Years ago I decided to reread the #DarkTower series by #StephenKing , but this time to read all of the other books tied into it, in order. Despite being a #constantReader since childhood, I’d never gotten around to It or The Stand.
It’s been interesting! When I got to the revised edition of The Gunslinger I read it with the original next to me, and a guide to the changes on my phone. The person who wrote the guide went into great detail but omitted everything related to sex. Curious.
It’s more and thicker books than I’d counted on. I took many breaks to read other authors. 2 of the kids were born along the way, wiping out my reading time. So after 8 or so years, I haven’t even reached book 4 in the 7 book series.
Toward the end of 2021 and Needful Things (not Tower related but I was interested) I resolved to knuckle down, read nothing else, and finish this within a year. Bought the remaining books so they’d loom over me.
200 pages into Insomnia, my 5th grader asked me to coach his Battle of the Books team. A fun diversion! But a diversion.
I’m back at it. I’d still like to claim the Tower within a year but I’d also like to read Psalm for the Wild Built once I’m done with Insomnia.
Chip