#Constant Reader

[stephenkingporn]

New Holly Gibney book coming May 2025!

When the Buckeye City Police Department receives a disturbing letter from a person threatening to 'kill thirteen innocents and one guilty' in 'an act of atonement for the needless death of an innocent man', Detective Izzy Jaynes has no idea what to think. Are fourteen citizens about to be slaughtered in an unhinged act of retribution? As the investigation unfolds, Izzy realises that the letter writer is deadly serious, and she turns to her friend Holly Gibney for help.

Meanwhile, controversial and outspoken women's rights activist Kate McKay is embarking on a multi-state lecture tour, drawing packed venues of both fans and detractors. Someone who vehemently opposes Kate's message of female empowerment is targeting her and disrupting her events. At first, no one is hurt, but the stalker is growing bolder, and Holly is hired to be Kate's bodyguard - a challenging task with a headstrong employer and a determined adversary driven by wrath and his belief in his own righteousness.

Featuring a riveting cast of characters both old and new, including world-famous gospel singer Sista Bessie and an unforgettable villain addicted to murder, these twinned narratives converge in a chilling and spectacular conclusion - a feat of storytelling only Stephen King could pull off.

[destielblamscilesinfinity]

Ralph Macchio mention in the new Uncle Stevie book, gotta loves the man.

[changes-2043]

What do I want to change in my life?

There are things that I'll never change in my life; some of those are my family and friends, which I really appreciate and cherish, especially now that I'm 22 years old. 

But to talk better about this topic, I think I have to go back to my teen years because those are probably the years that make me question most of the things. I was so stupid and reckless, and I didn't have a care in the world, like most teenagers. I was a depressed kind, always in bed with the phone in hand and dreams I thought were only dreams. 

Many things have already changed. I did let go of some toxicity in my life and started taking more care of myself. I finally re-found my joy for reading and writing. Even though I'm not the best at writing, I have to say my dislexia always held me back a little. I found some joy and real-life exercise. I regret not starting sooner because I was scared of judgment. Even my fears changed; I was no longer scared of the judgment I could ever face in the future, but I was scared of beginning to be left alone. 

What I want to change now is to be more constant with things, keeping up with the many promises I make to myself. 

to wake up in the morning, to read more, to exercise again, to write more, to count calories, to keep healing, to journal daily.

all things that I once did and that made me feel good, and I will do them again.  I have to do that for myself. I have to stop making excuses for not doing those things because, at the end of the day, those same excuses are the ones that make me feel bad about myself because I broke the promises that I made to myself. It is a loop of pure suffering, and I want to end it. 

I will start now by going to do my skin care at 2:00 am..

[xtrablak674]

What Am I Reading Right Now? [2025]

Hey this is such a low-hanging fruit as far as a journal entry, because I am literally always reading. Albeit of late my reading has taken me more back to my roots with a heavy comic book diet. My nephew bought over the first Invincible omnibus from Image Comics, and the last installment of the trade paperback of The Boys from Dynamite Entertainment, I finished them both. But with returning to my walking again I have been feeling a bit emotionally better, and am returning back to my books.

As I said in my first one, the covers are as much a part of the reading experience as the actual book. So I have included either the exact cover I am reading or an approximation of the cover, which may have minimal differences, but close enough to what I am actually reading.

The last thing to note is I am also presenting the books in the order of which I am reading them, they sit in a nice neat stack in my window-seat waiting for another morning session. Curiously the children make fun of the fact that I take small bites of things, like my programming for Saturday Morning Cartoons, on Tubi alone there were like thirty-three shows I was watching. They pull my leg because I usually watch no more than seven minutes of each show, or to a natural break, I do the same thing with my books, I usually set a page limit based on how the book is laid out, and or limit myself to a section at a time, this way slow and steady will win the race. Of course I imbibe more television programs and books than either of them, so there! #MethodToMyMadness

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

I think I have had this particular copy since my first apartment back in Williamsburg in the mid-nineties. I recall that I purchased this book along with others in one of those buy five or six for two dollars or something of that sort.

If you're old enough you remember that same pitch with eight-track tapes, cassette tapes, and then compact disk. I am not sure if they did this with vinyl, I have mentioned the ones that I have actually seen ads for usually through Columbia House or something. I will readily admit I never did the follow up purchases, who got money like that?

