.

i feel things,

and i want to feel things,

in the things i see, the things i read, the things i watch, the taste on my tongue, the music i listen to, the smells, the things i touch.

i am reading 'stoner', after reading several gushing reviews - both in publications and in people's blogs - and reading the first few pages of the downloaded sample, it felt... comfortable.

easily readable, classically written -

after the last book i'd read (mindy kaling's memoir/essay which made me regret buying the book/reading it to be frank) i was missing this - 

a real novel, a classic piece of writing.

and i feel so much reading it.

it is beautifully, concisely written, i keep wanting to read it forever.

not knowing where it's going exactly, in its quiet drama, i read expectantly but also leisurely.

i feel for the protagonist, so much so that when he is about to come under fire, that scene with the terrible student and his advisor, my chest swelled up a little, i had to stop reading for a while, it was too much.

i wish it'd never end.