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[thingsreadinthedark]

48% through ‘Leave the World Behind’ by Rumaan Alam

Let me tell you something. This book is really jamming up the Shirley Jackson vibes. I didn’t realize that I’d be as creeped out by it as I feel. It’s kind of exciting.

It’s the dad being lost in his car in the middle of nowhere when this random Spanish woman walking alone on a side road runs up crying and trying to talk to him although she speaks no English that did it for me. Like what is about to happen?

Picture it: you’re lost in the middle of nowhere, not another car in sight, your uppity ass has got no reception and you’re almost in panic mode. Then some woman who you can’t understand comes up to your window crying and speed talking. Where did she come from? Personally, I cannot deal. If I leave her out here, what happens? If I take her with me, what happens? Fuck, I’m lost!

This scene of him in Chapter 20 just like frantically thinking and driving around, no reception and then this one woman in the middle of the road. It really creeped up on me and tripped me out for real, for real. I’m freaked tf out!

Haven’t read anything like this in a minute, and it’s fun, albeit a little disturbing.

[thingsreadinthedark]

Humanistically speaking..

I really don’t know what has led me to these conversation books about humanity, but here we are. I also love making up words so forgive me LOL

Between yesterday and today I’ve read conversations about capital D Death in Let’s Talk About Hard Things by Anna Sale

I’ve read conversations about more death and the scientific innovations like Cyanide and various gases that created even more death for millions of Jewish people as well as the Germans who were killing themselves as the Red Army descended upon them for their crimes against humanity in When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut

This morning I’ve read about God from the viewpoint of about 30 different people, and not nearly enough Black people in this book by Zoe Sallis called: What Has Life Taught You

I’m a firm believer that books can be sometimes pushed towards you by the universe. Why these are the three pushed toward me and that I was interested in this week - I’m not sure. I’m on this nonfiction journey this week and I guess we’ll see how it shapes up.

[a-readers-paradise-blog]

Hello :)

Do you like reading? I absolutely love to read, my passion for books is like nothing else. I have very few passions. I can be artistic. I like to draw and paint, I love to take photographs but these are all things I like to do, but I don’t need to do them everyday. Its possible to compare reading to essentials in my life like taking a shower or brushing my teeth. Both of which I like to do but mostly because I don’t like the outcome if I don’t do them. Reading, however i need to do but I also like to do it and want to do it and love doing it. Im not a passionate person, I don’t play any instruments and Im not into sports. Like some people need to run everyday, its both relaxing and comforting. I don’t have any passions except reading. Ive had different “fad” passions throughout the years, you know things you become obsessed with but they always fade away. Never reading though, it is something that will never fall at the waistline. On top of that I don’t really have a specific genre I only stick to. Mostly fiction, but Ill read anything that I think is good, mystery, fantasy, literature, YA, beat writers…. I mean the list is endless. Not a huge fan of trashy writing and not really into sci-fi but like I said if its good Ill give it a try. I have been doing a lot of research about book reviews. Blogs, instagram and pinterest have been my main hubs. Most of what I find is YA adult, which sure if written well can be very good, but I can’t read too much of it and the other have been bestseller reviews. Its understandable, they are popular so more people read them and write their opinions about them. I however want to write reviews/ brief synopsis about everything. Everything I like to read, didn’t enjoy, books Ive reread so many times Ive had to buy multiple new copies. Books I have every version of, including hardcopy, paperback, ebook, first edition, rewrites… etc. Books that other people really enjoyed but I thought were ridiculous. Books I couldn’t get through. I want to touch all basis and I truly hope it helps someone. Maybe someone will pick up a book they never imagined they would read or maybe I will be the final push to get someone to read something they maybe teeter tottered. I just want to pass on my passion and I hope someone will pick it up, even if its only for a hundred pages.

[shinebrightlikeasilverlining]

Poll: When do you start struggling to finish a book?

[typicalgrungeblog]

Maybe heaven is the place where you meet all the fictional characters you've wanted to fuck senseless.

[jinxapologiststanaccount]

I'm starting a Readers Anonymous club for fan people in distress. I'll start off: Hi. My name is Ashley and I get so emotionally attached to books that when a character dies I cry for days.

[greymatter13]

So, my family was discussing addictions during dinner today. Apparently, my addiction is to reading. I was about to protest before I realized that I own over 600 books, and that I've read all of them at least once, some more than four times over, and that this is without taking into consideration books I've read but do not own...So, yes. My name is Paige, and I am addicted to reading.