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They don't let u be this affable anymore

Edition I'm reading only has 750 pages, so we're really coming to the end. Probably will end up being a top 5 (or maybe top 3) book of the 21st century for me. Stunning amazing incredible wow wow wow

Progress is slow and steady. The best parts are when she eats at Burger King.

Glad I kept the faith with this one. The spell is revealing itself to me, and its so worth it (expecting a fully dejected "what the fuck even is this book I hate it" update in 2-3 days)

Reading this one very periodically and slowly... I rly can't tell what the spell is on this one - she's JUST getting burgers from the nastiest restaurants you can imagine, but there are moments where it's so intoxicating that I can't imagine reading anything else

Endless lists of guys in this one, and at least half of them are named Thor (which is still true in Iceland today). I think I keep getting overwhelmed by the quantities of indistinguishable guys (except for Njal and Gunnar), but have had a much better time once I started keeping my eye on the Wikipedia plot synopsis

Wife just got a grant to write music related to Medievalism... Going to be Dante, Saga, and Allegory-maxxing this summer. Please send me your best recs!

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She is so real

2 chapters down - master class in affability

I really like when two mighty champions cross paths on the battlefield and give each other their life stories lol. Life before cellphones, I guess!!

Getting to the end of a big battle, so you KNOW some moaning and wailing is just around the corner!!! Wilson's translation has the goods

Not many transitions between chapters or thematic overviews... It's mostly a list of weird guys so far - reading for book club. I think it will be more fun to talk about than it has been to read so far

Four characters already have wondered if they need to wash their hands after pretending to use the bathroom to avoid an awkward social situation. Love Karl Ove sm

I havent read this in a week or so and my bookmark fell out and I dont rly remember where I was 😔 pretty good so far tho

This one started off so promising but its becoming a bit of a slog... Really want to finish before the new Pynchon comes in the mail and I don't want to put it down with 100 pages left to go... I also have to pay attention bc my wife's weird uncle that wrote Icelandic-English dictionaries is going to want to talk about this book next time I see him... But I might quit this one early 😬😬😬

Going to read this with Twitter Tom and we may start some sort of discord chat for discussion lmk if you want in

Maybe not a book to read cover to cover in one go... We need a genre name for "political nonfiction that responds to people I find annoying on social media and in faculty meetings." Decent read at times and at other times rly feels like homework. Will let it sit and come back in a few weeks