Gemma Barrett > Recent Status Updates

i don’t think short story collections are for me

“all those things you once thought were unnecessary turn out to be important for one reason or another” fabulous we’ve summed up the entire point of the book in one line let’s wrap it up now

this is a bit awful

this book is batshit crazy and i think i love it

hm i regret going into this blind

uncle julian is right cousin charles is a bastard

a book mentioning new zealand feels like seeing my friend on the tv

never thought i’d see the day i’d be into a sci fi book but im hooked

is anything happening

please do not speak to me about how i have yet again picked up a book that’s part of a series i haven’t read the beginning of i don’t want to talk about it

powering through this heartbreaking memoir. some seriously beautiful writing about seriously tragic circumstances.

i’m not usually one for collections of short stories but these are very sweet

i fear i’ve made an error in not reading the first book in the series first

genuinely feeling sad over how much i'm struggling to get into this story

this is swiftly becoming an autobiography

very repetitive & the author shows a clear lack of knowledge regarding technology. a lot of problems with her only solutions being “why can’t we dream of a world where it’s better.”

you're telling me CHILDREN read this??? why would you put a child through this emotional turmoil

“the parting, like the white fruit of an apple discolouring instantly around the bite, had begun”

i don't really know what's going on but i'm loving how often she says "moustachioed men"

“kathleen didn’t like elvis. she thought his face looked like a cheese danish”

more octopus less manchild!!!!!!!!!