Grim Bones
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A glass of water. Wasting my life away doing IT work for the scions of the ruling class. mod of episode one wiki, 7' 5" 140lbs.
Trespasses by Louise Kennedy: The social stuff I felt like was really well observed but I don't know what motivates the romance at the center. Like I don't know why these people are attracted to each other.
October 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Trespasses by Louise Kennedy: The social stuff I felt like was really well observed but I don't know what motivates the romance at the center. Like I don't know why these people are attracted to each other.
The Secret History by Donna Tartt (again): One of my favorite books ever. Really just a world you want to live inside. Crazy how many imitators it has inspired that don't even come close.
October 9, 2026 at 8:36 PM
The Secret History by Donna Tartt (again): One of my favorite books ever. Really just a world you want to live inside. Crazy how many imitators it has inspired that don't even come close.
Six Days of the Condor by James Grady: the film makes this much better
October 9, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Six Days of the Condor by James Grady: the film makes this much better
The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice: the real attraction to these books for me is seeing Rice's psychology change over time as she begins really feeling her oats as an extremely successful writer and making Lestat, the author character, more and more self-aggrandizing and cool
September 17, 2026 at 8:06 PM
The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice: the real attraction to these books for me is seeing Rice's psychology change over time as she begins really feeling her oats as an extremely successful writer and making Lestat, the author character, more and more self-aggrandizing and cool
I Want You To Be Happy by Jem Calder: I cannot believe people are holding this up next to Rooney. This is like really transparently the author confessing to being unpleasant with no real redeeming qualities
September 17, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I Want You To Be Happy by Jem Calder: I cannot believe people are holding this up next to Rooney. This is like really transparently the author confessing to being unpleasant with no real redeeming qualities
The Castle by Jon Ronson: Jon never misses. A truly nutso story of the excesses of being wealthy and male
September 17, 2026 at 8:02 PM
The Castle by Jon Ronson: Jon never misses. A truly nutso story of the excesses of being wealthy and male
Bright Lights Big City by Jay McInerney: Loved this in spite of myself. Can't imagine what I enjoyed in a story of a guy from nowhere obsessed with The Big City who finds at every turn that he cannot hang with its People. I've never done cocaine though.
September 17, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Bright Lights Big City by Jay McInerney: Loved this in spite of myself. Can't imagine what I enjoyed in a story of a guy from nowhere obsessed with The Big City who finds at every turn that he cannot hang with its People. I've never done cocaine though.
Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis: This is a Stephen King impression but you know the parts about fatherhood are pretty impressive
September 17, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis: This is a Stephen King impression but you know the parts about fatherhood are pretty impressive
Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis: One joke for 200 pages followed by a kind of interesting 9/11 premonition
September 17, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis: One joke for 200 pages followed by a kind of interesting 9/11 premonition
Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis: THIS is really good actually. The one Ellis novel I genuinely loved. His real talent is describing the yearning/horror of being closeted and its done so well here. Also the chapters of the suicidal obsessive woman are so painful. Great book
September 17, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis: THIS is really good actually. The one Ellis novel I genuinely loved. His real talent is describing the yearning/horror of being closeted and its done so well here. Also the chapters of the suicidal obsessive woman are so painful. Great book
The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis: this is the same book as Less Than Zero
September 17, 2026 at 7:56 PM
The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis: this is the same book as Less Than Zero
Detransition Baby by Torrey Peters: this book is really good actually but I still can't get over the contention that Laura Jane Grace, a punk musician, is somehow part of an out of touch transgender elite being made in the first novel by a transgender person ever published by one of the majors
August 20, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Detransition Baby by Torrey Peters: this book is really good actually but I still can't get over the contention that Laura Jane Grace, a punk musician, is somehow part of an out of touch transgender elite being made in the first novel by a transgender person ever published by one of the majors
The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker: I got back into Barker heavy after watching hellrasiers 1-4 and Lord of Illusions again and I was like oh right there's a sequel book. I forgot I don't like Barker in novels. Did not enjoy this
August 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker: I got back into Barker heavy after watching hellrasiers 1-4 and Lord of Illusions again and I was like oh right there's a sequel book. I forgot I don't like Barker in novels. Did not enjoy this
Nymph by Stephanie LaCava: I love LaCava's weird little short novels about adults who still live very, very much in the shadow of their parents who have absurdly unusual lives. In her previous one they were big-time musicians, in this one assassins.
