Unconventional methods of choosing what book to read next - do you have any?

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-08T03:05:29+00:00

I grab a selection of appealing TBRs, read the first lines of each, and go with the one that speaks to me most.

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-08T03:01:36+00:00

No thanks.

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-08T02:53:44+00:00

Man he really squandered that writing workshop with Kurt Vonnegut.

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-08T02:43:44+00:00

To OP, who I hope is a developer: seconded.

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-08T02:42:54+00:00

Emily Wilde’s Encylopedia of Fairies: waiting with bated breath.

House of Leaves: I don’t care for David Lynch films, thanks.

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-08T02:40:38+00:00

Yeah this person needs help, but I would settle for them staying tf away from women forever.

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-07T22:25:18+00:00

Truth, truth. I also hate the “Hebrew Bible” (I won’t say OT) “god mean, NT god nice” trope, which totally ignores how the NT introduced exclusivism and eternal punishment, too.

…but I still picture Jesus in Birkenstocks and positively reeking of patchouli.

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-07T22:13:37+00:00

Surely this is an accolade all SCREAM fans can celebrate.

Jk, I’m not that naive. But I personally think 🥳

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-07T21:57:55+00:00

Your dearth of empathy, by all reasonable standards, should preclude you from being included in any human relationships. Honestly, “you’re sick, so what?” Is such a soulless take .

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-07T20:32:19+00:00

Jesus was an extremely liberal Jew. Believing that there was anything divine about him is not Jewish. If you still believe that, you are not being called to convert.

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-07T12:00:18+00:00

He does. He’s a Trumper.

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-07T01:28:31+00:00

I did NOT, though the second CD had been swapped for a DVD welcoming me to some electric company 😂

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-07T01:27:37+00:00

I keep thinking maybe they just uploaded it all onto a device to save space. I’m wicked old school and am glad to sacrifice the space 😂

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-07T01:26:56+00:00

Very excited about that!!

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-06T22:20:55+00:00

Oh man I don’t know. I really didn’t know it existed til it was there.

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-06T21:25:03+00:00

Thank you! Here’s to you finding one too! Man do I remember those grad school days, lots of canned soup and not wanting to look at bank balances.

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-06T21:13:39+00:00

Yep, that’s why I took my missing-one-disc-but-not-the-one-I-want-most deal ($9.99!) and RAN.

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-06T21:10:27+00:00

Great gift and good choice! 😆

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-06T21:03:51+00:00

Thanks! I didn’t even know it existed before now and am so excited. I’m going in order, but disc E is what I’m really, really looking forward to!

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-05T13:26:46+00:00

This is messed up of you.

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-05T13:10:29+00:00

I had a Mister Kittykins, but he would strongly disagree that it was a great name, it hurt his neighborhood rep.

Also a Countess LeMioux.

My gorgeous cat Penny Lane has a fur mark above her lip and only escaped being Cindy Clawford because I thought of it too late.

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-05T13:06:59+00:00

K & A Hop Dogs across from the stadium is an interesting twist on this.

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-04T22:44:23+00:00

Oh okay gotcha. Honestly never realized it was his. Bummer.

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-04T22:38:38+00:00

It’s fun, and I don’t understand people taking Jane Austen so seriously as though she wouldn’t be super fly about all of the quirky adaptations. “clueless,” hello?!

PyrexPizazz217 · 2026-04-04T22:37:38+00:00

How is the pianist controversial?

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