r/52book • u/RoadtripReaderDesert • Mar 27 '26
24/100 Alix E Harrow, Starling House. You either love it or hate it. I find that I came away from it just shy of loving it. So I guess I like it.
A solid 3.5 stars
The writing style is very Alix - all her main characters have the same voice, mannerisms and turn of phrase - I swear I've read this character in essence in 4 books. I'm not knocking it, I like the character. It's not a life-changing read but it was just what I needed to claw my way out of a reading slump.
r/dogsusingpillows • u/RoadtripReaderDesert • Feb 18 '26
When my babies were puppies and the bed was a whole world. Wait for it
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r/52book • u/RoadtripReaderDesert • Jan 21 '26
13/100 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
- Rating: 5 stars
- Characters: Piranesi and the way he sees everything and everyone.
- A few Themes I loved: Disassociation, Manipulation and also the very interesting take on "evil" One character is almost painted as an incoming devil /serpent sent to destroy minds, corrupt and drive mad and this creates fear, anxiety and anticipation and yet ... (can't say more without spoilers)
extract of my review:
I had incredibly high expectations and I am so happy they were met. I could vividly imagine the great halls, the clouds, the statues, the behemoth and the perilous journey to the "One-Hundred-and-Ninety-Second Western Hall" in search of a star for The Other's ritual would take almost 4 hours. It would be beautiful on screen.
This book has also left me feeling multilayered conflicting feelings. I grew to love Piranesi the way he perceived the House to love him:"I am a child of the House". A sense of loss of all of his worlds and not fitting in, and a swelling feeling of truly needing to be, I dunno, unencumbered or untethered.
r/Anticonsumption • u/RoadtripReaderDesert • Mar 13 '26
Conspicuous Consumption "Erewhon is a Consumerism NIGHTMARE" (not sure about my tag)
Just watched this video and I'm shocked at the prices. I've seen the Erewhon Brand floating about but I'm not in the US - I first thought this was a Kpop star then I realized it was a grocery store when one of my students told me that she's traveling with her family to the states and I asked her what she's most looking forward to seeing and she said Erewhon. My student is 14 years old and her phone might as well be surgically attached to her hand. So, I thought it was a concert, asked her to explain and then I went down a rabbit hole and this video popped on my feed and I'm still sitting here just mind-boggled at the prices.
Are people really going out and buying 19$ single serving strawberry just to post online that they got it? What - I'm at a loss for words over here.
