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Grace B
is 80% done
At this point I’m absolutely mesmerized by this book. The writing is so spare and minimalistic, as though told by a midwestern farmer, and the things being described in this very straightforward, calm way are intense emotions, incredibly dramatic situations, cruelty, resentment, vengeance, and what it means to love, lose, and experience hurt. It is like nothing I’ve read. Brings new meaning to “modernism.”
— 17 hours, 53 min ago
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Grace B
is 65% done
This book is getting nuts. Digging into the politics of academia and literary formalism via an insolent, cheating grad student. I literally had no idea this was coming. What a wild ride.
— Jul 09, 2026 06:26PM
Grace B
is 50% done
Never mind, I have zero sympathy for Edith.
Chapter 7 on Stoner’s love of literature, the written word, and the English language was really glorious. This book does a beautiful job of illuminating the private ways that we are each so unique.
— Jul 08, 2026 01:10PM
Chapter 7 on Stoner’s love of literature, the written word, and the English language was really glorious. This book does a beautiful job of illuminating the private ways that we are each so unique.
Grace B
is 35% done
Edith is really stressing me out. Half the time I’m like, What’s wrong with her? And half the time I’m like, Oh, dear, I might be just like her.
— Jul 06, 2026 01:23PM