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Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves | Mark Z. Danielewski
Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth -- musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkies -- the book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children. Now, for the first time, this astonishing novel is made available in book form, complete with the original colored words, vertical footnotes, and newly added second and third appendices. The story remains unchanged, focusing on a young family that moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly wrong: their house is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story -- of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams.
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Eyelit
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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Ok, so I‘m finding a lot of this book to be meandering and pretentious AF (and I‘m somewhat feeling like that‘s a little bit of the point, but idk tbh)… but little nuggets like this keep me reading. I feel this description is so very apt.
It could also be that it‘s late and I‘m looking for any kind of resonance in a book that frustrates me. 😂

RaeLovesToRead This book was not a pleasant reading experience 3w
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Eyelit
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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“Whether the Vienna Boys Choir or monks chanting away on some chart climbing CD, the hallowed always seems to abide in the province of the hollow.”

This took me back - anyone else remember how in the mid 90s the Benedictine Monks had a massive selling album? Wild times 😄

This book seems kind of tedious so far imho and I‘m not sure if I should tough it out or not. If you‘ve read it - is it worth it?

dabbe I love them and still listen to them! 🎶 3w
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TieDyeDude
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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#wondrouswednesday @eggs

1. I enjoy a good sci-fi story, so near/far future?

2. Started The Snow Child, but first completed read was Victor LaValle's Destroyer comic

3. Most pages: The Stand. Close second (and took the longest): House of Leaves

Play @WildAlaskaBibliophile

SamAnne @TieDyeDude do you recommend House of Leaves? I‘ve circled around it but haven‘t taken the plunge. 2mo
TieDyeDude @samanne I recommend it, if for nothing other than the experience and the “badge of honor“ for finishing. I can't say I followed the full story, because of the multiple storylines, the formatting, and the time it took to complete, but the main plot points are defined enough that it is easy to pick back up after extended time away and follow through the end. It is a unique experience and certainly worth tackling, IMO. (edited) 2mo
Eggs Thanks for playing and sharing! 2mo
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AmyJoReads
Mehso-so

While this book was one of the most interesting reading experiences I've ever had, it sure was tedious! There were parts that I absolutely raced through, and others that were such a slog.
Overall, I was left a bit disappointed by the overall story. I put in all that work to reference the ~500 footnotes, 2 appendices and a handful of exhibits only to feel like I was left hanging at the end.

Beatlefan129 I felt the same way—like, that was it?! 2mo
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Robotswithpersonality
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Pickpick

I fear an inability to summarize what it's about or how I feel about it is not an original conundrum for readers of this book. Is it perfect? No. The gimmick of formatting goes a bit too far, the break off of text gets a little too convenient in places. Is it haunted house/descent into madness horror mashed with critical reflection mixed book-in-book, mashed with experimentation in form akin to an art piece mashed with domestic drama? Partially.

Robotswithpersonality Zampano's parts intrigued me more than Truant's, but they begin to blur... did the book, did the story of the house summon madness and disintegration, or do their histories suggest they were already on the path to lives crumbling around them? Did they manifest the story themselves? 3mo
Robotswithpersonality Each recounts a story that includes horror and heartache and mystery and obsession with no guarantee of how much told is real. Enough interesting avenues of thought are opened for discussion, enough mind expanding questions get asked, that I don't mind that we don't have all the answers. 3mo
Robotswithpersonality I think I was supposed to care more about Karen and Navy's relationship, I can only say it does what it needs to for the plot.

Side note: If you're having a hard time getting though Johnny's attempts to indiscriminately fuck his way through to some sort of personal epiphany, I can only say that such activity lessens as the narrative goes on, and his familial history suggests a half-decent reason for the author to 'keep going there.'
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Robotswithpersonality Regarding Appendix II: E, the Institute etc letters, specifically p. 620-623:, decoding the letter of a woman who's been institutionalized just to have it be descriptions of a particularly horrific subject matter: one of the worst reading experiences ever. Do not recommend.

⚠️SA, animal cruelty and death,child abuse, addiction
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Robotswithpersonality
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Today's 'scratched my brain just right' sentence.

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These two quotes are on either side of the same page. Apparently, I've reached the, 'ouch, right in the feels' part of the book. 😔💔

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Everything I've read so far leads me to support Mosley's summary. 🤨

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Combines the two classics: "don't eat me because it's bad for your health/digestion" and "don't eat me, I won't taste good." ??

