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Rachel is 41% done with The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American Monster
Commentary about how Bigfoot fits into the psyche of humanity is pretty great.
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The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American Monster

Rachel
Rachel is 19% done with The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American Monster
A "COVID project book memoir" in the same way that Jamie Loftus' "Raw Dog" is, but feels more like reading something written by a travel YouTuber.
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The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American Monster

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Rachel is on page 523 of 709 of House of Leaves
It's going to end badly, but it's unclear exactly how.
Feb 05, 2026 08:34AM Add a comment
House of Leaves

Rachel
Rachel is on page 459 of 709 of House of Leaves
After a stretch of relatively normal text, being in the labyrinth of the house means the text presentation is expressionistic again.
Feb 03, 2026 05:20AM Add a comment
House of Leaves

Rachel
Rachel is 58% done with The Martian
Rich Purnell is a steely-eyed missile man!
Jan 28, 2026 08:42PM Add a comment
The Martian

Rachel
Rachel is on page 370 of 709 of House of Leaves
The Escape section is very "Poltergeist" (1982).
Jan 27, 2026 05:21AM Add a comment
House of Leaves

Rachel
Rachel is on page 289 of 709 of House of Leaves
This book was not designed for reading tracking apps, but it did warn me at the beginning that it wasn't for me.
Jan 23, 2026 07:13AM Add a comment
House of Leaves

Rachel
Rachel is on page 205 of 709 of House of Leaves
Dense configurations of text and spirals of footnotes to sparse paragraphs on a single page.
Jan 22, 2026 07:19AM Add a comment
House of Leaves

Rachel
Rachel is on page 167 of 709 of House of Leaves
No, I am not going to grab a mirror just so I can correctly read a list of documentary films formatted in a sideways square.

The discussion of photo manipulation is probably more interesting than when it was written due to AI generated imagery becoming a common problem.
Jan 20, 2026 09:25PM Add a comment
House of Leaves

Rachel
Rachel is on page 152 of 709 of House of Leaves
The absurdly long lists feel like being trolled by a Monty Python fan.
Jan 19, 2026 09:39PM Add a comment
House of Leaves

Rachel
Rachel is on page 143 of 709 of House of Leaves
I've reached the backtracking, rotation required sections.

Also, the dead giveaway that Johnny Truant is an unreliable narrator is that a mid-twenties, mediocre straight dude consistently stumbling into successful and kinky casual sex is more unbelievable than an incomprehensible and shifting secret labyrinth under a rural Virginia house.
Jan 19, 2026 11:47AM Add a comment
House of Leaves

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