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"The Howell family moves into 104 Glover Street in Brooklyn on the Friday before Labor Day."
- "The Other Family", Wendy Corsi Staub
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What's the vibe? #50
Hi, we've made it to 50 :) Glad to be rounding things up for you all during the week.
News:
UK general election is set to be on the 14th November of this year. So far...so far....
People are upset about Marina Abramović's moisturiser? IDGI...
Australian Open's on now - Andy Murray and Naomi Osaka are already out - sad cause it's Andy's last time and it's Naomi's come back but we move. French Open and Olympics in a few ...
Best of Milan Fashion Week - Men's Fall-Winter 2024:
Stone Island: Their first ever runway show alongside their new campaign.
Prada - THE SET!!!!
JW Anderson - inspired by Kubricks Eyes Wide Shut which is having a renaissance on Twitter btw - was seen as the perfect Christmas film - also for fans of Tom Cruise in general - asked Christiane Kubrick to do the artwork for the clothes
John Alexander Skelton - <3 Snufkin-core <3
Instagram of the week: Family Style Magazine
It's an arts and culture publication/newsletter that I think...has a focus on food and life.
This is great:
Poor Things - great costuming which you can see at the Barbican right now by the way, great cinematography! I can't believe the line snaked outside the building when I got to my small local cinema to see it but people clapped at the end.
Reading List:
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"I sit with my wrists cuffed to the table, and I think, 'But that I am forbid to tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word would harrow up thy soul'."
- If We Were Villains, M.L. Rio
#making most of your first line fucking shakespeare#well that's a choice indeed#this book is either going to be really good or really REALLY not#i wonder what if let's try#jet wolf also reads books#jw first lines 2024#jw books 2024
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"Some folks say it wasn't just being born with a caul that made Clara Johnson ornery as a red hornet, it was being born at the crossroads."
- "The Monsters We Defy", Leslye Penelope
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"In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since."
"The Great Gatsby", F. Scott Fitzgerald
#jet wolf also reads books#jw books 2024#jw first lines 2024#as expected this was a quick one#but i hadn't read it since middle or high school and was keen to revisit
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"When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jim got his arm badly broken at the elbow."
- To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee
#jet wolf also reads books#jw books 2024#jw first lines 2024#an american literature staple i somehow never read#time to fix that#bonus tag for unintentional atticus doubleheader
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"Atticus was almost home when the state trooper pulled him over."
- Lovecraft Country, Matt Ruff
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"Picture a summer stolen whole from some coming of age film set in small-town 1950s."
- "In the Woods", Tana French
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"The first person I met in England was a hallucination."
- The Alice Network, Kate Quinn
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"Never open a book with the weather."
The Fury, Alex Michaelides
#NEVER OPEN A BOOK BY ALEX MICHAELIDES MORE LIKE#jet wolf also reads books#jw books 2024#jw first lines 2024
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"Lydia is dead, but they don't know this yet."
- Everything I Never Told You, Celeste Ng
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"First, I got myself born."
- Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver
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"Captain Crozier comes up 0n deck to find his ship under attack by celestial ghosts."
- The Terror, Dan Simmons
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"I have just returned from a visit to my landlord, the solitary neighbor that I shall be troubled with."
- Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
#jet wolf also reads books#jw books 2024#jw first lines 2024#my audiobook version was narrated by carolyn seymour#and jesus wept did she have fun with it#absolute delight
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"Everybody lies."
-- Never Lie, Freida McFadden
#YEAH THAT'S ABOUT THE QUALITY I EXPECTED WHY DO I DO THIS#WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME AND WHY IS THE ANSWER 'SO MUCH'#jet wolf also reads books#jw books 2024#jw first lines 2024
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"Hey, you wanna pull back the curtain?"
- These Women, Ivy Pochoda
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