Swytch

💜🌙 cryptid & book enthusiast 📚💜

1105 points

0% overlap

My Taste

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Reading...

12%

17%

Post from the One Last Stop forum

Swytch

Thoughts from 17%

spoilers

View spoiler

Swytch made progress on...

One Last Stop

Casey McQuiston

17%

Swytch TBR'd a book

Rejection: Fiction

Tony Tulathimutte

From the Whiting and O. Henry–winning author of Private Citizens (“the first great millennial novel,” New York Magazine), an electrifying novel-in-stories that follows a cast of intricately linked characters as rejection throws their lives and relationships into chaos. Sharply observant and outrageously funny, Rejection is a provocative plunge into the touchiest problems of modern life. The seven connected stories seamlessly transition between the personal crises of a complex ensemble and the comic tragedies of sex, relationships, identity, and the internet. In “The Feminist,” a young man’s passionate allyship turns to furious nihilism as he realizes, over thirty lonely years, that it isn’t getting him laid. A young woman’s unrequited crush in “Pics” spirals into borderline obsession and the systematic destruction of her sense of self. And in “Ahegao; or, The Ballad of Sexual Repression,” a shy late bloomer’s flailing efforts at a first relationship leads to a life-upending mistake. As the characters pop up in each other’s dating apps and social media feeds, or meet in dimly lit bars and bedrooms, they reveal the ways our delusions can warp our desire for connection. These brilliant satires explore the underrated sorrows of rejection with the authority of a modern classic and the manic intensity of a manifesto. Audacious and unforgettable, Rejection is a stunning mosaic that redefines what it means to be rejected by lovers, friends, society, and oneself.

Swytch TBR'd a book

Open Throat

Henry Hoke

A lonely, lovable, queer mountain lion narrates this star-making fever dream of a novel. A queer and dangerously hungry mountain lion lives in the drought-devastated land under the Hollywood sign. Lonely and fascinated by humanity’s foibles, the lion spends their days protecting a nearby homeless encampment, observing hikers complain about their trauma, and, in quiet moments, grappling with the complexities of their gender identity, memories of a vicious father, and the indignities of sentience. When a man-made fire engulfs the encampment, the lion is forced from the hills down into the city the hikers call “ellay.” As the lion confronts a carousel of temptations and threats, they take us on a tour that spans the cruel inequalities of Los Angeles and the toll of climate grief. But even when salvation finally seems within reach, they are forced to face down the ultimate Do they want to eat a person, or become one? Henry Hoke’s Open Throat is a marvel of storytelling, a universal journey through a wondrous and menacing world recounted by a lovable mountain lion. Feral and vulnerable, profound and playful, Open Throat is a star-making novel that brings the mythic to life.

Swytch TBR'd a book

Moss'd in Space

Rebecca Thorne

USA Today Bestselling author Rebecca Thorne delights in a brand new cozy science-fiction series...for fans of Martha Wells and Olivia Waite! Features original inside art! Torian Razner finally bought a starship, and contrary to Amelia’s assessment, it was not “a meteoric sign of stupidity.” Sure, the alien starship may have been abandoned for a century, and it may be covered in moss now… but it’s Torian’s ticket to freedom, regardless of what her ex… ah, captain… said. Except Torian’s first flight reveals a surprise passenger: the moss is actually an organic computer with a snarky attitude and serious abandonment issues. The target of its loathing? The immortal alien who built it (and then parked the starship, with Moss inside, and forgot about it). The same alien who just found Torian and accused her of “stealing” the ship. It’s entirely possible that Amelia was right about this meteoric stupidity.

Swytch commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

Swytch

Wheel of Shame: Book 2

Hullo! I have always bought/received books faster than I can read them and the unsightly culmination of that is that I own 118+ books I have not read. So, I am not allowed to buy/check-out any new books until I have read or given away all the ones I already have. To do this, I put all my books on a TBR Wheel to spin and I will read whatever it lands on.

