Hello, Fellow Constant Readers!

[JulieMcIntosh]

welcome. the secret password is actually "we all float down here" but sometimes we go with the backup pin number, which is 1919

Ahhhh, makes sense! I will make a note of the new password and pin! Do we have a secret handshake? Thanks for the welcome!

 

[JulieMcIntosh]

Thank you, Morgan!

 

[JulieMcIntosh]

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Welcome Julie!

Thank you, Neesy!

 

[kingricefan]

PS- MacIntosh apples used to be my favorite but now I'm loving Honey Crisp!

 

[JulieMcIntosh]

PS- MacIntosh apples used to be my favorite but now I'm loving Honey Crisp!

I, too, have defected from the McIntosh to the Honeycrisp!! At $3.99 a pound, they really need to reduce my wrinkles, eliminate hair frizz, and get rid of bathtub rings... but they are pretty darn delicious!

 

[Neesy]

Thank you, Neesy!

You wouldn't be related to this character, would you?

(On second thought, I think it's a different spelling)

 

[recitador]

Ahhhh, makes sense! I will make a note of the new password and pin! Do we have a secret handshake? Thanks for the welcome!

 

[kingricefan]

I, too, have defected from the McIntosh to the Honeycrisp!! At $3.99 a pound, they really need to reduce my wrinkles, eliminate hair frizz, and get rid of bathtub rings... but they are pretty darn delicious!

I found a store out here yesterday that was selling them for $1.98 a pound. Bought some and then went back today for more as I know It's the best price around and won't last. They're huge so I can eat a half of one for my snack at night instead of a whole one and not feel cheated!

 

[staropeace]

Today is my first day as a member, and I look forward to becoming a part of the SK.com community.

I became a fan of our beloved Mr. King when I was about eight years old. I had run out of Cleary, L'Engle, Rawls, and Ingalls Wilder, and I had ventured quite disobediently into the garage to grab a book off of The Forbidden Bookshelf. After stealthily grabbing a few books off the shelf, checking out the covers, and carefully placing them back into their exact previous location, I stumbled upon a book with a cover that immediately grabbed my third-grade attention.

It was a gauze-wrapped hand that had EYEBALLS on it. This HAD to be good! I took it and read it cover to cover, including a story about a closet-dwelling creature that killed children by making them swallow their own tongues...

I began having horrible nightmares, waking the entire house with my screams, and my worried parents dragged me off to a counselor, probably certain I was losing my marbles before I had even learned to ride a bike.

The counselor dragged out of me that the culprit was not hormones or a preadolescent psychotic break but a certain short story by Mr. King.

I have been hooked on him ever since. That was 38 years ago.

I am now a 46-year-old wife and mother and former second-grade teacher living in rural Michigan. I have two children, a 21-year-old junior at University of Michigan and a 15-year-old daughter who is, as we speak, finishing up her first King novel. (Fifteen and just now reading her first King. Late bloomer. Too many other distractions these days, I assume.)

One of the great tragedies of my life is that my father actually attended a book signing nearly 30 years ago and obtained a signed copy of The Tommyknockers for me, which was lost in a move along with a number of other boxes. The moving company's insurance gave us money for the missing boxes, but there was not enough money in the world to replace that book my father had gone to so much trouble and waited in line to obtain. Sigh.

Anyway... Thank you for allowing me into your tribe. I assume the secret password is:

I DO believe in spooks. I DO believe in spooks. I DO believe in spooks...

Sincerely,

Julie McIntosh, a Constant Reader

The secret password is Yerbugger! Welcome to our happy home, my dear.

 

[king family fan]