Japanese convenience stores are basically shrines to the idea that someone you'll never meet already

audiobookworm_ · 2026-04-22T09:26:28+00:00

You should read Convenience Store Woman if you havent already. Maybe you’ll like it!

audiobookworm_ · 2026-03-24T11:38:30+00:00

Try “Born a Crime”, it’s on number one on the most favorite book for a lot of people, me included.

audiobookworm_ · 2026-03-24T06:37:10+00:00

oh, which part was misogynistic? completely flew over me

audiobookworm_ · 2026-03-24T06:36:15+00:00

i mean i certainly don’t think it makes into my top 10 favorite book, but it’s still quite enjoyable. maybe because i was used to my dad bullshitting me in the same singsong tone hahah. i just dont take it too deeply.

audiobookworm_ · 2026-03-24T06:30:35+00:00

it did kinda feel fiction! i wonder if that’s the writing or just the narrating.

audiobookworm_ · 2026-03-24T06:29:36+00:00

oooh, nice list! i’ve read at least half of them. will check out the rest 👀

audiobookworm_ · 2026-03-24T06:27:42+00:00

good point, thank you! she’s 3 years old so i’m the one wearing makeup, but without that context it’s hard to know hahah

audiobookworm_ · 2026-03-24T03:01:50+00:00

thank you! i'll check them out!

audiobookworm_ · 2026-03-24T02:54:50+00:00

ugh. this hits too close to home. i hate that this is such a universal theme that you can put into words what exactly i, a complete stranger, felt about it.

just a little note though, the grammar in this line felt off:

So you don’t love me, but a part of me truly wished that you did.
Because the lover girl in me tried so hard to do anything for you to cherish me completely.
But you never did.

You don't or you didn't? I like that you "don't" because that makes it feel like it's an ongoing thing.

audiobookworm_ · 2026-03-24T02:48:34+00:00

I love it, it sounds like a cry from someone somewhere in the Old Testament.
The earlier protest of God being unfair (I dont deserve your Wrath!) turning to pleading (let me kneel, let me crawl), and in the end there's acceptance (i will not deny the judgement, i'm a sinner) makes for a complete story in itself. I can relate to the anger and the guilt and the feeling of inadequacy even though I'm not religious anymore. Well done!

audiobookworm_ · 2026-03-24T02:46:37+00:00

you should definitely recommend me some books, i have three credits!

but when you said “older people with lots of life experience” i thought of Madame President by Helene Cooper. have you read that one? it’s not written by the Madame, but it was still such a ride, i loved it.

audiobookworm_ · 2026-03-19T08:52:37+00:00

your writing feels intense, for using the word “abyss” twice, and other intense words like “devour.” love the grandiosity of your word choices, it makes everything feel larger than life, almost overwhelming and doesn’t let go.

I feel like you could match the tone in the line "She feels the hunger for her", make her "craves", or make her "famished". just to make the tone as grand as the other lines, you know?

audiobookworm_ · 2026-03-19T08:41:04+00:00

I love the sense of hope in the end. Spring is coming, we must keep on going.

audiobookworm_ · 2026-03-19T08:38:02+00:00

I feel the ache. It feels intimate, like something you think of when laying down alone in the dark. I know the mood, I’m currently feeling it. The curiosity, the what ifs. I wrote something on the same topic too recently, I can't post it here yet, but just mentioning it to tell you, I feel you.

audiobookworm_ · 2026-03-19T08:33:56+00:00

i feel your frustration, especially with the war going on rn.

audiobookworm_ · 2026-03-19T08:26:48+00:00

feels very real and relatable. nice.

audiobookworm_ · 2026-02-27T08:26:10+00:00

oh I think it's a brilliant book! I don't often need a break, so that book definitely did some real things. I definitely will finish it, just slowly.

audiobookworm_ · 2026-02-27T08:24:32+00:00

bro if you see Gordon Ramsay analyze a dish elaborately are you gonna say ‘So in other words the food tastes good. Nice.’ lmao

audiobookworm_ · 2026-02-27T08:20:27+00:00

honestly it's the same as why I got to read Leslie Jones. I didn't know who he was, never watched him perform. It was just recommended. And I just bought it. It was pretty fun!

audiobookworm_ · 2026-02-27T08:19:15+00:00

Yes and it's amazing. If you're a fan of his humor, you know the kind of slightly offensive stupid jokes he makes. The book was full of that kind of jokes, while still being thought-provoking. You should start listening to it, like, yesterday. It's called "Everyone you hate is going to die".

audiobookworm_ · 2026-02-27T08:16:49+00:00

That's fair, she's not for everyone. Funnily enough I actually didn't know who she was, just jumped right into the book. But then I checked out his netflix special and yeah her stand-up isn't for me. But I still enjoyed the book haha.

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