all of this will end

the crown ain’t worth much by hanif abdurraqib

hanif’s poems always kind of make me feel like i’ve lost my breath a bit by the time i get to the end of them

northanger abbey by jane austen (from the bookshelves)

slay. dialogue is so funny and catherine is soooo insane, i really enjoyed this. the thorpes may be the most insufferable austen antagonists of all- zero redeeming qualities!! HOWEVER. let me just say that idk if the new union square classics edition has the same introduction and footnotes by the same writer. but the man who did the introduction/notes for the older b&n classic edition was absolutely ASS. why is there a footnote explaining that muslin is cotton???? surely we can use context clues for some of these things. and the intro was even worse- he calls henry someone who fills a “brotherly and husbandly role” and upon finishing the book that just. does not make any goddamn sense.

safari murder party by rachel moore

girl this was DUMB! so fun, but so so stupid. and don’t get me wrong it is very purposefully silly and goofy. it just did not always land successfully for me personally. fletcher’s journey had so much potential and i feel like the resolution was fumbled a bit. but i had a BLAST. do not put in the papers that i didn’t enjoy myself.