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Winter 2026 Readalong
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Catch-22
The Stranger
American Psycho
The Great Gatsby
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  • The Bluest Eye
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    Aug 11, 2026
    The Bluest Eye
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    Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 4.0
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  • Little Birds
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    Aug 11, 2026
    Little Birds
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    Enjoyment: 2.0Quality: 2.0Characters: 0.5Plot: 1.0
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    As many people have pointed out, this hasn't aged very well - the amount of underage characters and questionable consent is quite disturbing for a volume of erotic short stories, even for the standards of the 50s - but even that to one side, the writing just isn't very stimulating in any sense. Most of these encounters are extremely male dominated, one-sided and uncomfortable.

    Maybe this is her weakest work? Maybe it was only ever written with private patrkns in mind, never intended to be published? I definitely expected more from Anaïs Nin.

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