Preethi > Recent Status Updates

I realize there's racism in classic fiction but Colonel Race's "white men can't be murderers" has thrown me for a loop. Has he not read Agatha Christie novels? Or existed in the world?

I'm in awe of how broken the Count's victims are. Man, I love this book.

'I do my job daily because it's my job. I do it on days when I'm feeling a little sick or groggy. I do it on days I wake up on the wrong side of the bed...even on days where I get sad news or I have an argument with my wife, I clock in because I have to. It's not really a matter of pride or anything nearly as wild, you know? A job is a job, because it's a job.'

Manga is still keeping me sane, I see.

'Punks like you don't deserve to read manga!' pffft this dude's hilarious

'"Tell me, Jane, what is life to you?"
She paused a minute and then said:
"A difficult, dangerous, but endlessly interesting adventure."'

The entire time I've been reading this book I've been re-obsessing over Agatha Christie all over again. I'm blown away by her storytelling, characterization, depiction of interpersonal relationships, etc. (even though I already knew all of this).

I am broken. My soul is destroyed. My heart is in pain (literally...I keep poking my chest to make it hurt less).

There are still 100 pages left and I don't know if this ends happily or not but I'm ready for whatever this book wants to give me. WHATEVER THIS BOOK WANTS TO DO TO ME, I AM AGREEABLE TO IT.

'I never eat for about a week after a journey.'

THESE CHARACTERS—

Did they just rip out 3 of her teeth in an attempt to cure her headache? I'm traumatized.

Jane Austen is insaaaane for this lol. My jaw's been dropped and that was just the first story.

Called it. 🙌🏾

The amount of animals Tintin & friends have shot so far and I'm only halfway through the book. 😭

This is so cool. Picking this up improved my entire day.

Taking a break from the creepy, life-threatening portal to go book shopping and eat a crepe sounds wild but maybe it's realistic lol.

This is REALLY good so far but also this is the second night in a row I'm reading something creepy/suspenseful and I've gotta stop doing this because it is not fun. My heart is jittery and I keep looking over my shoulder. 😭

Aww! Starlings are definitely still my favorite bird. 😭

My tentative ranking of Jane Austen novels now that I've read them all at least twice:

1. Pride & Prejudice
2. Persuasion
3. Sense and Sensibility
4. Northanger Abbey
5. Emma
6. Mansfield Park

I SO get the hype. I'm so excited for what's coming next.

So much respect to Jane Austen for her referring to marriage as "a trial of the state".

My first thought after waking up a few days ago was, "What if Jane Austen had lived longer and wrote more books?" :')