The first time I tried to read fiction from Baldwin I hit a wall, it seemed very difficult to get through, so I had put this book back down, and left alone till recently. I will have to say that podcast about him did encourage me to revisit this, after hearing someone talk about why they really enjoyed this particular Baldwin offering.

Charlotte's Web by E. B. White

This is a re-read for me, children's literature has always been a part of my reading habit since I was well, a child. I had recently re-watched the film and thought this would be a great time to revisit the source material that the animated film was based upon. I recall clearly how much of a fav that was of mine when I was small, its so great getting back with those characters who are so familiar they feel like friends.

Skeleton Crew by Stephen King

I think I got this first edition hardcover from my Aunt Susan during one of her OCD purges, that is the thing about my books, I generally remember the way I got it, if I found it, paid for it or got it from someone else.

The Charlotte I know I found in my neighborhoods street library. But Skeleton Crew has been with me since the early aughts when I met Aunt Susan, who was actually one of Chaon's co-workers at this steel business on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

I will say generally speaking I am not a fan of King's short works, but his short-longer pieces really vibe with me. I had recently re-watched the first film version of The Mist, and it was so great to sit down and re-read the short-story for which the film was based. Most of King's first books I had read previously when I used to go to my local library, I would check out each one of the King books they had one at a time, finish them, bring them back, then get another one.

I am currently stuck in Mrs. Todd's Shortcut which I have to be frank I am hating, as primarily a pedestrian and passenger, I don't really see the appeal of shortcuts, I won't say the story is over-written, but I would have been fine with it ending like ten pages ago. I am hoping that Stephen makes the wait worth it, he sometimes struggles with endings. He's great getting you into the story, keeping you invested, but not always great with the pay-offs.

Beneath A Marble Sky by John Shors

I just finished the updated Shōgun mini-series, and this book can't help but remind me of that, a whyte man talking explicitly and extensively about some people of colors experience and culture. 👀

Now that we got the obvious out of the way, this was another book I had found in my local street library, the many books that folks in my hood leave in front of their brownstones or buildings that you can browse through, and take home with you. I have gotten dozens of books this way even the Strange Loop play that appears later on this list.

I picked it up because there was someone brown on the cover, and I like to read the stories of Black and brown folks, they usually take a priority in my reading queue. I don't know about you, but I have gotten sick of twenty-four-seven whytness, and whyte culture all the time. There are other meaningful stories where the experiences aren't centered around whytness. But I couldn't ignore that the author didn't sound like an Indian, or Pakistani woman, but I had just finished something, and needed a new book to fill the spot.

I haven't been disappointed, not really a fan of romance novels, but it is totally a love story set sometime in the past before the Taj Mahal was built. For the Constant Reader, I will share this piece of personal trivia with you. I was in Agra during my stay in India for a month, with the intention of visiting the Taj, but was so disgusted by the overt and brazen poverty all over, I told my driver that I refused to co-sign it, by just being another tourist who wanted to get a good photo moment, at one of the wonders of the world.

I, Fatty by Jerry Stahl

The jury is still out on this, another found book. I did think this book would center someone with a different body type, and I enjoy how its written in very small bits, but I am still not quite sure thirteen pages in, if I am actually sympathetic for this character or not.

It clearly says its a novel, so it isn't a real person. I have to wonder if Stahl, another whyte guy is relating some kind of personal experience in this fictional character. Since the vignettes are so small I will hold my course for the foreseeable future, and see how it all plays out.

The Star Trek Reader by James Blish

This is one of my dad's books that I inherited after his death, and luckily didn't get sold on Amazon, like I did with so many of his books. He like me was a huge science-fiction fan, him much more so particularly in literature, a lot of Asimov and Heinlein amongst his books that I still have.

I can say this definitively, I am a Trekkie, obviously I love TOS and these readers have the original stories for the episodes that ended up on the show. You know when you watch the credits, if you pay attention like I do, and someone gets a story credit, but there may be a different writer on the script? Well these are those stories that often come before the script is developed, sometimes they're similar to the final script sometimes they diverge, but as a Trekkie I enjoy the nuances and getting a deeper exploration into the problematic Roddenberry world.

I think I have two more books in this series. I will have to go back into the crates to take a look. If I accidentally sold them then I will cop some new copies. But I really want to continue the journey with Spock, Kirk and McCoy. I had the dust cover for this book, but I am not sure where it ended up, because its not currently on my copy. I am a little sad about that because I love the Enterprise and its class of exploration vessel.

