SPOILERS AHEAD - STOP READING NOW IF YOU PLAN TO READ THE BOOK FIRST.

Seconded. Really. Stepping on LEGO is the worst. 

I’m so sorry. I also felt more depressed in the late winter/early spring and medication helped. I’m no expert, also not a doctor, but 3 meds at once seems like alot for a restart. How will you know which one worked, or if any of them are unnecessary? Anyway. Please take care of yourself as you are able. We don’t want…

I am so glad you’re still here, internet stranger. Sorry to hear the anti-rejection drugs are affecting you in this way, and that it’s cost you work you love. While being alive is, of course, the ultimate gift, this is also a real loss, and it sucks.

Good for you. I started taking them a couple of months ago, maybe more like 3, and I noticed a difference after a couple of weeks. Just more space in my head between the stimulus (anxiety producing) and the response (out of proportion). I’m sleepier, and I feel a little distanced from myself, but it’s better than…

Congratulations on the transplant-aversary!

She is SUCH a talented writer. I think her training as an actress really informed her writing and the psychological depth of the books.

Tartt went to Bennington College, in Vermont, so there’s probably a good reason for that.

I fucking LOVE A Secret History. It’s my bedtime read, so I’ve read it probably 40 times? Maybe more? I never finished the Little Friend book, and read The Goldfinch once. For anyone interested (and still reading this site) Tana French’s The Likeness takes ASH’s idea and sets it in Ireland, with a more conventional…

Alternatively, he’d be the perfect Henry. He could do both roles, which speaks to his range. His death was a true loss. 

Plus you have to deal with the dead body of the other one, and a room spattered with rattlesnake or rat blood.

Yes, but they have to be in suits. I would pay good money to not watch Trump and that fattening calf DeSantis in boxing shorts. 

Right next to the Trump Trailer Park, offering BOGO coupons to the Trump Krispy Kreme.

You don’t. Let’s start a petition demanding Peacock include one duel per episode. 

The point is that it’s hard to effect change when the number of people voting against that change is larger than then number of people voting for it. 

I appreciate your respectful question. When I look at people in power, I see boomer-age folks, and when I look at the demographics of those who elected them, I see more boomer-age folks. They’re the biggest voting block in the US right now, and they consistently vote Republican. According to the Economist, their…

I read Vance’s book several years ago at a friend’s request. When she asked what I thought, I said, “I think he’s planning a run for office.” Also, I’m amazed at the number of people (men) who yell LIVE FREE OR DIE! and then turn around and tie themselves to someone who essentially owns them. 

Truth. Today you have to understand the computer and software necessary to diagnose the problem, then fix the damn car. It’s a specific kind of intelligence. Just because you don’t have it doesn’t mean your smart, and having it doesn’t exclude you from being able to thoughtfully discuss a literary novel.

YES. There must be duels. They simply cannot sacrifice authenticity. 

It’s like he thought we’d forgive him for his role in nearly destroying American democracy if he did some American-ish things, like ride some hip technology while carrying a flag while a 40yo country song played in the background. Rather than, you know, removing blatant lies from FB/Insta and supporting voting rights…