WHEEL RULES ♦ If I land on something I do not feel like reading, I can skip it. But once a book has been skipped three times, I must read it or give it away. ♦ Once I start reading, I will attempt to read the first 100 pages but after that I can DNF at any time. I'm being loose about this one to avoid burnout. ♦ Any new books gifted to me will go on the wheel. ♦ 1 book = 1 Point. 10 Points = I get to buy a new book and choose to either read it immediately or add it to the TBR Wheel. DNF still counts as a point because the purpose of the wheel is to clear my physical TBR, whether I read it or not.

UPDATES Added "Book of Choice" to the Wheel. I can either buy a new book or choose from what is already on the Wheel. I'm also considering small rewards for removing 1-2 books from my TBR, like a bookmark or a new pen (because I love a good pen).

BOOK 2 Aaaand book number two is: booktwo A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

The Wheel initially landed on Bossypants by Tina Fey but my last book was non fiction and I and I would very much prefer some genre fiction right now. So Bossypants has one skip and the next spin landed on A Darker Shade of Magic, which I am excited to read. I have never read V.E. Schwab so I am looking forward to that!

Let me know if you think there is anything else I should add to my Wheel Rules or other ideas! I love to hear them.

(Forgive my formatting, I am unfamiliar with markdown)

Swytch commented on a post

The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story

Swytch

Thoughts from 62% (page 388) Chapter 37

spoilers

View spoiler

Swytch made progress on...

Night

Elie Wiesel

12%

Swytch started reading...

Night

Elie Wiesel

Born in the town of Sighet, Transylvania, Elie Wiesel was a teenager when he and his family were taken from their home in 1944 to Auschwitz concentration camp, and then to Buchenwald. Night is the terrifying record of Elie Wiesel's memories of the death of his family, the death of his own innocence, and his despair as a deeply observant Jew confronting the absolute evil of man. This new translation by his wife and most frequent translator, Marion Wiesel, corrects important details and presents the most accurate rendering in English of Elie Wiesel's testimony to what happened in the camps and of his unforgettable message that this horror must simply never be allowed to happen again.

Swytch made progress on...

One Last Stop

Casey McQuiston

Swytch made progress on...

One Last Stop

Casey McQuiston

Swytch made progress on...

One Last Stop

Casey McQuiston

Swytch started reading...

10w

One Last Stop

Casey McQuiston

For cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist, and the only smart way to go through life is alone. She can’t imagine how waiting tables at a 24-hour pancake diner and moving in with too many weird roommates could possibly change that. And there’s certainly no chance of her subway commute being anything more than a daily trudge through boredom and electrical failures. But then, there’s this gorgeous girl on the train. Jane. Dazzling, charming, mysterious, impossible Jane. Jane with her rough edges and swoopy hair and soft smile, showing up in a leather jacket to save August’s day when she needed it most. August’s subway crush becomes the best part of her day, but pretty soon, she discovers there’s one big problem: Jane doesn’t just look like an old school punk rocker. She’s literally displaced in time from the 1970s, and August is going to have to use everything she tried to leave in her own past to help her. Maybe it’s time to start believing in some things, after all. Casey McQuiston’s One Last Stop is a magical, sexy, big-hearted romance where the impossible becomes possible as August does everything in her power to save the girl lost in time.

Swytch wrote a review...

10w

Swytch

Jun 18, 2026

Disappoint Me

3.5

Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 3.5Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.5

🤕

💔

🎭

I think the only reason I'm not rating this higher is because I picked it up during a very stressful time and I probably should have been reading something a bit lighter. I tend to prefer genre fiction and can be a little more critical when it comes to contemporary fiction. So my rating reflects more so on me than the actual book, which is very well written - the character voices are so strong. So much of Max is relatable, to the point it really slowed down my reading because I would read a line and my mind would immediately drift to my irl parallels.

I recommend this, especially if you enjoy contemporary fiction, vivid characters and realistic family and relationship dynamics. Unfortunately, it was a little too real for me at a time when I needed distraction from real life.

Swytch earned a badge

10w