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august book club part 2 — so far pretty good

damn this is hitting almost too hard

this book is fun, i just don’t have time to read

Because Israel plays an important role in the main character’s lives, I looked up Taffy’s beliefs on the genocide in Palestine. Her NYT review of “The Netanyahus” speaks to it in an interesting way… she criticizes the fact that, as a Jewish person, the public wants her to “answer for Israel”- but the fact is, she’s an influential writer, and the next paragraph equates anti zionism to antisemitism.

not sure about this but i’m gonna try to get through part 1

Keeping expectations low with the reading challenge this year. It’s always disappointing when you don’t complete it, and I’m anticipating a lottt of life changes this year that will keep me quite busy. I’d also like to read more lit fic!! I’m finding the genre more fulfilling, despite the longer read times. :)))

it’s been a long time since i’ve binge read a lit fic like this

god i’m already pained by the accuracy of this stream of consciousness

gosh these stories are much sadder than i remember her writing being

Rumana is described as being nearly perfect. Instead of postpartum depression, she experienced “only bliss.”

omg this is so good

i don’t enjoy the spiders’ POV as much

setting this aside

this returns itself in 4 days - can i make it?

this is so silly, but it’s fast and a lot of fun

predicting betrayal

it’s giving Red Rising

Quite a shock to go from one POV in the first book to four in the second - I really like Three Seagrass’s but could definitely do without Eight Antidote. The POV also changes quite often; you only have a few pages before being pulled onto a different planet (oftentimes) and into different circumstances (always).

screaming crying because i just don’t care about this story anymore

how is roman just ignoring the pain of his leg and lungs? he’s walking around like it’s nothing