June 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Nymph by Stephanie LaCava: I love LaCava's weird little short novels about adults who still live very, very much in the shadow of their parents who have absurdly unusual lives. In her previous one they were big-time musicians, in this one assassins.
Everything I Need I Get From You by Kaitlyn Tiffany: the title and subtitle would suggest this will be cultural anthropology about fangirls and the internet, but it contains about 1000% less anime than you'd expect unfortunately. It is actually a personal history of the One Direction fandom.
June 15, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Everything I Need I Get From You by Kaitlyn Tiffany: the title and subtitle would suggest this will be cultural anthropology about fangirls and the internet, but it contains about 1000% less anime than you'd expect unfortunately. It is actually a personal history of the One Direction fandom.
The Strain by Chuck Hogan and Guillermo Del Toro: It's pretty cool to do an epidemic procedural except the epidemic is GDT's idea of vampires from Blade 2
June 15, 2026 at 7:53 PM
The Strain by Chuck Hogan and Guillermo Del Toro: It's pretty cool to do an epidemic procedural except the epidemic is GDT's idea of vampires from Blade 2
Close Range by Annie Proulx: But it works GREAT in the short story form!
June 15, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Close Range by Annie Proulx: But it works GREAT in the short story form!
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx: extremely ambivalent here: while it DOES work on an emotional and stylistic level, it's also so strongly the MFA style writing blueprint that it's tough to stomach
June 15, 2026 at 7:52 PM
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx: extremely ambivalent here: while it DOES work on an emotional and stylistic level, it's also so strongly the MFA style writing blueprint that it's tough to stomach
re-read Solaris (still great) and the first 3 Area Xs which led to
Absolution by Jeff Vandermeer: not sure about the choice to write a full third of the book in early 00s internet fuckety shit fuck language!
Absolution by Jeff Vandermeer: not sure about the choice to write a full third of the book in early 00s internet fuckety shit fuck language!
June 15, 2026 at 7:50 PM
re-read Solaris (still great) and the first 3 Area Xs which led to
Absolution by Jeff Vandermeer: not sure about the choice to write a full third of the book in early 00s internet fuckety shit fuck language!
Absolution by Jeff Vandermeer: not sure about the choice to write a full third of the book in early 00s internet fuckety shit fuck language!
gotta catch up here:
Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje: One of the only books that really communciates the actual feeling of both the sound of jazz music and Louisiana as a place. Exemplary especially from a guy who isn't even american, let alone from new orleans
Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje: One of the only books that really communciates the actual feeling of both the sound of jazz music and Louisiana as a place. Exemplary especially from a guy who isn't even american, let alone from new orleans
June 15, 2026 at 7:49 PM
gotta catch up here:
Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje: One of the only books that really communciates the actual feeling of both the sound of jazz music and Louisiana as a place. Exemplary especially from a guy who isn't even american, let alone from new orleans
Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje: One of the only books that really communciates the actual feeling of both the sound of jazz music and Louisiana as a place. Exemplary especially from a guy who isn't even american, let alone from new orleans
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke: this was fine I'm not sure what the hype was about. Interesting enough as a mystery but felt like a metaphor for grad school
April 5, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke: this was fine I'm not sure what the hype was about. Interesting enough as a mystery but felt like a metaphor for grad school
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice: the new tv adaptation of this smokes the book honestly. Hate to say that but having the gay stuff not be subtext greatly increases the impact of the story.
April 5, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice: the new tv adaptation of this smokes the book honestly. Hate to say that but having the gay stuff not be subtext greatly increases the impact of the story.
Tender Is The Flesh by Agustina bazterreca: holy shit this is the real deal. A rare book that's been a big hit among horror readers that actually has the juice. Fuckin harrowing
March 19, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Tender Is The Flesh by Agustina bazterreca: holy shit this is the real deal. A rare book that's been a big hit among horror readers that actually has the juice. Fuckin harrowing