Status Updates From Laurus

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.

"jerked it in the cemetery btw"

"wow. well that's certainly something"

DBEBCJDNDND

Bought it in a bookstore sale :)

First intro to Russian lit (I think)— interesting

Eugene has started to lose me in this second half of the book

This is probably the weirdest book I’ve ever read before

Lowkey turning into Russian orthodox’s adaptation of Donnie darko

“Listen, I want to ask you a favor. If you meet a little boy there, he is even smaller than you… You will recognize him easily, he does not even have a name. He is my son. You tell… Arseny pressed his forehead to an oak and felt its woodenness pour into him. You give him a kiss for me. Just give him a kiss.”

New audiobook for the gym 👌

Shaping up to be probably the most unique and exciting book I’ve ever read, absolutely beautiful

😭 when Amvrosy looked in the mirror and saw his childhood self and the wolf was next to him 😭 the whole book of repose is just heavenly, there’s no other word for it. I want to highlight the whole thing. After reading it, I feel a spirit of peace.

I just finished part one, and will be continuing to the next part of the book. And the writing has been beautiful. And the story feels like fairy tale. I can feel the echos and vibrations of Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy in this very rich narrative. That said, considering where my own personal boundaries on sensual content and gore, I have been a little uncomfortable with parts of this work so far.

Intense!!!! Trigger warning for those who almost died in childbirth 🙋🏼‍♀️

I forgot Ambrogio died 😢