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this is 100% the longest book i have ever read. i’m on page 600 and im about 34% the way in. world war ii hasn’t even started

i really just needed to read something that wasn’t about facebook

this book is making me depressed :(

so we start w her getting bit by a shark and almost dying. what’s next

reading this bc i’m curious

this book is called in the garden of beasts which implies that the people in the garden are innocents witnessing the rise of nazi germany, but in actuality the woman in this book (a Real Person BTW) is sleeping with NAZIS and isn’t that put off by it. i understand this may be the product of their time (& showing nazi sympathizers high up in american government) but gee whiz baby!

didion demands much of me. i need to take breaks often to digest and let her words fall onto me. i feel depressed but hopeful. her words are sepia.

what i’m trying to say is that i have to take breaks to read my NAZI GERMANY BOOK BECAUSE THAT BOOK IS LIGHTER AND LESS DRAINING

this is my first didion. adjusting to the writing style. i can only describe it as a slow meander around a familiar neighborhood, taking side streets, and pausing often to look at the rhododendrons in the gardens. i look up, suddenly realizing we have arrived at the destination, without time ever passing at all.

let’s see if i finish this during my 16 hour travel day tmw :)

this is a controversial book. historically people love it, even a movie was made featuring the late robert redford just a couple years ago. yet many of the recent comments discuss mr bill bryson’s lack of preparation and condescension towards other on the trail (tough mix). i decided to continue reading (despite katie’s suggestion). the audiobook makes bill bryson’s worse qualities stand out.

what are my values? what am i striving towards? what is my calling?

it’s possible i’m going to go on a generational run of books over the next couple of weeks

i have a feeling this book is going to be fine. like not amazing, but fine. interesting / relatable premise but considering the main character (and the only character we actually know) is so unlikeable right now, i am not sure how this book will go to be a “amazingly book. it is interesting, but not bc i care about this woman at all or anticipate any deeper meaning.

guys this is the will trent/sara linton book (there may be a short story im missing). this is an 18 book series. what will i do next

the trauma that sarah linton has is crazy

how could i forget a short story? affer i finish this series i will be relegated to memoirs and nonfiction to atone for

i think this is my fav book in the series so far!!! huge

WELCOME BACK SARA LINTON!!!! I MISSED YOU