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emilyampersand

emilyampersand

Joined June 2016

Writer. Educator. Human.
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The Collector by John Fowles
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Just reading a little Audre Lorde at Barnes & Noble while drinking an iced coffee. As one does. (Also, why is the poetry section stuck in the corner by the bathrooms? Bad form.)

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The Collector | John Fowles
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Reserved The Collector from the library for book club and apparently got one of the oldest copies available. Also, not gonna lie. This is not a genre I love. This coming from someone who couldn't get through American Psycho. I'll give it a shot though! 💪

mauveandrosysky That is a really cool edition! I'm guessing it won't be *quite* as disturbing as American Psycho, haha. I mean, that one disturbed even me and I'm a hardened sicko (when it comes to fiction, I mean.) Is it the psychological thriller genre that you don't enjoy? 8y
emilyampersand @mauveandrosysky It honestly depends. I don't like gore. I can handle psychological thrillers. I loved Gone Girl for example. But gratuitous violence bothers me. Horror movies, for example, I simply can't. I just re-read the summary to high. Might not be as bad as I thought! 8y
emilyampersand @mauveandrosysky I meant... I just re-read the summary THOUGH. Darn autocorrect. 8y
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mauveandrosysky Ah, gotcha! That makes sense. Apparently many people consider this one to be "the first psychological thriller," which for some reason makes me think it's more cerebral than visceral/gory, but I could be completely wrong! We shall see soon enough! ? 8y
MrBook Wow! Great pic! 8y
DivineDiana Read this book many years ago but the shock of the possibility that this could happen has stayed with me. Might have actually have read a copy with that cover. Looks very familiar. 8y
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Lit: A Memoir | Mary Karr
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"But humming through me like a third rail was poetry, the myth that if I could shuffle the right words into the right order, I could get my story straight, write myself into an existence that included the company of sacred misfit poets whose pages had kept me company as a kid." ?

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Lit: A Memoir | Mary Karr
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Wow. This resonates.

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Lit: A Memoir | Mary Karr
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I've had this on my bookshelf for a while now. Always intrigued by the secret lives of others and how they came to be the way they are.

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We Love You, Charlie Freeman | Kaitlyn Greenidge
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This was an extremely gripping read. I quickly fell in love with both Charlotte and Callie. The writing was beautiful and the story was also beautiful-- in a sad sort of way. Definitely a must read.

mauveandrosysky Yay! I'm glad you liked it and I'm SO glad you're on Litsy! 8y
emilyampersand @mauveandrosysky I really loved it from the first page to the last. Such an intriguing plot with just the right amount of melancholy and beauty. Thanks for introducing me to the book AND Litsy! 8y
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