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i haven't picked up a book in months but one day ill get back into these wonderful pages and life will be a lot nicer,
1. Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
2. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
3. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
4. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
5. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
6. If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio
7. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
8. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
9. The Secret History by Donna Tartt
10. Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
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According to one Mouse:
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke - a magical, mysterious book unlike any other I’ve read and possibly my favourite of all time. A story told in journal entries of Piranesi, a man who lives in a huge labyrinth filled with statues.
Memorial by Bryan Washington - a gorgeous tender story of a gay couple told from both sides. Stunningly empathetic and just perfect in its humanity, and use of food as character and relationship device.
Milkfed by Melissa Broder - a weird bisexual masterpiece. Sex, food, obsession.
Helgoland by Carlo Rovelli - a history of quantum physics written by the man known as “the poet of physics”. written so as to be understood by anyone, mostly to tell us that even the physicists cannot fully grasp the reality of it.
Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith - ghost story depicting a decade of Vietnamese folklore and history. Magical, powerful, mysterious. I couldn’t believe it when I found out this was a debut novel and when I finished it I just sort of sat there for a while.
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield - a woman’s wife comes back from sea, but she is changed, and continues to change. Gay, magical realism. A beautiful allegory that can be read in a day.
White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Smith - surrealist retellings of fairytales by my all time favourite short story writer
Recollections of My Nonexistence by Rebecca Solnit - a memoir and potent exploration the silencing and erasure of women by men
Blue Ticket by Sophie Mackintosh - all three of her books her 5 stars, she’s not missed yet. Blue Ticket is like Margaret Atwood meets Angela Carter. Dystopian feminist speculative fiction told with an almost surreal minimalism at times and almost magical vibrancy at others.
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi - a scientist born of immigrant parents studying addiction, after her brother died at its hands. Grapples with grief, faith, identity, religion and love with unparalleled skill and tenderness.
Jul 15, 2024
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(in no order / hierarchy)
crush - richard siken
fahrenheit 451 - ray bradbury
devotions - mary oliver (or any of her stuff)
annihilation - jeff vandermeer
we do this til we free us - mariame kaba
hunger games series - suzanne collins (the nostalgiaaa but also genuinely good)
this is water - david foster wallace (it’s a book but not technically a book i guess?)
dear god. dear bones. dear yellow. - noor hindi
this is how you lose the time war - amal el-montar & max gladstone
the prophet - khalil gibran
pride & prejudice - jane austen
the tragedy of heterosexuality - jane ward
sharp objects - gillian flynn
the great gatsby - f. scott fitzgerald
elite capture: how the powerful took over identity politics - olúfémi o. táíwò
Sep 24, 2024
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I've finished five books so far - my favorite of them being The Martian by Andy Weir (he's a genius! i recc all his books!) and Legends and Lattes by Travis Baltree (very cozy core)
Jan 23, 2025
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prob the best streaming service imo. perfect blend of humour, game show style games and ttrpg
Apr 17, 2024
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peter cat recording co.
omnipotent youth society
both only have 2 albums each but i argue they are complete no skip beauties.
PCRC - groovy alt pop synthy wonders
OYS - chinese rock with some GORGEOUS trumpets
Apr 17, 2024
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i noticed it too. i was like i love this but there's too much and not enough time im overwhelmed ahhh
Apr 19, 2024