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“ isn’t it clear to you, as a mathematician, that it’s the differences—differences in temperature, contrast of heat—only they contain life? “

i love this cover! also the writing is fascinating… i haven’t read anything like this before. the narrator using mathematical terminology to justify the One State’s totalitarianism is a unique take. i’m curious to see how it unfolds when he begins to have a mind of his own..

“language is what allows us to communicate. But it also limits what we can say, perhaps even how we feel. After all, how can we recognize a sentiment within ourselves that we have no word for? perhaps, Joan thought, science is the same. Even the way we tell one another we want to live beside them is limited by what we understand is possible in the world. What more could we say if we knew more about the universe?”

the beginning author’s note already has me 🥲 i’m so excited

“we can succeed or fail, get it right or get it wrong, love, and lose the ones we love, and still the Summer Triangle will point south. And in that way, I know everything will be some type okay— as impossible as that can seem sometimes.”

getting into memoir audiobooks is the best decision i’ve made in 2026. really enjoying this one!

i’m so fascinated by this audiobook

it feels so good to be flying through a book

i accidentally read 50 pages of this last night it’s sooo easy to read ! i’m not super in love with it yet but it has potential and im entertained

this is real sad

things sure are escalating

“he doesn’t think about me. he’s made someone up, and it’s like he put my skin on her. I’m not like that— not like the made up one.” adam and aron trask not actually seeing their wives/partners as who they are, but who they want them to be, just some pretty accessory… ick

i have a soft spot for cal

wow poor Tom. hes not really bright

something strange is afoot