Sweet Things & Deviant Thoughts

[leothelion97]

books over everything
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I love reading it’s my absolute favorite thing to do! Great way to escape the stress of life haha

 

[sweetlydeviant]

I love reading it’s my absolute favorite thing to do! Great way to escape the stress of life haha

It really is the best way to escape! Have done it my whole life.

 

[sweetlydeviant]

 

[leothelion97]

It really is the best way to escape! Have done it my whole life.

Yesss there’s nothing better than getting lost in a good book! And just forgetting the real world for a bit and living inside the world your mind creates while reading it’s wonderful!!

 

[alba_sun]

Yesss there’s nothing better than getting lost in a good book! And just forgetting the real world for a bit and living inside the world your mind creates while reading it’s wonderful!!

If I’m not rude to ask (you both, others too no doubt), any books that have stayed with you?

They don’t need to be life-changing tomes of high prose and great wisdom; anything that’s basically been a really satisfying read and one you think back on fondly - basically I’m shamelessly stealing recommendations if I can

And lovely to see the fine new thread, Ms Deviant

 

[sweetlydeviant]

Yesss there’s nothing better than getting lost in a good book! And just forgetting the real world for a bit and living inside the world your mind creates while reading it’s wonderful!!

it’s truly the most special thing. Can’t wait for winter when I really get into my reading.

If I’m not rude to ask (you both, others too no doubt), any books that have stayed with you?

They don’t need to be life-changing tomes of high prose and great wisdom; anything that’s basically been a really satisfying read and one you think back on fondly - basically I’m shamelessly stealing recommendations if I can

Some random faves:
Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Bunny by Mona Awad
All The Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman

Not all of them were a 5/5 but I throughly enjoyed them.

And lovely to see the fine new thread, Ms Deviant

Thank you!

 

[Whiskeyjack]

it’s truly the most special thing. Can’t wait for winter when I really get into my reading.

Some random faves:
Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Bunny by Mona Awad
All The Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman

Not all of them were a 5/5 but I throughly enjoyed them.

Thank you!

-Loved- "A Gentleman in Moscow."

 

[Magesthicc]

Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

my first book that I absolutely feel in love

 

[Magesthicc]

my first book that I absolutely feel in love

Do you read the other ones of the saga?

 

[LittleTitLover]

 

[sweetlydeviant]

my first book that I absolutely feel in love

It’s magic. Truly. It has everything I love in a book.
I read it when I worked as a bookseller in my teens. And I’ve read-read it many times since.

Do you read the other ones of the saga?

Yes, except the last one. I think I’ll read it soon. We shall see.
I was so devastated when Carlos passed, I think we would have gotten so many more amazing books from him.
I have tried to read the first in Spanish but I find it very hard. I’ll try again in the winter.

-Loved- "A Gentleman in Moscow."

Yes!! I heard there’s a movie or a show but I haven’t seen it yet.

 

[Magesthicc]

It’s magic. Truly. It has everything I love in a book.
I read it when I worked as a bookseller in my teens. And I’ve read-read it many times since.

Yes, except the last one. I think I’ll read it soon. We shall see.
I was so devastated when Carlos passed, I think we would have gotten so many more amazing books from him.
I have tried to read the first in Spanish but I find it very hard. I’ll try again in the winter.

Yes!! I heard there’s a movie or a show but I haven’t seen it yet.

Yes sadly he passed away too young.

What stuck with me for all eternity is his description of love from the protagonist to Clara, his first love and his first heartbreak

 

[sweetlydeviant]

Yes sadly he passed away too young.

What stuck with me for all eternity is his description of love from the protagonist to Clara, his first love and his first heartbreak

It’s so good!
I’m a sucker for prose, for long descriptions of setting and feelings etc etc.

The moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever.

 

[sweetlydeviant]

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[sweetlydeviant]

Currently Watching:
Carrie by Mike Flanagan (Episode 7)
️️️ (4/5) so far!

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Finished the show.
I have to sit with it I think. The ending.
Very interesting, very different from the book.

Acting was so good, probably the best thing about it.
For now maybe a 3.75/5

 

[sweetlydeviant]

 

[Apisto42]

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Is this “happy relaxed floating in water time”

Or

“Dear god, I’ve lost the will to live existential crisis” floating out to sea?

 

[chris_ss]

Found out this thread the next day and liked many posts at once lol