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Aram Sinnreich Dec 29, 2022

Last night I started reading a celebrated genre novel written in the last decade. The more I read, the more I realized that

1) there's something ineffable about this book that I just don't like.

2) I feel like maybe I tried to read it a few years back & came to the same conclusion?

It was strange because both of these feelings were so fuzzy. DID I read it already? It wasn't in my Kindle history. WHY don't I like it? Just, er, reasons.

Have you ever had this sensation?
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Kam Reads and Recs

@bookstodon @aramsinn Yes, but uni trained me to squash that fuzziness right quick. Professors don’t really like it when you write a version of “IDK, the vibes weren’t right” in a paper, so I do research until I find someone who can articulate the fuzziness for me. I don’t have to really do that now, but it’s pretty much reflex for me at this stage so I still do it anyway by googling reviews. Less rigorous, but it’s not like I’m submitting papers.