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books to cry to

- They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, Hanif Abdurraqib - Sorrow and Bliss, Meg Mason - The Loneliness Files, Athena Dixon - Goodbye, Vitamin, Rachel Khong - Ghost Forest, Pik-Shuen Fung - And Then She Fell, Alicia Elliott - Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner - The Seven Year Slip, Ashley Poston - Happy Place, Emily Henry (contrary to the title, it is not happy)

@tenderbench

Feb 5, 2024

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here are some I’ve liked

Fiction: In Watermelon Sugar-Richard Brautigan. Bad Girls-Camila Sosa Villada. Death in her Hands-Ottesa Moshfeg. Mist-Miguel de Unamuno. Animal-Lisa Taddeo. This is Pleasure-Mary Gaitskill. Death With Interruptions-José Saramago. The Family of Pascual Duarte-Camilo José Cela (This one is extremely violent and graphic, so beware). Flowers in the Attic-V.C Andrews. 100 Years of Solitude-Gabriel García Marquez. Non-fiction: Running With Scissors-Augusten Burroughs. Educated-Tara Westover. I’m Glad My Mom Died-Jennette McCurdy.

@mariamaria

May 30, 2024

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Hit parade of tears by izumi suzuki, haunted by chuck palahniuk (a classic to me (vivi)), dangers of smoking in bed by mariana enriquez

also, more recent, loved Earth Angel- Madeline Cash and Im also cosigning Tylers rec of Artless- Natasha Stagg

@vivi

STAFF

Feb 18, 2024

Top Recs from @jxnator

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Physical MEDIA

Finding a recycled appreciation for physical media again as someone who grew up in the early 00’s. I miss blockbuster! redbox (when it was good)! anybody remember GameFly? I still check out movies from the library, but especially with companies owning and having the ability to remove media from their platform at their greedy, corporate will - I’ve started buying my favorite movies, shows, and CDs again :)

@jxnator

Mar 4, 2025

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Grief is weird

I’ve lost distant family members, patients, friends, etc., but I’ve never lost someone so close to me. I cried over everything and nothing and wished to feel anything but emptiness and loss. I laughed over memories and smiled at the sunset over a lake. I flew to GA just to feel the emptiness in person. Yet…I can’t help but feel happiness for knowing her voice, her love, her joy, her kindness, her unrelenting stubbornness. For seeing where she made her mark and who/where she made it in. Grief is weird and I’ll never not feel that void, but I hope I can grow to live and be comfortable with it.

@jxnator

Feb 17, 2025

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Pharma commercials

Dude what is up with the sudden uptick in Viagra/Cialis (boner pills) commercials on cable?? Also what are they doing to sell it for so cheap - what’s the catch??

@jxnator

Feb 17, 2025

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