Abbey S. > Recent Status Updates

i hate when british people write about My Thing because i’ve limited myself to the US of A

assad zaman really transforms this reading experience. holy moly. can’t wait till they trim all the fat from the story and give him the Good Stuff in s4

“‘there is no horror in this world that is without final redemption’” — dialogue that i KNOW the iwtv writers’ room consulted in their formulation of armand

back here again

“love. he shook his head. perhaps only those who had given up the world had the right to use that word” my stomach hurts

allie already knows this but i am GAGGED rn

i deserve an award for powering thru this

i desperately need john to pick a struggle. are you going to fumble thru degrading after degrading sex scene, OR are you going to write dog water prose where “seawater” and “tears” and “salt” (verb) appear across 2 sequential sentences. i’d prefer the latter but the point still stands.

“if you have the guts to be yourself, other people’ll pay your price” another evil holden caulfield

remembered how to read after my impromptu hiatus and what the fuck AM i reading rn lmfao

“you play with me, and i am the toy which feels all things.” AMADEO GET BEHIND ME.

i'm back here again. "i carry time now" amadeo get behind me.

“it echoes like an echo chamber” oh i’m sure it does.

*tapping my pencil frantically on the page like it's a jeopardy buzzer* THE TANZIMAT REFORMS!!!!

i predict that i'll hate this but, regardless of the outcome, i can't wait to experience the derivative-of-salinger of it all >:)

now why would you EVER title your book like this.

here i was, hoping this wouldn’t turn out to be neoliberal scum despite the dedication to george kennan at the start lol

bro i am weeping rn (this always happens)

why is everything important left-handed. i understand the "shafts of light" but why the left. help. this stumps me every time.

zooey is only 25 here oh god i’m officially older than him

“he was slouched rhetorically forward” no one is doing it like him. i’m already laughing.

re-centering with zooey glass, character of all time.

finishing this up today and it occurs to me that i’ve now read 3 books this year that feature/revolve around dated mental institutions all
written within about 15 years of each other