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“In Lucy’s experience, these were the two genders, boys and readers. She wished there was as much gender fluidity as people seemed to think.” p.195.
Made me smile - even though I’ve recently met some boys who do read.

“the drive to create languages was traceable to ‘displaced anal affects (ultimately derived from the satisfaction gained by the production of faeces or flatus).’ The language inventors were smearing it on the walls [...]”. loc. 1651. A nice turn of words.

Fascinating. I wish that had been out when I did my psychology course. That would have made a good paper.

A lot more interesting than expected! Reads well and poignant stories.

Whoa. A hell of a first chapter. Beheadings and pillage and more unspeakables. Huh. Thanks for that gift dear friend who bought and gave it to me.

currently in between books... Can't make my mind up right now.

All this running and super-surveillance gives me stress and the chills...

Pure adrenaline...

“At some lost date in the past, rats and humans might have joined forces against cats, which were much more ruthless than any rat, but humans had been colonized by cats so that possibility was gone [...]” p. 147 in my edition - indeed... hehe

Oh wow. Stressful to read about this world.

🍜 unexpectedly very engaging and interesting- picked up for book club - not something I’d have chosen myself but I’m glad that I got the chance to read it!

Oh wow. Sometimes a book just fits. First book in a loooong time to make me tear up.

Very good so far!

So not sure about this. Wanted to really like and enjoy but there’s something going on I don’t like. Have to work out what though. Can’t yet put my finger on it.

mh. Not bad. Quite a mixed bag.

“Everything” by Daisy Johnson. Wow. A parable? Need to brush up on my genres and text types. Not read an anthology for a long time.

So, that poem I’ll reread. Nice rhythm and riddle. “they fuck up the world” (p.99)

Now that’s disturbing. Pouring saliva?

Huh. Graham Hancock would like that , I’m sure: parallel myths in India and Iceland. Cool. (In the first essay by Andri Snaer Magnason).

Aw. Very sweet so far, although the constant focus on how they are so mature and don’t expect to be bowled over by anything... mh.

Uh! I love me a good mystery. So far very intriguing.

Ugh. Shouldn’t have read the third installment before this one.