moski
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moski commented on Titania's review of The Lost Apothecary
This book is written for the suburban white women who secretly think “I could’ve been a historian at Cambridge if I didn’t get married after college” the same way that suburban white men swear “I could’ve been a professional athlete if it weren’t for that college knee injury” (except even worse because marriage is generally entirely voluntary).
Shallow, melodramatic, and lacking in all subtlety, this is not much more than Emily in Paris but for those who fancy themselves closet intellectuals rather than would-be influencers, and above all, a complete waste of the Aqua Tofana story premise.
25moski commented on moski's review of The Lost Apothecary
i’m sorry i hate to use this word in reviews but man… this book was kinda whispers dumb ☹️ i’m not usually super nitpicky or strict about adherance to reality but oh my god, it was just impossible to stay rooted in the world of this book for more than 5 pages at a time, because approximately every 5 pages there was a detail that was so catastrophically unrealistic i had to put the book down and go for a long walk. i will say - i did have fun, it’s a quick read, reading this had the same energy as watching a hallmark movie but a little worse bc there’s wasn’t any holiday spirit. but the writing style was just… i’ll be kind and say it wasn’t for me! and that’s okay!!!
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finally here w poems to celebrate the arrival of august!!!
august by federica garcia lorca
“august. / children eat / dark bread and tasty moon.”
may to december by megan fernandes or if that link doesn’t work for you!
“by august, we are sluggish with love”
you can’t have it all by barbara ras
“when it is august, you can have it august and abundantly so”
“barefoot / and sun-dazed, / i bite into this ripe peach / of a month”
“august of another summer, and once again i am drinking the sun”
high bridge park by carlie hoffman
“it is august: the true ending of a year.”
“august!—heart! / month of late kisses, / of late roses and late lightning! / of the rain beneath the stars”
now there are SO many poems abt august so this is only a selection, please feel free to comment any favorites of yours and happy happy august all!!
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finally here w poems to celebrate the arrival of august!!!
august by federica garcia lorca
“august. / children eat / dark bread and tasty moon.”
may to december by megan fernandes or if that link doesn’t work for you!
“by august, we are sluggish with love”
you can’t have it all by barbara ras
“when it is august, you can have it august and abundantly so”
“barefoot / and sun-dazed, / i bite into this ripe peach / of a month”
“august of another summer, and once again i am drinking the sun”
high bridge park by carlie hoffman
“it is august: the true ending of a year.”
“august!—heart! / month of late kisses, / of late roses and late lightning! / of the rain beneath the stars”
now there are SO many poems abt august so this is only a selection, please feel free to comment any favorites of yours and happy happy august all!!
6moski wrote a review...
i’m sorry i hate to use this word in reviews but man… this book was kinda whispers dumb ☹️ i’m not usually super nitpicky or strict about adherance to reality but oh my god, it was just impossible to stay rooted in the world of this book for more than 5 pages at a time, because approximately every 5 pages there was a detail that was so catastrophically unrealistic i had to put the book down and go for a long walk. i will say - i did have fun, it’s a quick read, reading this had the same energy as watching a hallmark movie but a little worse bc there’s wasn’t any holiday spirit. but the writing style was just… i’ll be kind and say it wasn’t for me! and that’s okay!!!
9moski wrote a review...
this was really cool and interesting and also disturbing in ways that were sometimes good but more often just gross. it’s the nature of short story collections i suppose, some of these stories will stick w me for a long time and others i cannot erase from my brain quickly enough!! overall, it’s solid, and for me at least the good outweighs the bad, the good stories have LOTS to say about the relationship between the human world and the animal world and some really fascinating depictions of different kinds of love / love as give and love as take take take. i just think everyone should go into this prepared for some bizarre body horror crazy animal gore!
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Sweetbitter Song
Rosie Hewlett
21moski commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Hi everyone, we're considering making quite a big change to Pagebound and want to get the community's opinion - please leave your feedback here!
We have debated for a long while the merits of upvotes/downvotes vs a pure "like" system. We deeply believe in community moderation and community curation, and felt that an upvote/downvote system would provide the tooling for such community moderation.
In practice, we've also seen a lot of downsides with this system. While there's no guidance for how to use downvotes, many people use it as a "disagree" button which can make people with unpopular opinions feel unwelcome to share their opinion (for example, if you share that you dislike a beloved character, you may receive downvotes).
Moving to a "likes" only system would hopefully foster an environment where opinions are discussed rather than silently judged, and people are less anxious to engage in the forums.
In the past there have been some very strong opinions both for and against downvotes - let us know what you think below
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They Were Here Before Us: A Novella in Pieces
Eric LaRocca
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moski commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Quick semi announcement that the new app version was released on Android! This includes Midnight mode (ie dark mode) and a bunch of other quality of life improvements.
Hopefully we can get Apple out ASAP but we've been waiting over a week on their review, it's been a bit of a battle! But we didn't want to keep Android waiting while Apple is stuck.
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🔗Beasts of New York NOT 🏴☠️-ed. IT'S JUST FREE. Don't remove this post pls. 🙏🏻
I'm so excited this book has been added to the quest so there can be more than two people who have read it on this platform, hehehehe.
The story follows a squirrel in NYC named Patch. He can speak bird, which is very unusual since squirrels and birds normally don't get along. His best friend is a bluebird named Toro. In this book, you'll meet every animal that you could possibly find in NYC (some which might surprise you) and travel through all five boroughs. There's adventure, there's political intrigue, epic battles, there's dark moments and bright moments all wrapped up in a neat package. It's a fun one and I hope more people enjoy it!!! It's not kid friendly, so maybe don't read it with any kids.
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