Status Updates From This Is the End of Somethin...

Chapter 1 done. It's whatever, but to be fair I wasn't too crazy about the beginning of "The Internet Newspaper" either and I liked that book quite a bit, so I'm not shocked about that. James's school life is going by quicker than I thought. Same old thing but Hammy is a new character. Will this be straightforward or will it be all over the place like in "After Tonight..."? We'll see

“Everything will change always. This is something you have to accept or nostalgia will turn into disappointment and eat at you until there’s nothing good left “

Memories cobbled together like patchwork, seemingly disparate and disconnected but together painting a complete whole.
Postcards pieced together to form a portrait.


I need more Vance Johnson. There’s such love in the way he’s described.

"If you love someone, you owe it to them to keep them here after they're gone"
This is exactly what this novel feels like, an externalising of memory, a means to keep the people Gnade loves and has loved alive in one form or another.
The threads of food and friendship run deep throughout the novel, conversations over meals and drinks, reminiscing and building new moments and memories.