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Llaverac

Llaverac@bookwyrm.social

Joined 2 years, 2 months ago

Currently interested in queer books and obscure comics [he/him]

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Exercised (Hardcover, 2021, Pantheon Books, Pantheon) No rating

The myth-busting science behind our modern attitudes to exercise: what our bodies really need, why …

TFW you start a book because the topic genuinely interests you, only to realize halfway through that a well-written longform article would have satisfied your curiosity (but you have to finish the book anyway).

The Ghostkeeper (Hardcover, 2024, Penguin Young Readers Group) No rating

Dorian Leith can see ghosts. Not only that, he listens to their problems and tries …

The story had a lot of heart and, on the whole, I liked it a lot. However, even though the main character is literally a therapist for ghosts, I could have done without all the therapy-speak that he or some other characters use, especially outside therapy sessions.

commented on The Night Guest by Taylor Titmouse

The Night Guest (EBook, 2024) No rating

Ever since the death of her husband, Mrs. Arakawa has run her inn alone. There's …

These last months I have started several books that I still haven't finished even though they're interesting, which depresses me a bit.

  • Option A: self-flagellate and get even more depressed

👉 Option B: read Taylor Titmouse's short smut stories with engaging premises and likeable characters

Woe: a Housecat's Story of Despair : (a Graphic Novel) (2024, Penguin Random House LLC) No rating

WOE! SCREAM! MEOW! ...PURR? Join the hilarious and of course dramatic world of Linney the …

It’s weird to read it again, five years after its content was published on social media. I remember being a HUGE fan of it, and if I had had to do an end-of-year list with my favorite comics from 2019, all the strips that Lucy Knisley posted about her cat Linney would be my #1.

But in 2024 it feels like this kind of voice is now present in a ton of cat videos on social media. Reading the book didn’t make me feel anything, but reading the strips again this morning on Instagram - where they’re still available - instantly brought me back to where I was working in 2019, how a new publication would be the highlight of my day (OF MY WEEK) and how I felt when the last strip was published.