listening to the audiobook this time and i can’t believe how much i missed out by reading it in text form vs audio the first time!! ray porter does a much better job bringing out grace’s personality than my brain did on its own hahah. i am giggling kicking my feet, it’s just such a darling book and i’m so glad to be experiencing it this way for my second read through!!

i can’t wait to see how ryan gosling handles the character, i feel like he might be the perfect guy here

This book is going to be so complicated, I can practically feel it. And I'm barely in the plot.

Only about 32% in and the book already plants a lot of what the heck(s) in my brain. Gotta finish it ASAP.

Thunderhead is what ChatGPT wishes to be

So I'm a firm believer that while reading for fun and choosing books you know you'll probably like, reading to broaden our minds is super important (I DO have a degree in literature and teach middle school English, why do you ask?). Once we're grown up and out of school and no one makes us read anything at all anymore, nothing stops us from reading the same type of books.

(Some people don't read at all! Shocking, I know!)

So my question is this: How often do you choose a book because it's not what you normally read? And do you have an example of one where you surprised yourself by really enjoying it?

For me it was "Girls Against God" by Jenny Hval, which is much more creative nonfiction-y in writing style than I normally enjoy. It's also the wildest and most anarchic book I've ever read in my life, lol

So I'm a firm believer that while reading for fun and choosing books you know you'll probably like, reading to broaden our minds is super important (I DO have a degree in literature and teach middle school English, why do you ask?). Once we're grown up and out of school and no one makes us read anything at all anymore, nothing stops us from reading the same type of books.

(Some people don't read at all! Shocking, I know!)

So my question is this: How often do you choose a book because it's not what you normally read? And do you have an example of one where you surprised yourself by really enjoying it?

For me it was "Girls Against God" by Jenny Hval, which is much more creative nonfiction-y in writing style than I normally enjoy. It's also the wildest and most anarchic book I've ever read in my life, lol

So I'm a firm believer that while reading for fun and choosing books you know you'll probably like, reading to broaden our minds is super important (I DO have a degree in literature and teach middle school English, why do you ask?). Once we're grown up and out of school and no one makes us read anything at all anymore, nothing stops us from reading the same type of books.

(Some people don't read at all! Shocking, I know!)

So my question is this: How often do you choose a book because it's not what you normally read? And do you have an example of one where you surprised yourself by really enjoying it?

For me it was "Girls Against God" by Jenny Hval, which is much more creative nonfiction-y in writing style than I normally enjoy. It's also the wildest and most anarchic book I've ever read in my life, lol