em's Updates en-US Tue, 29 Apr 2025 08:06:15 -0700 60 em's Updates 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg UserFollowing326231472 Tue, 29 Apr 2025 08:06:15 -0700 <![CDATA[em is now following Maddy � ~The Verse Vixen (On-&-off-Theoretical Focus)]]> /user/show/182740928-maddy-the-verse-vixen-on---off-theoretical-focus em is now following Maddy � ~The Verse Vixen (On-&-off-Theoretical Focus) ]]> Review7528492276 Tue, 29 Apr 2025 08:00:50 -0700 <![CDATA[em added 'On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization']]> /review/show/7528492276 On Democracies and Death Cults by Douglas Murray em gave 1 star to On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization (Hardcover) by Douglas Murray
What kind of person, upon seeing the charred bodies of children, journalists burning alive, people thrown in the air from shelling, upon seeing the death toll of 52,000+ Palestinians vs less than 2000 Israelis, thinks: "Well, since college kids scare me I just have to read this book by a smarmy racist about how actually the country which every independent human rights organization accuses of genocide, can actually do no wrong, and also, those dead kids deserved it" ]]> Comment290029462 Tue, 29 Apr 2025 07:30:49 -0700 <![CDATA[em commented on Gorana's review of On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization]]> /review/show/7108515243 Gorana's review of On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization
by Douglas Murray

Hahahaha yeah genocide apologia is such a great birthday gift to trigger the libs isn’t it ]]> Rating852346583 Tue, 29 Apr 2025 07:22:14 -0700 <![CDATA[em liked a review]]> /
em liked Qamar's review of On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization:
On Democracies and Death Cults by Douglas Murray
"A gay neoconservative with white supremacy leanings who fervently hates Islam spouting propaganda for Israel. How anyone with an ounce of integrity or introspection could take this “book� seriously and support his “arguments� is beyond me. If you’re a Zionist who believes Palestinians are subhuman and not deserving of life, this is perfect drivel for you and your ilk. Zero stars. "
]]> UserStatus1053943931 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 18:26:27 -0700 <![CDATA[ em is 15% done with Nightbitch ]]> Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder em is 15% done with <a href="/book/show/55835474-nightbitch">Nightbitch</a>.
em wrote: This is so OCD coded ]]> Comment289969149 Sun, 27 Apr 2025 16:08:30 -0700 <![CDATA[em made a comment on s.penkevich’s status]]> /read_statuses/7666802649 em made a comment on s.penkevich’s status

does this guy name every book after alternative music favs lol ]]> Review7492071598 Sat, 26 Apr 2025 19:19:32 -0700 <![CDATA[em added 'Penance']]> /review/show/7492071598 Penance by Eliza Clark em gave 4 stars to Penance (ebook) by Eliza Clark
bookshelves: disturbing, lit-fic, wtf
Wow, I have a lot to say... so I wrote a blog review for the first time in for fucking ever:

]]> Review7506602910 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 09:21:16 -0700 <![CDATA[em added 'The Thursday Murder Club']]> /review/show/7506602910 The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman em gave 4 stars to The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1) by Richard Osman
This was like the pinnacle of "cozy mystery". A ragtag bunch of british old people using their free time to solve murders. ]]> Comment289273995 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 18:00:33 -0700 <![CDATA[em commented on s.penkevich's review of Hostages No More: The Fight for Education Freedom and the Future of the American Child]]> /review/show/4804931688 s.penkevich's review of Hostages No More: The Fight for Education Freedom and the Future of the American Child
by Betsy DeVos

s.penkevich wrote: "em wrote: ""Had I learned about the US funding coups and propping up dictators across Latin America in school it would have felt a lot less of a betrayal to have to learn it on my own reading novel..."

right... previously I thought they just tried to overthrow Castro cause he was a bad scary commie, and I knew about Containment and proxy wars but I for some reason thought only the KGB did evil shit and the US was always the good guy (funny how they want us so badly to idolize the US). It was only very recently, not more than like a year ago that I learned about Chile, Guatamala, Iran, the Congo, etc... and I was like god damn no wonder "socialism always fails" ]]> Review7431052574 Sun, 06 Apr 2025 12:16:11 -0700 <![CDATA[em added 'Glamorama']]> /review/show/7431052574 Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis em gave 3 stars to Glamorama (Paperback) by Bret Easton Ellis
bookshelves: lit-fic, nihilism-absurdism-existentialism, wtf, writing-inspo, disturbing
he described a plane crash so beautifully ? + wtf ]]>