John Perine > Recent Status Updates

….continue to be genuinely shocked and appalled that NO ONE talks about the abuse when they talk about this book?

Is it my favorite of hers? No. Is it reminding me how lucky I am to be alive at the same time Mandel is churning out bangers? Yes.

emily st john mandel ur MIND

Reread because I need a guaranteed win lol

10 pages in and getting war flashbacks to auditions for Caucasian Chalk Circle in undergrad, and I’m obsessed

The strategizing is everything to me

soooooo you on the moors now coded

This is starting to feel a little long…

“Virginia Woolf would have loved Grindr” I’m dying

I am so not normal about this play im sobbing reading Peter’s monologue about seeing Kari for the first time

I don’t remember Telemachus being this central when we discussed The Odyssey in high school

the end is here 🥹 shoutout Barnes and Noble for shelving this 5 days early lol

Dan Gheesling there will never be another like u 🙏🏻

Kate DiCamillo naming that damn rat Chiaroscuro…fine I’ll reread The Tale of Despereaux

can’t believe a book about Big Brother could be my favorite of the year?

I’m obsessed, I fear

Happy Big Brother season!

Whoops chose the wrong portion of the audiobook to get a bit distracted during bc wtf is happening

…no comment

I’m obsessed

There’s a talking whale named HOWBIG! and a truth-detecting newt called Newt. Everyone, meet what is going to be my favorite read of the year.

8 pages in and we are already soooooo back

Shiloh former teaching artist fellow confirmed