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2025.08.19 // Forgot to mention having read two other works since starting Sable--V and Crying of Lot 49. The prior--will require a second pass to understand at all, certainly before moving onto Mason & Dixon.

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CL49--fucking great, the Pynchon I would recommend starting with. Can't believe he thinks so little of it. End of Area X dragged on cuz I wasn't enjoying it. Now time for Pale Fire--thanks to ancientcrypt for the suggesstion! Moshfegh still isn't in stock. :(

readsable 3 weeks ago

Would appreciate if someone would fly an Amazon Drone carrying My Year of Rest and Relaxation directly into my abdomen, thank you. Or I could just check another bookstore.

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3 weeks ago

I love conlangs and I love the use of plain black divs!

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Thank you so much! If u like try the writing tool and share your creation on the new community gallery :D

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3 weeks ago

Thoughts on ST up to ch. 9 (let me know if I'm posting too much) --- "three flights of non-stairs" is living in my head forever. Love your repeated use of McDonald's. "Acid tastes sour / this is irony" incredibly fire line. Perversion & beauty are one and the same (!!!)

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zazilicious 3 weeks ago

you're all good, I super appreciate the comments!! Comment away :D

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readsable 3 weeks ago

Ironic--I hit my comment limit for the day right in the middle of that post. I even signed up for premium, not realizing it wouldn't change that. Aah ok where was I.

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readsable 3 weeks ago

"I thought that was in my head" -- working on multiple levels. Really like how the genre scope and voice keep expanding. LOVE the horror of ch. 8.

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readsable 3 weeks ago

Finished through 13. Looking forward to seeing the rest :)

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2025.08.17 // Felix Biederman once remarked that Zack Snyder is not a fascist; he's simply bisexual. Had someone approached him early in his career and informed him, we wouldn't have had to suffer through 300, Batman v Superman, et. al. Someone dear to me, junior year of high school, approached me with the same news. "Alex, you're bisexual; you'll be happier if you just accept it." And look how I turned out!

readsable 3 weeks ago

If only someone could travel to 1994 and visit this knowledge upon Amelia. Perhaps then the whole story would have never happened; we'd be left with the "Breaking Bad set in Canada" meme. Alas.

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3 weeks ago

Thanks for the follow! Science fantasy with a heaping amount of anime bullshit on top? That's exactly what I'm doing as well haha. I will look at more of your page tomorrow.

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3 weeks ago

I've just read Smaller Things 1 and 2, and really felt em hit my chest. Really excellent stuff; I look forward to finishing the rest soon.

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readsable 3 weeks ago

Re: LLMs, I too argue your voice is not robot-like. I agree with j0ner; your prose moves with unmistakable soul. Employing one's own high lit style outside of a Simon & Schuster publication is no grounds for suspicion.

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zazilicious 3 weeks ago

thank you v much!! Smaller Things is not yet done, so if you read fast you'll run out of chapters soon, but I am still actively writing it, and hope to be finished it relatively soon!! I have the rest of the plot worked out, it's just emotionally taxing to write, lol

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readsable 3 weeks ago

That's super rad. If there's anything else on your site you'd like reader feedback on, do let me know.

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readsable 3 weeks ago

This (ST) is wonderful, so rollicking and depressing. I just shared the synopsis so far with my roommate and we were about crying laughing.

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zazilicious 3 weeks ago

I welcome feedback on everything tbh! There's a lot of writing on my site, so if anything looks interesting, I'd love to hear what you think about it!

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readsable 3 weeks ago

I will leave the tab up over the coming week and get back to you :)

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readsable 3 weeks ago

Oh, and same goes for Sable--I'd love to hear any and all thoughts about it.

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zazilicious 3 weeks ago

I plan on it!! I've read most of it, and have really enjoyed it so far!! I will give my full feedback once I've finished!!

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readsable 3 weeks ago

Fantastic. It'll be completing serialization at 350-450k words on 2032.01.01, assuming I haven't been hit by an asteroid. I usually put out chapters every 1-2 weeks.

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4 weeks ago

2025.08.15 // Chapter 9 is up!

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2025.08.14 // Sometimes a week of learning about 1980s Canadian politics is necessary for some hyperdiagetic reason or other. 2032 looms over me like a Burtonian cliff.

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readsable 4 weeks ago

Hopefully no one will protest if I fill the time, between highlighting and labelling print-out maps of British Columbia, or studying the history of the Tacoma General Hospital, to give one-line reviews of what else I've been reading.

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readsable 4 weeks ago

Gravity's Rainbow (Pynchon) -- will eschew review as it was the reason I finally started writing this book in the first place. "He got away with that??" as an excellent reason to stop burying your story in your head.

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House of Leaves (Danielewski) -- truly a beautiful love story.

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Area X trilogy (VanderMeer) -- almost done with the last book. Not as scary as I'd hoped. Too many adjectives.

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Reading next... My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Moshfegh), that is, if my bookstore ever gets it in stock.

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