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The Sympathizer and The Committed are so good!!!!

 

so...negative space fucking ruled. it was more challenging than expected and it took me a while to get through, but it's one of the more original works of fiction i've read in a very long time and i would kill for more horror in this vein. definitely not for everyone though, haha.

 

Finished The Sympathizer last night! Starting The Passenger today. Hoping to get it finished before the release of Stella Maris.

Need to hit up the local HPB soon cause I know they had copies of The Committed last time I was there.

 

I highly recommend this audio book I just listened to called "Jews Don't Count" by David Baddiel.

It was truly eye opening to see the kind of anti-Semitism that exists that I don't see or experience. It's wonderfully written and the audio book is narrated by David himself.

 

That is a good book yeah

 

There's apparently a new special on British television with David Baddiel and Sarah Silverman and others based on Jews Don't Count. I need to check it out.

 

I have it sitting on my shelf waiting, but I am nervous at it being challenging haha

 

Currently reading Daphne by Josh Malerman and I instantly want this adapted into a movie

 

It’s mostly challenging in the sense that you won’t know what the hell is going on, haha.

 

Might seem like a dumb idea, but I think I want to read a biography of every American president. Anyone have any good recs?

 

My wife started this a few years ago and only got a few Presidents in. I'll ask which ones she read

 

Sounds likely lol. I'll probably get like 5 books into it and quit thinking "wtf all these dudes suck"

 

I was skeptical, but I am thoroughly enjoying Bunny so far.

 

I really liked Bunny. AMC was going to adapt it into a series. Not sure what happened with that

 

Around 130 pages into McCarthy’s The Passenger right now and absolutely loving it. No clue where it’s going or if it’s going anywhere that will make sense but I’m just glued to it. Feels so good to be reading a brand new book from an all-time great author and have it live up to those standards.

 

I've been slowly doing this challenge and found the website below quite helpful from someone who has completed it and then some.

***The Best Presidential Biographies*** | My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies (bestpresidentialbios.com)

 

Damn so many choices. Didn't know this was a thing. Thanks!

 

I asked my wife to see how far she got...1/2 way through a book on George Washington lol

 

cool cool cool lol

 

Rereading Ohio by Stephen Markley in anticipation of The Deluge coming out next month and it’s just as hard to put down the second time

 

Has anyone here read George Bataille’s Story of the Eye? I’ve never before read such absurd depravity in my life… it is completely bizarre and vile in the most hilarious way. Extremely well-written too. Honestly the closest thing it reminds me of is James Joyce’s dirty letters to his wife but that’s puny stuff compared to this.

 

Been reading Moby Dick this month. It's so much funnier than I expected.

 

I bought Paperbacks from Hell and I’m already so glad that I did. That said, only one chapter in and I sort of suspect that I probably wouldn’t like Hendrix’s fiction.

 

Been listening to I'm Glad My Mom Died on Audible. Celebrity memoirs aren't really something that usually speaks to me, but I love this. McCurdy's humour really is what makes it.

 

I finished I'm Glad My Mom Died and now im continuing my audiobooks of 2022 celebrity memoirs about grief kick and am starting A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney.