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Wordy Words on WordsA couple things: 1) I would LOVE to know what the ladies think about the female representation in this book. I was always told girls are SUPER catty and shitty to each other, but I’m a dude so what do I know? 2) A letter from Macon, GA is how this novel closes out. As interesting as that is, it’s RIDDLED with spelling errors and that’s way more interesting. Slightly offensive. Really funny. 3) I remember hearing something about a play in football where everyone knows what’s going to happen but it works anyway. That’s this book. There’s no mystery here, but it doesn’t matter. He says Carrie is telekinetic in no time flat. He’ll tell you someone is going to die and at no point do you say “ugh! Spoilers!” Instead, you continue to read because now you need to know HOW it happens. This occurs over and over again and it never goes poorly. I love it. 4) It’s implied that Sue Snell is pregnant before she hooks up with Carrie who initially thinks Snell was part of this. Then they have a moment where Carrie goes through Snell’s brain to see if she had any role in what happened at prom. She didn’t, and, as Carrie died (spoiler alert), Sue starts her (late) period. It seems to ME that this was a last-minute gift of sorts because Snell wasn’t really prepared for motherhood. I know, I know. Some people wouldn’t consider abortions gifts, but you never know what people want and gifts are all about what THEY want, not about what YOU want to give, you know what I mean? But I’m curious what you guys think. On one hand, I could see it as bookends for the story - it starts and ends with periods - but I could see it as an act of mercy from Carrie as well. Maybe because Carrie wasn’t super stoked on her own existence at that point? Let me know what you think. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/book?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookreview?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookreview</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookrecommendations?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookrecommendations</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booklover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booklover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booknerd?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booknerd</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookaddict?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookaddict</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookcover?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookcover</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/read?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#read</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wordywordsonwords?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wordywordsonwords</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/readmore?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#readmore</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/constantreader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#constantreader</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stephenking?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stephenking</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/carrie?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#carrie</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stephenkingbook?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stephenkingbook</a>

Wordy Words on WordsIt’s super interesting to read a philosopher’s take on how he thought Covid would impact our culture as a whole. He was wrong, but I think we all were. I distinctly remember thinking that Covid could - for all the heartache and death it brought with it - also bring a reframing of our lives and a refreshed priority list to all of us. We could really take a moment and breathe for a bit, look around, and evaluate whether we as a society are okay with the grind that is modernity. Turns out yes, people were okay with it. Well. Rich people were okay with it. As so often happens, the curtain lifted a bit to show that that so-called “unskilled labor force,” is actually holding up civilization while the rich just pretend to do important things. At this point, Covid feels like a wasted opportunity to right an awful lot of wrongs. Edit: I wrote the above in 2022 and I feel like I’ve just gotten more radicalized year after year from my disappointment in all of us as a society. We could have done so much. We could currently be in such a better place. But no, the workforce was forced to cave to the rich, showing their trick of limiting wages to barely livable also meant that nobody had the opportunity to reject the systems that they set up. We were set up, exploited, and manipulated and words cannot express just how fucking angry I am about the whole thing because now there are ZERO silver linings or redeeming values to Covid19. Just a whole lot of unnecessary death and tighter grip on the people by corporations and billionaires. It kills me, man. I’m not even kidding. 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Mother Suspiria :autism:I've got a busy day and won't be online much but I had to sayHAPPY BIRTHDAY TO STEPHEN KING!! Thank you, always, for your Words, & I will forever remain a grateful Constant Reader. 🖤<a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/StephenKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StephenKing</a> <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/ConstantReader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConstantReader</a> <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstadon</a>

Mother Suspiria :autism:It wasn't supposed to arrive until tomorrow but it came earlier tonight, YAY!<a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/StephenKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StephenKing</a> <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/ConstantReader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConstantReader</a> <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/horrorbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@horrorbooks</a>

Mother Suspiria :autism:📚 Happy HOLLY Day to all you fellow Constant Readers!! Mine's coming today 😁 P.S. Supposedly the cover glows, but I haven't confirmed that yet<a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/StephenKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StephenKing</a> <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/Holly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Holly</a> <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/ConstantReader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConstantReader</a> <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/HollyGibney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HollyGibney</a>

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