American Whore

i tried watching prey on hulu and i couldn't get into it. it was so slow, but i watched 30 minutes of it. maybe i should've given it the rest of the time? idk

UPDATE So I'm thinking we could start submitting books now, start a vote this Sunday (August 14), if that works out for everyone? Once we start, we can then meet back every Sunday to this thread to discuss what we've read? We can also come back any time in between still too, obviously, but Sunday would be the days we'd come back and talk about the part we read? OOOO AND I CAN MAKE A SPOILER LIST AT THE TOP OF THE THREAD ABOUT EACH BOOK that'd be so cute Also, I think a fair way to do it is to have a submission box/open requests form that'll stay open on the main post and what I'll do is when we have a large selection of titles (ten or more), I'll put them all into a randomizer, the first six chosen will be part of the vote and then we'll do a new vote every time we finish a book? If the book you request doesn't get chosen, it'll stay in the pool to be chosen another time! And all the books that don't "win" will still get a chance to be read too, they'll stay in too. That way we'll eventually get through the books everyone is interested in. And even if you choose not to participate and want to read a different book, that's fine too, I'd just be happy to know someone is reading something <3 my feelings won't be hurt at all lol but this seems like a fun way for people to participate. Also, remember, there are ways to get books for free if you can't afford them or can't get to a library (libgen) check Reddit for the links/directions on how to navigate it (i'm a frequent flyer of that website ) Link to the book submission This will also be added to the first post too, just to make sure it's findable I'd like to have a horror/thriller theme for October if that's possible lol but who knows what'll get picked. When we're in between books, we'll do voting then, it'll start the Sunday we finish and end the following Sunday, then start the next Sunday so that way it gives people a week to find the book/buy/borrow from libraries and start it. IIf more time is needed or less time, let me know and we can figure it out. I'm just making this up as I go, so any suggestions will be greatly appreciated my favorite part about this is I've gotten 10 submissions already on the original quiz, which means there's 10 actual people who want to do this with me and i can't believe it <3 thank you guys for being interested and doing this, i think this'll be a fun thing, especially while we wait for LDR9 and then LDR10, etc. I wanna keep the book club going for as long as we can. Eventually, after the first couple of books, if we've been reading too much maybe we can take a few weeks of a break, then come back and start a new book or something? That was kinda why I thought 2 weeks between ending a book, voting and starting one seems fair but idk. Please give feedback!!!!

i'll have to look that one up!!

Hmm Idk, I didn't really think of it as being it's own genre, but you're totally right so maybe I'll add it or we can just add in that genre. i guess at the time, i was thinking of general subgenres to really get a feel for what people like, but general fiction is a good idea, bc there's things like Lolita and a few others that people have mentioned already that aren't really those (*although, it's not marketed as horror, Lolita almost feels like a psychological horror in some ways, just bc of it having the weird pedophilia themes throughout but that doesn't deter me from wanting to read it) ooo wait, what's that called and who's it by!!?? i'd be into that YESSSSSS ALL ARE WELCOME, tbh i have this fuzzy feeling when i think of more people joining this to get back into reading or to start reading when they don't my internal nerdiness is jumping

young adult, it's like teen but "edgy" hunger games, twilight, stuff like those

YESSS PLEASE JOIN USS!!!! tbh i did the same thing and then last year when i was out of work, i went to the book store and bought way too many books and now i have a shelf full of to be reads and haven't even gotten through a quarter of them I'M SO EXCITED TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE JOINNNNNN i didn't know if anyone would be interested but we'll make a good schedule to discuss each week like maybe Friday or Saturday we'll discuss what happened and spill the teaaaa also into this too. that's kinda why i threw in the question about mature themes/topics. i don't wanna go into this, someone start a book and a scene with violence, sex (and even sexual assault), horror, whatever happens comes up and then they come back upset because they didn't think that'd happen. I'm a fan of Stephen King and authors that are geared more towards adults and so far in the survey everyone has been okay with adult themes, so that's good

