Welcome to Shelf Control — an original feature created and hosted by Bookshelf Fantasies.
Shelf Control is a weekly celebration of the unread books on our shelves. Pick a book you own but haven’t read, write a post about it (suggestions: include what it’s about, why you want to read it, and when you got it), and link up! Fore more info on what Shelf Control is all about, check out my introductory post, here.
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My Shelf Control pick this week is:
Title: Locke & Key, volume 6: Alpha & Omega
Author: Joe Hill
Published: 2014
Length: 192 pages
What it’s about (synopsis via Goodreads):
The shadows have never been darker and the end has never been closer. Turn the key and open the last door; it’s time to say goodbye.
The final arc of New York Times bestselling Locke & Key comes to a thundrous and compelling conclusion.
An event not to be missed!
And about the series:
Locke & Key tells of Keyhouse, an unlikely New England mansion, with fantastic doors that transform all who dare to walk through them. Home to a hate-filled and relentless creature that will not rest until it forces open the most terrible door of them all…
How and when I got it:
I preordered this baby and got it on release day, January of 2014.
Why I want to read it:
This is so ridiculous. I read the first five volumes of the Locke & Key series as they were released — well, devoured them, really. And then some time went by, and then volume 6 was released, and I thought to myself that it would be a great idea to start the series again from the beginning so I could be totally in the moment and really savor the series finale. And of course, that never happened. It was a stupid vicious cycle — I was dying to read the conclusion, but wanted to reread the whole series, but didn’t have time to start again, but didn’t want to read #6 without starting again. On and on, until today! I’ve made finishing this series a New Year’s resolution a couple of times now. Maybe in 2018? For realzies this time.
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Do it! The conclusion was very good in my opinion. Another option to possibly consider… they turned this whole series into a full cast dramatized audiobook that is really well done. If you can figure out where number 5 ends, you could use the audio to catch up and then read 6 in print with all the artwork. Just a suggestion 🙂
Well, I actually got the audiobook about a year ago and thought I’d take that approach for catching up — but for whatever reason, I just couldn’t stand listening to it. I’m going to have to carve out a week (hmm, maybe over the holidays this winter) and designate it as my own personal “Locke & Key week”, and just plow through all the books.
Fair enough! I liked it for re-reading but it won’t be for everyone 🙂
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Why have I never read of these books?! They sound awesome!
I’ve participated in Shelf Love for the first time this week! I’m looking forward to doing it on a weekly basis so thank you for starting this topic 😀
http://thegirlwithallthebooks.com/2017/10/11/shelf-control-the-girl-in-the-spiders-web/
Fabulous! Thanks for sharing your link! (And yes, Locke & Key is awesome — definitely check it out!)
Great series. I read it after a long, long gap and wished I’d gone back as well but they’re so popular at our library the wait was too much to consider. It’s great they’re on your shelf!
Yes… now I just need to read them! 🙂