A Strange Loop: A Musical by Michael R. Jackson

I don't read plays very often, but I remember seeing the commercials for this one when I was still on Instagram. I really felt seen in the numbers I heard, and nearly thought about going to see it, but post-COVID that was a barely recognized fantasy. I am clearly enjoying book better than the whyte person who scribbled inside of it that it was an "absolutely terrible musical", well it wasn't for you boo, so hate all you please.

Jackson is really trying to do some complex things in how they represent the queer Black experience in a full-figured form. I think this would be much more fun to actually see than read, because there is a lot of layering going on that would really play better in visuals than text. He uses a chorus extensively which I recall from my theatre history classes in either high school or college, but it was an effective way to get other kinds of Black queer men a voice and representation while still centering the protagonist.

I will admit its not something I will readily reach for, the subject material is very close to home and somewhat triggering. We have had different experiences, but there is some overlap which is very interesting. I mean the play did win a Pulitzer Prize so how 'terrible' could it really be?

[Photos via the internet all rights reserved]

What Am I Reading Right Now [2024]

See Y'all Got Me Fucked Up

My Favorite Eleven Books

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

the fact that languages change over time is so funny to me. we have thousands of language that work perfectly well, but no that's not good enough, we need to keep fiddling with them. no not making them better, just making them different. why? well, humans enjoy making up words and phrases. for fun. enrichment activity

[andra222lauren]

11/22/63 stephen king

I was intimidated to read 11/22/63 from the first. While book shopping back in 2020, I saw the book and immediately removed it from my TBR. I have read some of Stephen King’s longest books including The Stand and IT, but I was unsure that I could read a story that appeared to be based on history instead of his typical horror themes. 

However, I kept coming across the book at stores and on online forums. Constant Readers were raving about this book. I felt that I had to give it a chance. Also, I’ve read so many King books that it was inevitable that I’d get to it one day, so why not now?

I picked the book up from my library; after maybe 40 pages (out of 849) I returned it and bought my own copy. I cannot explain the feeling I got with 11/22/63; I knew I was going to love it before the plot fully developed. I had heard great things about it, but I had also heard great things about ‘Salems Lot and that took me a little while to get into. I took my time with this book because I needed to know what happened next BUT didn’t want it to end—ever. 

A lot of readers say Stephen King is bad at writing endings, but 11/22/63 in no way supports that. I finished this book with a mix of emotions. I grieved the characters, grieved the fact that the story ended, but I was so happy that I got to experience it.

I rated this book 5 stars on Goodreads. My account is linked :)

[szamaisflyingsolo]

Finishing that one today - not my favourite but still I enjoyed it a lot. As a re-read I felt this one more in the past but it was again a pleasure to immerse myslef into the world of Andy and Charlie's adventure. Love it! 🔥

[zachdionne]

On my Patreon SKzd, no paywall. Happy You Like It Darker day, Constant Readers 🥳

[mylifeinfiction]

My Best of 2023: My Top 5 Stephen King Books of 2023

1. The Outsider (2018)

2. Finders Keepers (2015)

3. Mr. Mercedes (2014)

4. Night Shift (1978)

5. Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993)

Note: This is, again, out of the 9 Stephen King books that I read for the first time in 2023. (I know, I really need to bump these numbers up in 2024.) For more on my journey through the works of Stephen King, CLICK HERE.

Thank you all so much for reading/sharing/etc. And please follow for My Top 10 2022 Books, Coming Soon!!

-Timothy Patrick Boyer.

[dinosaurgiantpenny]

After a lifetime of reading books with my eyes, I am listening to an audio book read by the author (Stephen King) for the first time probably ever, and I kind of love it? It's on one of the library apps on my phone (so its free) and I've been listening to it at the gym instead of Spotify.

[stephenkingporn]

Great charity shop haul yesterday. Started buying the L. Ron Hubbard books ironically but now I have 3 🤔

[destielblamscilesinfinity]

Stephen King has definitely made a Constant Reader out of me. Loves me some Uncle Stevie.

[catscoffeeandmarlboros]

I need more books but I don't have any storage space left, so should I sacrifice my fridge or my pantry?

