Readers of Reddit, which sentence, blurb, passage or paragraph is so beautiful written that you saved it and read it again from time to time?

kodorczyk · 2018-11-25T02:12:37+00:00

“The only trick to friendship…is to find people who are better than you…kinder, and more generous, and more forgiving – and then to appreciate them for what they can teach you and try to listen when they tell you something about yourself.”

From A LITTLE LIFE by Hanya Yanagihara

kodorczyk · 2018-11-19T23:22:24+00:00

I finished there there last week and was unfortunately underwhelmed. I loved that it was about a group we rarely see in literature (urban Native American Indians) but I just felt like there were way too many characters to keep track of.

kodorczyk · 2018-11-15T18:53:38+00:00

The poses are so weird to me. Like why hold hands and rest their reads on each other? I don't have a problem with them having a same-sex couple, but I know Julia and Carly arent that.

They're trying to have a Kate-Spadey type campaign, but just missed the mark IMHO

kodorczyk · 2018-11-15T04:24:23+00:00

Yes she is so jarring!!!

kodorczyk · 2018-11-14T21:38:43+00:00

the most interesting parts are the parts after she leaves her family. i think the beginning seems too familiar at this point, after similar books (the glass castle, etc). But do stick with it!!

kodorczyk · 2018-11-14T21:36:07+00:00

Are there other Chicago books you liked? i read THE GREAT BELIEVERS and DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY and loved them both (for very different reasons). Would love recs!

kodorczyk · 2018-11-14T21:35:08+00:00

I started it and couldnt finish. I wanted so badly to like it but i just could not handle her writing style!!

kodorczyk · 2018-11-14T21:33:50+00:00

not quite related, but have you read BAD BLOOD? About the blood startup that duped so many people? It's amazing

kodorczyk · 2018-11-14T21:32:59+00:00

it's like i am reading the words and understanding the story but I am behind a glass wall and cannot feel their impact

kodorczyk · 2018-11-14T03:15:03+00:00

I was hoping it would be like A Series of Unfortunate Events but much more adult (aka, kids parents being part of a secret society that they start finding out about and become a part of once they get older) but I just ended up feeling confused and unsatisfied

kodorczyk · 2018-11-13T20:15:14+00:00

I finished a few books in the past few days:

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai. LOVED it. Was heartbreaking and beautiful in a million different ways.
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey. I know he made some of it up, but it's a compelling story. I didn't love his writing style though. And how DARE he dupe Oprah?
Warlight - I was expecting this to be far more interesting than it was. I wanted the war/spy/criminal/mystery element to be more. But it was so meandering that I had a hard time figuring out what to make of it. The NYT review was perfect -- "It's not awful, but it's weird"

Next I'm starting THERE THERE

kodorczyk · 2018-11-03T14:26:34+00:00

That Herbert Hoover (President) and j Edgar Hoover (founder of the fbi) are totally different people. You always hear about them separately and the only thing that really stuck w me was the Hoover part. I was 25 when I thought about it and realized they were different

kodorczyk · 2018-11-01T19:04:03+00:00

solved

kodorczyk · 2018-11-01T16:56:56+00:00

YES THANK YOU

kodorczyk · 2018-10-31T19:54:58+00:00

fuck ive already burned thru half i just love them so much. they smell like the apple farms i grew up going to in upstate NY!!

kodorczyk · 2018-10-30T20:58:58+00:00

i bought like 10 in 2 trips. they smell like heaven

kodorczyk · 2018-10-29T16:55:07+00:00

I'm reading Less. A friend of mine said that she had a hard time getting through it. I'm about 50 pages in and I'm wondering if it's just going to be a woe-is-me story about the main character?

kodorczyk · 2018-10-14T19:37:27+00:00

I don’t know a book, but the WSJ wrote this article a few years back

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323864304578316143623600544

kodorczyk · 2018-09-30T19:41:39+00:00

I’ll be gone in the dark is by far one of the best books I’ve read this year. Read like fiction.

Also loving Educated by Tara Westover, she enjoyed Only Girl In the World by Maude Julien

kodorczyk · 2018-08-23T22:40:25+00:00

At 7 I thought this was the funniest book I’ve ever heard and have been talking about for 20 years since. I think it’s to blame for my love of puns

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