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Middlesex by jeffrey eugenides

I’m reading this book on my kindle so had no idea i was embarking on a 500 page odyssey when I started reading. It’s crazy - I still don’t fully know what Surprises await me. it’s full of taboo stuff that keeps me turning pages

@Gaiado

Feb 11, 2025

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The parade by dave eggers

i recently read this cover to cover on a flight home. i honestly did not expect to become to drawn in, i love a book that puts blinders on me, making me focus in and want to ignore anything off the page. the not so far off dystopian tone to the novel was eerie but familiar… a story that doesn’t seem too far away. more like this please.

@hardheaded_heavyhearted

Jan 29, 2025

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Jeff in venice

damn Geoff Dyer can write. the first half is escapist and light and funny and romantic and mean and lean and well paced and plotted but also messy and free. sections unforgettable. the back half is strained and strange but it’s worth re reading the first 120 pages once a year.

@aq

Apr 5, 2024

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the word zonked

so fucking accurate 10/10. like…correct

@beabecker

Jan 31, 2024

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creating artifacts of yourself

Videos. Journals. Planners. Calendars. Playlists. Spreadsheets. Letters to open in the future. Keeping track of the present (in a way that is low stakes and fun) keeps me from dwelling on the past or feeling upset about changing. It will be there for me if and when I want to return to it! And I get to dip into the things I have thought and felt and loved in the past and maybe they become part of my life again or they don't! I also love to experiment with form in the ways that I record myself. Journals are a classic, but doing something like journaling in a planner with limited space or on a calendar means you have to pick just one memory from each day. Or making playlists / watchlists / reading lists of what's important to you at a time. Embarking upon fun little challenges of discovery (places, songs, books, movies, foods) and keeping track of what you learn in an organized (or disorganized) way! Video journals or little vlogs just for yourself! Scrapbooking! Fun in the moment to create and fun in the future to rediscover.

@beabecker

Jan 26, 2024

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a little quip when you‘re playing monopoly

it’s a shit game so if you’re gonna play it at least go for a little “nice to come home” when you land on one of your own properties

@beabecker

Feb 14, 2024