blake's Updates en-US Sat, 03 May 2025 22:54:38 -0700 60 blake's Updates 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg UserStatus1056790148 Sat, 03 May 2025 22:54:38 -0700 <![CDATA[ blake is 16% done with Bibliophobia ]]> Bibliophobia by Sarah Chihaya blake is 16% done with <a href="/book/show/212806663-bibliophobia">Bibliophobia</a>.
blake wrote: oh no�.. i’m fearing we’re witnessing the emergence of a 5 star ]]>
Review6932432002 Sat, 03 May 2025 13:49:48 -0700 <![CDATA[blake added 'Girls Against God']]> /review/show/6932432002 Girls Against God by Jenny Hval blake gave 2 stars to Girls Against God (Paperback) by Jenny Hval
Weird ass book, but good for her, I guess. Call the witches. Kill your gods.

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“No one asks me why I hate, no one uses that word, they call me grumpy, not even angry, but grumpy, six letters, something inconsequential and self-inflicted, something powerless, insignificant, something small in a small person, not something that's about society, or about them, just something that means i'm ruining things for myself, something that's in the way of my potential as an object.�

“I don’t desire total freedom, or total misanthropy. Do you get that? I desire magic, the same alchemical reaction that transforms hatred to a new or strange form of love.�

“What is it we're lacking if we, in art and in life, just repeat and repeat and repair and repair versions of ancient hierarchies and rituals? What do we exclude? Can you hear it? What is it we're still not saying?�

“Why should you not question, not doubt or go forth in chaos, not scream or bark or howl? You have to open up to the strange. You have to say something new.� ]]>
ReadStatus9381483318 Sat, 03 May 2025 05:38:04 -0700 <![CDATA[blake started reading 'Bibliophobia: A Memoir']]> /review/show/7192199030 Bibliophobia by Sarah Chihaya blake started reading Bibliophobia: A Memoir by Sarah Chihaya
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ReadStatus9381413739 Sat, 03 May 2025 05:08:32 -0700 <![CDATA[blake wants to read 'Muscle Man']]> /review/show/7539016804 Muscle Man by Jordan Castro blake wants to read Muscle Man by Jordan Castro
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ReadStatus9378189447 Fri, 02 May 2025 08:15:34 -0700 <![CDATA[blake wants to read 'The Coming Storm']]> /review/show/7536836344 The Coming Storm by Paul Russell blake wants to read The Coming Storm by Paul Russell
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Review6619848027 Fri, 02 May 2025 06:43:31 -0700 <![CDATA[blake added 'The Foghorn Echoes']]> /review/show/6619848027 The Foghorn Echoes by Danny Ramadan blake gave 4 stars to The Foghorn Echoes (Paperback) by Danny Ramadan
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UserStatus1055773035 Thu, 01 May 2025 21:41:16 -0700 <![CDATA[ blake is on page 100 of 331 of My Brilliant Friend ]]> My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante blake is on page 100 of 331 of <a href="/book/show/52717097-my-brilliant-friend">My Brilliant Friend</a>. ]]> ReadStatus9373563470 Thu, 01 May 2025 05:14:21 -0700 <![CDATA[blake wants to read 'An Ugly World for Beautiful Boys']]> /review/show/7533484823 An Ugly World for Beautiful Boys by Rob Costello blake wants to read An Ugly World for Beautiful Boys by Rob Costello
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ReadStatus9372755594 Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:55:22 -0700 <![CDATA[blake wants to read 'When the Wolf Comes Home']]> /review/show/7532902192 When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy blake wants to read When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy
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ReadStatus9372755116 Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:55:09 -0700 <![CDATA[blake wants to read 'Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers']]> /review/show/7532901854 Murderland by Caroline Fraser blake wants to read Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser
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