I'm so open to these suggestions!!!! I really want to get at least 5-10 people in here joining us. But the more the merrier, honestly. Idk, there's something about social media these days where reading has taken a backseat and if this helps 1 person get into reading and falling in love with books i'd be so fucking happy to know that I helped someone with that!!!! ugh

Here is a survey for you to fill out and everyone else whos interested!!! Also linked it in the OP https://form.jotform.com/222215483579057

Come one, come all, to this tragic affair! We're starting a book club! So, I'm going to post a survey each time we finish a book and we'll pick the next one!! Maybe we'll do like 50-100 pages per week, I don't want to exclude anyone if they read slower than someone else. Also, there's a good source for ebooks if you can't afford to buy books or don't live near a library (libgen), check reddit for the official link (since it's technically piracy, I don't want to link it here) I know @DeadSeaOfMercury is interested, if you're interested please post here and you can join us!! Please fill out this survey! https://form.jotform.com/222215483579057 Please suggest books here! So far, it looks like people are pretty much interested in everything, so please submit your suggestions!!! For the first book, we'll be reading

who asked for country

guys okay so i have some pokemon updates for you on my journey to finding as many shinies as i can and trying to get a full living dex. okay so i finished pokemon legends arceus the other day, as far as getting the shiny charm. i have all 248 in that game (i think it's 248) but only a couple of shinies. i found a carnivine on tuesday and i freaked out bc it was shiny and i caught it. i was so happy with myself when i found a shiny carnivine, not because it's a nice shiny (it's not) but just because i found one so randomly and i wasn't even shiny hunting!!! it happened a few months ago in the same game with electabuzz!!! completely random encounter without a shiny charm!! i'm playing through sword right now to make sure i get all pokemon in galar, plus i want to catch all pokemon without trading (if i can get away with it, so i have everything as my OT, i already have the shield exclusives) and I FOUND A FUCKING KOMMO-O SHINY IN THE WILD, FIRST ENCOUNTER, NO SHINY CHARM!!!!! i can't believe it! i was just strolling around on my bike, having a good little bike ride through the wild area and it spawned in and i thought "oh! i like your colors, let me see if I can battle you real quick! maybe catch you bc i know i don't have you!" and AS SOON AS THE BATTLE STARTED, THE FUCKING SHINY THING POPPED UP!!!!!!! i called my boyfriend and sent him like 20 emergency texts bc i was so scared i was gonna kill it and needed him to help me not freak out i think this is my best fucking shiny so far. ugh i still can't even believe it happened and yes, i saved my game edit: SHE IS A FUCKING SQUARE/ULTRA SHINY!!!!!! oh! you'll like knowing this. i found a fucking alpha level 80 umbreon the other day!!! (eevee is my favorite line tbh)

wait what? I've only ever heard " i'm one of many, one is blue" because she's talking about the multiple women in his life, which could be allusion to herself having different sides to her. "i'm one of many of his women, one who's blue" meaning herself, she's blue because of him but he doesn't know that side of her because she can't break through his world. hmmmm

YOUUUU-OOOOUUUU-OUUU-OU ARE UNFIXXXXXXXABLLLLLEEEEE imagine someone saying that to you in Lana's singy voice

during the shades of cool bridge i always change the lyrics to what i want like instead of neglectful lover i say "abusive fucker" is one I always like adding in when i'm singing in my bedroom even though i know that's not what she's saying lmao

idk who that is in the back but he looks like barrie with that mustachio

thanks bestie

it's fucking august

i hope the plastic bag thing is about a fresh condom being used

i just want something out of left field. no country, no stripped back bullshit. give me strings, give me mellotronic choir, give me weird fuckin shit i can listen to while my anus is being destroyed, give me after sex pillow talk tunes, give me large electric guitars, some drums in there, with some psychedelic space violins and chellos. or do that weird autotune shit again, that hit just right honestly

this thread is dry, Lana do something

still such an iconic fucking record, I don't care what anyone says, you might not like Ms. Lana but this is a T O P T E I R FUCKING ALBUM

why do they look like they're from 2007?

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with his ULLLLTRAVIOOOOLENCEEEEE

@sweetie Can you update the OP? Lol