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Funny you ask, it was a big thing with lots of people from film/tv and Spike Lee gave him a Knicks jersey.
November 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Funny you ask, it was a big thing with lots of people from film/tv and Spike Lee gave him a Knicks jersey.
Adam Scott meeting the pope, for anyone interested in that sort of thing
November 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Adam Scott meeting the pope, for anyone interested in that sort of thing
Me when I watch a film with Isabelle Huppert
October 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Me when I watch a film with Isabelle Huppert
One of my outside friends
October 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
One of my outside friends
20. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffery Eugenides - Really good, though I never quite got over having the Coppola film in my mind while reading it. Which isn't really a bad thing, just kind of what happened. A perfect example of a great novel getting adapted into a great film imo.
September 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
20. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffery Eugenides - Really good, though I never quite got over having the Coppola film in my mind while reading it. Which isn't really a bad thing, just kind of what happened. A perfect example of a great novel getting adapted into a great film imo.
19. Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney - Love the aspect where three out of the four are Literary Novel characters who can't say anything directly and they all sort of crash into the wall of Felix, who has his own issues but doesn't have any patience for that shit.
September 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
19. Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney - Love the aspect where three out of the four are Literary Novel characters who can't say anything directly and they all sort of crash into the wall of Felix, who has his own issues but doesn't have any patience for that shit.
18. The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami - Went into this with no idea about it, just saw it mentioned and was intrigued so I put it on hold in libby. Was actually not really in the mood for another sci-fi lit fic thing right after Memory Police but it won me over, a pretty easy read.
September 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
18. The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami - Went into this with no idea about it, just saw it mentioned and was intrigued so I put it on hold in libby. Was actually not really in the mood for another sci-fi lit fic thing right after Memory Police but it won me over, a pretty easy read.
17. Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson - Solid collection of short stories that paint an interesting portrait of the main character. Some very novel use of language, lots of very evocative turns of phrase that give very unique texture to the narration.
August 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
17. Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson - Solid collection of short stories that paint an interesting portrait of the main character. Some very novel use of language, lots of very evocative turns of phrase that give very unique texture to the narration.
16. The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
Definitely took a bit to grow on me but I ended up quite liking it. Very interesting premise from the start but at first the characters felt so vague that I didn't have much to grasp onto. Very strong ending.
Definitely took a bit to grow on me but I ended up quite liking it. Very interesting premise from the start but at first the characters felt so vague that I didn't have much to grasp onto. Very strong ending.
August 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
16. The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
Definitely took a bit to grow on me but I ended up quite liking it. Very interesting premise from the start but at first the characters felt so vague that I didn't have much to grasp onto. Very strong ending.
Definitely took a bit to grow on me but I ended up quite liking it. Very interesting premise from the start but at first the characters felt so vague that I didn't have much to grasp onto. Very strong ending.
15. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro
Really great collection of stories, very insightful about all the small indignities and compromises that come with being alive.
Really great collection of stories, very insightful about all the small indignities and compromises that come with being alive.
August 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
15. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro
Really great collection of stories, very insightful about all the small indignities and compromises that come with being alive.
Really great collection of stories, very insightful about all the small indignities and compromises that come with being alive.
14. The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
Loved this, I'm sad I don't have any more stories of Arturo Belano and Ulises Lima's questionable decisions to read.
Loved this, I'm sad I don't have any more stories of Arturo Belano and Ulises Lima's questionable decisions to read.
August 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
14. The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
Loved this, I'm sad I don't have any more stories of Arturo Belano and Ulises Lima's questionable decisions to read.
Loved this, I'm sad I don't have any more stories of Arturo Belano and Ulises Lima's questionable decisions to read.
13. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Really, really good. Liked it at least as much as Foster. Very honest appraisal of the difficulty of doing the right thing when weighed against the costs you know it will have for you and your loved ones.
Really, really good. Liked it at least as much as Foster. Very honest appraisal of the difficulty of doing the right thing when weighed against the costs you know it will have for you and your loved ones.
