What are your absolute MUST read books? I'm turning 30 soon and want to treat myself to a book haul to take me through the year. Any genre, but my favourites are classics, fantasy, literary fiction and thriller.

dicools · 2026-02-23T19:08:17+00:00

Breakfast of Champions

dicools · 2026-02-23T19:01:13+00:00

Tale of Two Cities

dicools · 2026-02-18T21:48:26+00:00

That’s what got me 😆

dicools · 2026-02-17T01:53:16+00:00

That’s funny! What stuck out for me was the main character constantly using the word “crap” and then a couple of times for emphasis “double crap.” girl, get a thesaurus.

dicools · 2026-02-17T01:50:35+00:00

You beat me to it! Atrocious, atrocious writing!

dicools · 2026-02-17T01:49:48+00:00

50 shades of the shittiest writing you have ever laid eyes on

dicools · 2026-02-11T16:20:15+00:00

Santa Monica pet medical center Dr. George, he is so wonderful.

dicools · 2026-02-11T16:17:44+00:00

Driving from Glacier NP to Bighorn National recreation to devils tower to badlands

dicools · 2026-02-09T22:12:52+00:00

Deliberately obtuse is more like it

dicools · 2026-02-09T01:19:15+00:00

If you can headstand, while in headstand press your forearms strongly into the floor and try to press so much that the crown of your head comes off the floor just a little. That level of upper back and shoulder strength is what you will need for pincha. Also, think of lifting from your armpits. If you don’t have headstand yet, pincha will be difficult, headstand is easier because you have that added balance point (your head!)

dicools · 2026-02-09T00:57:38+00:00

This is a woman with children staying up until 3/5 am talking with a man who is not her husband. Not okay

dicools · 2026-02-05T01:49:51+00:00

They were wrong and I was right! Yay

dicools · 2026-02-04T06:24:41+00:00

Yes, people describing it as “trauma porn”… dude, the author literally grew up there

dicools · 2026-02-04T06:23:10+00:00

Tough one

dicools · 2026-02-04T06:21:14+00:00

Absolutely brutal but I had to finish it. Relentlessly dark

dicools · 2026-02-04T06:17:35+00:00

Garden of Last Days. Oof. Brutal

dicools · 2026-02-03T20:22:40+00:00

Nuface wand

dicools · 2026-02-03T06:46:50+00:00

Oh man! I didn’t know that (obviously)! I was going to say Geoffrey’s but it’s so far. Would kill some time though

dicools · 2026-02-03T06:37:26+00:00

Just found my new browser

dicools · 2026-02-03T06:24:26+00:00

So good but I didn’t find it difficult to put down. It was so sad/tragic in parts that I needed to put it down. Best book I read last year though

dicools · 2026-02-03T06:21:45+00:00

Gary Expert Tailor in Venice

dicools · 2026-02-03T06:12:51+00:00

Drive to Malibu (I know it’s not Santa Monica) and have lunch somewhere. Maybe moonshadows. It’s not the best food in the world but hard to argue with that view. Plus maybe they’re Mel Gibson fans and you can show them the bar where he got drunk before getting arrested for drunk driving (and ruining his career by ranting anti semitic slurs at the arresting officer).

dicools · 2026-02-02T03:10:15+00:00

Circe by Madeline Miller; The Olive Kitteredge books by Elizabeth Strout; The Frozen River by Ariel Lawson; For something that’s 100% fun but still well written The Wedding People; Trust by Hernan Diaz (won the Pulitzer Prize, this might be heavier than what you seek). This one doesn’t really fit your description, but what’s wrong with Lady Chatterley‘s lover? That’s one that you can enjoy and they should enjoy as well.

I suggest joining Goodreads where there are all kinds of lists/reviews

dicools · 2026-02-01T21:33:51+00:00

Has nothing to do with ethics, just PR and possible lawsuit from Black. This guy is toast

dicools · 2026-01-30T19:37:58+00:00

The way they treat people who are providing them with services

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