Hag McGlue, whale psychiatrist

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dear gods

ACTRESS OF A CERTAIN AGE!

Who the fuck is Clay Higgins?

Higgins, the only member of Congress who voted against releasing the Epstein files. WTF? Watch him try to put his hands on a constituent exercising his First Amendment rights. Higgins, who are you protecting? Shame on you, you racists piece of shit! Look him up...

he wears socks at the beach? in the shower?

Shakespeare together.) And Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe. Its a life goal book for me although I have no idea why.

Very interesting parenting going on. Lots of deep conversations, speed, cocaine, lsd, heroin. Nora does grow up a lot during the book. Contains this line "Her heart opened and closed like an anemone." Oof, what a writer.
Now, I'm reading Romeo and Juliet for my book club of two (a friend and I read

basically a story about obsessive love (in a not scary way) in bohemian close knit Melbourne in the 1970s. It has a very dream like quality to me. At first I thought it was written about a woman in her young 20s and it was a perfect depiction of that time as I experienced it. No, Nora is 34.

example.) Its primarily about his relationships with men in his life. His father is Kingsley Amis. He had a deep relationship with Saul Bellow - reading this made me want to never read Saul Bellow. And lots about his teeth. So funny and boring and sad.
I finished Monkey Grip by Helen Garner. Its

I listened to Widow of a Certain Age by Jeff Hillyer, which was completely delightful! Very heartful and funny.
Last week I finished Experiences by Martin Amis, which I read because it was on a list of great memoirs. I'd say it was largely a failure as a memoir (He never names his first wife, for

It's a dumber power

it really was and when I saw this had been on the bookerust I had to read it

a redemption arc and no, I have no idea about the quality of it

I also finished listening to Rift something something Christian Patriarchy by Cait West. It is narrated by the author, and as with many audiobooks, her delivery for me is a soporific so much so I can't really do a review except yes it exists, yes the story is

The first half is dreamily written reflecting on social media and it's impact on our lives Then second half, through a crisis thrusts us into urgent real life. I'll be reading more of her

I read No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood. it's about "a social media influencer drifting through life until an urgent message from her mother brings her back to human connection" 4.5 stars

can we give a shout out to Virginia Democrats too?

I think he's planning a wedding venue

This is just horrible to watch.

I often feel like I need a buddy to help me do things

that Thomas' grief over his wife and daughters in part led to his career. Mantel also makes it plain that Cromwell (and Wolsey) were not trusted/seen as equal by the nobles.

about how exactly his end will come. And he also realizes that he had done this to others and had set up the legal mechanism to have his execution done with no trial.
One of the things that is so outstanding is Mantel's depictions of nature, and its long meditations on grief - in fact I thought

and then picks up at the end - which is pretty effective actually because you can see the axe being prepared. (look, the guy has been dead for 600 years, so there aren't any spoilers. ) The end is just heart breaking, being with Cromwell while he grapples with death, betrayal, and concern

I finished The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel, the third in the Wolf Hall Trilogy! Started the trilogy at the end of July so took me 3 months to read (even as I read other books as well.) While the Mirror and the LIght could have done with some tighter editing, the pacing - slow at first

that's great - that is such a wonderful trilogy!

then there are plenty of bad editors out there! Anyway, I vote for Flying Buttress word.

My instagram adds now have ads for apps exhorting me to listen to the Koran every day, listen to Buddhist stories every day and lots of Catholicism. This isn't as fantastic when my algorithm skewed to Southeast Asian publications but...

My ear worm has been GDragon for about a week (you belong to me)

She and her husband have a long ancestorial history of living in Appalachia and at times she romanticizes the life there. But it was entertaining enough.