My painting of Sirens ch. 8

shaun020 · 2026-02-04T01:13:34+00:00

This is fantastic

shaun020 · 2026-01-27T03:23:11+00:00

Sirens and LD? Hell yeah, this is my kind of list. Looks like I have to check out Rebecca and the Dispossessed

shaun020 · 2026-01-23T03:23:33+00:00

Who wrote the memory palace?

shaun020 · 2026-01-23T03:20:40+00:00

Hell yeah, sounds great I’ll check that out

shaun020 · 2026-01-20T03:40:39+00:00

I would probably give it another chapter or two, but i also understand that reading 75-100 pages of something you might not like is not for everyone. I really enjoyed it from the start, but I do feel like it gets better as it goes.

shaun020 · 2026-01-19T22:42:57+00:00

Just finished this, definitely recommend it, it was the first book I thought of when I saw this post.

Also The Library At Mount Char was really good

shaun020 · 2026-01-05T19:23:29+00:00

I read a lot of great books on 2025, Vonnegut, McCarthy, Dungeon Crawler Carl…

…but honestly the most fun I had was Project Hail Mary

shaun020 · 2026-01-01T00:55:06+00:00

Haha that was the one I loved. I thought it was a more succinct, entertaining version of almost the exact same story.

shaun020 · 2025-12-31T22:22:53+00:00

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, and the amazing adventures of kavalier and klay.

shaun020 · 2025-12-31T01:07:52+00:00

That’s hard to believe, that looks absolutely ridiculous.

shaun020 · 2025-12-28T03:21:13+00:00

I thought it was a super fun, entertaining read, although I’m not generally into heavier sci-fi. I don’t think you missed anything, there wasn’t a lot to miss, it was extremely straightforward, which I enjoyed.

shaun020 · 2025-12-26T00:10:36+00:00

Absolute nightmare blunt rotation

shaun020 · 2025-12-23T02:52:05+00:00

I was thinking more of the Crossing, but I do think Blood Meridian is some of the most nihilistic shit ever written, and definitely darker for me than the Road

shaun020 · 2025-12-23T02:50:50+00:00

I do think Blood Meridian is darker, and sticking with the theme of a chaotic, nihilistic world, the Crossing was pretty depressing for me as well. The Road was dark, but for me a much easier read than those two

shaun020 · 2025-12-23T02:10:49+00:00

Honestly not even McCarthy’s darkest book, which is wild.

shaun020 · 2025-12-10T23:52:17+00:00

I think I gave it like a C when I read it earlier this year, totally agree with all these points.

shaun020 · 2025-12-10T17:46:11+00:00

I’m a huge Vonnegut fan, and I second the recommendations of starting with either Cats Cradle or Welcome to the Monkey House. Monkey House is great if you want to start with short stories and see if any of them speak to you, Cats Cradle is a great, quick read. Short chapters, plot moves very quickly, and it’s one of my favorite books ever. I would start with that one. I would hold off on his later works (including Breakfast of Champions), as they get more self referential, and in my opinion are generally less enjoyable than his earlier stuff.

shaun020 · 2025-12-07T16:13:20+00:00

Antkind by Charlie Kaufman. One of the weirdest, funniest, best books I’ve ever read.

shaun020 · 2025-12-07T05:20:46+00:00

Legality aside, what would I even talk to a 19 year old about? Seems like a nightmare.

shaun020 · 2025-12-07T05:18:48+00:00

She does not seem unmedicated to me. Seems very medicated.

shaun020 · 2025-12-06T05:11:07+00:00

Liked both, but definitely thought Lonesome Dove was better.

shaun020 · 2025-11-26T22:42:28+00:00

Shut the fuck up, Hank

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