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Interesting and unique so far, not sure if I like it but I want to see what happens next

I put the audio on hold after my friend Sarah raved about this, today’s the day I’m starting it. Dark and funny so far.

Current dog park read is this manga, another one I’d gotten on a good sale in the last few years and hadn’t gotten around to. Seems cute, likely one I’ll finish and then resell to a used book store.

Enjoying this fast-paced, manic story with an incredibly unreliable teen narrator

Bro why are you so horny on main? Whispering in the ear of a woman you hate and invading her personal space during dinner with her grandma, your boss? Chill out dude.

Enjoying this, a light comedic spooky read.

Starting for book club, opened with more gyrating loincloths than most books

Wanted something short and spooky season appropriate after the heavy read of “The Power of the Dog.” This has been recommended by multiple friends so excited to get into it.

Nooo not playing the piano for the governor 😭😭😭

Enjoying picturing Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons while I’m listening to this

Loved Jane Campion’s film adaptation, and have been curious to check out the novel since. It fits with my goal to read more novels with queer elements before 2000’s, especially queer literature.

Got secondhand in a sale years ago and never read, series seems cute but I’ll probably sell after finishing.

Thorough charming

So interesting to see their experiences in a new way, with a different narrator and recalling to the past for an interview, versus experiencing in the moment. A hard read but masterfully done. Such strong character voices and lived in feel.
I have to take breaks when reading so this one might end up 1/2 done and with me back on a waitlist if I’m not able to finish in time.

So good but so heavy

“Modesty is fitting, especially in our situation. After all, this type of relationship could bring humanity to a dead end. I love men, too. My father, Evert, my son. I don’t rule out any sex. My orientation toward people is asexual. Cold—that’s what men call it. Mad—that’s what women think of me. Above the belt—that’s what you call it.”
Got ourselves some panromantic asexual rep, you love to see it

“I wanted to confess to you that I recognized you from the mosaic of my yearning. I wanted to love you…to kiss you all over your body, to make it clear to you that you had come home. You sensed it, but you acted like a stranger.”