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Sam Breazeale
is 75% done
Rushdie must’ve been in a flow state the entire time he was writing this. This is being added to the “take a semester to teach this once in your career” shortlist.
— Sep 09, 2026 11:29AM
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Sam Breazeale
is 80% done
Finished part 2, now on The Buddha.
As a performative reader, it gives me great pride to read excellent literature. Stuff that’s so good, it makes me quite sure in my heart that nobody I know is reading anything as good as this. Which, in turn, makes me better than everybody else.
But I am a benevolent performative male, hence the updates. Y’all should be grateful I’m not gatekeeping this.
— 18 hours, 14 min ago
As a performative reader, it gives me great pride to read excellent literature. Stuff that’s so good, it makes me quite sure in my heart that nobody I know is reading anything as good as this. Which, in turn, makes me better than everybody else.
But I am a benevolent performative male, hence the updates. Y’all should be grateful I’m not gatekeeping this.
Sam Breazeale
is 52% done
Book 2 is super long so this is a halfway post. This book is phenomenal. It makes sense that this won the Booker, Booker 25, and Booker 40.
Also, did I let any of you lot borrow my copy of Dracula?
— Aug 06, 2026 05:25PM
Also, did I let any of you lot borrow my copy of Dracula?
Sam Breazeale
is 26% done
Writing reviews for each book which will be published together because Goodreads limits how long updates are.
So far, Peak.
— Jul 28, 2026 09:44AM
So far, Peak.