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"... come to think of it, they might be FUELING gun crime, the fact that for all I know there may be perps getting ENERGISED by my pies, and comfort-eating them after they carry out there crimes, the fact that what if my cinnamon rolls have given some gunslinger the energy to, to shoot his wife or something, for no reason, the fact that that could be my new pie slogan, "The Family Annihilator's Reward," oh dear, for the love of Mike..."

"it's kind of like a sex guide written by David Attenborough, the fact that to get to the lilium phallowoppia, you nympho facto push past sprays of spermatozoa adorning banks of chastity beltia, culminating in a flopswear jettison at the summit of the mons veneris in a naughty... orgium of velvet chasms, breasts, chests, clefts..."

I did it! All 1000 pages of this chunky SoC "novel" about Trump-era America.

I'm guessing you all know my feelings already... if not, here's part 2 of my Reading Vlog.

TLDW: ?

https://youtu.be/7BOLGsUZLYM?feature=shared

Not far from the finish line... and Love Island isn't on tonight, so I may get an extra hour in 🤣🤣

CW: more flipping fatphobia

the fact that I'm starting to feel PERSONALLY VICTIMISED by the books I'm reading today

The. Body. Is. Not. An. Apology.

Me: I feel kinda guilty about posting that salty video yesterday... maybe I was too harsh...

Ducks: "people will wear bikinis
people who really should think twice about it"

Me: IT'S WAR

#ducksbuddyread

https://youtu.be/_I4rlxDY85A?feature=shared

Thoughts so far 😅

#ducksbuddyread

@slategreyskies I made a logo! (With AI. Obvs)

If anyone is interested in buddy reading the following books over the next few years, I'll be looking for company in my masochism.

Ulysses
Crime & Punishment
Infinite Jest
S. (Ship of Theseus)
Other exhausting book-mountains!!!

Who says reading has to be fun??

Join me!
#torturedpoetsbookclub

P.S. I am not reading House of Leaves again. The line has to be drawn somewhere.

Three pages of just listing types of sandwiches, desserts, cocktails, and artificial additives. Whyyyyy? 😩

#DucksBuddyread

People often ask, "is there anything less interesting than listening to other people recount their dreams?"

Yes. Reading a book where a pretend person recounts their dreams. At length.

This book isn't bad, but it really, really needs an editor.

A list of creeks. None of which mean anything to me.

Also, if I was naming creeks and small waterways, I'd probably manage a grand total of 3 before thinking about LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE

the fact that boys Ben's age are so sweet, so soft-cheeked, and most of them don't carry weapons yet

the fact that, by my calculations, if you removed every instance of the phrase "the fact that" from Ducks, Newburyport the book would be 109 pages shorter

#DucksBuddyread

the fact that I'm just chilling out reading some Ducks, Newburyport, and I hear some munching, crunching, lunch, punch, hunch, ba dum bum tsh, and I think oh good Pickles is eating her food for once that's nice when all of a sudden who walks past but MR YOWLY, thieving ass cat, ass hat, pack a mac, ball sack, and I'm like who invited you in for breakfast, breakfast, The Breakfast Club, David Beckham, anyway, anyone want a free cat?

Anyone read this? I ask because I have no idea what I‘m actually reading here. It‘s just one huge run on sentence of a stream of consciousness that goes on for 1000ish pages. I actually do not hate it. Im actually am really getting engrossed in it.

#DucksNewberyport #LucyEllmann #book #ebook #kindle

After 23 hours, with 23 more to go, I have to set this one aside. I am interested in knowing her story but not enough to devote my precious time and attention to it right now. Maybe I'll pick it up again later.

Still chugging away on the tagged. I snapped this photo of a not-duck at school today. This fellow was singing his heart out. I don't know what he is...some kind of finch, maybe. Every time we move to a different region I have to learn new birds, and although we've been here 6 years, I still only know phoebes, ospreys, pelicans, cormorants, seagulls, condors, wrens, and quail. This is none of those.

Some people take classy restroom selfies. I take whatever this is. (Book-related because while taking the picture I was listening to the tagged on my little headphones, which are cleverly hidden in my hair.)

Still uncertain if I can go the distance with the tagged book, but I listened to it while putting our new rug under the dining table, and it's grown on me a bit. (The book, not the rug. Although that's grown on me, too.)

Please tell me that the stream of consciousness doesn't go on for the entire novel. Please? So many people like this book a lot, but the stream of consciousness might break me.

(Rainbow from my walk today.)

For my #bookerdozen, the first six were easy to choose -- the 5⭐ and 4.5⭐ books (Ducks through How Late). The other six I chose from the many four-star reads that I was slightly more enthusiastic about and didn't seem to have been mentioned already.

@vivastory

I appreciate the insight into the mind of another that stream-of-consciousness allows, in that sense this book is a success. The narrator encapsulates 2019 in America very well in the book for a certain portion of our population. Our narrator skims the surface of fears, anxieties, and unresolved issues in her life, her family, her state of Ohio, and in America itself.

Yet I‘m at the end of this long novel I‘m left expecting something more.

#AlphabetGame #LetterD

The minute I finished this, I knew I was going to reread it some day. I haven‘t gotten to that jet, but some day

Still processing this one, but it was worth listening to.

That fact that I love this time of year

The MC of this book wouldn‘t shut up about tarte tatin, and since it‘s apple season, I decided to try my hand at it.

The flipping stage was definitely a challenge, especially since I decided to go with the traditional pastry crust, but it still held together surprisingly well. And it‘s delicious 😋

I think I liked it?

Been listening to this for months and finally finished it today.

It's amazing - I absolutely loved it. It's an incredible document of the state and concerns of the Western world (particularly the US at the current time). I loved being in the narrators head. It's so much more than I thought it would be.
I definitely recommend the audiobook if you aren't sure about this one - it was very easy to slip into the stream and just become absorbed in it

Ah, Saturdays ☕️📖🐶🌞🌿

I can think of worse ways to end a day🍷📖🌅🌲

I started this book over the weekend. It‘s so weird! Has anyone actually finished it? It seems a little daunting.

Ah, vacation! 📖☕️🌞🏖

My only chance of getting through this doorstop of a book is on vacation. Wish me luck.

Cinnamon roll update - they look like monstrosities, but actually tasted really good. I'm calling it a win.

@TrishB @squirrelbrain @Caroline2

The hazards of reading a book that features baking and particularly cinnamon rolls. I'm trying some sourdough cinnamon rolls - last time I made cinnamon rolls, they were not so good. Hoping I do better with this recipe!

This is also a good book for audiobaking

Audiowalking with Ducks, Newburyport. I'm finding this an enjoyable, almost relaxing, listen.

Inspired by Ducks 🦆, I finally attempted the Apple Tarte Tatin. Yum! This is the pic pre-flip.
Next time, I will attempt the difficult version, just because. #iLovePie #LitPie

This is Bernard. Bernard is King of the Ducks and is very upset that this 1020 page book about ducks didn‘t mention him once! He will be implementing a law that all books about ducks must be dedicated to him!😡🦆

On a more serious note though, this was such a weird reading experience. I didn‘t want to pick it up, but when I did, I would find myself immersed in the stream-of-consciousness for a brief amount of time until I felt exhausted by it. ⬇️

I‘m just over half way through this book and I‘m definitely enjoying it while I‘m reading, but it takes a surprising amount of effort to pick it up. I have also found that I can‘t read it before bed, because it makes my thoughts race and my brain won‘t stop saying “the fact that...” followed by a bunch of nonsense 🤦‍♀️