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10 Best books of the 2020s so far

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.

@mouse

Jul 15, 2024

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Terminal BOREDOM - Izumi Suzuki

one of my forever favs have read nothing like it / punky techno feminist dystopian “kitchen-sink realism, told from the perspective of the one stuck doing the dishes.” explores relationships / gender / desire / detachment / sucker punch pop song / wildly clever n devastatingly prophetic Alien Daughters Walk Into The Sun - Jackie Wang “An almanac of extreme girlhood” abolition/underground/biking across countries/accidentally falling into success Not so much a collection of short stories but diary entries, tumblr posts, zine archives, “essays“, poems Contents titles are: The Hard-Femme years / The Punk House Years/The Desert Years/The Getting-My-Shit-Together-Years/ I also remember enjoying Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson!

@brokebackmountaindew

Apr 20, 2024

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some recs

die, my love by ariana harwicz - it's like if david lynch and sylvia plath had a baby simple passion by annie ernau - woman beautifuly simping for 65 pages the cost of living by deborah levy - short memoir of a writer finding herself post divorce things have gotten worse since we last spoke by eric la rocca - super weird but you will not put it down

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Not recording strangers in public and posting it on the internet

This has become the norm and every day I grow more disturbed. I understand if somebody is behaving in a harmful way, that is good to document and put out there. But as a whole, it seems, we have become so comfortable with recording people just living their lives. I saw a video of a guy working and the caption of the video was that he was so hot, we needed to find him!!! Why are you providing the Internet with his face and location instead of just going up to talk to him? I saw another of two people on the subway, seemingly a couple, having a very emotional moment. How would you feel if you open up an app and saw a video like that of yourself? I don’t like this level of sibling society surveillance. Why are you videoing an elderly person with sad music dubbed over it to gain likes? It is WEIRD. Don’t even get me started on videos of children. It is WEIRD to use a stranger without their consent to get some kind of fake validation. Get a life. I don’t mean to come on here and share something so negative, I just don’t have anywhere else to put it and it’s gnawing at me.

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Oct 7, 2024

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Stingray skeletons

cartilaginous

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Pi.fyi users who lurk more than they post

I’m curious what your brains are like

@mossyelfie

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