I really enjoyed the first third of that book. the last third was OK. the middle third was so dreadful that I almost stopped reading. it just abruptly shifted to sitcom style/ depth plot and character development, it was bizarre.
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‘glyph’ by Percival Everett (who has rapidly become one of my favorite authors).
I read ‘the book of form and emptiness’ by her a few weeks back and absolutely loved it. also looking forward to reading more of her.
6·1 year agoget a coin. heads = school; tails = wait. flip the coin.
you’re not actually seeking an answer from the coin, but rather to see your gut reaction to what the coin says. maybe it’s excitement, relief, calm, or acceptance. maybe it’s sadness or dread or disappointment. maybe it’s still confusion. in any case, it can help shine a light on what you’re feeling, which can be useful when you’re overwhelmed by thinking. don’t be afraid to trust your gut.
1·1 year agoif you grew up during the era of scorched earth, shell shock live is good for this.
the archive of alternate endings by lindsey drager.
- ublock origin
- privacy badger
- decentraleyes
- clear URLs
- facebook container
- https everywhere
- firefox multi-account containers
- dictionary anywhere
world of goo. still my favorite experience in almost 40 years of pc gaming.
4·1 year agocanoeing, woodworking, ask historians, and maine.
1·1 year agonpr book concierge, the booker prize longlist, my wife, and browsing the library/bookstores.
The Archive of Alternate Endings by Lindsey Drager is my absolute favorite.
honorable mentions:
- Slumberland by Paul Beatty
- A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
- The Thought Gang by Tibor Fischer
- The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
- The Cider House Rules by John Irving
finishing up The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk. very long, and I struggled for the first half of it with keeping track of the dizzying array of characters, but overall pretty good. I enjoyed Primeval and Other Tales by her much more, however.
next up will be Soldiers and Kings by Jason DeLeon (Land of Open Graves, his previous book, was a goddamn gut punch, and expecting the same from this one - both deal with migration at the southern US border). also looking forward to James by Percival Everett.