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Audiobook narrator is scratching my brain he’s so good

So bored during this broncos/patriots game that I’m starting this

Somehow I’ve never read this one

Let’s see if I can finish this before I have to return it on Libby…

This is such a breath of fresh air compared to my last read. Good god

Slouching towards the fucking finish line

Pausing one last time before I finish this to say how delusional, biased, and black-and-white Anolik is in her research. Jesus Christ. This is so incredibly bad and does disservice to both of these women (and everyone else mentioned within this recount)

This book is so hypocritical and unnecessarily mean but can’t bring myself to DNF yet.

So bad that it almost turns me off from Babitz. Which is funny, given this is the exact opposite effect Anolik wants of her audience. Demonizes Didion for her relationships with men and her body but then discusses Eve on those same factors?? I genuinely do NOT understand. Mean for the sake of being mean. Misogynistic tbh

Claiming that Didion only got traction as a writer because of her ex boyfriend and her husband’s influence?? Oh my god. So incredibly rude and wrong. This entire book feels incredibly male-centered rather than focusing on an interesting literally scene between this two female LA writers. If someone tried to say my career was due to the men in my life, I think I’d kill them.

This feels like a Didion hit piece

Guys this book is such Didion-haterade I just don’t think I can take this seriously and I JUST picked this back up. It’s like every other sentence istg

Picking this back up off of a DNF…let’s see if I can do it this time

My full name (not common by any means) was just fully name dropped within this. Hello?? So jarring

Once again shocked at how much I’m enjoying this but I really hate how much these characters mention that they have to pee

The amount of body horror in this book as skyrocketed IM SCARED RN

Enjoying this more than I would’ve thought!

Logging this just to note how hard it is to calculate percentage on audible. I shouldn’t have to use a SEPARATE CALCULATOR.

This is what happens when the Libby hold is too long :,(

Going back to this one LOL

The people who published Notes to John clearly did not read her essay “Last Words.” Holy shit

Love some Reagan slander (even if it’s just Nancy)

Love love love her analysis on college admissions. So good and so so true even in 2026

First book of the year had to be Didion, duh

Trying to speedrun this for a cozy NYE at home

Reading this as my last book of the year - am very gifted to do work amplifying Dr. Hanna’s policies in the state of Michigan <3

Finally got my hands on this!

Finally got my Libby hold!!

John Green writes with so much love

Ugly crying AGAIN

Slow start, but have made some progress thanks to jury duty and the audiobook. Holy shit, some of these have me in tears

This has taken a far turn to where I thought it would go. Really on-the-nose politically, actually. Very unnerving. Mentions Skype too much, though.