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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

The protagonist being the Director of Education at The Rose (Omaha) is so fucking funny oh my god

Cannot believe how much I’m enjoying this

Forgot how similar The Outrun with Saoirse Ronan is to this

Rereading in hopes of finding joy in reading again 🤪 arctic terns, save me!

Hi I’m #hating everything I’ve been reading recently, and haven’t really finished anything significant all month. Any recs? 👀😘😔🙃🫡

Thank god Steinbeck has impeccable prose because I’m struggling with the phonetically-spelled dialogue

One chapter in and reminded that no one compares to Steinbeck’s environmental writing. Good to be back.