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Book Review 🏨 The Shining ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 🏨 Welcome to the Overlook Hotel. You’ll never want to leave. 🏨 Jack Torrance accepts a job as caretaker of the Overlook Hotel during the winter months, in what could be a last chance for him with his wife Wendy and son Danny. But can he overcome his personal demons along with the demons that may be lurking within the corridors of the deserted hotel? And just what is the meaning of Redrum, the mysterious sign that ‘shiner’ Danny continues to see? 🏨 The Shining is one of Stephen King’s most well known books, having been adapted by director Stanley Kubrick into the successful film starring Jack Nicholson in his now iconic “Heeere’s Johnny!” role. It’s impossible to read The Shining without conjuring images of Nicholson, which actually brought the story more vividly to life for me. The novel is a gripping and tense read that I was racing through and it’s easy to see why the film rights were picked up as it’s such a thrilling and visual story. 🏨 For many, Christmas and winter is a claustrophobic, tense and dark time, and King captures this to a heightened and terrifying degree. King explores issues of alcoholism, abuse and divorce, and how addiction can affect a family. This is mainly conveyed through Jack Torrance, a complex and fascinating character who veers from being truly detestable to a more sympathetic and flawed human being. 🏨 Horror is a genre that uses the darkness within a story as a metaphor for the darkness that people face in real life and how they can overcome those demons. King conveys this perfectly in The Shining and it’s a story that I could personally relate to in many ways, which made it an even more incredible read. The Shining is a fantastic horror novel, yet ultimately the heart of the story is a family’s struggle. 🏨 Have you read The Shining or seen the film? Do you think that the horror genre has the ability to capture real life? 🏨 Thanks to @jobis89 for hosting #theredrumreadalong of The Shining and this was also the second book on my #glenjens40before40 list! 🏨 #glenjensbookreviews 🏨 #spookishbookishpages - Kings of horror fiction (Male authors) 🏨 #grimdragon-Humans are the real monsters

Musical Movie Monday Memories featuring Walk the Line, one of my favourite films. I’ve seen it many times now and I rewatched it Friday night and it’s still as brilliant as ever. Reese Witherspoon is fantastic in it and thoroughly deserved her Oscar, while Joaquin Phoenix was robbed in my opinion. Have you seen Walk the Line? Do you enjoy musical movies? 🎬 I haven’t posted a film review post in a while and that’s because I haven’t been to the cinema in ages! There are so many films I want to see, including Joker, another Phoenix film. The buzz surrounding Phoenix’s performance is very exciting and hopefully this will be the role that finally lands him an Oscar, after a slew of nominations throughout the years. Another film I really want to see is IT: Chapter 2 and I feel I may have missed my chance now to see it on the big screen, although I’m hopeful I may still get the opportunity. The one film I am highly anticipating is the new @terminator film, which is out in just a few weeks! I am so excited to see it!!! 🎬 Are there are any upcoming films that you are looking forward to seeing? Do you have any recent recommendations?

Monster Monday featuring Frankenstein, one of my favourite classics. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has become such an iconic part of literature and film, yet the misconception still prevails that the creature in Shelley’s story is Frankenstein when it is actually the doctor himself who is Frankenstein. It’s incredible to think that Shelley was capable of writing such a fantastic story at the tender age of eighteen! 🧟‍♂️ Have you read Frankenstein? How do you think it compares to its many Hollywood adaptations? 🧟‍♂️ #spookishbookishpages hosted by @bookishsteph1 and @pagesandcup - Queens of horror fiction (Female authors) 🧟‍♂️ #cuddleupwithoctober hosted by @booksnbeachgal and @bookishgirl89 - Stranger Things - Book set in the past

Monday Mood...Enjoying my second week of time off work with a leisurely lunch at home and my #currentread Doctor Sleep for the #theredrumreadalong hosted by @jobis89. I’m almost near the end of the book and it’s so good! With the weather outside being pretty miserable, it’s the perfect excuse to cosy up for the afternoon with my book. What are you currently reading? 📓☕️🍳 #grimdragon - Gasping for air

Spooky Sunday...Thriller and murder mysteries are some of my favourite books to read and as the nights draw in, this time of year feels even more perfect to read them. I picked up these four books at the recent work trade show I attended with @rossiter_books and I just want to read them all, like, now! I’ve been wanting to read A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder ever since I saw @theartfulelle and @emilyhowarth post about it and I’ve been wanting to read My Sister The Serial Killer since I’ve seen too many Bookstagrammers to mention post about it! Foe is a book I’d seen at work and so I was quick to pick that one up and Adele Parks is an author I’ve been wanting to read for ages, so I was quick to pick up her book too after seeing her speak at the event. Now I have the fun of deciding which one to read first! 🔍 Have you read any of these books and if so, do you have a recommendation? If you haven’t, which one would you choose first? 🔍 #spookishbookishpages hosted by @bookishsteph1 and @pagesandcup - Thriller/Murder Mystery Books 🔍 #grimdragon hosted by @the_infinite_book_dragon - “They’re here.”

Spooky Saturday featuring Edgar Allan Poe, an author I am fascinated by, but have still yet to read! I first became interested in Poe when I watched a show called The Following starring Kevin Bacon. The show was actually pretty terrible and I ended up giving up on it as it was so ridiculous, but the premise of a serial killer obsessed with Poe sounded so good initially. Did you watch The Following? Are you a Poe fan? 📚 #cuddleupwithoctober hosted by @booksnbeachgal and @bookishgirl89 - Edgar Allan Poe - Classic Horror 📚 #grimdragon hosted by @the_infinite_book_dragon - Creepy AF

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