July 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
13. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Really, really good. Liked it at least as much as Foster. Very honest appraisal of the difficulty of doing the right thing when weighed against the costs you know it will have for you and your loved ones.
Really, really good. Liked it at least as much as Foster. Very honest appraisal of the difficulty of doing the right thing when weighed against the costs you know it will have for you and your loved ones.
12. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whithead
Really great stuff. Especially liked how the interludes from the pov of tertiary characters broaden to what's going on around Cora. Gives insights into characters who otherwise could have seemed a little flat or simplistic.
Really great stuff. Especially liked how the interludes from the pov of tertiary characters broaden to what's going on around Cora. Gives insights into characters who otherwise could have seemed a little flat or simplistic.
July 19, 2025 at 5:23 AM
12. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whithead
Really great stuff. Especially liked how the interludes from the pov of tertiary characters broaden to what's going on around Cora. Gives insights into characters who otherwise could have seemed a little flat or simplistic.
Really great stuff. Especially liked how the interludes from the pov of tertiary characters broaden to what's going on around Cora. Gives insights into characters who otherwise could have seemed a little flat or simplistic.
11. The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Frank's perspective is interesting but I found my self getting restless in between revelations of murders and such, and I'm not really sure how to take that ending. Wasn't in love with the prose, either.
Frank's perspective is interesting but I found my self getting restless in between revelations of murders and such, and I'm not really sure how to take that ending. Wasn't in love with the prose, either.
July 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
11. The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Frank's perspective is interesting but I found my self getting restless in between revelations of murders and such, and I'm not really sure how to take that ending. Wasn't in love with the prose, either.
Frank's perspective is interesting but I found my self getting restless in between revelations of murders and such, and I'm not really sure how to take that ending. Wasn't in love with the prose, either.
10. So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan
Didn’t quite like any of these as much as Foster but each story was still very good. I think the second, The Long and Painful Death, was my favorite. Very Interesting how sort of mundane the events were compared to the other to, especially Antarctica.
Didn’t quite like any of these as much as Foster but each story was still very good. I think the second, The Long and Painful Death, was my favorite. Very Interesting how sort of mundane the events were compared to the other to, especially Antarctica.
July 10, 2025 at 5:37 AM
10. So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan
Didn’t quite like any of these as much as Foster but each story was still very good. I think the second, The Long and Painful Death, was my favorite. Very Interesting how sort of mundane the events were compared to the other to, especially Antarctica.
Didn’t quite like any of these as much as Foster but each story was still very good. I think the second, The Long and Painful Death, was my favorite. Very Interesting how sort of mundane the events were compared to the other to, especially Antarctica.
9. Normal People by Sally Rooney
I was a little hesitant going into this because people love to argue about Rooney but I very much enjoyed it. Found both Connell and Marianne very compelling and the prose more ‘direct’ than overly simple or whatever the complaints are.
I was a little hesitant going into this because people love to argue about Rooney but I very much enjoyed it. Found both Connell and Marianne very compelling and the prose more ‘direct’ than overly simple or whatever the complaints are.
July 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
9. Normal People by Sally Rooney
I was a little hesitant going into this because people love to argue about Rooney but I very much enjoyed it. Found both Connell and Marianne very compelling and the prose more ‘direct’ than overly simple or whatever the complaints are.
I was a little hesitant going into this because people love to argue about Rooney but I very much enjoyed it. Found both Connell and Marianne very compelling and the prose more ‘direct’ than overly simple or whatever the complaints are.
fav first watches of june:
Close Your Eyes (2023)
Dahomey (2024)
Grand Tour (2024)
The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
Silvia Prieto (1999)
Volver (2006)
Close Your Eyes (2023)
Dahomey (2024)
Grand Tour (2024)
The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
Silvia Prieto (1999)
Volver (2006)
July 6, 2025 at 2:01 AM
fav first watches of june:
Close Your Eyes (2023)
Dahomey (2024)
Grand Tour (2024)
The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
Silvia Prieto (1999)
Volver (2006)
Close Your Eyes (2023)
Dahomey (2024)
Grand Tour (2024)
The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
Silvia Prieto (1999)
Volver (2006)
8. Foster by Claire Keegan
More of a short story than even a novella but very moving. I found the way information about the Kinsellas was gradually learned before getting spilled by someone without any tact very true to how family drama would get shared in my own childhood.
