2026-04-16T05:14:56Z https://yabu.me luna (tangleofthorns) https://yabu.me/npub17x9da44a2tdsmq4nyafte7tvt35tcmyxflucdykcek46x4va8v9su4wjf0 https://files.federatedfandom.net/accounts/avatars/109/362/182/040/983/465/original/be5a551bce5e8ba4.jpg https://files.federatedfandom.net/accounts/avatars/109/362/182/040/983/465/original/be5a551bce5e8ba4.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg6qr0t6h5wfc6ncyraue33fy6nhy2esgw4tc6n44pf297893uj8qzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askajnx6r My favorite books published in 2025: <br/><br/>Gliff - Ali Smith<br/>One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Omar El Akkad<br/>Audition - Pip Adam<br/>Dusk - Robbie Arnott<br/>Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng - Kylie Lee Baker<br/>The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephen Graham Jones<br/>Sour Cherry - Natalia Theodoridou<br/>The Hymn to Dionysus - Natasha Pulley<br/>Eternal Summer - Franziska Gansler (tr. Imogen Taylor)<br/>The Silver Book - Olivia Laing<br/>We Pretty Pieces of Flesh - Colwill Brown<br/>Woodworking - Emily St. James<br/><br/>#books #bookstodon 2025-12-30T17:32:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspkwgn6472z52eqdfhnpr9fmt3hllh8fpsgdy0ng98uutqjvqspaqzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askrelrc4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf0cdltgwnrynd53nctsv4y2fkltgrwmsz6uw7d6utjngl0ymp6qs9rvur9'>nevent1q…vur9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Endling is my favorite of the Booker nominees so far—anyone else reading from the longlist? 2025-09-04T00:32:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszxfyvrl05kap2ajhurcp6jplm87qn08nx3cmpxywm30k4cvy9z2qzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askcvr6ue In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf0cdltgwnrynd53nctsv4y2fkltgrwmsz6uw7d6utjngl0ymp6qs9rvur9'>nevent1q…vur9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Books I read in August, part 2:<br/>The History of Sound—Ben Shattuck<br/>Terrestrial History—Joe Mungo Reed<br/>Audition—Pip Adam*<br/>Culture Creep—Alice Bolin*<br/>Dominion—Addie E. Citchens<br/>Hemlock &amp; Silver—T. Kingfisher<br/>Heart Lamp—Banu Mushtaq*<br/>The Houseguest—Amparo Dávila<br/>Oye—Melissa Mogollon<br/><br/>#books<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-09-03T00:35:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf0cdltgwnrynd53nctsv4y2fkltgrwmsz6uw7d6utjngl0ymp6qszyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askhn2gxm Books I read in August, part 1 (asterisks for favorites):<br/>The Death of Us—Abigail Dean<br/>Endling—Maria Reva*<br/>Looking For Smoke—K.A. Cobell<br/>On the Calculation of Volume II—Solvej Balle<br/>The Fire Concerto—Sarah Landenwich<br/>Big Chief—Jon Hickey*<br/>The South—Tash Aw*<br/>The Stars Too Fondly—Emily Hamilton<br/>We Pretty Pieces of Flesh—Colwil Brown*<br/>The Bewitching—Silvia Moreno-Garcia<br/><br/>#books <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-09-03T00:32:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrranx7s2j6raad207czydgdma6lw0e3vv5ag29rk5t73u4tv5lwszyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5ask7sm0j8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqajnv8pckneqcyy3nx0ycce4njprsk9l0qr0n4dedqc273rv0vug765gtc'>nevent1q…5gtc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Read if you like: I Who Have Never Known Men by way of Nordic gothic<br/>#books<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-09-02T23:19:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqajnv8pckneqcyy3nx0ycce4njprsk9l0qr0n4dedqc273rv0vugzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askkvd30p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr65ve05r7dqevgunzjtvn5tgtj2zlgvl9cy7jv66l09r29s4xp0chq3zay'>nevent1q…3zay</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“There was something growing inside me, a silent and cold plant that had taken root below the solar plexus and was now creeping through my body, forcing its stalks in where it could, filling me up from the inside, until I was no longer a person but a container, a glass orb that held something remarkable, a girl being devoured by an internal poisonous plant, an eerie exhibit no one wanted to touch.”<br/><br/>-Johanne Lykke Holm<br/><br/>#books <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-09-02T02:07:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr65ve05r7dqevgunzjtvn5tgtj2zlgvl9cy7jv66l09r29s4xp0czyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askphr25l “The village was called Strega and it was in the mountains… I learned that Strega was deep forests bathed in red light. Strega was girls plaiting each other’s hair just so. Girls who carried large stones through the mountains. Girls who bent their necks and stood that way. Strega was a lake and the foliage enclosing it. Strega was a night-light illuminating what was ugliest in the world.”