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this is GRIPPING!

i hate how much of this is about elkin and her bad boyfriends

bingley #lockin

“As we have discussed throughout this chapter,
the demand for Palestinian recognition of Israel's "right to exist" is, in fact, a demand that Palestinians legitimize their own dispossession. It is a demand that no nation could possibly acquiesce to. Progressive values, not to mention international law, require such a demand be rejected. It compromises the immediate freedom and self-determination of Palestinians”

so much fun

sorry for starting 7 million books all the time. call it a weakness of will. new book so shiny interesting and continuing flaneuse book such a drag

i’m still upset at her for the way she talked about japanese cuisine and women

now she is in tokyo calling everything ugly and saying traditional japanese food is inedible and complaining about eating fish testicles and all sorts of nonsense and it is pissing me off because
1. i did not pick up this book to read a white woman complaining about japanese cuisine
2. it should be me in tokyo

i updated my progress wrong but i’m so bored

i’m bored

“If we claim to care about producing freedom and justice around the world, which is often the expressed basis for American foreign policy, then we must remain morally consistent. Palestine cannot be an exception.”

this was written at the end of trumps first term. it is clearheaded but optimistic which hurts to see now.

baby’s first sally rooney!!!!

i like this so much so far

this guy is crazy

three cheers for metafiction hip hip hooray !!! hip hip hooray! hip hip hooray !!!!!!!

i’ve reached the point where he shifts from direct address (reader) to addressing ken and it genuinely hit so hard i had to put my bookmark in and look away. like i don’t know if it’s still ok for me to be in the room. this is crazy

lately i read everything as a desire to be seen and to be known. for this reason, milena’s role as kafka’s translator makes me feel insane. i’m 30 pages in and already the yearning is so thick and the people so inhibited that i know this is going to be an all timer for me. im happy that milena knew kafka so that i could read this and feel known in return.

i keep catching myself hoping for secret yuri. which is completely unreasonable obviously

i hope she doesn’t end up marrying

she’s so delusional it kind of inspires me

i’m having a great time. got to the london part. feeling wistful. miss u iris and michele and lauren and even ali raza what the hell him too in case he ever sees this

somewhat dense and i’m annotating lots so it’s taking me forever to get through this but i’m enjoying the ride. hit a really heart wrenching part though and started to integrate breaks while reading just because it’s gotten pretty heavy.

just started this one! was thrilled to find this at the (somewhat) local library (it’s a 10 min drive and i have no car) as i’ve been wanting to read this pretty bad recently! just because my class made me interested in thinking about the marked flâneur and i like thinking about cities in general. and lately i like walking. #yup