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nick had one cameo and he absolutely knocked it out of the park. he and ilya rozanov should compare notes

this series is now 2 for 2 on making me want to read a classic queer book because it’s talked about in these books. first the charioteer and now haunting of hill house

grace is operating on katniss everdeen levels of unwarranted paranoia

the royjamieisms are Present and I’m Paying Attention.

happy pride month!

“thriller” should lowkey be higher in that genre list

this writing is so good like the hypocrisy and delusion is somehow both leaping off the page and also so insidiously genuine

this book is making me miss flying all the time

I am going to finish this book tonight. not because I don’t want to put it down but because I need it to be fucking over.

I can’t believe I’m not even halfway through this fucking thing

like a truly distracting amount of comma splices

there’s just an insane amount of comma splices going on here

cat sebastian has a beautiful ability to write both disaster bisexuals and complete OCD curmudgeons that I am unimaginably charmed by in less than 50 pages. I hope she never stops

luray caverns mentioned

archer looked over while I was reading, saw a page full of lines and lines of bold X’s, and just went “that fuck-ass book. you’re never gonna finish”

death is my favorite character

really glad I read King Lear in college

I have a headache

“A Temporary Embarrassment in Spacetime” - Charlie Jane Anders
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hitchhiker’s guide energy

“Metal Like Blood in the Dark” - T. Kingfisher
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I love the sci-fi fable vibe

I am decoding a letter in the appendix right now. in a fiction novel.

jesus christ this is depressing

god im just so goddamned charmed by them

this book is making me feel how I felt when my very passionate Irish literature prof explained james joyce’s “the dead” to my class. by which I mean delighted and passionate and in love with the written word and all the intricacies of really good writing. I am taking NOTES for FUN

“Two of the deadliest people the Barrel had to offer and they could barely touch each other without both of them keeling over. But they’d tried.”

what the fuck 😭😭😭