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start of chapter 8. i'm so bored and the only reason i'm considering finishing it is bc it was on the international booker shortlist. i wanna just grind it out and be done with it but idk if i have it in me.

phone lady 💔

this is kinda not good

marking this as read because i'm not going to read the destiny of me

The Normal Heart: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

dropping this at chapter 15. nothing is grabbing my attention and i have no motivation to continue. sorry to my book club.

i keep falling asleep to this audiobook and forgetting where i left off but i've lost interest anyway

maybe it's just me but i'm confused. know the histories of an object's constituent parts but also view it as a whole. you need to know a lot about the person whose soul you're forging except most of their personality. soulstamps should be made of soulstone but can be made of any material. they can also be removed easily by anyone. really, they aren't even required. and anyone can learn to forge! nights! 🙄

thank god that's over. having a great time ripping this to shreds with my book club though!

i just can't do this. i skipped ahead some to see if it got less difficult to read but it didn't.

i guess i'm not going to finish this. for some reason, graphic novels are kind of a chore for me to read. this was interesting but it had gotten pretty repetitive.

ramen dad does sound delicious

i'm not sure i understand the ending. i need to think about it more. nevertheless, this was pretty so-so for me.

"In the book of Genesis, Jacob wrestles with an angel. While they are fighting, the angel touches Jacob's hip socket, causing it to become dislocated. This is the origin for the kosher law that one must not eat an animal's sciatic nerve."

"Loneliness breaks things. It steals things."

this is just ok 🫤 i hardly ever put an audiobook on 2x speed but i want to return this early and john is a surprisingly intelligible fast talker

"the swan" was beautiful. "the graduation speech" & "prayer: fountain" 💜

this isn't bad but i'm kind of just getting it over with at this point

i need to perform "we have to stop: fantasy psychology session" for my mom

loved "true love: garlic chicken" and "on and off the island"

unalive!! again!!! abby, please, this is so stupid. we can use our big girl words, i promise.

vin ❤️

WHAT

i kind of want to keep reading just for the autism of it all but i'm not feeling this

this audiobook narrator is terrible lol. also getting vibes that this book will just annoy me if i keep reading.

the last 15% of this book so fucking weird. and teagan doesn't drop the recovering alcoholic act until 91% in???