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1-5 star ratings as i go
feel free to comment recs (preferably horror, poetry, sci-fi)
time is a mother - ocean vuong ★★★★
real life - brandon taylor ★★★★★
100 love sonnets - paolo neruda
bliss montage - ling ma
exhalation - ted chiang
the employees - olga ravn
✴ to reread/deeper look ✴
cyberfeminism index - mindy seu
untethering the web - published by pioneer works
ミッフィーと歩いた60年 (60 years walking with miffy) - shunji morimoto
my meteorite - harry dodge
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seeing if this is a good way to keep track-- will post a rec for the good ones!
malpertuis - jean ray ⭐⭐
the true deceiver - tove jansson ⭐⭐⭐⭐
girl online - joanna walsh ⭐️
the summer book - tove jansson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
nightbitch - rachel yoder ⭐️⭐️
motherthing- ainslie hogarth ⭐️⭐️⭐️
[quickly revisiting of mice and men] ⭐⭐⭐⭐
the left hand of darkness - ursula k. le guin ⭐⭐⭐⭐
the animal lover's book of beastly murder - patricia highsmith ⭐⭐⭐⭐
parable of the sower - octavia butler ⭐⭐⭐⭐
several people are typing - calvin kasulke ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
parable of the sower - octavia butler ⭐️⭐️⭐️
adversarially evolved hallucinations - trevor paglen ⭐⭐⭐⭐
the factory - hiroko oyamada ⭐️⭐️
incidents around the house - josh malerman ⭐️⭐️⭐️
earthlings - sayaka murata ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Jan 15, 2024
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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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1. 🐰Bunny by Mona Awad
2. 🌕 The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
3. 🐍 Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
4. 🕷️ Moon Witch Spider King by Marlon James
5. 🏛️ Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
6. 💍 Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker
7. 💰Trust by Hernan Diaz
8. ⛴️ What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad
9. 💛 Yellow face by R.F. Kuang
10. 🥲 Real Life by Brandon Taylor
11. 📥 Temporary by Hillary Leichter
12. 🔪 Death by a Thousand Cuts by Shashi Bhat
13. 🌳 Treacle Walker by Alan Garner
14. 🏊🏻♂️ Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith
15. ⏱️ Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodniov
16. 🙏 Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
17. 🧛🏻♂️ Dracula by Bram Stoker
18. 👯♀️ Sisters by Daisy Johnson
19. 🌺 Twice Lost by Phyllis Paul
20. 🍑 The Membranes by Chi Ta-Wei
In all honesty, everything was good and worth reading! #7 through #17 are all on equal ground. Happy reading!
Dec 20, 2024
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