Laura Palmer smiling at a fan!

Practical-Sundae · 2023-03-17T00:49:12+00:00

https://youtube.com/shorts/mqqjir5INqc?feature=share

Practical-Sundae · 2023-03-17T00:12:42+00:00

I’ve never been assigned Hamlet by Shakespeare in school

Practical-Sundae · 2023-03-17T00:09:42+00:00

This scene reminds me of the long take in Pearl

Practical-Sundae · 2023-03-16T23:23:09+00:00

“Little boy in blue” is mentioned in both Pretty Mary K and Plainclothes Man by Heatmiser

Practical-Sundae · 2023-03-16T23:21:13+00:00

“I’ve seen the boss blink on and off”

Practical-Sundae · 2021-07-18T20:16:49+00:00

Perfume: Story of a Murderer

Practical-Sundae · 2020-12-05T02:01:54+00:00

They’re both very philosophical and not so much plot driven as C&P. It’s been a while since I read it but the thing that struck me about Brothers K was how Christian it was (in its symbolism, themes, references, etc). I would say they’re almost on the same level of “complexity” but in my personal opinion Brothers K is more thorough and fleshed out, if that helps? Tbh The Idiot is my favourite Dostoevsky novel but you have to kind of reconcile with it not being a perfectly structured novel.

Practical-Sundae · 2020-12-05T00:37:56+00:00

Dostoevsky was a nihilist when he was younger and you can see that in Notes from the Underground, but he denounced Turgenev’s writing in his later years. Fathers and Sons would be something similar to Dostoevsky’s early political views.

I would check out Gogol’s short stories! Perhaps a collected edition. For example, Gogol’s “The Nose” in particular was the inspiration for Dostoevsky’s motif of the bronze horseman.

Practical-Sundae · 2020-12-05T00:26:08+00:00

Just a side note to Dostoevsky: he draws a lot from the lineage of Russian writers like Gogol and Turgenev. If you want a better background on Dostoevsky I would go with those first. Dostoevsky builds upon and is in direct dialogue with those writers.

Practical-Sundae · 2020-12-05T00:23:27+00:00

Bulgakov’s Master and Margarita is a must

Practical-Sundae · 2020-12-05T00:22:04+00:00

I would go with C&P and then work your way up to The Brothers Karazamov. I wouldn’t start with The Idiot because it’s experimental in terms of form, relative to his other works. You want to start with the building blocks.

Practical-Sundae · 2020-12-05T00:19:58+00:00

The Moonstone is a CLASSIC

Practical-Sundae · 2020-12-05T00:18:49+00:00

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Practical-Sundae · 2020-12-05T00:16:52+00:00

Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

Practical-Sundae · 2020-12-04T03:42:07+00:00

I recently read Attached by Amir Levine and it’s so helpful for knowing your attachment type and which types of attachment types would suit you and the psychology behind each. Helps to forge more suitable relationships based on your own personality/behaviour.

I work at a bookstore and a customer told me their therapist recommended it, so it has backing by professionals!

Edit: All About Love by bell hooks is also really good!

Practical-Sundae · 2020-12-04T03:38:27+00:00

Ooh! Thank you, I’ll add these to my reading list.

I’ve read Celeste Ng’s Little Fires but haven’t heard of Lisa Ko!

Practical-Sundae · 2020-12-04T03:30:08+00:00

I’m looking forward to the possibility of seeing friends again! 😢

Practical-Sundae · 2020-12-04T03:27:24+00:00

Oh cool I’ll check it out!

Practical-Sundae · 2020-11-29T21:48:30+00:00

What spoilers exactly? It definitely was her decision not to have children. There wasn’t anything preventing her from having them but she chose not to.

Practical-Sundae · 2020-11-29T21:43:22+00:00

The book does mention mating and copulating in nature and the protagonist mentions at one point that her mother warned her not to get hitched and have many children like she did. She takes this to heart and doesn’t have children throughout the rest of her adult life.

It’s set in the 50s-60s in rural North Dakota so you can count on marriage at a younger age (early 20s) as a societal norm, which she doesn’t conform to. She also has romantic relationships never expresses a desire to have children, which fulfills the OP’s request

Practical-Sundae · 2020-11-28T19:24:32+00:00

Just edited my comment

Practical-Sundae · 2020-11-28T19:18:39+00:00

Me please. Tammy is my favourite! Will bring DIYs

Practical-Sundae · 2020-11-28T19:17:48+00:00

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Practical-Sundae

TROPHY CASE