[ping-ski]

shrödinger's plex fic (they are real to me)

EBY eclipse and y/n ref here!! :3

[eraserbread]

satoru gojo is a pervert.

he knows it, you know it, and suguru definitely knows. in fact, they feed off of their perversions and fantasies but have become much more modest in their early forties.

what gojo loves seeing the most, is the pictures suguru sends him throughout the day. he'll be in the middle of a lecture, laughing alone to some joke he made that his students didn't appreciate when a string of texts light up his phone.

now, satoru doesn't give a fuck. he opens them every single time, just clearing his throat and stepping to the side so he can glance at whatever his husband deemed appropriate enough to send in the middle of work.

this time, it's a string of pictures of you.

you with suguru's fingers in your mouth, kneeling at his desk as he has an at-home meeting. you didn't have classes today, and geto only had one meeting, so of course you had to be under his skin all day. if only he would leave the meeting and touch you, you wouldn't have to bruise your knees on his wooden office floor. but, you'd gag yourself on his fingers any day. you love his salty aftertaste.

from: sugu geto how am i ever supposed to get work done? come collect your horny girl

gojo gives the text thread a little sideways glance, apologizes for the interruption and slides back in his chair to text his husband back.

to: sugu geto so fucking hot. tell her to pull her shirt up so I can see the goods blue nails look so good on you my baby ( ˘͈ ᵕ ˘͈♡) so hot when she's drooling on them

it takes you and suguru two minutes to respond with a picture of his hand up your shirt, stretching the collar as his wrist peeks through. he’s holding you in a gentle choke, loving the way his hand swallows the entirety of your neck.

gojo knows he's being teased right now, it's why he ignores the image and stands back up, going on about chemistry science bullshit.

though he's going on and on about chemical makeups, he can't shake the image of you and geto from his mind. suguru knew what he was doing when he pressed send. thank god this lecture only had eight minutes left — gojo couldn’t confront his students with a flushed face.

to: sugu geto don’t piss me off … take it off! pleaseeeeeeee you can't see me currently, but I'm giving you the puppy eyes.

"alright." satoru tucks his phone at his side, leaning back in his black leather chair to finally do his job and address his pupils. most of them have already taken to talking amongst themselves, knowing the tendencies of their professor. "I'm done talking your head off and there's..." he checks his watch, "five minutes left. head out or stay, do you."

scattrered 'okays' and goodbye's render satoru's job finished. the first thing he does is shrug off to his cell, long fingers shaking as he slides up on the screen, ready to curse geto out for not giving him what he wanted. no -- needed.

to: sugu geto you think you're so fucking lucky right now just wait till i get my hands on you.

gojo is a fuming cloud of angst as he types feverishly into his phone. his light eyebrows are knitted together, legs crossed to try and push down his growing erection. it'd be impossible to stand and leave in the state he's in, and campus is crawling with colleagues and students right now. he'd have to get a hold of himself.

he's about to cuss his husband out further when a single attachment pops up in their message thread. the image is dark, but fucking unmistakable.

suguru has you over his lap, buried three fingers inside of you. he's got you hooked like a live catch, body bending and bowing to try and control the deafening ache. satoru could only imagine what you two were getting up to, right now, and the thought turns his hard-on into a boner.

little did satoru know, suguru has you at home screaming his name -- begging for mercy and three orgasms deep. it'll be a nice surprise to come home to if he could control himself enough to stand up and get there.

all he has to do is control himself...

read u and suguru's pov

older married!satosugu part 1, 2, 3, 4

<3

[lxnarphase]

diabolical munch sukuna who honestly prefers eating u out to like. literally anything else. he could be completely fulfilled if that was the only sex act u wanted to participate in for the rest of ur lives. u thought he was exaggerating at first but no, he could literally cum untouched from it. (and he wouldn't say it aloud to you but honestly, making you cum on his tongue over and over and over again is so satisfying that sometimes he doesn't even want to cum after)

yes yes yes !!

i haven't even been able to get the thought of sukuna being able to cum untouched just from tasting, hell, just from smelling your cunt because he's just so addicted to your scent and taste.

oh and dont even get me started on the times when he wouldn't let himself breathe. genuinely, several times you thought he was about to suffocate and kill himself because he wouldn't let you sit up off his face or wouldn't lift his head from against your pussy because he would rather die than part from you for even a second

but when you do manage to pull him away, those are the moments you get to see sukuna ryomen absolutely broken, a pitiful whine sounding from the man as he glares at you through hazy eyes.

"if you want me to suffer, just say that," he'd hiss before mushing his tongue against your poor, puffy clit, sucking it into his mouth as he slips two thick fingers inside to coax more of those pretty noises and delicious slick out of you. "don't care if i die eating you out, s' stop trying to save me, you've already broken me with this sticky little mess...jus' let me eat."