Stephen King marathon

This past Friday, I finally finished Stephen King's "It." It is the longest book I've ever committed to and finished...1090 pages. I'm a slow reader. I started it on the last days of December. It took only two and a half months! I've recently become Stephen King fan ever since I read his writing book "On writing" and got to know his writing style and writing philosophies. It was sad to finish the book because I've gotten to know the chararcters so well. The story reminded me of my own childhood, its wonders and beliefs.

It eerily reminds me of the time my friends and I took our own expedition into our neighborhood sewers! From an entrance that measured maybe 3 feet, that tapered to around a foot an a half, my friends and I crawled what seemed to be miles (probably less than 100 yards) to the first open sewer grate on Queens Court. As an adult, I can't figure any logical reason for doing that. As a kid, it made perfect sense. Even more creepy, my life reflected the book in the way we built a dam out of sticks and rocks at the opening of the sewer.

On the night that I finished the book, "It" happened to be on tv. I had about 50 pages to go. So during the commercials, I read as much as I can. I finished the book before the end of the 3 hour movie. As always, the book was better.

In other Stephen King news, I also finished the first of the Dark Towers books, "The Gunslinger," on audiobook. On to book 2!