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An interesting time period to explore...Morrison’s prose is gorgeous as ever

Nadia and Arkady’s love story was so sweet. Until this point, I found Arkady to be a a selfish irritating anarchist who just wanted to disrupt the social fabric of this new society. And he still may be that. But through Nadia’s eyes, through the sieve of her love for him, I must admit he’s kind of charming…love when authors can’t write POV this well.

Oh, and it’s still FAWK MAYA

Maya…go straight to hell girl.

Adore the way Robinson plays with the unreliable narrator. When you’re in a character’s head what they do seems correct/normal. When you see them through the eyes of someone else, suddenly they’re fucking crazy and irritating—but even that may be POV bias. Masterful

You really do start to under why Stalin just shot people

Several false starts and a few years later, I’m finally here. What I thought would be a book about the colonization of mars, is that, but it’s more so about the clashing ideologies and psychologies of those who embark on that mission. Really love the political maneuvering and games being played here…

Augustus, literally: MOTHERFUCK THE BIG THREE ITS JUST BIG ME


THE GOATTTTTTT. FAWK.

Me realizing/remembering that Augustus was the first Emperor of Rome and that I’m reading about the Republic of Rome’s fall: So this is how democracy dies. With thunderous applause. (Me, I’m cheering…whoops!)

This game of thrones tea…

Lee and Samuel…finally some good conversation

Adam is lowk a selfish lazy loser and what’s worse—he’s patronizing.

Cathy Ames…her spirit bit me. The evil, the poison, the venom bit me right here.

I lowk don’t give a damn about Heathcliff and Catherine’s children. Not as interesting, not as complex—let’s wrap this up

What if instead of a cosmic blessing, a splendid coincidence, a fated happenstance…finding your soulmate cursed you from that moment until your death—yes death, singular, because you are one and the same. One heart, one mind, one soul, divided and doomed to never be united. A love so wretched and curse it lingers and curses those who come after. OHHHHHHHHHHH MISS BRONTË.

Oh…Heathcliff’s just like me. HE’S JUST LIKE ME FR

I love mountains. I want to live by them one day. NOT THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS THOUGH (or the Catskills or the Adirondacks) Beautiful to look at, a nightmare to actually be/hike in. Especially in the warmer months, according to this book.

“What would be the cost of not having an
enemy? Who could you strike for retribution other than yourself?”

The Odyssey, set in the American south during the Civil War. The Homeric retelling I didn’t know I needed…