grimbl
Grim was too short to be a valid username 32 | he/it | local cryptid 🇸🇪🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️| bi and ace lover of classics, literary, and gothic horror 🦇📖
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Share any book requests for this quest here!
The book should have the ocean as a setting, or the ocean a major part of the plot. It doesn’t need to be ‘horror’ by the actual horror defintion but it should be unsettling in some way. This means it can be creatures in the ocean, hauntings on the ocean, doomed voyages, etc. This means it can also be a non-fiction.
5grimbl commented on sharky_97's review of It's Jeff: Jeff-Verse
Jeff the Land Shark is the bestest, goodiest boi ever, and I will not hear any complaints. All 5 gold stars are for him, but I will deduct 1 star for all the Marvel superheroes that can go up against terrifying universe-threatening villains and then get scared cause of a shark fin in the pool. Shame on you all. I do not tolerate dolphin propaganda. Jeff is perfect the way he is - as a shark.
Evidence of Perfection #1: He's a baker
Evidence of Perfection #2: He's a responsible swimmer
Evidence of Perfection #3: He's cute
6grimbl commented on Loyaute's update
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grimbl is interested in reading...
I Hear the Sunspot (I Hear the Sunspot #1)
Yuki Fumino
2grimbl commented on amalgama's review of Animal Farm
This felt like a more accessible version of 1984, with clearer metaphors and less room for interpretation. It was entertaining and easy to read, and I think it would work great for younger audiences, as a lighter read, or to spark discussion on the topic of totalitarism with a low barrier of entry
I know both Animal Farm and 1984 are somewhat controversial books in leftist spaces because they can feel like a direct critique of communism, but to me they read more as cautionary tales against totalitarism in general. Also, even more so than 1984, Animal Farm also has a strong message against hierarchical organisation that was clearly expressed and compelling
22grimbl commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
exactly what the title says: it’s award night!🏆🥳make up some fun/silly/sweet awards, and give them to your PB friends!
108grimbl commented on readingbythestream's review of Twelfth Night
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"I am all the daughters of my father's house, And all the brothers too"
Shakespeare is truly growing more and more on me. I just love how much foundation there is to play with the gender of the characters. I appreciate the comedies and will definitely check out a production in the future. Until then I will continue reading Shakespeare aloud to myself and try my best to play the parts.
4grimbl commented on Loyaute's update
grimbl is interested in reading...
Spinning Silver
Naomi Novik
0grimbl is interested in reading...
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Jared Diamond
0grimbl is interested in reading...
I Hear the Sunspot (I Hear the Sunspot #1)
Yuki Fumino
2grimbl is interested in reading...
The Darkness Outside Us
Eliot Schrefer
0grimbl is interested in reading...
Into the Wild (Warriors, #1)
Erin Hunter
0grimbl commented on amalgama's update
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From ancient monsters to doomed voyages and the crushing silence of the deep, these are stories soaked in saltwater, isolation, and fear. Some horrors surface. Others pull you under.
0grimbl finished a book
How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual
Rebecca Burgess
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How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual
Rebecca Burgess
0grimbl commented on grimbl's review of Disappoint Me
Many people have written better, more thoughtful reviews of this book than this but I want to recommend this to anyone who loves a book with complex characters. I went from hating to loving to feeling seen to disbelief of the cruelty of man. Beautiful dive into whether people can really change and who deserves a second chance. "No person is fewer than two things."
7grimbl commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Has this ever happened to anyone?
I mean, Pride Month is coming to an end, and this month I decided that I wanted to read a lot more books with lesbian or bisexual women as the main characters. And I kind of succeeded. I read around seven or eight new books, but my goal was 12. What I realized—and I don't know why I'm surprised—is that if I give myself a list of books to read, if I make a plan, my brain immediately wants to rebel. It just goes into this reading slump where it's like, "Okay, now I don't want to read any of them."
Because tell me why I picked up some of the most beautiful books, and it felt like such a chore to get through them. There was nothing wrong with the books. My brain was just like, "No. You made a plan. You forced me. Now I'm not going to read them." In my head, I thought it would take me maybe two or three days to finish each book. Instead, it was taking me weeks to get through a single one, even though I was enjoying it.
I think my brain just likes randomly picking books from my reading list instead of following a plan of what I should read. I don't know if this happens to anyone else, but it definitely happens to me. The moment I make a reading plan, my brain just goes, "Nope."
But yeah, I still achieved some of my goals, so that was nice. I think I'm just going to keep the rest of the books from this month's plan on my main reading list and pick them up whenever I feel like it instead of forcing myself. I also think this weird rebellion from my brain probably affected some of my reviews. I might have rated a few books lower than they deserved, just because I wasn't in the right headspace while reading them.
But I really enjoyed the whole process. So yeah, tell me if this happens to anyone else?
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