cxxiii. bossypants, tina fey
this was ok. there were some funny turns of phrase, but given allllll the hype my cynicism regarding mainstream trends and what is considered 'good' has redoubled itself. YES I AM AN ASSHOLE. quality is very important to me, i can't stress this enough. real quality, not just money floating around spilt from the slack-jawed wallets of sheep.
cxxiv. orlando, virginia woolf
now this is real writing. i mean comparatively, not that much happens in terms of plot events and specifics and conversation. who cares, when you can write like that you don't need to keep everyone's attention with melodrama and explanations.
cxxv. veronica and cxxvi. because they wanted to, mary gaitskill
dear mary gaitskill, continuing on from my last review i would like to ask what is it that gives you such insight into the inner lives of dentists at work? i am genuinely curious. to wit: '"he kept heaving back, sort of panting with exertion, and he'd say, in that voice of inhuman dentist calm, 'just a little more...'"' come on. how do you know we're all acting on the outside? it's like you've truly balanced on the edge between the calm façade and the torrential internal stress complete with peppered (self-) encouragements. after that i didn't even care about the rest of the book although it was pretty good.
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