On the packaging.Hidden in the terms and conditions. Who knew it’d be so foretelling, so prescient? “Some assembly required.” Like a chant. Like a mantra. Like the Rosary. A testament to how you’d spend your time and your days. A lifetime with tiny pieces. Trying to fit them in. Trying to figure out where they go...
I #read When She’s Shy by Ruby Dixon (Sept 2023). This short #book from the Risdaverse is a 52 pg F/F delight. Please don’t let that scare you off if you are a straight cis person. This is the first time I know of that Dixon has openly written lgbt main characters, one of which clearly has an anxiety disorder. Read it! 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 #romance#books#romancebooks#romancelandia#reading@romancebooks@romancelandia https://amzn.to/47pNekZ
Five stars: Lo and Behold by Wendy Mass and Gabi Mendez (Illustrator) (2023) is about friendships made through augmented and virtual reality. Addie and her father have moved temporarily to a college town so he can help some computer science students with their grants.
With the release of "The Spiral and The Threads" fast approaching, now's the perfect time to start (or continue) your journey along The Nod/Wells Timelines.
Explore this one-of-a-kind speculative fiction reading experience today!
Five stars: A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo (2022) (October 2023) is set in the North Bay in the year that same sex marriage was approved. Aria Tang has found herself at her grandmother's place after topless photographs of her were posted on social media.
The Cultural Sociology of Reading: The Meanings of Reading and Books Across the World
This book showcases recent work about reading and books in sociology and the humanities across the globe. From different standpoints and within the broad perspectives within the cultural sociology of reading, the eighteen chapters examine a range of reading practices, genres, types of texts, and reading spaces.
This is a stuning piece that resonates with me in ways I can't put into words. Thomas Merton says that “those who cannot be alone cannot find their true being and they are always something less than themselves.” But over time with overuse the kind of withdrawal that makes it possible can become its own kind of lessening.
Is there anything that makes you invincible? Can you coat yourself in kevlar? Some new invention of polymer chemistry? Ballistic panels and stab protection. Blunt force resistance and polycarbonate shields. You try to be normal. You enter the world in riot gear. Defensive. Fragile. Scared...
Borrowed Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein from the library. This copy has a big misprint - about 50 pages are randomly repeated in place of 50 that should be there.
At first I thought wow, these #BookerPrize books really are getting impenetrable 😂 but fortunately I got my hands on a complete copy
Bernardine Evaristo picks Fire Rush, Damon Galgut goes for Winnie and Nelson, while Anna Katharina Schaffner opts for Coffee and Cigarettes. Some excellent choices in @thetls#books of the year.
“Le inchieste dell’ispettore Chen” di Qiu Che Xiaolong 🇨🇳
Una raccolta di gialli 🕵️ davvero interessanti. Quello che mi sta colpendo è come il la storia investigativa sia quasi di sfondo a quella che è la Cina negli anni ‘90. Una Cina ancora ferita e vittima dell’indottrinamento comunista.
È una lettura 📚che aiuta a capire uno stile di vita, una cultura, dei modi di fare che sono lontani dai nostri.
Book 51, 2023: River by Esther Kinsky. An exploration of London’s rimy River Lea, and the neighbourhood’s characters, combined with stories from time spent near the Rhine, Oder, and other rivers. @bookstadon#books#reading#novels
Five stars: The Mysteries by Bill Watterson and John Kascht (Illustrator) (2023) is a graphic novel or picture book for adults. At first glance it's a dark fantasy about an unknown threat. At second glance it's a parable for man's ongoing abuse of the world and the species' collective arrogance at the cost of everything precious.
first a quick stop at the 1817 Athenaeum (closed today, but sister-in-law is a member). Once there were many of these loca institutions devoted to #education and #reading. Only 16 remain.