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my god...these bitches gay! good for them <3

today's the day

just scored a library job...feels like a fitting time to revisit :]

"i know i've never done anything to help you, ivan, but in principle, in spirit. i've been on your side all along."

i feel ill!

just over 100 pages left. savoring every moment i have left with my introductory reading of what has quickly become one of (if not The Most) monumental novels of my life. what a wonderful day to indulge <3

characters named ivan 🤝 me

it's all i can think about. i want to read it forever and can't stand the thought that i'm close to the end. review has begun on substack bc i fear i may have too much to say on goodreads. and perhaps my thoughts on such a moving novel are too sacred for this website

guys im reading it again :3
i love this novel i'm going a little crazy about it :']

step aside charlie lastra...your competition has officially arrived

oh, emily...you Really shouldn't have 🤭

oh it's Real now

where do you even begin with a novel like this? i'm at such a loss. it has consumed me entirely. i'm so enthused by it, so filled with admiration and some sort of pure emotion i (much like ivan) struggle to place. book v parts 4&5 gave me heart palpitations. never have i felt a more serendipitous, fateful synergy with a novel. good lord, dostoyevsky.

i am moving through this so slowly as to savor every moment.

ivan fyodorovich... i think you really understand...life wants to be lived...i shall grow drunk on the tenderness of my own emotion...

i'm sure nothing will go wrong here!

wow! i can already tell this one is gonna Hurt!

dizzying.

i wouldn't even know where to start. i think i'll remember the experience of this first readthrough forever.

i keep having to catch my breath from this one

good lord, toni

the fact that i have responsibilities outside of reading this novel pains me greatly

not yet 1/10 of the way through and already i have so many thoughts! pyotor fomich kalganov, u r so me fr!! the first tears have been shed. will dostoyevsky be the one to make me believe in god again...? all this and more as i venture through this absolute delight. already, i resist its inevitable end.

guess i'm a little ambitious about this reading slump being broken

been really struggling with reading recently :/
very glad to have something so easy to fall into. the utmost respect for sasha forever. she is Brilliant!

"my father looks frightened. he loves me. he cannot help it."

OWWWWW i am already so enamored with this novel! to return with fresh eyes to a beloved story from my teens! how delightful!

in a reading slump BAD. would just love to finish this eventually :/

right i'm! very confused! about how i feel abt this so far!

OKAY. i get it now. it was feeling kind of corny (still is) but i'm such a sucker for this specific type of reveal. i love cyclical storylines!!!

okay. we are so back. i feel sick 👍