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Having Din lead an investigation with basically stoner coworkers is hilarious.

Ah yes our usual WTF EW EW EW EW for these books.

Romeo and Juliet but make it the last of us

First mention of Din being promiscuous LET'S TAKE A SHOT

One of my top anticipated releases of the year.
Ana is in fine form already.

Since I had to return Land, grumble grumble.
Man O'Farrell LOVES writing about dead kids.

Slightly tipsy but wondering if the constant references to poetry and the classics would be as annoying back then as references to Tumblr posts are to us now.
Also I do recommend experiencing Dunnett after one cocktail.

And here we go again.
Whenever I feel like learning a new language I crack up this book so I can be humbled about my ability to understand *fucking English* in the first place.

Ok but he did take a drama class.

Joe's inability to connect those huge dots is one more proof that STEM majors should also study the humanities.

There's a hectic energy that's a bit all over the place, same as with Hymn to Dionysus. It's compelling.

Omg it took me 20 days to reach 30% of this book and I couldn't say if the issue is with the book or my brain.

Did Maggie O'Farrell get high and sleep in front of the LOTR movies.

She's a fascinating character but I have no idea what Lena is doing as a PoV character...I guess it's trust the process.

Yep listening to that part while i'm outside was a Mistake. Almost started sobbing in the subway (more than usual, i mean).

Why yes i am following big litfic releases like a Litfic sl*t.
(Maggie O'Farrell BODIES me with her writing. One paragraph and I'm There with the characters, feeling the feelings, getting the undercurrents. It's spectacular)

A dril reference? 😂

Not to be like "wow the non fiction book about slavery is a harrowing read " because yes, duh, but my god the chapter about sexual slavery was almost impossible to push through.

As someone who's deeply not into hiking or the outdoors or the United States of America I need to understand the hold Appalachia and the Appalachian trail has on me.

When the executive dysfunction is so bad that being possessed by a 100 year old demon-ghost that Takes Charge of You sounds AMAZING actually.

I don't understand how they're not running to the opposite direction of this clearly cultish commune. Paranoia but only when it's plot convenient?

Love the Cato the elder hate

That's one hell of an opening chapter.

Penric must be in his 30s? Pushing 40? He's still babygirl.

It is incredible how good Bujold is at writing human beings who act like human beings.