More of a short story than even a novella but very moving. I found the way information about the Kinsellas was gradually learned before getting spilled by someone without any tact very true to how family drama would get shared in my own childhood.
July 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
8. Foster by Claire Keegan
More of a short story than even a novella but very moving. I found the way information about the Kinsellas was gradually learned before getting spilled by someone without any tact very true to how family drama would get shared in my own childhood.
More of a short story than even a novella but very moving. I found the way information about the Kinsellas was gradually learned before getting spilled by someone without any tact very true to how family drama would get shared in my own childhood.
7. The Details by Ia Genberg
Finely observed portraits of people important to the narrator. Found each section interesting but wish things felt a bit more cohesive or connected between them? The whole “written during a fever” conceit sort of pokes at this but felt underdone.
Finely observed portraits of people important to the narrator. Found each section interesting but wish things felt a bit more cohesive or connected between them? The whole “written during a fever” conceit sort of pokes at this but felt underdone.
July 3, 2025 at 3:32 AM
7. The Details by Ia Genberg
Finely observed portraits of people important to the narrator. Found each section interesting but wish things felt a bit more cohesive or connected between them? The whole “written during a fever” conceit sort of pokes at this but felt underdone.
Finely observed portraits of people important to the narrator. Found each section interesting but wish things felt a bit more cohesive or connected between them? The whole “written during a fever” conceit sort of pokes at this but felt underdone.
6. Água Viva by Clarice Lispector (translated by Stefan Tober)
Very pleasurable to just follow along with Lispector's thoughts. Would love to have my own copy to just open to different pages and read at random when the mood strikes me.
Very pleasurable to just follow along with Lispector's thoughts. Would love to have my own copy to just open to different pages and read at random when the mood strikes me.
June 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
6. Água Viva by Clarice Lispector (translated by Stefan Tober)
Very pleasurable to just follow along with Lispector's thoughts. Would love to have my own copy to just open to different pages and read at random when the mood strikes me.
Very pleasurable to just follow along with Lispector's thoughts. Would love to have my own copy to just open to different pages and read at random when the mood strikes me.
5. Human Acts by Han Kang
Liked this even more than The Vegetarian. Not exactly a comforting read at this point in time given the subject matter but extremely effective and moving. Had to stop at several points because of how emotional it made me.
Liked this even more than The Vegetarian. Not exactly a comforting read at this point in time given the subject matter but extremely effective and moving. Had to stop at several points because of how emotional it made me.
June 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
5. Human Acts by Han Kang
Liked this even more than The Vegetarian. Not exactly a comforting read at this point in time given the subject matter but extremely effective and moving. Had to stop at several points because of how emotional it made me.
Liked this even more than The Vegetarian. Not exactly a comforting read at this point in time given the subject matter but extremely effective and moving. Had to stop at several points because of how emotional it made me.
4. The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai
Really great. Interesting use of letters and diaries to give insight to character's more personal thoughts. Kazuko is such an interesting central character, I found her gradual shift from passive to choosing to pursue love very moving.
Really great. Interesting use of letters and diaries to give insight to character's more personal thoughts. Kazuko is such an interesting central character, I found her gradual shift from passive to choosing to pursue love very moving.
June 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
4. The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai
Really great. Interesting use of letters and diaries to give insight to character's more personal thoughts. Kazuko is such an interesting central character, I found her gradual shift from passive to choosing to pursue love very moving.
Really great. Interesting use of letters and diaries to give insight to character's more personal thoughts. Kazuko is such an interesting central character, I found her gradual shift from passive to choosing to pursue love very moving.