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Robotswithpersonality
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Not to be a buzzkill, but when it comes to multimedia, I feel like there's a point at which 'formatting to facilitate story theme/mood/character's mental state' becomes 'reader comprehension level: hold my beer.' 🍺 😵‍💫

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Robotswithpersonality
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Isn't that nice, a little festivity in the mania. 🎄

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Feels like this MUST be a reference to House of Leaves itself: we're getting Zampano retelling Navidson, and Truant retelling Zampano.

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Zampano's digressions? You're gonna talk about ZAMPANO'S digressions? You better laugh when you say that Johnny. 🤨

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Beatlefan129
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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Mehso-so

Well, I finished this book today and I‘m still not sure what to think. It‘s a story-within-a-story-within a story which is very creative. It‘s also an example of ergodic literature—the author plays with the text itself, which you can see in this photo. Sometimes the text is backwards, written in a swirl, or maybe a whole page with only one word. Again, very creative, but I‘m not sure what it all added up to in the end.

Cosmos_Moon This took me FOREVER to read. I started it and read like half, then picked it up to finish like 8 years later 😅 5mo
Cosmos_Moon Although I did like it. 5mo
Beatlefan129 @Cosmos_Moon With all of the footnotes, I definitely did some skimming to get through this. It didn‘t need to be as long as it is 5mo
rwmg Well done 🏆. It would drive me mad 5mo
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IamIamIam
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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This book is SOOO divisive!!! Either you totally hate it or you're obsessed and can't stop thinking about it... I'm quickly becoming the latter!! I love the sketchy lore being developed, I love that Johnny is so unreliable, I love that I'm questioning what I'm even reading!

RaeLovesToRead OMG I hate this book 🤣🤣🙈🙈 Sorry 🤭 Glad you're enjoying it 9mo
IamIamIam @RaeLovesToRead Haha, I totally understand!!! 9mo
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julesG
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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Panpan

Used the first day of #20in4 #readathon to finish this weird book. @Andrew65

What ever was this? I didn't like it and only finished it for this challenge.

#ChosenBecauseOfAWeirdReviewOrBookWasMoreWeirdThanYouExpected
#Booked2023 @alisiakae @BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen

Leftcoastzen I haven‘t attempted it. A friend of mine struggled with it then decided she enjoyed it somewhat but wouldn‘t recommend it. 9mo
Suet624 It‘s on my shelf but I‘m scared. 9mo
julesG @Suet624 @Leftcoastzen I blame @RaeLovesToRead. She talked about it and I went ahead and got a copy although she didn't exactly praise it. 9mo
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RaeLovesToRead Hahaha, "didn't exactly praise" is putting it lightly. Screw this book ? 9mo
Chrys Took me forever to finish this book. I can‘t exactly recommend it, or even say I liked it with certainty, but it was really different and creative. I sometimes wonder about a reread, then question my own sanity. 9mo
julesG @Chrys 🤣🤣 9mo
julesG @RaeLovesToRead You were in the early stages 9mo
Cinfhen That‘s dedication 🩷 9mo
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kimsaunders
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
Panpan

This was the most interesting and frustrating book I've ever read. It took me a long time to get thru it. Would I recommend this book.....No. there's a lot of reading in there that just felt like a waste of time and in my opinion added nothing to the story.

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LoverOfLearning
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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Still SLOWLY chugging along with this book. On page 384 out of 528. The rest is exhibits (seen above).

A good read but boyyy is this long. Been reading this for 2 years but I always come back to it!

mcipher This is a LOT of book - I think I only finished because it was a buddy read! 11mo
LoverOfLearning @mcipher this started as a buddy read, but I don't think they got past the first 5 pages. 💀 11mo
mcipher @LoverOfLearning 😂 I can see that! I did enjoy its weirdness and I‘m glad I finished… but yeah 11mo
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TieDyeDude It took me the better part of a year to read this. Fascinating, challenging, weird, rewarding. Definitely something to brag about finishing ;) 11mo
LoverOfLearning @TieDyeDude oh yes! I'll definitely brag when I am finished!! Haha. 11mo
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Bookboss
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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I had a great Independent Bookstore Day! I visited three stores, and purchased five books! Two of the stores were giving away ARCs, so I picked up another two books!

