a big cozy reading vlog: machado de assis, vita nostra, & not loving dark academia

this is what i got from a bunch of his short stories he's just so funny so clever

if we were villains was probably the one i liked the most but like i didn't really even love that one that much

i didn't like ninth house

i started reading restless lumber by kj sutton oh pure joy like the smile i just can't stop smiling i love this book so much i love it so much

i don't want to say this one is going to be another one like that because actually the writing is really compelling in here it's very quick to get through i will say but again i'm just so sick of people

i will say so far there's some things that i'm like this is more of like an opinion piece of yours rather than scholarly scholarship which is always fine but it's just important to remember that i guess but i'm 64 pages through and it's just really a joy to listen to

the last graduate i dnf'd that one by naomi novik i did not love it

the writing is gorgeous he's so funny so the sentences are so wonderful and it's just like it's just such a pleasure to read honestly it's just so playful but it also discusses so many serious things

i didn't love the secret history

for me this book became very repetitive it just seemed to be the exact same things that sasha was doing she'd go to school she'd visit her mom she'd study something she didn't know what she was studying