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This is really not a good look for me on Goodreads

Some generally nice tips and exercises, but you cannot be allowed to give this much weight to childhood attachment theory and then call it neuroscience yuck yuck yuck

6 new islanders enter the villa. Who will they couple up with?

I am house sitting for my boss, during which I found this book very conspicuously on display. Here’s me taking the hint

I am predicting that this will be problematic, but for a dude from the 1800’s I am quite enjoying his writing and wry humor

I read this book in 2 days! The title makes it sound like chick lit but it’s actually a good little mystery!

I thought it would be a gross self help book but actually a pretty interesting collection of social and psychology studies

OK DO I LOVE BARBARA KINGSOLVER??

Not so much a novel as a wide arching thought experiment

I accidentally left my copy of this in Budapest just when it was getting juicy and now this half finished book haunts me on GoodReads

Oh no I’m accidentally reading a Christian book

The cheekiest nerd book for science lovers

Doctor said my blood pressure was too low so I read this

100 bitches

If u are involved with end of life care this book will make u 🥲😢🥺🥺

Naahhhh if you want to explore ideas about stoicism, yoga and eastern philosophy, you can do a lot better than that

Holy fuck

Hard to get into at first but book 2 really landed

Taking a break from being an intellectual because I think mindy kahling is really funny

I am the character of the French woman in this one

I had 50 unread books in my room and here I am rereading the same ones

It has all the makings of a favorite for me:
Pitch-black dark and twisty, tortured stream of consciousness, scathing critique of human nature through the lens of war, and a blacklisted radical author.
You know, just those light before-bed reads to gently carry you off to sound sleep and sweet dreams.

I strive to be reading the widest variety of books as possible all at once

This one’s for you dad

Angela Stent is my QUEEN good god do I respect her