Every week, I'll be making a pinned post inviting you to share your favorite books with the slop-hungry hogs of Hexbear 
. Each week will be loosely structured around a particular genre, time period or other theme .
For the opening week's theme: Books you have read at least three times
Optional nerd discussion questions
What keeps or kept you coming back to them? How did your relationship to the text change across multiple readings?
If you have suggestions for future themes, DM me!
If you want to be pinged when I post the thread in the future, respond to this comment in the thread
The long walk by Stephen King.
First reading I'll admit, I liked it for more reactionary reasons, was bullied growing up and reading about athletic kids getting domed was cathartic, voyeur at the roman colosseum.
Read it a few years later with my new media literacy goggles and enjoyed all the personalities of the people running, how friendships formed by trauma and how quick that gets snuffed out. The ending feels like watching a rabid dog sputter and collapse in front of you.
The dichotomy of the drafted going through hell while the the non drafters make bets and cheer on their favorites. Valorization of the worse possible moments of your life. Being caught up in this shit especially if your not politically minded must feel like a whirlwind of confusing feelings. Terrified, Proud, Lucky, Unlucky. Shows how fucking cruel and random a draft can feel like, especially for a cause that has no point and is just for spectacle/pointless violence.