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@discobaron

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Only second? I'm hurt.

My last read was very... modern.

[ Bucky calls it the "weird sex dragon book". Guess she shouldn't have gotten a book recommendation from TikTok. ]

thank you!!

[discobaron]

My apologies.

Modern? In what way?

[dysmorphics]

It had a lot of gratuitous sex scenes, and it was marketed toward young adults.

[ She's no prude, but she's still stunned at how open people are about sex and sexuality now. ]

[discobaron]

Oh my. Quite modern indeed.
Was it to your liking? Do you recommend it?

[dysmorphics]

Nah, you're too smart for this shit. I'm thinking some Agatha Christie, but you'll probably solve the mystery a third of the way through.

[discobaron]

Even smart people need time to unwind. And sometimes trashy romance novels do the trick.

Christie loses its flair when you’ve read them all countless times. Most are classics yes but once you know the twist…

I can still find the genius and the novelty but only for a certain amount of rereads.

[dysmorphics]

Not really sure you're the target demographic for a book with juvenile prose and dragons and lots of sex.

[ Hey, she just doesn't want to be blamed for bad book recommendations. ]

What do you like reading, then?

[discobaron]

Juvenile prose, dragons, sex? Consider me interested. I'm sure I could find something in there worth a chuckle.

I'll read anything I can get my hands on. Always been that way.
History and philosophy and poetry are personal favorites if I must choose something.

[dysmorphics]

Don't say I didn't warn you.

[ She sends him a whole list of BookTok's top romantasy recommendations. Hey, he asked. ]

Any poet in particular? When I was a teen I was into Poe.

[ More like Bucky had a Poe phase and he read a lot to her, so she ended up liking the guy's stuff too. ]

[discobaron]

Noted. :)

[And he will peruse said list when the desire strikes him. Or he gets bored. The latter being the most likely scenario.]

I feel like every teen has a Poe phase.
Seems rather fitting what with all the mental anguish.

[dysmorphics]

You too, then? Or did you have a different outlet for your anguish? I think we had less options in the 30s.

[discobaron]

Naturally!
I tended to lean more towards the romantic, but sometimes the angst would slip in.

[dysmorphics]

[ Speaking of romance and angst, she feels this hasn't been said enough: ]

I really am sorry, about your family.

[discobaron]

[Well... that's a pivot.]

Thank you.

[What else is there to say? Thank you for destroying my country? He supposes there's a time and place for that. But not now, not here. This was meant to be casual conversation.]