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I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join in if you want!

#ABookADay2023

i hated this book with every ounce of my being, just blah blah blahhh i‘m so sad & sooo repetitive. Was a struggle to get through

Woof. Privileged white male whines. A lot. The most interesting parts were the beginning in his fu*k boy stage but that didn‘t last long. Even when karma bit his ass in the end it was still dull. Almost bought the sequel with this and I‘m glad I put it back 🥱

#DoubleSpin

I‘m upset cuz I marked this off for #pantone2022 cuz the paper I printed of the colors matched the cover with coffee quartz but digitally it doesn‘t match at all 😥

I‘m aware of the mixed feelings on this one, so I‘m hoping since it‘s short, even if I hate it I can still finish lol I started it a while back but got distracted by other books. Here‘s hoping this one doesn‘t put me in a slump 😬🤞🏼

This book was very intriguing and im interested in continuing the series.

so hard to get through. pretentious in every sense of the word and quite honestly boring. if you want to read about how a man manipulates women, then is boring, then gets manipulated by a woman, go right ahead but this just sucked.

Genre: Romantic Memoir
The author writes about how he can't help but hurt innocent girls because he is hurting too. I would describe the author's tone as candid because he tells the story about how he destroys relationships with the utmost amount of honesty. This is seen when he paints a picture of how he gave Penelope, his first love, the keys to destroying his heart and called it love in disguise.

Weird book and hard to believe there‘s sequels.

This was like reading every strange, hateful, whiny post/comment made by mediocre misogynists online in the guise of a decently written novel. There's a sequel and I don't understand why.

The point that summed this book up for me is when he is considering how he might retrieve the alcohol from the glass that his own blood has spilled into. Desperate for a drink.

Well it's titled Diary of an oxygen thief for a reason. Seemed like a pretty sound perspective from an immature egotistical alcoholic, ie. very unreliable narrator. Wouldn't spend money buying this, glad I loaned it from the library. As useless as staring into the bottom of a pint glass.

"We are not punished for our sins, we are punished by them." Possibly first and last sensible thing said in this book and it's on page 25.

Not loving this so far but always a believer in people change so will persist.
Have to say straight up Hurt people do not always hurt people!!! Not an excuse imo, reason maybe, but no excuse.

I couldn‘t see my last post. Nevertheless, I am finding this book to be interesting.

Such an unfortunate reality

Anonymous needs help!

Can‘t seem to get into this. Therefore i am taking a break from it

“Hurt people hurt people.” 😩

I am excited to be reading this!! I only read a few pages a couple years back. Starting it now :)

“Maybe there is a law after all. Of nature. Like gravity. An unwritten axiom that governs our emotional dealings. What you do comes back to you with twice the force, fuck it, three times the force. We are not punished for our sins we are punished by them”

Well I‘m not sure about this one. I didn‘t bail and I was interested to know what would happen but when I got to the end I felt very meh about the whole thing. There were moments that really hit on the ways in which “hurt people hurt people” which I really appreciated so not a pan but not a pick either - first book of 2019 finished!

Diary of a Wimpy Kid, but for adult men. I was attracted to the cover, but it's 3 hours of my life I can never recover.
It's about an alcoholic man who gets off on hurting women, by waiting until they fall in love with him and then dumping them. Then he has it done to him. The End. There. That's it. And it's written like that. He says the book is his experience, so he's a rapist too.
#diaryofanoxygenthief #anonymous

The narrator is unlikable and unreliable. A recovering alcoholic, he becomes obsessed with a young woman and this book takes us down his rabbit hole. 2.5 ⭐️⭐️

I was originally attracted to this book because of the popularity of its first line, but stuck with it because of the truths it tells about human nature. I have a friend who read it and didn't think much of it, however I believe that I found it more enjoyable due to trying to imagine Holden as the main character 😂

Bottom line is don't let the opening draw you in too much, this book isn't for everyone

#justfinished #read #memoir ? #anonymous

Has anyone ever read this book?? This book always catches my eye because of the strange cover and I finally read the back of it and it sounds really good.

What a gripping tale! I found this book after my cousin posted a picture on social media of the opening paragraph. It's so narcissistic and melancholy but it just keeps reeling you in. I both dislike and root for the author, pity yet scorn. It's very well written. Wish I knew who the author was!

