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I do more of a book babble than a book review. I imagine you and I sitting down together at a coffee shop and you just asked me what I'm reading.
I say "I just finished 'Bunny' by Mona Awad.
And then you say "oh! How was that one?" And then I say....
Oh hello bunny! I love you bunny. I love your dress bunny! Even if you aren't wearing one, I would still love your dress even if you never ever wore one. And Bunny, I loved this book, it was such a good book. Such a good book.
What do you mean you heard it was really strange? Oh bunny you're so funny. You're a funny bunny. And I love you bunny. Don't you remember what we said in the book?
"Our mothers always said to look hard at the things of this world that are owies on the eyes because they will put more colors in your inner rainbow"
It is strange bunny, so strange. But Just remember to wear your apron and rabbit mask at workshop tonight and you'll be fine. The apron will keep your dress clean bunny, and the red stuff washes out easier. So easy. And you know what the mask is for bunny! Don't be silly bunny. Silly bunny.
I will bring the pink fluffy cupcakes, and you bring the ax.
Is it a scary book bunny?
Remember what we said last time?
"Just don't freak out bunny. She might freak out. I still freak out. Just don't freak out the boy, I mean the..." you know what I mean bunny.
It's more strange than scary bunny, and if you get too scared I can hold you close. Closer? So close and so tight that we cannot breathe. "Like we could hug and hug until our ribs crack and our hearts burst and our lungs collapse and our arms break off and still. We'd still be hugging air. No body."
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Okay, this book broke my brain a little bit. And I loved it because it did. It's my second 5 ⭐ read this year. It is a wonderfully crafted self-aware fever dream about the process of creation. About how pretentious and shallow the artist community can be, but also about how real and visceral, in a very literal sense, the act of creation can be. But also about so many more things, And maybe about nothing at all? But definitely somewhere between nothing and everything.
I say "I just finished 'Bunny' by Mona Awad.
And then you say "oh! How was that one?" And then I say....
Oh hello bunny! I love you bunny. I love your dress bunny! Even if you aren't wearing one, I would still love your dress even if you never ever wore one. And Bunny, I loved this book, it was such a good book. Such a good book.
What do you mean you heard it was really strange? Oh bunny you're so funny. You're a funny bunny. And I love you bunny. Don't you remember what we said in the book?
"Our mothers always said to look hard at the things of this world that are owies on the eyes because they will put more colors in your inner rainbow"
It is strange bunny, so strange. But Just remember to wear your apron and rabbit mask at workshop tonight and you'll be fine. The apron will keep your dress clean bunny, and the red stuff washes out easier. So easy. And you know what the mask is for bunny! Don't be silly bunny. Silly bunny.
I will bring the pink fluffy cupcakes, and you bring the ax.
Is it a scary book bunny?
Remember what we said last time?
"Just don't freak out bunny. She might freak out. I still freak out. Just don't freak out the boy, I mean the..." you know what I mean bunny.
It's more strange than scary bunny, and if you get too scared I can hold you close. Closer? So close and so tight that we cannot breathe. "Like we could hug and hug until our ribs crack and our hearts burst and our lungs collapse and our arms break off and still. We'd still be hugging air. No body."
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Okay, this book broke my brain a little bit. And I loved it because it did. It's my second 5 ⭐ read this year. It is a wonderfully crafted self-aware fever dream about the process of creation. About how pretentious and shallow the artist community can be, but also about how real and visceral, in a very literal sense, the act of creation can be. But also about so many more things, And maybe about nothing at all? But definitely somewhere between nothing and everything.
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