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sleepypotato11

Will a smaller reading goal keep me more present in the books I read? Let's find out in 2026!

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Scary Movie Night: A Novel
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The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War
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  • What was your "yknow what, its my fault for reading this" piece of literature?

    For me it happened 10 minutes ago. I hit up the library to get Palahniuk's Fight Club, and saw the titular book "Haunted". Now I heard a lot about that fucker, especially online, mostly about the short story "Guts". I never heard anything good about that thing, everyone said it its one of the nastiest things they have read in their lives. The back of the book said "67 people passed out in readalouds of Guts". So I obviously read it right then and there.

    I really shouldn't have. Its 100% my fault that I laid my eyes on it. I already sent the synopsys to my best friend, just so he can suffer aswell.

    So, what was your "I ignored all warnings and I regret it" story of yours? It doesn't have to be something disturbing, it could be just and overall very bad book.

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    Mar 11, 2026
    The Haar
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    ”Are memories real?" ”Of course," she said. ”Then so am I."

    The Haar is a literal bloodbath. It’s on the more extreme end of my tolerance for body horror, but I couldn’t look away!

    Our elderly protagonist Muriel is feisty, sometimes delusional, and always lovable. She carries the story so well. (Actually… literally carries it — you’ll see.) Alongside all the blood and guts is a romance of a love bygone, found again, and transfigured. There is a real tenderness to complement the horrific happenings of the impending haar.

    Personal preference, but I wish some of the themes had been explored a bit more. The villains were successfully rendered as despicable, but they pulled a little too ridiculous for me. The book took a while to grow on me but once I was invested, I was in it.

    What a gory, heartwarming book.

    edited to fix formatting; Goodreads import

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    Wrong Place Wrong Time
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    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 4.0Plot: 4.0Audiobook: 4.5
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    This one surprised me! Everytime I thought I figured something out, I wasn't quite right. Which I really enjoy. I thought this was going to be like that show Adolescence, but it wasn't that. I thought I was going to be annoyed by the time jump trope, but I wasn't! I need to adjust my expectations apparently lol. I thought it was well written and the plot was well laid out even when there were purposeful holes for the reader to fall into. I would have enjoyed more time spent with the scientist/physicist guy, but he served his purpose. This one was a solid thriller.

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    I initially was really intrigued really this book. I was having a fun (lol) time reading all these names that I've become familiar with: Fabriano, Leuchtturm, Bullet Journal, etc. As the book went on, and some of the anecdotes became a little more repetitve, the enjoyment went down a little bit. I do think that some of the topics were really fascinating. I actually, weirdly, liked the seafaring chapter about the navigation notes and descriptions (or lack there of) of what was seen and what was happening on the ship. Another review mentions that this is a very white/colonial take on "thinking on paper" and I think I would have enjoyed more conversation about how other non-western cultures have used paper and notebooks over history. I do think that some of the more repetitive/fall-flat chapters could have been real estate better used by these other cultures' uses. Overall, I thought it was an interesting read.

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