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“… at the center of the vortex is always mommy,” pg. 485

Ellmann is really getting to me at this point. I am getting pretty sad reading this and I’m pissed that I have work to do the next couple days because I really would just like to sit down and bang out the remaining half of this.

"Hers was a life of resentments, suspicions and alarms. She had her satisfactions though: an opposum swinging upside down from a high branch, the whoop of an owl, indicating dusk and the time to hunt, the sight of a dead sheep's face, surrounded by tight woolen curls, a sip of clear crow water, nibble of grass, large white snowflakes disappearing into a black pond. And now, her infants asleep in the den." (297)

Found “thicc” and “fiddledeedee” in here

She’s said the title twice now…. But what does it mean??!!

“tartes tatin, hog maw, plumber’s wrench, window sill”

“the fact that it was important somehow, to get a pickle”

Ah shit, here we go again.

On a manga kick again. Taking this opportunity to say that I finally updated my comics / manga shelves on here so that they actually include everything I've read. Hooray!

I am determined to finish this, but it is really grating on my nerves at this point. I half suspect that Knausgaard's unbearable personality in this volume is intentional but it is driving me nuts. Seems like such an asshole. Why am I reading this again? The first book was so incredibly lucid and reflective. Not halfway through this one yet so I will try to reserve judgement.

After starting and not finishing maybe five books over the past two months, I’m happy to say that I’m loving this and will definitely finish it. Frank is a great writer and has a nice sense of humor, which is necessary to examine people and policies as infuriating as the ones he covers in this book.

This has a different feel to it than Book 1. I’m starting to sense some themes emerge that will be played with in the sequels. Knausgård is much less likable in this one. Pissy attitude, commenting on women’s appearances a lot, and some vaguely racist observations here and there. I think it relates to the themes I’ve mentioned but not sure yet. Despite this, its as hypnotic as ever. I can’t put it down.