You seem really empathetic.

are we dancer?

It’s not well.

That’s so romantic.

Probably everyone, some to their face, some behind their back.

An acquaintance named their baby ‘Apollo’. Endless mocking, endless.

Hey, it’s a nice name.

I kiiiinda liked her Eight Months on Ghazzah Street, which seems to be autobiographical to an extent. But it wasn’t my favourite. Fludd was lame (in my view), Back to Black pretty iffy but enjoyable. On the other hand, the Cromwell books and especially A Place of Greater Safety were my jam. You keep hoping that the…

Some books that I loved this year.

I haven’t read An Experiment in love, but I devoured most of her other books, and found a weird correlation: I thought for the most part her long-ass books were goddamn masterpieces, her mid length books were pretty ok, her short books were mediocre to bad, and her short stories are awful. The one exception was the…

I also have to be in a really particular mood to appreciate her aesthetic itself. Sometimes I think her writing is crazy good, and other times I roll my eyes at her. I’m pretty sure it’s not her, it’s me.

I dunno, for me it was a book that gets better as it goes on. But interestingly, I’ve been reading the Dispossessed and haven’t yet been able to get into it.

I also just read it, and loved it. It starts out slow, but for my money, it’s worth it.

It wasn’t an insult of your taste, I just think Atwood is overrated. But I apologise if the distinction isn’t a useful one for you.

Hmm, so overrated authors? Franzen?

touché.

I saw it on a plane, and was pretty much the only person watching it. I’m not ashamed to admit that I laughed myself stupid.

There is only one Mallory.

just act nonchalant. you might even whistle to prove your innocence.

assorted monsters?