Status Updates From Das Wörterbuch der Liebenden

Been wanting to re-read this one for a long time.

This is good. This is really good.

Rereading this to see if my opinions have changed - the first time I read it in 2013 I was single, now I've been in a relationship for almost a year and I just wonder if that will alter my opinions at all

Going slow... Blame school.

This is such a superb idea. Loving it so far.

"'I want my books to have their own shelves,' you said, and that's how I knew it would be okay to live together."

placid, adj.

Sometimes I love it when we just lie on our backs, gaze off, stay still.

misgivings, n.

Last night, I got up the courage to ask you if you regretted us.

“There are things I miss,” you said. “But if I didn’t have you, I’d miss more.”

"And still, for all the jealousy, all the doubt, sometimes I will be struck with a kind of awe that we’re together. That someone like me could find someone like you — it renders me wordless."

"Even if neither of us got what we wanted, we found freedom in the third choices."

"But I loved the notion that the night was mine to spend, and I immediately decided to spend it on you."

autonomy, n.

“I want my books to have their own shelves,” you said, and that’s how I knew it would be okay to live together.

"I was still scared by every gap in our conversation, fearing that this was it, the point where we had nothing left to say."

This book is so creative and thoughtful. So far it's a quick and entertaining read!

This is such an interesting way to tell a story! I am both bothered by and yet enjoy not knowing the voice of the narrator.

BLEMISH, n. "The slight acne scars. The penny-sized; penny-shaped birthmark right above your knee. The dot below your shoulder that must have been from when you had chicken pox in third grade. The scratch on your neck - did I do that? This brief transcript of moments, written on the body, is so deeply satisfying to read."

Primera novela que agarro de este autor, ya veremos. Dicen que es muy linda, eso no lo se todavía, pero puedo asegurar que como mínimo es muy original como esta escrita.

Arcane, adj.

Adamant, adj.

Why would it be an antidote to the uncertainty? If you don't put it in a context it will make absolutely no sense. Which is sad because it had the pontential of becoming really good writing.

"I have never wanted a lover. In order to have a lover, I must go back to the root of the word. For I have never wanted a lover, but I have always wanted to love, and to be loved."

celibacy, n. n/a *lolz

The pattern is obvious. Most of the time, sadly more repetitive than cute. Sometimes I get bored.

It speaks to me in a way I didn't know I needed. ❤

9:18-9:34

8:41-9:07, this particular page really caught my attention.

1:37-2:01

Finished the Bs and THIS BOOK IS SO MUCH FUN. But I must sleep now so I can have dumplings in the morning! Will hopefully get to read many more entries tomorrow

Finished all the As with my dictionary app at the ready! In addition to getting glimpses at a couple's love story, I'm also learning the literal meaning of words I've always vaguely understood but could really define. Good on David Levithan for writing a "dictionary" that gets me to start using one again! :) 2:31AM right now--better sleep so I'll have plenty of time to read a couple more letters worth of entries tmrw

damn, adj.