Tonton Great stack! 11mo
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RaeLovesToRead
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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Panpan

House of Leaves, or When Houses Attack!

Thank God that's over.

The Pan relates to my reading experience. I do have respect for this book's originality, complexity, and creepiness, but boy did the whole thing give me a headache.

I hated most of this, and yet it is something of a creation.

Esoteric, unconventional, genre-defying, masturbatory, sanity-draining - this is a book that will truly divide opinion.

⭐️⭐️

TrishB Can‘t believe you didn‘t bail! 12mo
RaeLovesToRead @TrishB Neither can I, Trish. Neither can I. 12mo
julesG Love the review. It's a #MarmiteBook, I suppose. And, I should pick it up again. Shelved it and ignored it. 🤣🤣 12mo
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RaeLovesToRead @julesG Don't say I haven't warned you! 😉 12mo
SamAnne 😂😂😂😂. This is one I‘ve been contemplating….hmmmm 12mo
RaeLovesToRead @SamAnne If you fancy a creepy, esoteric, maddening, multi-layered onion of a book, give it a go! I know lots of people who savoured every bite. For me, it was a bit like eating the whole raw onion bit by bit, but its got an incredible cult following! 😊 12mo
DaveGreen7777 After reading this review, I feel “sanity draining” should now be an official sub genre of books! 😁 12mo
RaeLovesToRead @DaveGreen7777 I should start a new shelf 😅 What else would you put on there? Infinite Ground, definitely! (From 2 months ago).. perhaps some Jeff Vandermeer... 12mo
Branwen I really respect you for getting through the whole thing! 😵‍💫 I definitely wouldn't have made it! 12mo
BonjourYall 😬 completely understand. Definitely was somewhat of a struggle to get through 12mo
RaeLovesToRead @Branwen @BonjourYall I can't quite bring myself to get rid of the book now I've finished it... 🙈 Maybe because it cost me so much 😅 c'mon Rae, are you honestly going to read it again?? 🤔 12mo
BonjourYall Same 😆 12mo
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RaeLovesToRead
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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So, after 3 years of fortunately avoiding COVID, I've finally been infected 😭 Feeling very sorry for myself.

I can't do anything useful, so it's reading time.

Considered starting something new to cheer myself up, but no... back to my old nemesis 😵

batsy Oh no! Take care and I hope it's very mild 💜 12mo
Deblovestoread Hope it is mild and you are on the mend soon. 12mo
Bklover Feel better soon!! 12mo
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Ruthiella Hope it‘s a mild case and you have a speedy recovery! 🤒❤️ 12mo
eeclayton Feel better soon! ❤️ 12mo
MicheleinPhilly It‘s the revenge of the desserts! 😉 Rest up and stay hydrated! 12mo
dabbe Hope you're soon on the road to recovery. ❣️ 12mo
RaeLovesToRead @batsy @Deblovestoread @Bklover @Ruthiella @eeclayton @MicheleinPhilly @dabbe Thank you all for your well wishes! 😊💕 I'm feeling very sorry for myself. Also, I'm starting to think HoL may not have been the most prudent choice of reading material... 😅 12mo
RaeLovesToRead @MicheleinPhilly Also, yes, I should write this up as a Case Study: the first ever case of dessert-induced COVID 😨 12mo
fredamans Wishing you a speedy recovery! 12mo
Bklover Yes, you might want to lighten up the reading choice a bit. I‘d feel sorry for myself too. Hang in there!💐 12mo
lauraisntwilder Oh no! I hope you feel better soon (and that you read something fun, too)! 12mo
rabbitprincess Hope you‘re feeling better soon! Paging Dr Pickles ❤️ 12mo
Branwen 😭😭😭 I hope you're on the mend soon! Sending love! 💕 12mo
DaveGreen7777 Oh, no, I‘m so sorry! 😭 Hope you make a speedy and full recovery! 🙏 12mo
RaeLovesToRead @Branwen @DaveGreen7777 Thank you, friends! ❤ 12mo
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Bigwig
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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Pickpick

A tortured-soul tattoo artist becomes unmoored from reality as he diligently edits a blind man‘s pretentious commentary on a fictional(?) documentary film chronicling the terrifying experiences of a family who discover that their house is bigger on the inside than on the outside. Much, much bigger. This visionary, unclassifiable novel is a maze of footnotes, parallel frames, astounding imagery, fear, satire and psychedelic imagination. Amazing.

