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A midcentury Southern coming-of-age tale. Raucous and vulgar, but raw and probably one of the more quotable books I’ve read. Golden wisdom through character’s failure if you can wade through the muck.
Jan 8, 2025
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Funny, tragic, idiosyncratic, embarrassingly relatable at points, & most of all intelligent as hell. Absolutely worth working through!
Apr 19, 2024
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An insane and unhinged take on the classic cross-country runaway story — the protagonists are more antiheroes than heroes, but you root for them all the way until the last page. The plot is refreshing, the journey you take with Teal and Cody is a blast, and the writing is exceptional. I loved the seemless transition of perspectives, often mid-chapter or even mid-sentence, as well as dream-like explorations of characters who weren’t actually with the leads. Teenager is one of the few books I’ve read that I consider a must read.
Jun 2, 2022
Rax King is my internet and writing role model. Tacky is a joy to read and a reminder that pop culture, and all its highs and lows, generates more returns than just brain rot and hierarchies based on meaningless standards. Read what you like! listen to what you enjoy! We’re all going to the ground anyway!!
Also Rax’s next book, Sloppy: or Doing it All Wrong, comes out in July and I am counting down the days!
Feb 20, 2025
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one of my favorite books of all time. some of her book’s translations are difficult but this one captures the flow of her words so beautifully. basically a nontraditional love story that i think anyone can relate to
Dec 27, 2024
my weekly playlist :)
every tuesday i update my weekly playlist with what i’ve listened to throughout the week, in no order other than when i listened to it. old stuff that’s new to me, new stuff that’s new to me, and stuff i rediscover after some time.
link is up top!
Dec 27, 2024
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There’s a condemned house next my girlfriend‘s house that is made of maple and looks to be hand carved. There are 8 squares with similar beautiful designs and an ornate brass handle. The rest of the house is cracked and leaking and the big orange sign next to the door is peeling off of the wall, but I stop to look at that door almost every morning.
I’m just now realizing I’ve never thought to take a picture of it.
Jan 28, 2025