Status Updates From Laurus

It’s a more accessible brothers Karamazov, so amazing

It took like 180 pages, but at least it is finally getting interesting

Shout out to Drew for a great rec

The perfect Lenten read

I’m gonna catch up for book club. I’m gonna do it. This book is so sad. But man I do like it

Still sad, still plague, but so good

Will anyone ever read my little progress markers here? I haven’t the faintest idea, but let it be known that I said on February 18th of 2026 that I am going to make this film.

p.243 "Moving around within an expanse enriches our experience, the brother modestly said.
"It compacts time, said Ambrogio, and makes it more spacious."

how I love you, o Arseny

getting adjusted to the weirdness of this book feels something like doing a cold plunge—unsettling and invigorating

What is even this book

Honestly, loving this so far.

sweet Arseny, you cannot absorb another person; it is not good for either of your hearts

Literally just started and I’m already sad. But boy do I love a plague book

Starting over in print after getting about halfway through the (admittedly delightful) audiobook—can’t wait to annotate this weird weird little book >:)

What an interesting writing style

"People began treating him more warmly when they were convinced he was only interested in the end of the world."

“You take on earthly qualities therefore you become of the earth quickly.”

“He who refuses to speak expresses himself by hearing”

Updating my historic current reading list as I haven't been on in a good while.

Another victim of life getting busy. I was really enjoying my experience with this as it had a sharp blend of human, class and spiritual commentary. Adding to the 'start from the beginning' list.

Oh my god bro. The incandescent spirituality of existence. Time is a soup and love given never exits the world. Forever. Transgenerationalism. The present is just two spring rivers flowing into each other lit up and dappled with the sun.

“One does not contradict the other,for a miracle can be the result of effort multiplied by faith.”

Crying on shift

i like lots

The body is a blessed vessel and folk magic is real

Being nice to myself and reading a thing I actually want to read yummy historical medieval Christian magic fiction

The hardest left from Sedaris imaginable. It's always a delight to see the Orthodox Faith represented so well and fully. The childbirth chapter is one of the most knife's-edge, brutal passages I've ever read. The mixing of vernaculars is inspired. I'm waiting for this book to get weird again: stuff like Cristofer witnessing the next six hundred years of history of his new home, Arseny seeing himself in the fire, etc.

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فما الفخر إلا رأس كل خطيئة

تاريخ بدء القراءة 01/11/2025
تاريخ الانتهاء 05/11/2025/

this is overly dark/black for absolutely no reason

You can just say the dead man was lying there naked. You can even say "birthday suit" to be more philological about it. Instead, the author says he had a big penis. Why?
Cuz dark was always acceptable in high brow literature.

Congratulations, don't complain about The Court of Sex and Parties. "The high brow lit" paved the way.