Reading as healing
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Twenty-five years after her classic On Photography, Susan Sontag returns to the subject of visual …
Picking up some Sonntag to prep for some Butler. I’ve been thinking about this topic lately, how we consume images of trauma, what that means for us, and what that means for the world. Maybe I’ll find some wisdom here.
This book was great, man. I can’t believe this is the first time I’ve read it. It’s like “what if one of the best novels of all time but it’s about one of the best dogs of all time”
On to #88 on the ML100. I think this is the only young reader book on the list.
A quick, exciting read. The book jacket says it inspired Camus’s The Stranger, one of my favorite books when I was younger. I can see that.
#98 on the Modern Library list down. 21 books in.
On to #98 on the Modern Library list. I’m looking forward to a new genre
Now available in print for the first time with author's notes on each story, this …
And the short stories done, too. A nice little coda. It keeps the world open, the curiosity alive. Some threads should stay loose.
The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the thirteen hundred solar systems free from the rule …
Ah, I am going to hold this story like an old dear friend in my heart for a long, long time. Just incredible, incredible. A privilege to have read it.
Sons and Lovers is a highly autobiographical and compelling portrayal of childhood, adolescence, and the …
This book is #9 on the Modern Library Top 100 list. I’m not sure why, or actually I am: the book, a semi-autobiographical portrait of the author, follows a man with mommy issues who uses women until he falls for a feminist woman who outplays him at his own game. It must have been catnip to the mostly-male judges panel.
With this book I have finished the _9s on the list, and am looking forward to some more variety in the 8s.
This simple and concise but relevant book by my amazing coworker Tiankai has lots of little nuggets of wisdom that I’ve aggressively bookmarked. Definitely a useful reference worth coming back to over and over.
The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the thirteen hundred solar systems free from the rule …
Time to start the last book in the series. But I'm not going to be able to devour this one — I have to go out of town for 10 days and I don't want to pack such a large book to bring with me. The suspense might actually kill me.
Tiamat's Wrath is a science fiction novel by James S. A. Corey, the pen name …
Well that didn’t take long. So much action in these final books. It definitely feels like the series is in the endgame. No more posturing. It’s just unfolding the conclusions of the series.
Tiamat's Wrath is a science fiction novel by James S. A. Corey, the pen name …
Can’t help it—book 7 was too exciting so I’ve committed my entire evening to book 8.
Wow. Wow wow. This was the first book I literally could not put down in many, many years. I fell asleep on it last night and woke up to immediately dive back in.
Onwards to Book 7 in the Expanse series. I’m so excited to be charting new ground!!
Eine tolle Übersicht der queeren Geschichte Deutschlands. Das Buch versucht nicht, eine tiefgehende Analyse zu präsentieren, sondern eine durchgängige Zusammenfassung queeren Lebens in verschiedenen Ären der deutschen Gesellschaft zu entwickeln. Ich lese dieses Buch und fühle mich, als ob ich immer noch im Verlauf dieser Geschichte lebe.
