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"Mom of Bold Action" -- literally how it feels to resist OCD compulsions

Stephen King write a book without bizarrely talking about a random woman or CHILD's breasts challenge: apparently impossible

I always wondered why adulthood seemed a looming specter of work, get married, have kids, retire, die. It's all explained in this book bro

Titular story might be my official favorite george saunders story

this year i've genuinely been reading only books that are <200 pages or >800 pages

I am not really vibing with the prose style but I am not sure if it's just the translator writing so blandly

Congratulations, hippie scum, and welcome to a world of inconvenience!

TIL: Octopi are the closest thing we have to intelligent aliens

Jesus somebody get this man an editor

really really enjoying this. Do not understand the mixed reviews

R.F. Kuang is a damn superhuman istg. her literary output while being in education... meanwhile my WIPs are relegated to ever-marinating ideas while I muscle through towards graduation

i understand the categorical imperative !

it's a good book but I hate reading sex scenes of characters who are in high school, it makes me feel really gross

think this is a combo ADHD/OCD problem. When I was younger I bought a ton of books that have been sitting unread on my shelves for years, whether bc I didn't finish them or bc the edition/font bothered me too much to start. But I feel too guilty to give them away

I have a new favorite modern author, do not understand the low ratings on this books. y'all have no taste, this shit hits

Essai de lecture en français

I can’t wait to write my own book like this about the shitheads I knew in college

everyone's obsessed with brett. ok diva

Adderall (prescribed dw) is life changing

Happy New Year

excruciating reading experience. i feel so much secondhand cringe rn

1st guy (and his friends) are HORRIFICALLY annoying

attention i made a new blog https://philosophyforanimals.wordpres...

i want to migrate my book blog to self-hosted + self-host my new AR blog but it is so daunting to figure out

i thought i knew a decent amount abt COINTELPRO but this is actually fucking crazy

about to graduate with a degree in cell bio + minor in comp sci but more and more I'm liking the idea of completely leaving that and becoming a lawyer to defend animals + earth + human rights but I feel like I'll get to law school and end up becoming evil by the system