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HOUSE OF LEAVES. HOUSE OF LEAVES. READ HOUSE OF LEAVES. I MEAN IF YOURE IN A GOOD MENTAL STATE BECAUSE IF YOURE NOT IT WILL KILL YOU. BUT READ HOUSE OF LEAVES.

made for IG but I feel like the Tumblr weirdos will enjoy this more

can someone tell me what's up with my minecraft? is this a new update or something?

So. The house of leaves by Mark Danielewski.

It's a manifestation of the Spiral right ? Or maybe a bit of the Stranger, but the Spiral mostly. Everybody see the vision, right ? Like bro, please. The doors ! The fucking dors !

Like I wouldn't be surprised if someone told me that the house and the tunnels below the archives were connected, or even were the same thing

Fuck yeah we in it now

Brat summer is over it’s time for House of leaves fall.

House of leaves: light work no reaction

600 page smut novel: Light work no reaction

A FOURTEEN HOUR FANFIC ON WATTPAD: OH ITS GOT A BIT OF KICK TO IT

House of leaves gravity falls au. That’s it

Horror movies will dead ass be like my house sucks and my family is falling apart

I was talking to my mom about House of leaves and she just says “I was listening to a podcast and someone made a joke about the house moving. I thought it was going to be a house of leaves jokes but it was an Encanto joke.” Encanto is just House of Leaves for kids.

Well the rest of the fandom was on fire I went on a little outing:]

This is deadass what I thought of when I read that page

my dealer: got some straight gas🔥😛 this strain is called house of leaves😳 you'll be zonked out of your gourd💯

me: yeah whatever. i don't feel shit

5 min later: dude i swear the house is 1/4" bigger on the inside

my buddy, will navidson, pacing: our house is God

i'm sorry i don't know the source of this because it was posted on reddit without credit but i'm obsessed with this

HOW TO READ : HOUSE OF LEAVES

A small advice post on how to read House of Leaves, a notoriously confusing book.

01 , 100% read the introduction.

Going into the book, for some reason I got the impression that the introduction is just a foreword by the writer, talking about "blah blah the book was fun to write." However, the introduction is VERY crucial. This technically isn't a spoiler since it's the very beginning of the book.

02 , Lose the impression that Mark Danielewski wrote the book.

Yes, obviously he did write it, but to avoid confusion the reader should disregard that. In your mind, pretend that the key author is Zampano, and the annotations are from a version Johnny Truant stumbled upon. It sounds simple, but it avoids a hell of a lot of confusion.

03 , You're supposed to be confused.

Yeah. It's an intentionally extremely confusing book, so that only certain parts make sense later on. Many people read it multiple times over, so just trust through until the end.

04 , Read all the annotations.

Though they may seem incredibly long-winded and mean absolutely nothing, a lot of them are extremely key. Some people choose to avoid them and only read Zampano's works (which is fine too!), but for the best understanding I'd read the notes. Generally, don't bother with small citations to news articles. However, it is worth checking the annotations every time. For example, in chapter one there is a reference to Dante's Inferno written in Italian. There is a translation in the annotations!

05 , Most of the difficult layouts have small keys.

As the book progresses, the layout becomes increasingly confusing. If something is impossible to read, you're probably not supposed to read it. For many of the layouts that wind around the page, there will be small arrows guiding you. Just trust that the author will not make it impossible.

06 , Only pick up the book when expecting a long session.

House of Leaves is VERY much not just a "quick read." You wanna sit down for a hell of a long time for it and to make sense of it all.

07 , Again, read everything except from when told to check the endnotes.

Although, you can probably skip that 3 pages of names.

08 , You're supposed to feel anxious.

The writer is exceptional in this genre and creating emotion. When paragraphs are long-winded, it's intentional to make you feel as though it draws on in a ramble. When the statements are quick, you're supposed to be a little dazed. You might find yourself feeling lost with the annotations, but that's pretty much the point.

And most of all - enjoy!

It's very much a "push through" book, but don't read it if you find yourself absolutely bored to death. If you hate long books, House of Leaves might not be your cup of tea. I personally loved it, and so do many others.

started reading house of leaves. damn, marble hornets did a really good inspired work off of it. absolutely fantastic book so far, 100% recommend it! though definitely not just a quick read, more a "sit down for an hour and mull over it."

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski.

Reading this book requires rotating it around, holding it upside down and paging through countless footnotes of fictional references. I'm really enjoying it so far and I strongly reccomend it if you love horror!

Party rock is¹ in the house tonight Everybody just have a good time (Yeah)²

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¹Pretty sure it’s “party rockers.”³

²LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem,” Sorry for Party Rocking, 2011

³It’s “party rock is.”— Ed.

"mooom can we get a minotaur"

"but we have minotaur at home"

minotaur at home:

yuoure a little house slut arent you

booty shorts that say:

i’m getting fingered in the footnotes(1)

(1) She’s getting fingered in the footnotes.

booty shorts that say "this is not for you"

booty shorts that say "picture that. in your dreams."

booty shorts that say "this is not for you"

uhhh yeah can i start with the house salad?

it's on the house

phrases like "the house always wins" and "it's on the house" but used to imply that the building you're in is alive and personally invested in the situation

holy shit you guys i think there's a kinky minotaur in my house? surely i can pursue this further without succumbing to my pain and becoming the monster i see around every dark corner

i hate when kink blogs do this. do they think it makes it hotter. i feel like i'm playing a mystery vn with this kinda shit

OP wants to write House of Leaves but even more autistic. And I'm here for it

Ive always thought it would be fun to write a fiction piece framed as several authors writing exegesis of a fake gnostic gospel. It could even take place in an elf universe. I love fictional historiography.