skylar
lover of off-kilter, sentimental stories 💕
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skylar commented on 6a6-day2b4's review of The Left Hand of Darkness
I have been fundamentally changed just as Genly Ai has been. Everything about this was so unique and such an immersive experience. Truly to experience a new unfathomable world as an alien to it and also to see those confused eyes looking back as a resident towards our protagonist.. was a journey in itself. Naturally, there are wordier and more descriptive sections of simply traveling if TRAVEL COULD BE SIMPLE IN THIS BOOK 😭😭😭 but I could not find myself to be bored. It was so poetic and this was not gonna lie as much as it was a political scifi drama of sorts… it felt so cozy. But I also cried at the end 🥹 Estraven and Genly Ai are everything to me. The bond they formed overtime were everything. The way Ursula K. Le Guin carved out this snowbound civilization and their differing nation was like nothing else I’ve ever read. The between tidbits of tales were great supplements and felt natural as Genly Ai was there to uncover the archives on the Gethenians’ culture recorded by past travelers. Genly Ai was flawed, but I liked him very much for all his snark and frustration and confusions. I would 100% read again for the rest of my lifetime for sure.
6skylar commented on amanda_the_tangerine's update
amanda_the_tangerine TBR'd a book
The Girls (McNally Editions)
John Bowen
2skylar commented on skylar's review of The Girls (McNally Editions)
I'm kind of obsessed with this book. Please try it out if you are interested in or intrigued by any of these things:
An ominous septic tank A wild boar terrorizing a village A lesbian having an existential crisis A diatribe against the police The world’s cutest gift shop Threatening Christmas cards Early musical instruments Lots of quaint village fairs Murder (??) A nosy, all-too-empathetic neighbor Lots of really bad lying A failed vacation to Crete Ron Burgundy voice: I immediately regret this decision Death threats using tennis metaphors Maybe everyone has an existential crisis Getting rid of a body is kinda difficult, actually People who are perhaps TOO agreeable Cozy suspense (????)
7skylar wrote a review...
I'm kind of obsessed with this book. Please try it out if you are interested in or intrigued by any of these things:
An ominous septic tank A wild boar terrorizing a village A lesbian having an existential crisis A diatribe against the police The world’s cutest gift shop Threatening Christmas cards Early musical instruments Lots of quaint village fairs Murder (??) A nosy, all-too-empathetic neighbor Lots of really bad lying A failed vacation to Crete Ron Burgundy voice: I immediately regret this decision Death threats using tennis metaphors Maybe everyone has an existential crisis Getting rid of a body is kinda difficult, actually People who are perhaps TOO agreeable Cozy suspense (????)
7skylar finished a book
The Girls (McNally Editions)
John Bowen
0skylar commented on amanda_the_tangerine's update
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skylar commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Hey guys!
I am currently trying to find some youtubers to watch but most that I come across promote authors such as Sarah J Maas, J.k Rowling, Rebecca Yarros, and Chloe Walsh to name a few. I am very active in politics and don't want to support those authors or those who platform them. I am very much a reading is political person and get extremely frustrated what people try to say that it isn't.
And before anyone tries to tell me that some of them bought the books before knowing how problematic the authors are, I totally understand that but when they have a platform and record in front of the books they don't need them on display. Especially those ugly neon coloured books (on a complete side note even if the author wasn't horrible those covers are awful)
OH and another side note if anyone if looking for a new search engine that isn't google chrome I highly recommend Ecosia, they even plant trees if you use their search engine!! :)
41skylar commented on a post
First of all, Jenny Offill’s writing is immaculate. I’m kicking myself for borrowing the audiobook instead of waiting for the ebook to be available on Libby because there have already been 74859 lines I’d want to underline in this.
She’s managed to fit so much feeling into this short book, I’ve found myself relistening to each chapter to make sure I haven’t missed anything.
2skylar commented on tired_gargoyle's update
skylar commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Happy Friday, Boundlings!
Anyone looking to start a new book this weekend but you’re unsure which to choose? We’ve got you fam!
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Comment with three books from your TBR - yes only three, I don’t choose the rules. Oh wait, yes I do 🤭
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Others reply to your comment by voting for which book they think you should read. The book with the most votes is your book to start this weekend!
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For those voting for a book - get creative! You can give a long winded explanation for why you think that person should read the book you’re voting for, or you can simply leave an emoji or GIF. It’s up to you!
I hope everyone gets some help choosing a new book to start, and gets plenty of time to read this weekend!
🌸☀️📚🦋🌱🦞🤸🏼♀️🍄🪴
228skylar commented on pachinko's update
pachinko TBR'd a book
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
3skylar commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I loved doing this last week, and after having a post yesterday allowing us to complain (no matter how big or small) I wanted to flip the switch. TELL ME SOMETHING GOOODDDDDD🎶✨💭
309skylar commented on a post
My gosh, it was a beautiful little story... How the seemingly random subject of liking kitchens ties beautifully with how humans create relationships and how important these are to help against loneliness... 🥺🥺🥺
2skylar commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Hello friends 💗 I have been thinking about this for a while... LOL. We've all heard about reading in the bath, but now i come to you with this concept: reading in the shower. With the rise of cellphones and ereaders, I think it is actually possible to do this. Now my question is... has anyone read in the shower? How did you do it? If you haven't, how would you go about reading in the shower? Would you even WANT to read in the shower?!
My kobo is ALLEGEDLY waterproof (I don't want to test that 🥹) and my phone says it's waterproof (is it bad i care less about my phone than my kobo?) So technically i guess I could bring them into the shower??? But then how to page turn? A remote isn't waterproof... so how would one go about this...
106skylar commented on a post
If a person hasn't ever experienced true despair, she grows old never knowing how to evaluate where she is in life; never understanding what joy really is
Oof, that hits so close to home... 😢
3skylar commented on pachinko's review of The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
a balm for the soul wounded by nihilism, a rebuke against the idea of a rationalist utopia, and a manifesto for living.
”The consciousness of life is higher than life, the knowledge of the laws of happiness is higher than happiness – that is what one must contend against. And I shall.”
so beautifully written, capturing so much in so few words. off to read all of Dostoevsky’s short stories.
14skylar commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
What’s a book that’s been so hyped up, only to let you down?
For me it was The Ritual by Shantel Tessier. It was so overhyped on booktok, even on goodreads (when I still used it) i remember it having a 4 star rating. I was honestly so shocked once I finished it. That book had so many plot holes and questions unanswered, all spice basically, and even the spicy scenes were not cute (fmc was drugged for half of those scenes it felt like). This is when I learned to never trust booktok again lmao
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