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Beloved’s chapter. I have never been so confused and lost: it’s on me, but I did try to reread each line over and over again. I thought I understood but I did not.

Finally back to reading and it seems that I didn’t think much of Denver as a character. OOPSIES, it does make sense to be traumatized by your mother…my bad. I understand her now

Peaceful…OR IS IT? Terribly depressing actually. Horrifying if I think deeply about it which I should.

PART 1 DONE! I don’t know if it was Morrison’s intentions, but was Sethe really in the wrong for what she did? Perhaps…BUT I SIDE WITH HER I think. I’m pretty sure I do. I’m glad that I picked this one to read because even though I’m not knowledgeable enough to describe the way Morrison writes I do feel it! I DO.

Steady progress is being made. Denver is obsessive over Beloved. Beloved is being spooky and scheming. Sethe, at the moment, is vibing. Paul D…I was onboard with him when he was planning to apologize and ask for help, but then he had this wild idea that made me stare at my screen like …what?

Beloved is getting scary! Stay away from that woman! Hasn’t she suffered enough?! Denver, oh Denver. I find Denver’s character very interesting. At Paul D’s part, but his arc is hard for me to understand and visualize because I can’t imagine how evil it was back then.

We’re grooving along

14?!?19?!? Good Lord, the journey and life has been tough for her.

Because I was so suddenly thrown into this world, I have to take longer to read the words and trust in my ability to see the overall picture. Denver’s part confused me. Sethe and Paul D’s parts are easier for me to get, but I can’t comprehend how terrible their trauma really was. I am curious about Paul D’s time in Alfred, Georgia. I also wonder how Denver’s supposed good luck will play in the future.

The year of unfinished books and starting new ones regardless. It was hard to settle into the rhythm of the book, but I was able to get into it with the first chapter.

I been taking naps instead of reading in the car like I wanted to. I been seeing a lot of poems on Twitter so I pulled this out from my childhood memories and started reading. I cannot remember what Elementary version of Ngoc thought of this, but I imagine we share similar feelings. Though this time around, with the experiences I gained, the words are hitting harder than I thought.

Depressing ass book, but this is on me for thinking that a book titled “The Well of Loneliness” would be anything but depressing. Sigh. I find the relationship between Stephan and her parents to be so interesting and heart wrenching simultaneously. I wonder if her mom would’ve been more loving if the setting was today where societal pressure wouldn’t influence her. Poor dear Stephan, you were born too early

You know I lowkey didn’t realize that it would this slow, not that it is. I assumed that she had aged up, but she’s only 8. Makes it all the more sadder. The disconnect between Stephan and her mom truly breaks my heary

This book is looking long as hell but Radclyffe has such a beautiful way of writing emotions in a relatable way as well. Also w dad for being Mr.Woke-3000, but dude also manifested a bit too hard so he kind of has to

DAMN EVERYONE ACTUALLY HATES THEM. I thought main girl was imagining it because of spite BUT THEY STARTED DEMOLISHING THEIR HOUSE. I do like this book. It’s fun trying to dissect the characters

Definitely a slow start but maybe because I was bit lost on what I was reading. It picked up a lot though so heheh.

EVERYTHING IS TANGLED. EVERYTHING. It’s so hard to unravel the strings and seemingly people rather keeping yanking at it instead of trying to carefully untangle it. I’m about to be done with this book. I think this book does what it needs to do very successfully because I can see or feel a fraction of the justified anger.

There are a lot of things that I feel like I and others joke about that seem funny to ourselves because we don’t realize that we are excluding and outcasting others who go through that. There was also a lot of things that I related to too especially in my past experiences. I want to be more mindful going forward. Not in a way that is infantilizing though. I will have to try harder

Finished part 2. My favorite essays for this part was the one about rage and the one where the author dedicated her book to her friend. Very lovely.

I will have to reread the Common Cyborg one because she lost me there for a second and I do want to understand what she is talking about. Regardless, I am done with Part 1: Being!

I read four stories for part 1 today and it was interesting learning more about these people’s lives or their frustrations. There’s some things where I relate due to my experience with my health, but there are other things that I haven’t even considered such as how harmful a word can be on a medical form (in relations to Indigenous people being forced to select “Native American”). A great read so far

I’m so sad

One more thing, LEAVE THAT POOR WOMAN ALONE. I’m so frustrated for her.

I’m a bit slow so I thought that the parts were short stories, BUT THEY’RE CONNECTED. AND MAN O MEN, disgusting!

I’m so disturbed like DAMN THE WOMAN JUST WANNA BE VEGETARIAN. It’s more complicated than that but I can’t put it into words at the moment

I sense that there is a deeper meaning that the Wife’s vegetarianism represents but I cannot think what it could be. Perhaps I will figure it out later, but for now hmmm

ANOTHER BOOK ANOTHER ME MUHAHAH

My brain, no comprede. I shall continue and hope to make sense of it all