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Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

240 pages. ⚠️⚠️⚠️FAIR WARNIGNG it is so gross like read the warnings. Theres assault, abuse, incest, etc. She also wrote convenience store woman but it couldn't be more different (also incredible book I recommend). It blurs the line between whats real and whats imagination, and it REALLY pushes morals and societal norms. Its so gross but oh my god I cant stop reading. Its like a car crash 10/10 one of my favorite books ever

@sawyer

Mar 18, 2025

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Earthlings by sayaka murata

This was genuinely one of the most unsettling and uncomfortable books I’ve ever read. It was absolutely bizarre in the best way and is among my favorites because of how shocking, dream-like, and strange it is.

@kkolbrich

Mar 29, 2024

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SAYAKA MURATA’S NEW NOVEL FOUND AT MY LOCAL BOOKSTORE

I went out today to take a walk, and while browsing at a bookstore, I found Vanishing World! I was surprised, because I hadn't known it was released already. This is Sayaka’s fourth work and first hardcover in my collection. I haven’t started reading it yet, but her novels contain everything weird and eccentric, as well as never being afraid to get horrific or uncomfortable. I recommend Earthlings by her. Excited about this!

@nickreybanda

Apr 27, 2025

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☾ NIGHT IN THE WOODS (Infinite Fall) ☽

"ꀤ ꌃꍟ꒒ꀤꍟꃴꍟ ꀤꈤ ꍏ ꀎꈤꀤꃴꍟꋪꌗꍟ ꓄ꃅꍏ꓄ ꀸꂦꍟꌗꈤ'꓄ ꉓꍏꋪꍟ ꍏꈤꀸ ꉣꍟꂦꉣ꒒ꍟ ꅏꃅꂦ ꀸꂦ" mae borowski returns to her hometown of possum springs, and with her return comes some long-time-coming reunions and unsolved mysteries this game broke me played it the week it came out back in 2017, and in hit me in that way some media does where it comes at a point in your life where it feels all too specific to your circumstances and it opens wounds you didn't even know went that deep. this shit felt like the therapy session you needed but reeeeally didn't want to go to. healing and hurtful, all at once also just happens to be extremely funny. it's a very specific kind of humor, where even in the rare moments it doesn't land, it still lands because the circumstances around it make it all the funnier. something as simple as a too-long pause in the dialogue will have me in stitches deserves all the love in the world, and it will forever have my whole heart. WITCHDAGGAH

@el_ugh

Apr 19, 2024

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♻︎ CROW JOURNALIING ♻︎

or junk journaling, if you'd like to not perpetuate myths about crows liking to collect trinkets. i just think it sounds cuter weirdly, as someone who's a writer, i've never really been good at or liked journaling. every planner i've ever owned has remained empty. if i try to write something any time other than when the fancy strikes me, it just feels inauthentic, like i'm trying too hard. this has been the first time journaling actually felt like it had a purpose for me, and actually felt weirdly therapeutic basically, it's just anything i can recycle, i make into a page. i like a common theme, so places i've visited, media i like, similar aesthetics, emotions i'm feeling. and then we get the qr code page & i'm reminded that this is probably the quintessential depiction of what scoring 121 on the RAADS-R looks like eh, i'm having fun🤷‍♀️

@el_ugh

Apr 16, 2024

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✪ Sawayama (rina sawayama) ✪

"𝗪𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗸𝘆𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀, 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟮, 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝘁, 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘇𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗸, 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆, 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀" a genre-bending, cinematic pop debut for the ages it's a little criminal how good this is. like damn, save some for the rest of us it takes such a brilliant artistic vision to craft something this airtight. like i'm not sure i could find a flaw if i tried. and she had some stiff competition in 2020 so that's saying something like it's artsy, but it's fun! but also emotional! but also filled with bangers! and it remains so cohesive! what more could you want?? lightning in a bottle. an absolute star making turn. she was fucking born to do this

@el_ugh

Apr 19, 2024