fio's Updates en-US Sun, 08 Jun 2025 19:17:11 -0700 60 fio's Updates 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg UserStatus1076835401 Sun, 08 Jun 2025 19:17:11 -0700 <![CDATA[ fio is 11% done with Intermezzo ]]> Intermezzo by Sally Rooney fio is 11% done with <a href="/book/show/208931300-intermezzo">Intermezzo</a>.
fio wrote: Sally Rooney sos lo mejor que le pasó a la literatura contemporánea, antes no creía en vos pero ahora soy tu más fiel defensora vengan de a mil ! ]]>
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� I was in the local shop today, getting something to eat for lunch, when I suddenly had the strangest sensation—a spontaneous awareness of the unlikeliness of this life. I mean, I thought of all the rest of the human population—most of whom live in what you and I would consider abject poverty—who have never seen or entered such a shop. And this, this, is what all their work sustains! This lifestyle, for people like us! All the various brands of soft drinks in plastic bottles and all the pre-packaged lunch deals and confectionery in sealed bags and store-baked pastries—this is it, the culmination of all the labour in the world, all the burning of fossil fuels and all the back-breaking work on coffee farms and sugar plantations. All for this! This convenience shop! I felt dizzy thinking about it. I mean I really felt ill. It was as if I suddenly remembered that my life was all part of a television show—and every day people died making the show, were ground to death in the most horrific wa ...more � � Sally Rooney
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� I know we agree that civilisation is presently in its decadent declining phase, and that lurid ugliness is the predominant visual feature of modern life. Cars are ugly, buildings are ugly, mass-produced disposable consumer goods are unspeakably ugly. The air we breathe is toxic, the water we drink is full of microplastics, and our food is contaminated by cancerous Teflon chemicals. Our quality of life is in decline, and along with it, the quality of aesthetic experience available to us. The contemporary novel is (with very few exceptions) irrelevant; mainstream cinema is family-friendly nightmare porn funded by car companies and the US Department of Defense; and visual art is primarily a commodity market for oligarchs. It is hard in these circumstances not to feel that modern living compares poorly with the old ways of life, which have come to represent something more substantial, more connected to the essence of the human condition. � � Sally Rooney
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Review7576903258 Mon, 02 Jun 2025 19:41:59 -0700 <![CDATA[fio added 'Problematic Summer Romance']]> /review/show/7576903258 Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood fio gave 4 stars to Problematic Summer Romance (Not in Love, #2) by Ali Hazelwood
I LOVED THIS ONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ali ATE and I was so here for it. I am not usually a fan of the age gap troupe but it was sooo well handed it made everything very interesting. Tho I still think it’s a bit weird since I’m 22/23 and I don’t see myself any close of dating a 38 yo man� ]]>
UserStatus1073165180 Mon, 02 Jun 2025 06:47:26 -0700 <![CDATA[ fio is 60% done with Problematic Summer Romanc ]]> Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood fio is 60% done with <a href="/book/show/228691356-problematic-summer-romance">Problematic Summer Romance</a>.
fio wrote: I literally cannot continue with my life until I finish this book. This is the one I am liking the most of the last 4 she published so I am really excited! ]]>
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Review7602611410 Sat, 31 May 2025 10:04:27 -0700 <![CDATA[fio added 'Vicious']]> /review/show/7602611410 Vicious by V.E. Schwab fio gave 3 stars to Vicious (Villains, #1) by V.E. Schwab
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It was okay and very addictive but I’m so late to the hype that it didn’t impress me. In 2013, though, I would have rated it 4 stars or more ]]>