Karen > Recent Status Updates

‘The more our world fractures into dagger-shaped shards, the more we club each other to death with our genes, our gods, our flags, our languages, the colour of our skin, the purity of our roots, our histories both true and false - the more my answer to that question remains the same. I’m here now.’

Remarkable.

I’m sighing so big, the curtains are moving.

Her fire keeps others warm in the cold dark. It is her strength, not her weakness. Being around her reminds you that you’re alive.

Gods, I love Carrion.

‘Do you ever wake up sometimes…and think…’Gods, wouldn’t it be nice if I hadn’t just gone toe to toe with a scorpion demon from hell?’’

I can’t read any more. It’s too perfect, and I can’t see through my tears.

Garçon, bring me carrots.

I’m crying on the bus about an acorn doll and a silver necklace.

‘You can call me shmoopykins.
Bet you say that to all the Great Danes.’

She’s killing me!

I want the three hares game to be a real game. Please can it be a real game?

‘Along the roadside in Birch Island, New York, a Greenman stared at the Green Man. Suffused with grief, gratitude and some old, forgotten emotion that might have been joy.’

I love the use of the word - chin! I honestly thought that was a Leeds saying.

Gothic, gory, glorious.

I flipping love gophers.

I’m so stressed out about this book.

Magnificent.

I’m sobbing like a baby.

I’m sobbing like a baby.

I already know this is going to be on my favourite books of the year list.

I flipping love Luke Lawson. He’s my hero.

For godsake, please get a continuity editor. The kid is four, there’s just been a whole chapter about her birthday party. She’s not three.

Oh my heart! This book!

I’m already sobbing.