Camila Jackson

On Lincoln in the Bardo

15 days ago

never read anything quite structured like this, part novel part chorus part historical collage, it keeps surprising me every few pages

On The Name of the Rose

19 days ago

the ending left me sitting quietly for a while. all that knowledge, all those books. the question of whether truth is worth its cost lingers uncomfortably

★★★☆☆

On The Secret History

20 days ago

bunny is exhausting and fascinating in equal measure. can't tell if i'm supposed to pity him or dread him

On The Poetics of Space

21 days ago

never expected a philosophy book to make me nostalgic for corners. corners as refuges of solitude — yes, exactly, i have always needed a corner

On Never Let Me Go

25 days ago

a book about memory and loss that argues they are almost the same thing. i'll be thinking about the norfolk scene for a long time

★★★★★

On Stoner

1 months ago

stoner's love for literature feels more real than almost any human relationship in the book so far

On Middlemarch

1 months ago

fred vincy is such a believable mess of good intentions and weak will, and mary garth sees him exactly as he is