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RaeLovesToRead
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This is more my kind of page 😁

Danielewski finally giving my eyeballs a rest. Thank you.

IuliaC 😂 sometimes my kind of page too 👍 13mo
Branwen OMG what even is this book?! 😂 13mo
LoverOfLearning Hahaha yes 11mo
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julesG
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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#BookMail I blame on @RaeLovesToRead

I have the eBook, but the regular Paperwhite doesn't do colours, so I got the remastered full-color edition in print as well.

RaeLovesToRead Oh Jules! 🤭 I hope you get more out of it than me. My version is just black and white. The monochrome kinda works, but maybe the remastered version is better and I'm missing out on a work of genius 🤣🤣 13mo
julesG @RaeLovesToRead If it helps me fall asleep faster, it's worth every cent of the €16.41 I paid. 😜 13mo
RaeLovesToRead I find it harder to fall asleep with a headache 🤣🤣🤣 13mo
Hooked_on_books Cool cover! 13mo
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RaeLovesToRead
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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You ever get the feeling a book is trolling you?

🤣🤣

kyraleseberg I've attempted to read this book several times over the past 20 years and have never made it through 😆 14mo
RaeLovesToRead @kyraleseberg You want to know what's worse? If I'm reading a book, I refuse to skim... so I went through the whole text JUST IN CASE... then I turned the page and there was ANOTHER PAGE of it. By which point, instead of cutting my losses, I went full sunk costs fallacy and read the rest 😵 Why, Rae? Whyyyyyy?? 🤣🤣🤣 14mo
kyraleseberg @RaeLovesToRead If only I had your patience! The rabbit holes this book takes you down - sometimes you need to read the entire thing, other times it's pointless. It was so exasperating I contemplated throwing this one across the room at least once every time I attempted to read it 🤣 14mo
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RaeLovesToRead @kyraleseberg I feel your pain! And yet, it will not defeat me! 14mo
kyraleseberg @RaeLovesToRead Looking forward to your updates! You got this! 🙌 14mo
Leftcoastzen It‘s glaring at me from the shelf right now where it‘s been sitting for years.😄 14mo
BarbaraJean 😂 I felt that way about the tagged book—it was a book club pick and we never trusted the friend who recommended it to pick a book ever again 😆 It felt like the entire book was just one long sentence… 14mo
batsy Omg! This is on my TBR... 14mo
RaeLovesToRead @Leftcoastzen @batsy I think most people will either adore or hate House of Leaves. I'm somewhere in between, because there are creepy bits and interesting bits, but it feels like the author is trying to make it as inaccessible as possible just to wind me up 🤣🤣 14mo
RaeLovesToRead @BarbaraJean Hehe, I haven't read it, but I can just imagine! 😄😅 14mo
The_Penniless_Author I was dead set on reading this one, but your photo has me rethinking things 😂 13mo
julesG I might actually pick this up now. I'm intrigued. Just need to find a shovel, because #MountTBR. 13mo
RaeLovesToRead @The_Penniless_Author You'll probably like it 🤭 @julesG You'll probably hate it 😄 13mo
julesG Is it epic? 13mo
RaeLovesToRead @julesG At this point, I'm not sure what it is! 13mo
Branwen Just looking at that makes my head want to explode! 😵‍💫 13mo
RaeLovesToRead @Branwen Pages 120-140 were even worse... I think I may be being trolled... 13mo
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RaeLovesToRead
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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Personally, I like a bit of inscrutable physics in my bedtime reading. Pickles is out though.

wanderinglynn Aw, Pickles! ❤️🐱 14mo
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RaeLovesToRead
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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Good Lord, I should have taken the "This is not for you..." to heart. This book is making my head hurt.

Along with use of the second person, detectives chatting up their suspects and anything by Chris Cleave, one of my biggest literary bugbears is FOOTNOTES ???

And this book is endless footnotes!

Plus every time I think I understand what's going on, there are pages of weird babbling to decipher.

