In light of all the Spotify/Apple Music/MyDeezerYear stuff My new years resolution for 2023 is "read enough books so that i can make a 'stuff i read that i really liked in 2023' list" in 2023
Maybe the same thing with video games; i live under a rock and i'm still in Aggressive Saving Mode so i have no idea or desire to play most things that Just Came Out; but a review could be fun. I could arguably do a review post for the last three months or so
GUY WHO FORGOT THE BOOK THEY WERE READING AT HOME
thats ok. I have accepted my fate
playing with some fancy new brushes i picked up. if you remember this cat: sorry
if its any consolation i've been thinking about revisiting SITA but far in the future while Paradise Lost is happening in the background
I've been reading Special Topics In Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl on and off lately.
It is...undoubtedly well-written. And the prose is definitely charming. But I'm about halfway through and it felt like it took about that length to actually get started. I typically don't really mind slow starts that much, but there's a time and place for it, and I'm not really sure if a Murder Mystery is the best place for it
To be fair to it, it definitely reads like it's supposed to be a coming-of-age novel first and foremost. It could just be that I might just dislike coming-of-age books, or maybe haven't found one I especially like or has stuck with me
Point is. I wish this book didn't feel like a slog. But, this is the author's debut so 🤷
okay yeah i've decided i'm just going to. Drop it.
Sorry miss pessl i'm sure your later work holds up and i will reread Night Film but i really do not care about these high schoolers. Lots of people really liked it in 2006 but i guess i'm just really not its target audience...
