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“Remember that unfamiliar is not the same as impossible, or even difficult.”

Need some fluff.

It’s time.

I knew this was about an affair and I’m still jaw on the floor at her ex-husband’s behavior wow.

Tbh not excited to read this at all, and I already know it will be a bad choice after another reading slump book before it, but it is for book club 😪

Man I’m so conflicted about how I feel about this book so far. Also it’s driving me a little crazy that there’s just random letters italicized that shouldn’t be every once in a while? What’s that about?

This is shockingly bad. We are most of the way through the book and still establishing context. Nothing has happened plot-wise or character development-wise. It would be impressive if I wasn’t the one having to read it.

“The rest of the world is plundered and bombed so rich white people can eat Caesar salad with each other and be inane”

This is such good writing, it’s so funny but still very moving.

Not really seeing the hype here …

Implantation bleeding anxiety mentioned! These girls are the same type of messed up as me and I think that’s beautiful.

This is already hilarious but in a very odd and fucked up way

I…looked at my email to see if any of the jobs I applied for were successful—nothing—and sent out another batch, trying to manifest success, but only able to think about the blackness of space and the orbital trajectory of the sun around the Milky Way and how she was dragging us all nowhere forever. Determined to stay calm, I washed the duvet cover…bought Dinklebrot bread from the artisanal bakery…No jobs.

I fear my therapist would caution me against reading this in my current state but I’m going to do it anyway …

Gimme Dean and Allie

“My job search has ended in success; for more details see ‘Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now’ by the Smiths” hits extra when you’re actively searching for a new job lmao

So far this is very much something I would have loved in high school (derogatory). It’s a lot of indie nonsense thrown at the page.

The writing is worse than I expected sheesh

I fear I love this book already. I audibly gasped at a beautiful passage today while in public.

I need a direct line to Jacob Tierney right fuckin now so I can tell him to use Dancing in The Club MJ Lenderman version to soundtrack Laure’s fall after Erica goes to uni in the adaptation. It’s too good.

One of the characters being named Laure (Laurel with no l at the end) is going to mess with my head the whole book I fear

Obsessed w her name dropping that Zac Posen had been her babysitter

Really wonderful so far, got me going down Wikipedia rabbit holes about Iraqi history and such

Need a bit of a fluffy palette cleanser after emotional devastation of Young Mungo