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This was outrageously hilarious but also pretty disturbing. A character study of a young woman who‘s had a break with reality and uses Robert Louis Stevenson‘s “Treasure Island” as a guidebook for her life which has gone off the rails. There‘s even a parrot. She‘s terrible to her parents, but especially awful to her sister, who all try to help her. I don‘t know what the lesson is here but I do know I enjoyed the ride. #BlameItOnTheKidUpstairs

I was no fan of A Confederacy of Dunces, but I also read it 30 years ago. I‘m not the same person I was then. At first this book annoyed me because like Ignatius J. Reilly, the narrator is a self absorbed sociopath. But it‘s a short book, I persevered and I was able to enjoy it, weird as it is. I laughed out loud a few times. A woman adopts Treasure Island as a self help book and proceeds to alienate everyone around her. TW for animal neglect.

They say a well read woman is a dangerous thing, but what about a narcissistic 20-something woman who decides to structure her life around her obsession with ONE book - Treasure Island? Our narrator's life choices are guided by her love for Jim Hawkins, and just may cause disaster to rain down on those around her. She is certain none of it is her fault, and everything would be fine if people would just listen to her and follow her whims cont'd

“... and so even though I'd love to go into the other room and stab someone with a kitchen knife, I take up my pen...“

😂 we're off to a promising start.

If you've ever wondered what would happen if an aimless sociopath were to become obsessed with Stevenson's TREASURE ISLAND, I have the book for you! 😜 This has been on my TBR list for years and it was completely bonkers. I can't think of a single person I would recommend it to, but I thought it was great.

So... #ANationOfThieves is from a TV series inspired by Treasure Island (thanks @EadieB !) The tagged is a quite daft (so far) book about a woman who also becomes inspired (obsessed may be more accurate) by Treasure Island, after her sister accidentally leaves her library books on her sofa.

Favourite quote so far:
“Treasure Island,” Lars mused. “Ever worry that if you only read one book, you‘ll get scurvy of the brain?”

#soaringscores

Super fancy lunch time !

I've had this on my TBR for years, thanks to Literary Disco, and it was worth the wait. A woman in her 20s reads Treasure Island and becomes obsessed, wanting to live her life by the core ideas found therein. This includes buying a very expensive parrot with whom she doesn't get along and who suffers an untimely end, so TW for that. There's friend drama, relationship drama, family drama. It's so darkly funny, I just loved it. 4.5⭐

Suddenly this main character reminds me of Anne Shirley. Doesn't this feel like something she would say while Marilla is chopping vegetables and trying not to roll her eyes?

Just started this one while I wait for a test to run at work. I sure hope the rest of the book lives up to this first sentence!

This review is for “Slower” Sara Levine‘s short story and number 2 in the Short Story Advent Calendar. This one is a gut punch- mixed race couple with a child- mother is a paralegal and social climber, dad is a small time pot dealer and main caretaker of the child. Story is told from his POV- he is compassionate and a good man. Mother leaves him when her parents visit- says the baby made him slow- he slows down to rationalize what has happened.

I couldn't decide how to rate this but overall liked it; I just wanted a tad more with the ending. This is such a weird novel that reminded me of A Confederacy of Dunces. Similar unlikeable protagonist who does awful things that she can wholly justify; I couldn't decide for the most of the book if she was just awful or crazy. Quirky supporting characters, incl. an awesome parrot named Richard. Not a book for everyone but well-written and original.