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i want to preface this by saying i googled lionel shriver after reading the book and i don't like what i found so for the sake of this short blog post i will omit any mention of her beyond this very period . i dont exactly know what compelled me to pick this one up again. the last time i finished WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN about a decade ago i knew immediately that it was one of my favourite…
havent written something in a minute, i apologize. i havent used my typewriter because it was locked in this room and i had to look for a key that was behind a vault door and when i spun the wheel to open it it broke off. so i had to find a wrench and the wrench ended up being in a safe, whose code was stashed in the office behind the club door in the east wing. when i finally returned to the…
sometimes you read a book and you are jealous. the world feels so real and grounded, so unforced but not thoughtless. the good characterization feels like sketches of people made in notebooks on public transit and brought to life even more vibrantly on the page, even more vibrantly than you ever could. when reading THE HOURS by Michael Cunningham, i was met with a common sense of jealousy that i…
i love media. i read a lot. i watch a lot of movies. i love T.V... I also need to critically engage with the media that I consume. my favourite pastime is explaining plots to my friends and co-workers (for those who feign interest, you do it well, thank you). a few months ago I started a tiktok to review the books that i am reading in fear of not getting the chance to talk about all of them, but…