C.L. Methvin, Hype

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C.L. Methvin. Author of EUSECT and Biting Silence. Queer 🔪 English M.A. 📚 Author ✏️ Editor Hy•pe•taph 🐺

I have found myself, quite unfortunately, ensnared by an addiction to scrolling (as much as I don't want to admit it). I want to make a point of reading more to fill these periods, but ALSO know that I am a victim of needing to "feel accomplished" —which is to say: I need to finish the book,

Saw a book suggestion that intrigued me on Amazon, rhen clicked the author profile. Six books, all independently published within three weeks of each other. I think I can safely assume what's happening here.

My precious rat of a dog fractured another tooth, and now has a vet appointment to have his tooth looked at this afternoon. Depending on what's wrong and what needs to be done, I could get an appointment to have it taken care of and/or extracted...within the next 2 to 4 weeks. Gahhhh x.x

Close up of a dog's back molar, sporting a visible fracture line down the center

A key point in Fahrenheit 451 is that books were banned because they made people depressed and uncomfortable. The novel's protagonist, Montag, is taken into custody after he reads a poem that makes a woman cry because she realizes the emptiness of her life.

[quoting a tweet from isabelunraveled in which she rails against depressing books that get branded as “great writing”]