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im liking this so much, it's like a fairy tale...i ❤️❤️❤️❤️ magical realism

i know it’s just a coincidence but it’s jarring (and silly) to me that the random three greek letters she picked to be these golfer men’s feat is actually the name of a prestigious honor society

for a book titled "mr yay" we aren't spending a lot of time on the mr yay plotline!

my ebook is weirdly like a pdf or something? which was annoying at first but i’m finding easier than the last ebook

on one hand i know characters must make stupid decisions in order for there to be a plot. on the other hand …. boy hire an archaeologist… everything you touch ruins its chances of EVER being radiocarbon dated!

two international booker winners in a row .... should I go to the library and pick up at night all blood is black to continue the streak?

i'm liking this as i thought i would but it is pertinent to note that she's literally vegan, not vegetarian. however "the vegan" does not have the same ring for a title

another little free library find I've meant to get to for months!!!

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I liked some of the pieces in this but I am just not into this situation where 1 section ≠ 1 story. it took me forever to get through this section because I felt a little like I was swimming after every time I sat down to read it....so many different pieces at once. I really enjoyed these last two stories and the rest seem to all have slipped from my mind

the judgement: that was crazy!! was NOT expecting that ending!

meditation: at alternate points i did not know one whit of what was going on or i really liked it. in particular i liked "bachelor's ill-luck" and the way it let me read the next several vignettes as feeling on the edge of things. definitely won't be my favorite of these stories

started out hilarious but to be honest is actually genuinely devastating?

1. the little smiley faces between double line breaks switching to frowny faces now that they’re officially together…
2. NOTHING in the world gives estrella and simone vibes quite as much as this does. sophie kemp i get you

the us cover for this is atrocious but it's kind of camp. supposedly this is for fans of sky daddy. well i was a fan of sky daddy and i need to read something this brand of weird rn. so i hope i enjoy it!!! i wish i wasn't reading an ebook but whatever

conversation with the supplicant: i fear i well and truly did not Get this one....will have to come back to it. act weirdly because the world is weird?

according to worldcat there are only eight of these at libraries in the u.s....and one of those eight is in my possession at this very moment

this is just so good..i don't always like the framing device where someone is looking back at their past (the fawn...) but it's just so good here

genuinely i don't know how much more i can take of this main character i'm SO glad i'm nearly done.

my goal for the day has been reached. getting increasingly fed up with noel. nearly done!!!!

getting so annoyed at this main character and i can't tell whether we're supposed to like him and think ah, the follies of youth! or not. because i can't stand him. this sudden obsession with sophie might be the end of my rope YOU DON'T KNOW HER AT ALL. at least annie told him Hey Christy Literally Doesn't Know Me So He's Kinda Delusional For This. can't wait to finish this and get back to reading about women

making progress but i still am not super into it :( he also has, multiple times, said things such as "women are the practical sex," which is far from the worst thing a male author has said of women but does really feel like it's displaying some inherent difference between men and women which i just don't agree with and rubs me the wrong way. idk

despite this being physically humongous in every way it really doesn't feel like that. loving it so far!!!

SOOOOO slow and I really am not super invested yet but we'll see how this goes. I want to be at 250 or 300 by class on monday. I wish I hadn't had to put the lack of light on hold for this I'm really into that one

last book for irish lit and i do not think this professor managed his time well bc he has us reading to pg 100 for class next monday......but wednesday is our last class. soo that is not ideal. going to try to finish it this weekend i guess but i want to keep reaidng the lack of light too

last book for fiction and film....or at least, just the metamorphosis itself is for class (paired with spirited away!!!!!!!) and i'm reading the rest on my own

last book for Irish lit....

really liking this one so far!!!