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Thoughts on The Stranger (Camus)

I haven’t read much Camus, but I picked up The Stranger to give a more productive critique of a friend’s upcoming novel. She is a big Camus fan, so I decided to give it a whirl. Reading this and Slaughterhouse Five on the same day was NOT good for my mental health, but it made me think, and IContinue reading “Thoughts on The Stranger (Camus)”

Review: The Chosen and the Beautiful (Nighi Vo)

If someone put a gun to my head and told me to read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald again, I would make my peace with the world and ask them to get it over with. No judgment to anyone who loves that book. It’s a good book. But there are only so many times youContinue reading “Review: The Chosen and the Beautiful (Nighi Vo)”

Review: Furiously Happy (Jenny Lawson)

If I were stranded on a desert island and could only bring one item, it would be Furiously Happy by Jenny lawson. If I were the last human being alive in a rapidly imploding universe, it would be okay as long as I had Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson. Whenever I break down crying becauseContinue reading “Review: Furiously Happy (Jenny Lawson)”

100 Books in 9 Months: My Worst Idea Yet

I have made a grand decision! I am going to read 100 books in the year 2023. I am unsure if this is a reasonable goal to set for myself, especially since I only started half way through April…but deciding to do something makes it real, and putting it on the internet sets it inContinue reading “100 Books in 9 Months: My Worst Idea Yet”

I have a very long winded cat. Also Hello.

My cat briefs me every morning while I shower and drink my eight cups of tea. I can’t drink coffee anymore because apparently a 22 year old “shouldn’t get heart palpitations,” or whatever, but I don’t have health insurance anymore so the jokes on my doctor, my days of receiving unsolicited medical advice are over!Continue reading “I have a very long winded cat. Also Hello.”

Eulogy for Spartacus Jr. (Beloved fish)

We are gathered here today to pay our final respects to Spartacus Jr, a beloved fish taken before his time. We come together in grief and boredom, acknowledging our loss. May God (or should I say Cod) grant us grace, that in pain we may find comfort, in sorrow hope, in death resurrection. Though notContinue reading “Eulogy for Spartacus Jr. (Beloved fish)”