 - I loved this story, fell in love with the characters. When Avery died my heart shattered. I do think the powers got a little too crazy and I didn‘t adore the ending, but otherwise I love love loved it.

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Macnjen
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Pretty good audiobook but not my favorite of King‘s writing. He is a masterful storyteller but this story has me question a few of his idea choices. Trigger warnings of child abuse and kidnapping. I think the main character should have been older in the story for as wise as he was. The narrator was pretty good but I had a few issues with the voice choices for done if the characters. Overall it‘s a good King read if you are a fan.

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MelKelsey
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Book 56
I listened to The Institute. Stephen King is an excellent storyteller with very unique ideas. His writing, especially as it pertains to women, feels pompous and arrogant and is sexist. Luckily, The Institute's characters are mostly children--children in a facility because of their supernatural powers. The book is really engaging. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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KathyWheeler
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This is the best Stephen King book (that‘s not an older one) that I‘ve read in awhile. He took an idea he‘d used before in Firestarter (shadowy organization kidnapping people with powers — in this case, children) and really fleshed it out.

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KathyWheeler
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Trying to read but The Institute is a heavy book and this guy is taking up a lot of available lap space!

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Sha0102
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It had been a long time since I had read a good book , a page turner by Stephen King! Perfect for turning into a TV show

#StephenKing #OInstituto #TheInstitute
#livro #book #bookaholic #booklovers #ler #leitura #leitora #reading #instabook #instaread #instabooks #bookstagram #litsy #booklover #readingabook #amreading #books #kindle #Sha2021

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cephellapod
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This was long, but felt perfect for the story. King makes me interested in a whole genre I usually have no interest in.

Dan_1988 He really does have that affect! I loved this one 3y
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EatSleepRead
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Loved the Stranger Things vibes of this one.

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NikkiM5
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Another great King book; I loved so many of the characters. The book was a great mix of comedy, sweetness, excitement and horrid activity (it is King). Highly recommend 👍🏾

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KathyWheeler
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I highly doubt I‘ll be doing much in the way of physical activity today as I feel a bit fatigued today. I don‘t know if it‘s a delayed reaction to my second COVID shot or just that I‘m tired. Anyway, I‘m switching back and forth between these two books.

TheNeverendingTBR Still to read The Institute, I heard it's really good though! 🤞 3y
KathyWheeler @TheNeverendingTBR My dad really liked it, and he doesn‘t read much Stephen King. In fact, this book may have been his first. 3y
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bourne.shell
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This is classic King. I was so pulled in with the characters and the fact they are children makes their situation unfathomable ... This was like watching a car accident in slow motion. That split second before the crash when your body feels the dread spinning up inside your chest and you just grip the wheel because you know something bad is coming. Really enjoyed it.

JanuarieTimewalker13 Memorable book. Really enjoyed this one 3y
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CleverGirl
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Ten years of car line reading.

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sprainedbrain
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It‘s the ninth day of Christmas, and it seems like there‘s always a SK book in my top books of any year... for 2020, it was The Institute. ☺️

#12Booksof2020

CleverGirl I just started this today. I will go years without reading SK, then I‘ll spend a little while catching up on everything I missed. 3y
AmyG I loved this book. To me, it had a Stranger Things vibe. So good. 3y
sprainedbrain @CleverGirl I don‘t think I will ever be completely caught up, despite the fact I‘ve been reading him since I was 16 years old. 😆 3y
sprainedbrain @AmyG It does have that vibe! This is one of those that made me emotional... but it seems like SK almost always does that anymore. 3y
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EmilyM
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Look what arrived @Bookish_AF! Thank you so much! I have been wanting to read this one, and the chocolate looks delicious. #Jolabokaflod @MaleficentBookDragon

Bookish_AF Omg how did I miss this !? I‘m so relieved you finally got it !!! 3y
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