MJ Townes’s Reviews > Near to the Wild Heart > Status Update
MJ Townes
is 22% done
"But it wasn't just scary. It was like when someone finished something and says: 'I'm all done, teacher.' And the teacher says: 'Sit there and wait for everyone else.' And you sit there quietly waiting, like inside a church. A tall church and without saying anything. Fine, delicate saints. Cold to the touch. Cold and divine. And nothing says anything."
— May 15, 2026 05:54AM
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MJ Townes
is 50% done
"Love came to confirm all of the old things whose existence she only knew of without ever having accepted or felt them."
I like this book but wish it was a bit easier for me to read; it's a bit like molasses. I'm intrigued but it's tough.
— 3 hours, 36 min ago
I like this book but wish it was a bit easier for me to read; it's a bit like molasses. I'm intrigued but it's tough.
MJ Townes
is 38% done
I wish I read this in middle school, this gives me the same energy Lordes speech on youth/teenage years gives me. Theres some magic in here, I'm glad I'm pushing past the initial "hard to read" feeling...
— 10 hours, 13 min ago
MJ Townes
is 21% done
"It was all impossible to explain, like that word 'never', neither masculine or feminine. But even so didn't she know when to say 'yes'?"
I feel like I should have read this in middle school, the childhood imagination is really coming thru
— May 15, 2026 05:41AM
I feel like I should have read this in middle school, the childhood imagination is really coming thru
MJ Townes
is 12% done
"I have a body and everything I do is a continuation of my beginning"
Not sure where this is going just yet, I'm intrigued but not yet caught by the book, a harder read. Abstract.
— May 14, 2026 12:43PM
Not sure where this is going just yet, I'm intrigued but not yet caught by the book, a harder read. Abstract.
