asterope
30s f, ldn uk 🪻
3398 points
October 2026
3.66 average · 477 reviews
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Disappoint Me
Nicola Dinan
Is contemplating children just another hook on to which I can hang my feelings of inadequacy?
I'm pleasantly surprised with how deep of a connection I'm feeling with this book. Dinan is nailing the mindspace of being an early 30s Londoner. You're at the point where it's easy to judge yourself and the others around you by your life timelines. But in such an expensive and diverse city, those timelines can vary by a lot.
The characters are so realistic! Max feels like she could easily be a friend of a friend.
asterope commented...
The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation.
The Secret History, Donna Tartt. My little teenage mind was blown. The sense of impending doom in this book is unmatched.
You know what I mean, that first sentence you read where you already know… this is going to be my kind of book.
Two of the ones I’ve liked recently:
All happy families are alike: each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way - Anna Karenina
Mariam was five years old the first time she heard the word harami - a thousand splendid suns
asterope commented...
I love it when my cat headbutts whatever I'm reading. He's like "you spend so much time looking at this, I guess I like it too"
Is the venn diagram for cat lovers and readers… a circle??
I feel like I’ve seen so many of you on here with cat-related usernames (me included!) and/or cat profile pic and it feels like we’re all library cats walking along the bookshelves and knocking books down (into other users feeds)
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ooh definitely weird horror (southern reach series, house of leaves) and folk horror (starve acre, the hill on the dark grove)! and sometimes they intertwine. i just really love creepiness that's uncanny, or has an unexplained element to it.
I love a good horror novel, but I'm very picky about the subtype. I'm not great with survival or slasher horror, but I love eldritch horror and anything with an aura of mystery or the supernatural. And anything that takes place in it on the ocean is a yes. So, what are your favorite types of horror? And what are some of your favorite novels in that subgenre? On the other hand, what are some types of horror or tropes you definitely cannot stand?
A few favorites of mine:
- The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher
- From Below by Darcy Coates
- The Sworn Soldier series by T. Kingfisher
- Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe (collection of short stories) by Thomas Legotti