Send help! ??

ju.ca.no This book is intense 😳 it makes your head hurt but I ended up loving it 😅 it‘s SUCH a unique experience 14mo
BarbaraBB I loved this one. You made it through Seven Moons, you can do this 😀 14mo
KCofKaysville @RaeLovesToRead Looked at it a lot but could not get myself to read it all! 14mo
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BookNotes I‘ve tried to read it, but put it aside. I‘ve started thinking about it again, so maybe it‘s time to try it again. In small doses. 🤣 14mo
DaveGreen7777 Hopefully some festive anagrams will show up to balance the scales for you! 😁 14mo
RaeLovesToRead @ju.ca.no @BarbaraBB @KCofKaysville @CherylRussell I suspect this is one of those books that I will wade through despairingly and only appreciate retrospectively once the ordeal is over 😅😅 I like the concept and some of the tangents in the footnotes are amusing, but this is hard work and my brain hurts!! 14mo
RaeLovesToRead @DaveGreen7777 Haha, Dave that literally made me chuckle out loud 🤣🤣 14mo
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RaeLovesToRead
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

I haven't peeked at the grid or selections yet, I promise! Got plenty of books for challenges this month... let's see if I can make some headway 😁

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 14mo
MicheleinPhilly ARE YOU ABLE TO HAVE CAKE TODAY??? 14mo
RaeLovesToRead @MicheleinPhilly OK, so, it turns out that after spending a whole month without cake, dessert, chocolate, sweets or pudding, walking daily, generally making better choices... I'm still not a svelte little woodland elf ? According to Atomic Habits, this is called the "Valley of disappointment"... soooooo, I was given some cake by work as a leaving gift, so I had some of that and now it's round 2. Cake-free February... 14mo
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RaeLovesToRead @MicheleinPhilly So now I have no job, no cake, no new books, daily exercise, no unhealthy coping mechanisms to fall back on and I'm coming down with a HORRIBLE VIRUS to boot. Please send sympathy and hugs! The journey to increased energy, self control and better physical and mental health is going to be arduous, I feel 😵😵😵😵😵 14mo
MicheleinPhilly ☹️ I‘m sorry. I do admire you for making it through the whole month though! January was LONG. And SHIT. Sending you all of the hugs. ❤️ 14mo
RaeLovesToRead @MicheleinPhilly Thanks! 😊 Hopefully February will be short and shit, eh?? Haha. I just need to keep building good habits and fingers crossed I'll have my mojo back by summer time. And be able to control myself around cake 😅😅😅 14mo
The_Penniless_Author You expect hugs and sympathy from me when you bumped my book off your bingo card for Prince Dingleberry's memoir??? 🤴 🤣🤣🤣 14mo
RaeLovesToRead @The_Penniless_Author OMG crying 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Didn't expect you to be paying attention! 21-25 is Free Space! There is still time! 😉 14mo
The_Penniless_Author Here's the Cliff's Notes version of Spare so you can get it off your card - "Boo, British press!" 14mo
RaeLovesToRead @The_Penniless_Author I bought it out of sheer curiosity! 😅 14mo
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RaeLovesToRead
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Well OK then...

BekaReid I am intrigued 1y
TieDyeDude Oof, one of the most difficult but most rewarding but most frustrating but strangest reading experiences of my life 1y
Megabooks Read on…😏 1y
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Yuki_Onna Uiii... Interesting... 😎 1y
SamAnne This has been on my list for a long time. 1y
vivastory I agree 💯 with @TieDyeDude 1y
BarbaraBB Such a great read!! 1y
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RaeLovesToRead
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski

My Pickles challenge this year will either be:

House of Leaves

The Tale of Genji

Infinite Jest

The Second Sex

Sooooo big and daunting 😱😱😱

TheNeverendingTBR I couldn't finish House of Leaves 🫥 1y
IndoorDame House of Leaves and the Second Sex are both on my list for this year! 1y
Liz_M If you find the right edition/translation, Genji is fun! It is episodic, so lot of short chapters of Genji's hijinks with generally the same story arc. I compared the experience of reading it to watching all the episodes of Friends.

HoL is creepy and a stunning book -- innovative typography/graphic.