#unpopularopinionsbooktag

1. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2. Diary of an Oxygen Thief (I didn't love-love it, but it doesn't deserve the hate it gets)
3. Twilight
4. YA, especially romantic YA.
5. Mr. Darcy.
6. Sarah J. Maas
7. "Normal girls" who suddenly discover that they're mythological beings.
8. Crossfire.
9. The Walking Dead. I adore both, but the comics have a special place in my heart.

"An expert heartbreaker knows the effect of each incision."

This book is going to get interesting. I am ecstatic!

Finished this a couple weeks ago and haven't spoken much on it but thanks @oliverhurtin for the read because it's an extremely satisfying story

Hurt people hurt people.
Say Holden caulfield was an alcoholic and Lolita was a photographer's assistant and somehow they met in Bright Lights, Big city. He's blinded by love. She by ambition. DIARY OF AN OXYGEN THIEF is an honest, hilarious, and heartrending novel, but above all very realistic account of what we do to each other and what we allow to have done to us.

I've never read anything quite like this book. It reads like a memoir. It was intriguing, compelling, complex and a brutally honest look at relationships. Yes, it was all that, or perhaps, the joke is on me.

From http://clarkchronicle.com/ae/movies/2016/11/04/diary-of-an-oxygen-thief-takes-re...
...Diary of an Oxygen Thief, a 2006 self-published novella by an anonymous Dutch author. It has gained a cult following over the years, making its way into the shelves of famed book giant, Barnes & Noble, notorious for not selling any works not from a publishing house.

Got to see what all the fuss is about.

This book had me gasping and flipping through pages faster than I ever had. Some people think it is twisted but these are the thoughts men have.

Quick read. Interesting enough. Probably won't read the next in the series. Referenced the movie True Romance which is why I'm giving it a pick rather than a so-so.

#readeverydayeverywhere
#paramediclitten
#readingissexy

Evening reading.

#readeverydayeverywhere
#paramediclitten
#readingissexy

An interesting story. It was like you were sitting in a coffee shop or pub being told this by a stranger wanting to get something off their chest. It was totally messed up and entertaining. As for what Aisling did, well she was an absolutely viscous ****. I'd have given the story more stars but there were tons of grammatical and spelling errors and I hate that. Also he came across as a whiner and I hate that.

Kinda disappointed with this book, it didn't hold my attention. The hype about the book made it seem really good but it was kinda boring. There were some good parts though.

It was a quick read into the psyche of a user who enjoys using but eventually gets used. He battles addiction but the real battle is with himself. I wanted to like the character more than I did.

Omg this book is starting off like a bad ass Catcher in the rye. Boom! Wilson is sleepy though.

I liked hurting girls. Mentally, not physically, I never hit a girl in my life. [...] The thing is, I got off on it. I really enjoyed it. It‘s like when you hear serial killers say they feel no regret, no remorse for all the people they killed. I was like that. Loved it. [...] And it was legal. I think I killed a few of them. Their souls I mean.

lazy saturday night 📖 #the1975 #boniver #modernbaseball #mumfordandsons #thexx #chancetherapper #weezer

New Book Club at work and the first book we are reading is 'The Diary of an Oxygen Thief' 📚 #books #bookclub #scarthin

"I liked hurting girls" is the opening line of this book. Our prot. is an a$$hole who is misogynist and psychotic and gets off psychologically putting down women, but in an American Psycho sort of way. You know he will get his comeuppance, but you have to travel with him for 150 pages. I don't know why, but this was a great read and I am glad to see the sequel is coming back on the market. Not for all, but interesting. Warnings, obviously.

Took my bi-annual trip to @strandbookstore today and fans of @Liberty will recognize most of these books from her Twitter list. The best news was besides Difficult Women (signed) and Oxygen Thief (oddly signed too) the rest were HALF off. The bag came free. The best news is my dad shoved in front of me and paid for the haul as a surprise!

Finished this short book tonight and really unsure how I feel about it. It is a completely unsettling depiction of misogyny, alcoholism and paranoia, with a cast of horrible characters and and a narrator that is so unreliable that you are never entirely sure what to believe. However, the novel succeeds in forcing the reader's gaze towards the myriad ways in which people can destroy each other. Given the subject matter, I appreciate the brevity.