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9 years ago @ The Toast - Open Thread! · 0 replies · +1 points

Holy crap, I totally read that when I was a preteen and haven't thought about it in years! That was an intense one to read at age 13 (but good).

9 years ago @ The Toast - Open Thread! · 2 replies · +23 points

I Capture the Castle. It gets more perfect every time I read it, somehow.

Also The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Now I gotta go re-read this immediately.

9 years ago @ The Toast - Open Thread! · 1 reply · +7 points

Agree on everything about this for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn!

I've also reread Betty Smith's "Joy in the Morning" a bunch and found it similarly powerful - I always thought of it as what happens to Francie's sister Annie Laurie when she is older (though it's not, even though the main character is also named Annie).

9 years ago @ The Toast - Open Thread! · 5 replies · +5 points

So good. Have you also read the companion/sequel Rose Under Fire? It is also so good but even sadder, if that's possible.

9 years ago @ The Toast - If Tom Hiddleston Were... · 0 replies · +19 points

HOW did you know about the neti pot part of my personal Tom Hiddleston head canon?? HOW????

10 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup! · 1 reply · +2 points

That is EXACTLY what happened to me. I did finish the 2nd book, but was so pissed about what the author did with Julia's story arc that I had no desire to read the 3rd.

10 years ago @ The Toast - A Day In The Life Of A... · 0 replies · +13 points

Uprooted was SO good. I am trash right with you. I got to the end and was like, that's ALL the steamy scenes we get???

10 years ago @ The Toast - Things I Have Yelled A... · 0 replies · +10 points

This takes me back to those blissful first hours when I discovered all the Jack gifs on Tumblr....mmmm...

10 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup! · 0 replies · +4 points

I felt really disappointed that the whole book is leading up to finding out what she's been through, and then it was like, "oh you couldn't think of anything more nuanced or interesting than rape?" Meh.

10 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup! · 6 replies · +13 points

That rape scene article is basically the one I wanted to write after finishing "The Magician King."

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