{"id":621407,"date":"2010-01-05T16:52:05","date_gmt":"2010-01-05T21:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/loom\/?p=2193"},"modified":"2010-01-05T16:52:05","modified_gmt":"2010-01-05T21:52:05","slug":"books-for-the-dumped-the-loom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/621407","title":{"rendered":"Books For the Dumped | The Loom"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Parasite Rex<\/a><\/em> has made a very special list of books<\/a> to read after you get dumped. To quote from Lemondrop over at the AOL collective:<\/p>\n

Do you need something to so totally fill you with paranoia and fear that you can’t even think about the worm that just dumped you? How about a terrifying book about worms! AGH! You’ll never walk barefoot in the street again, plus you’ll be so full of disgusting factoids that you won’t even have time to mention what’s-his-name at a party — you’ll be too busy grossing people out. FTW!<\/strong><\/p>\n

I would suggest waiting to find a new special someone until the book has cleared your system. I was still single while I was writing Parasite Rex<\/em>, and the book made going out on dates very awkward.<\/p>\n

So, what’s your next book about?<\/em><\/p>\n

Parasites, and why they’re totally awesome. See, like, there’s this worm that crawls across your eye…<\/em><\/p>\n

Check, please!<\/em><\/p>\n

On the plus side, it’s a very quick test to see if your date shares your taste for the grotesque.<\/p>\n

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Parasite Rex has made a very special list of books to read after you get dumped. To quote from Lemondrop over at the AOL collective: Do you need something to so totally fill you with paranoia and fear that you can’t even think about the worm that just dumped you? How about a terrifying book […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-621407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2BEH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621407\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}