Fall River Library Went Totally Nuts for Stephen King's Birthday

Who knew libraries could be so insanely cool?

Just about an hour outside of Boston, Massachusetts is Fall River. They have a library—nothing spectacular about that - except how they celebrated Stephen King's birthday. Stephen King turned 75 years old on September 21. I've always liked Stephen King, but I like him even more knowing he's a Virgo.

Fall River has a library that seems pretty typical. They have a preschool storytime, a knitting club, a teen game night, and a vaccine clinic. But what they did on September 14 was pretty amazing. If you couldn't get to the library, don't worry - they videoed what you would have missed.

The video starts with,

Immerse yourself in 'Other Worlds' as the Fall River Public Library pays homage to our favorite works of Stephen King through a very special live exhibition that will place you inside themes of novelist Stephen King and his world of horror.
This event is in dedication to Stephen King, the master of horror for his upcoming birthday.

My favorite part was identifying all the different books! Pretty hard not to immediately know Annie Wilkes from one of my favorite Stephen King novels and movies, 'Misery'. Stephen Colbert, from the 'Late Show With Stephen Colbert', asked Stephen King in the height of Covid quarantining which of his characters he'd least like to quarantine with.

Yup. Annie Wilkes was the winner.

When watching the Fall River live Stephen King exhibition, did you guess all the characters and books? What's your favorite Stephen King novel? Ever noticed that when you talk about Stephen King you have to use his full name? Just something I noticed...