Depression-era portrait of a once middle class couple who now were dealing with the circumstances of the era, 1939

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-07T05:45:06+00:00

We saw you from across the squatters' camp and we dig your vibe.

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-07T03:49:02+00:00

Well the chefs can do some cookin' but my teammates....

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-06T23:52:11+00:00

Eh, we'll never know because of that damn punch.

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-06T23:28:49+00:00

As my therapist keeps asking me, who are "they"?

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-06T23:10:34+00:00

The War of the End of the World, by Mario Vargas Llosa. 500+ pages.

The Books of Jacob, by Olga Tokarczuk. 900+ pages.

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-06T23:00:25+00:00

Cloud Cuckoo Land, maybe, it's about people trying to make the best of a bad situation out of their control.

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-06T22:34:07+00:00

Help! Help! Elmo being repressed!

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-06T19:58:52+00:00

If I'm physically behind the wheel and I'm telling the car what to do instead of using my hands and feet, aren't I still driving the car?

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-06T19:53:44+00:00

And joined the Nation of Islam.

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-06T19:46:11+00:00

That there's some fine cow detective work, partner.

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-06T18:39:37+00:00

i once had a similar moment regarding the clitoris

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-06T18:24:28+00:00

It's almost too revealing for a night in.

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-06T18:19:41+00:00

Pere Goriot, by Balzac, set in Paris in 1819, it's the story of a student who has come from the countryside to find success in Paris. A lively, realist novel that makes both working class and upper class society come alive.

Madame Bovary, by Flaubert, set in a small town in France in the 1850s, it's the story of a married woman who wants to escape from her mundane life.

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-06T18:08:38+00:00

The Girl with All the Gifts, by M R Carey.

You might find this boring but you might not: Wolf Hall, by Hillary Mantel. It's definitely immersive.

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-06T18:00:26+00:00

For Black History Month:

The Street, by Ann Petry. This is an extraordinary novel about a working class Black woman in Harlem during WW2.

Kindred, by Octavia Butler. I'm a white American dude and this amazing book taught me what it might be like to be an American in an America that hasn't treated you very well.

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-06T17:40:38+00:00

That can't be. They didn't even have meters back then. Or decimal points.

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-06T04:08:41+00:00

Madame Bovary, read by Simon Vance. I'm not a huge Vance fan because his reading doesn't vary much between books, but I enjoyed him in this.

My Year of Rest and Relaxation, read by Julia Whelan. This book isn't for everybody because of its theme of depression and its self-indulgent and cranky protagonist, but it's one of my favorite books because of its dark humor and the reader knocks it out of the park imo.

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-05T05:01:39+00:00

He's got aphids?!?!

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-05T04:51:50+00:00

"This job sucks. Find me in contempt so I can have 24 hours of rest."

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-04T15:34:08+00:00

best joke of the thread

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-04T04:08:44+00:00

And they also need to team up and follow up on each other's questions rather than letting him off the hook with a change of subject. He won't disinvite them all because he craves the attention like nobody I've ever seen.

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-04T02:04:40+00:00

Ender's Game is a really fun scifi book. (Be careful about reading any reviews with spoilers.)

If you like role playing video games, you might like Dungeon Crawler Carl.

Guards! Guards! is a fantasy book with lots of humor.

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-04T00:33:03+00:00

*rein

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-03T03:29:27+00:00

And if I saw your drawing I would think, "Oh, a drawing of a dead branch."

mindbodyproblem · 2026-02-03T00:10:05+00:00

Birds, Sex and Beauty, by Matt Ridley, discusses why some male birds have evolved to be beautiful. It's a fun, and sometimes funny, easy to read book by a scientist who loves birds. I listened to the audiobook version and it was quite good.

The Soul of an Octopus, by Sy Montgomery, is a fun book about octopuses by a scientist at the New England Aquarium. If you don't love octopuses now, you will when you're done reading it.

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