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so far im kinda not vibing with it but we'll see - reading for russ 286

i really tire of romance books where the dialogue is 90% one liners. like nobody talks like this.

this is sooooooo good oh my god im actually devouring it and savoring every sentence. pagels probes how the institutional setup of orthodox christianity is based on the bodily resurrection; because peter was the first to see, he became the first leader of the church. genuinely so interesting all i want to do is walk around and think about this book.

in a rare romantasy mood and having a good time with this

“Mortals, I’ve observed, sometimes marry for very silly reasons. The Folk do not, because one cannot marry someone who does not match them. The word has a connotation of accepting one’s fate.”
“You are trying to calm me with a linguistics lessons,” I said.
He smiled. “Is it working?”

I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

reluctantly going to sleep but i love emily and wendell

“If you desire to sit in some corner of the castle hunched over your books and notepaper, bestirring yourself only to demand a tour of some brownie market or bogle den, then it will be done.”

I let out a trembling breath. “And what sort of queen would that make me.”

He looked perfectly earnest as he leaned in to kiss my cheek. “Mine.”

WENDELL BAMBLEBY MY GOAT

DROPPING EVERYTHING!!!!!!! i think the last time i was this excited for a book release was blood of olympus when i was like eleven

read the next set of four stories and now i'm lowkey determined to finish this tonight LMAOOOOO. in that set i had two four star stories, a five star, and a three star. p good overall and i feel like im def engrossed atp

first few stories were okay/good-but-not-great but the last one i read, ‘the well’, was a TURBO banger

gonna try to read a couple stories from this a night :3 but we’ll see how that goes lol

determined to finally finish this

can we talk about how this book sucks

i don’t think i like this very much

ok im really into this now. once i got into the flow of the writing and began to grasp what was going on i was hooked.

really interesting writing style that i'm not totally sure about.

kind of malding over how dull i've found this collection when his other collection was life altering LMAOOOOOOOO

i feel like this is just not as compelling or as emotionally evocative as stories of our life and others and i am So bummed about it

really cute so far i love them — and sarah’s a great side character too! :3

THINGS ARE GETTING KINDA CRAZY

lowkey i have like 30 different theories and im sure not one of them is right

I can’t say with faith / that I would run toward a bus / to save you from death.

If a girl is only as / good as her mother, then what?

well i’m starting to get a bit scared of how this is going to pan out

this is so bizarre and i'm having a grand old time

"i wonder what sort of bird comrade lenin was before he bounced up to become lenin?" extremely silly no notes

pretty good so far! not LOVING it but it's definitely compelling

a really interesting collection i picked up on a whim at the BPL, having never seen it before :D

my ratings so far:
biography (5)
believers (5)
whistle (5)
chosen (3)
sister (3)
lorena (4)
leeches (3)

read the first four stories and was so extremely meh about them i’m actually going to scream cry and throw up

folks i'm starting jade city over from the beginning and i'm determined to finish it this time. (buddy reading with van an :D)

having a great time