Infinite Jest is a lot. I loved it, but many cannot stomach the misogyny/depravity/esotericism
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RaeLovesToRead @TheNeverendingTBR Well that bodes well 😬😅 1y
Ruthiella That Pickles is a real task master! 😂 1y
RaeLovesToRead @IndoorDame Awesome! Good luck... they are quite the chunksters. Look forward to hearing your thoughts 😊 1y
TheNeverendingTBR @RaeLovesToRead I just never had the patience for it, I'll go back to it though, one day. 1y
RaeLovesToRead @Liz_M I've got the Penguin Deluxe version... it's mahoosive. I'm sure I'll love it once I get into it... it's the getting started that's the hardest part. If Infinite Jest is misogynistic it's most likely to annoy me 😐 Looking at Goodreads it has really divided opinion. 1y
RaeLovesToRead @Ruthiella She's cute so she gets away with it 😹💕 1y
batsy I thoroughly enjoyed The Tale of Genji when I did it as a buddy read with some Litsy pals some years back. House of Leaves and The Second Sex are the two I would like to get to soon! 1y
RaeLovesToRead @batsy I will try to remember to tag you when I get to these chunksters! 😊 I'm glad The Tale of Genji is getting good recommends... it's on my Book Bucket List (Book-et list?) 😁 1y
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BC_Dittemore
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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I‘ll admit I was daunted by this book. It‘s been on my nightstand for a couple years, and I‘d randomly pick it up and thumb through it and be like, “Not ready yet.”

It‘s a demanding read, but I wouldn‘t say frustrating. The experimentation with typography is cool, and by the time it really starts going all out, you‘re invested.

Parts of it drag, especially Johnny Truant‘s rambling, but all in all, I‘m glad I finally walked down this staircase.

Bren912 I tried to find this book at my library and no luck. Where did you find it? 1y
BC_Dittemore @Bren912 it was given to me by a friend who couldn‘t get into it 1y
SamAnne I‘ve been trying to get to this one for a few years! 1y
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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#Leaves 🍁 🍂 #OminousOctober 🎃👻🐈‍⬛🧡🤍🖤

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

Eggs 🍁🎃🧡 1y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 🧡🍂🤎 1y
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Bookworm54
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I imagine this will be a popular pick for #Leaves 😂

I haven‘t read this, but I am so intrigued. It has been sat on my litsy tbr for years, so maybe this is the year I buy it for myself 🤔

#OminousOctober #Scarathlon2022 #TeamMonsterMash

JuliaTheBookNerd This was my pick too 🍂😊 1y
Eggs 🍁🧡🍂 1y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘ve been curious about it also!! 1y
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NataliePatalie
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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Went on a bookstore date and finally got a copy of House of Leaves! Excited to dive in but tbh I'm not sure if I'm clever enough for it hahah. We'll see!

Husband picked up the new James Butcher novel which he was really looking forward to.

Blueberry ❤️ bookstore dates 1y
b.elschie I feel like that is a sign. 1y
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Insomnia
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski

Hopefully you‘ll be able to make sense of what I can represent though still fail to understand

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JoeMo
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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This is the only book that I recall feeling #scared by as an adult. It wasn‘t a “run for your lives” sort of scared, but an unwavering sense of dread that some of the terrible things that happened in the book were going to happen to me…it‘s really a fantastic book! 😂

#scarathlon #scarathlondailyprompts #TeamMonsterMash
@StayCurious

vivastory This one got under my skin too 1y
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AmandaBlaze
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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A mystery thriller? I like the combination like those written by Alice Feeney and Carol Goodman.
Haunted house books are one of my favorite genres.
I like the tagged because it's two books in one. The footnotes add a whole new dimension.
#ThoughfulThursday @MoonWitch94

MoonWitch94 Thanks for playing 🎃🏚✨🕯📖 1y
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Becker
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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I‘m not very far into this and it is already a very uncomfortable read. I can‘t read it at night. The sense of dread is overwhelming. 🙀

Karisa Oooh, I read too years ago and can still remember the creepy heaviness of it. Good but yeah maybe not to read at night 😅 1y
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JoeMo
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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House of Leaves was probably the only horror book that made me feel anxious and somewhat scared. I felt unsettled for a couple days after finishing it. It was probably the most unique reading experience that I‘ve had based on both the plot and the way the author affects the feelings of the reader by how the book is printed and how words and passages are placed on the page at times. My favorite horror novel to this point!

