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reacquainting myself with that old habit of actively reading like 5 books at the same time

Liberation Day: 4/5

ch 14! masterful blend of horror and comedy. the chapter centered less on Bulgakov's political or societal critiques, and put all its chips into telling a good story. segments like this, and the first few chapters (jesus... streetcar... sunflower oil.....), will rattle around my brain forever.

i also love Ginsburg's alternate translation of the chapter title: "Glory to the Cock!"

eugenics chapter reached!

oh lulu while i love your podcasts i am sadly growing repulsed by your writing style

avenging the disregard i gave to (almost) all my COLLEGE101 readings

on hold for like >3 months bc i literally lost my hardcover copy????????

this book should be a play but also without satisfactory special effects it wouldnt live up to saunders’s vivid unique macabre description

perhaps i need to read the divine comedy

from trolling other reviews (yes yes i know i shouldnt do that before i finish but it’s always far too tempting) it seems you need to buy into (1) the format and (2) the characters to enjoy this book and yes oh yesss i am enamored with both

(also think that reading cloud atlas prior to this was acclimatory bc it’s halfway to the avant-garde-ness that Bardo is)

i love a good ensemble cast i love some creative writing styles i love love love when a book makes me cry and laugh in succession oh george you have been lovely so far

what is the relationship between chiang’s heartless God and his equally cold, unjust science?

hell is the absence of god: 11/10

seventy-two letters: 8/10 (i liked the concept and prose but a bit on the nose. also a dry first third)
the evolution of human science: 8/10

story of your life: 10/10 ofc