diff --git a/X10D/src/ExceptionMessages.Designer.cs b/X10D/src/ExceptionMessages.Designer.cs
index d575442..a22c995 100644
--- a/X10D/src/ExceptionMessages.Designer.cs
+++ b/X10D/src/ExceptionMessages.Designer.cs
@@ -60,6 +60,15 @@ namespace X10D {
             }
         }
         
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Looks up a localized string similar to The buffer is too small to contain the data..
+        /// </summary>
+        internal static string BufferTooSmall {
+            get {
+                return ResourceManager.GetString("BufferTooSmall", resourceCulture);
+            }
+        }
+        
         /// <summary>
         ///   Looks up a localized string similar to count must be greater than or equal to 0..
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/X10D/src/ExceptionMessages.resx b/X10D/src/ExceptionMessages.resx
index a86e79e..867da37 100644
--- a/X10D/src/ExceptionMessages.resx
+++ b/X10D/src/ExceptionMessages.resx
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
             PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089
         </value>
     </resheader>
+    <data name="BufferTooSmall" xml:space="preserve">
+        <value>The buffer is too small to contain the data.</value>
+    </data>
     <data name="TypeIsNotClass" xml:space="preserve">
         <value>{{0}} is not a class.</value>
     </data>
diff --git a/X10D/src/StringBuilderExtensions/StringBuilderReader.cs b/X10D/src/StringBuilderExtensions/StringBuilderReader.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c07fb12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/X10D/src/StringBuilderExtensions/StringBuilderReader.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace X10D;
+
+// NOTE: the overriden async overloads simply wrap the result of their sync counterparts because StringBuilder isn't inherently
+// async. calling Task.FromResult (or creating a new ValueTask) is sufficient enough in this case, because there is simply no
+// other way to have native async reading of a StringBuilder
+
+/// <summary>
+///     Represents a <see cref="TextReader"/> reads from a <see cref="StringBuilder" />.
+/// </summary>
+public class StringBuilderReader : TextReader
+{
+    private readonly StringBuilder _stringBuilder;
+    private int _index;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="StringBuilderReader" /> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="stringBuilder">The <see cref="StringBuilder" /> to wrap.</param>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"><paramref name="stringBuilder" /> is <see langword="null" />.</exception>
+    public StringBuilderReader(StringBuilder stringBuilder)
+    {
+        _stringBuilder = stringBuilder ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(stringBuilder));
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override int Read()
+    {
+        if (_index >= _stringBuilder.Length)
+        {
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        return _stringBuilder[_index++];
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override int Read(char[] buffer, int index, int count)
+    {
+        if (buffer is null)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(buffer));
+        }
+
+        if (index < 0)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(index));
+        }
+
+        if (count < 0)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(count));
+        }
+
+        if (buffer.Length - index < count)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException(ExceptionMessages.BufferTooSmall, nameof(buffer));
+        }
+
+        if (_index >= _stringBuilder.Length)
+        {
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        int length = Math.Min(_stringBuilder.Length - _index, count);
+        _stringBuilder.CopyTo(_index, buffer, index, length);
+        _index += length;
+        return length;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override int Read(Span<char> buffer)
+    {
+        int count = Math.Min(buffer.Length, _stringBuilder.Length - _index);
+        for (var index = 0; index < count; index++)
+        {
+            buffer[index] = _stringBuilder[index + _index];
+        }
+
+        _index += count;
+        return count;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override Task<int> ReadAsync(char[] buffer, int index, int count)
+    {
+        return Task.FromResult(Read(buffer, index, count));
+    }
+
+    // except not really 🔽
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Asynchronously reads the characters from the current stream into a memory block.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="buffer">
+    ///     When this method returns, contains the specified memory block of characters replaced by the characters read from the
+    ///     current source.
+    /// </param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">Ignored.</param>
+    /// <returns>
+    ///     A value task that represents the asynchronous read operation. The value of the type parameter contains the number of
+    ///     characters that have been read, or 0 if at the end of the stream and no data was read. The number will be less than or
+    ///     equal to the buffer length, depending on whether the data is available within the stream.
+    /// </returns>
+    public override ValueTask<int> ReadAsync(Memory<char> buffer, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        return new ValueTask<int>(Read(buffer.Span));
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override int ReadBlock(Span<char> buffer)
+    {
+        return Read(buffer);
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override Task<int> ReadBlockAsync(char[] buffer, int index, int count)
+    {
+        return Task.FromResult(ReadBlock(buffer, index, count));
+    }
+
+    // except not really 🔽
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Asynchronously reads the characters from the current stream and writes the data to a buffer.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="buffer">
+    ///     When this method returns, contains the specified memory block of characters replaced by the characters read from the
+    ///     current source.
+    /// </param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">Ignored.</param>
+    /// <returns>
+    ///     A value task that represents the asynchronous read operation. The value of the type parameter contains the total
+    ///     number of characters read into the buffer. The result value can be less than the number of characters requested if the
+    ///     number of characters currently available is less than the requested number, or it can be 0 (zero) if the end of the
+    ///     stream has been reached.
+    /// </returns>
+    public override ValueTask<int> ReadBlockAsync(Memory<char> buffer, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        return new ValueTask<int>(ReadBlock(buffer.Span));
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override Task<string?> ReadLineAsync()
+    {
+        return Task.FromResult(ReadLine());
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override Task<string> ReadToEndAsync()
+    {
+        return Task.FromResult(ReadToEnd());
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override int Peek()
+    {
+        if (_index >= _stringBuilder.Length)
+        {
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        return _stringBuilder[_index];
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override int ReadBlock(char[] buffer, int index, int count)
+    {
+        if (_index >= _stringBuilder.Length)
+        {
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        int length = Math.Min(count, _stringBuilder.Length - _index);
+        _stringBuilder.CopyTo(_index, buffer, index, length);
+        _index += length;
+        return length;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override string? ReadLine()
+    {
+        if (_index >= _stringBuilder.Length)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        int start = _index;
+        while (_index < _stringBuilder.Length && _stringBuilder[_index] != '\n')
+        {
+            _index++;
+        }
+
+        if (_index < _stringBuilder.Length)
+        {
+            _index++;
+        }
+
+        return _stringBuilder.ToString(start, _index - start - 1);
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override string ReadToEnd()
+    {
+        var value = _stringBuilder.ToString(_index, _stringBuilder.Length - _index);
+        _index = _stringBuilder.Length;
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override void Close()
+    {
+        _index = _stringBuilder.Length;
+    }
+}