#Alphabetgame #LetterH

JoeMo Another fantastic title that begins with H is The Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine. It blends different generations of a family‘s story with Middle-eastern fables. It takes some time to get used to the format, but its so worth it if you‘re patient! 2y
vivastory Love House of Leaves. Definitely an all-time favorite! Adding Hakawati to my TBR. I read Alameddine's An Unnecessary Woman several years ago and it always stuck with me. 2y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Sounds scary!! And I agree with your excitement for October and Halloween 🎃 2y
JoeMo @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I‘m glad someone agrees with me…I have friends that get annoyed when I tell them I‘m ready for October to be here! 😂 2y
JoeMo @vivastory That‘s great to hear about An Unnecessary Woman. I‘ve owned it for a year or two but have procrastinated in reading it as I keep thinking that there‘s no way it could live up to the Hakawati!😂 2y
vivastory Unnecessary Woman is definitely one of my favorite books about books 2y
BarbaraBB Such a good book! Great choice! 2y
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Geomancy
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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I didn't think I would be satisfied by the end of this book, but honestly it ended as well as probably could. Some trigger warnings that I remember that aren't obvious for this book:
- animal death/disappearance
- descriptions of sex
- drug use
- descriptions of a panic attack
- descriptions of child abuse

Highly recommend read this in print and not e-book! Turning the book upside down to read the crazy parts is part of the experience.

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LoverOfLearning
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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Ever so slllooowwwwllllyyyy making my way through this fascinating and spell binding book.

I currently have 2 bookmarks in it to stay on track! I love this writing style it keeps me on the edge of my seat for sure. But definitely have to read other books in between reading this so I don't lose my sanity to the house of leaves!

she.hearts.horror Oh my. It‘s on my list. I‘m scared that you need 2 bookmarks 😭 2y
LoverOfLearning @she.epeolatry definitely a fascinating read ! I reccomended at least trying it! 2y
LoverOfLearning @she.epeolatry and honestly it's much easier to read than you think! Its not too complicated to get through as it tells you how to read it ultimately The second book mark was to mark my place in the appendix in the back. A fun read for sure! 2y
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she.hearts.horror I will but I think I want a REAL book now. Some things aren‘t meant for kindle lol 2y
LoverOfLearning @she.epeolatry oh yeah no! No kindle for this one 🤣 2y
she.hearts.horror @LoverOfLearning sounds like it would definitely be a set up 😂 2y
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udanis
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski

I enjoyed it. Something different. Can definitely see the influence to new work such as “Tanis“ and “You should have left“

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Cosmixx.Entity
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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A good read so far .. but really … Thumper? Lol

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mushroom_Miu
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I can't wait to read House of leaves with @Dismal_Blues 🍂

Chrissyreadit Welcome to Litsy! My profile has a link with info about litsy. 2y
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Cosmixx.Entity
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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@mushroom_Miu we are doing a book reading we have set goals to read the book thank you @paperwitchs for your suggestion #bookdisscusion #spookstopics #intresting

LoverOfLearning Reading this one now!!! Slow and steady but loving it. 2y
Cosmixx.Entity Im glad it‘s very interesting and time consuming be careful not to over indulge it causes burnout 2y
Cosmixx.Entity All that thinking it causes 😂 2y
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CindyMyLifeIsLit
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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Mehso-so

I had heard many great things about this book over the years and was eagerly expecting to be blown away, but wasn‘t. Don‘t get me wrong—I admire what Danielewski does with form and style, and how he uses format to mirror the events and atmosphere of the story. The horror part fell flat for me BECAUSE of the format. I felt that the format held me at arm‘s length from the action and I never got to experience it with the characters. That‘s just me!

LoverOfLearning Currently reading this! Gonna be awhile but I'm really enjoying it so far! 2y
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RaeLovesToRead
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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Bookspin card for May!

I've been struggling to concentrate on reading these last few weeks - first with the excitement of holidays and now with the anticlimax of being back from holidays and exhausted. Fingers crossed I'll be able to immerse myself in imaginary worlds again pretty soon 🤞

Bookspin & doublespin this month are both #pop22 titles and #roll100 included Voodoo Histories which is the book that I've had the longest on my TBR...

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LoverOfLearning
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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"Ever see yourself doing something in the past and no matter how many times you remember it you still want to scream stop, somehow redirect the action, reorder the present? I feel that way now, watching myself tugged stupidly along by inertia, my own inquisitiveness ... "

Texreader Wow, what a quote! 2y
LoverOfLearning @Texreader Just in the first few pages! Such an absolutely fascinating story so far. 2y
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paperwitchs
House of Leaves | Mark Z Danielewski
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Update to ch 2 and I‘m terrified