Mine’s The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath. Thick books never stopped me from reading nonstop before, but there are entries in the book that just has me stopping and taking time to mull things over.

Also, sharing this excerpt: “Not to be sentimental, as I sound, but why the hell are we conditioned into the smooth strawberry-and-cream Mother-Goose-world, Alice-in-Wonderland fable, only to be broken on the wheel as we grow older and become aware of ourselves as individuals with a dull responsibility in life?”

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    10 months ago

    I’ve been reading The Terror by Dan Simmons for a long time. I’m enjoying the horror and mystery but I have to be in the right mood for it. The atmosphere is freezing and grim. Most of the people are jerks with plenty of racism and classism. There is constantly some horrific tragedy.