<br/><br/>—Johanne Lykke Holm, Strega <br/><br/>#books<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-08-30T17:53:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs09ls83g88j2y3k69v9gtl62est7s2rfp6grmusaak7taahgdut8szyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askt9edys In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd0f3v8p7757907ldq02nxyn5v7pfeskj7t3j2gcf3kftjmf4t77c4dk3p2'>nevent1q…k3p2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Recently:<br/>The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden<br/>I’ll Be You by Janelle Brown<br/>Girl A by Abigail Dean<br/><br/>the classic has to be Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca. 2025-08-23T07:34:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw8ruzahqytww5635vlzkte6gq6x2c0vkzrxw8zqn2z9x602q2teszyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5ask6e6dmp “For millennia small humans have been fighting the huge weather. Strapping themselves to the masts of ships and they feel all that now. Like the terror is so great that it has stayed in them. Stayed in their bones and blood. This elemental fear. This strange weather – the weather of space.”<br/>- Pip Adam, Audition<br/><br/>(read this if you like Olga Ravn’s The Employees)<br/><br/>#books <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-08-22T03:10:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxmtx4l6cc897tjf36mxvua9sw5nhf8n8q0yz3t3t8s0vggqlyv0czyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askppffq6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsquvyfv82pqzhc0e78ayd20d3j3tgrgv7g3z7ef0xmj587rvdfeegs0spvx'>nevent1q…spvx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>nothing good can come of this! 2025-08-16T12:34:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszps8gmcvsc29c2e6ph0hfxqegc6vc3yuq4uqknrxjhu62lcd2k2szyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askdalsu0 Book: “The man was still alive when the monster began to gnaw at his insides.”<br/>Me: /munches popcorn, turns page<br/><br/>Book: “She hadn’t seen the cat in two days—“<br/>Me: /flings book out the window of a moving car<br/><br/>#books <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-08-16T05:44:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvl7pvdyn7m54hrh3c6t9y8kgkyfgak3m04d6ttkq4xju7f3gklqczyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askm3ty9q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsttavjyqcecfxgxqp8dcuh2pk2qy9pdajkpdff9u32fpk2j7yaumcs3dvgd'>nevent1q…dvgd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i wanted to love it but felt it was less than the sum of its parts. 2025-08-13T02:00:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspp98wpquwmt64nlryhk6swdxxy3z9dj4h75aktq5ttkndfetcnaczyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5asktvekhy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrt58fpmdrc2n0xhddxctzcm85all6s3q8gpw726ryc4y66lsfa8qnd77l5'>nevent1q…77l5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and a classic:<br/><br/>“The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation.”<br/>—Donna Tartt, The Secret History 2025-08-13T01:37:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxt53xx0xrf4yv4q0e3x25q3kzcpypha27a976vjpwmeuq4k47tcszyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askkd9ck0 Books I read in June, favorites are starred. Let me know if you&#39;ve read any of these! <br/><br/>The Devil Three Times - Rickey Fayne<br/>Looking Glass Sound - Catriona Ward <br/>Dogs of Summer - Andrea Abreu (tr. Julia Sanches)<br/>A Season of Light - Julie Iromuanya<br/>*Stag Dance - Torrey Peters<br/>If an Egyptian Can Not Speak English - Noor Naga<br/>*Red Sword - Bora Chung (tr. Anton Hur)<br/>*Girls with Long Shadows - Tennessee Hill<br/>The Girls Who Grew Big - Leila Mottley<br/>Fox - Joyce Carol Oates<br/>*The Catch - Yrsa Daley-Ward<br/>The Museum Detective - Maria Khan Phillips<br/>The Ghostwriter - Julie Clark<br/>The Mesmerist - Caroline Woods<br/>Thirsty - Jas Hammonds<br/>*Wake the Wild Creatures - Nova Ren Suma<br/>*Eternal Summer - Fransiska Gansler (tr. Imogen Taylor)<br/>King of Ashes - S.A. Cosby<br/>*The Maid and the Crocodile - Jordan Ifueko<br/>Confessions of the Fox - Jordy Rosenberg<br/>*Darkenbloom - Eva Menasse (tr. Charlotte Collins)<br/><br/>#books <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-08-01T23:58:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs08wlg3dmqdm8a9zuguh06m68zsd6gncsws490mfyuraa7gh992tszyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askwd6fhu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfvdreczzpv08tmn4z7kr2fq28yp43dlpf65wyjts3hc5u355g9psclg8qn'>nevent1q…g8qn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this is a book that had me right up until the end and then made me want to throw it at, no, through a wall 2025-08-01T23:29:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9l7n2lkusgt0vzg54zyy38zy86uxhf30xad80k4d4ux0lvdcvvrqzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askvf5lmk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2aa9q5r4t0n2vr3ky84ha5ua2h4s942cp7vj7fwdrrdtz3a9cywqz8w2se'>nevent1q…w2se</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Flaming Hydra 2025-08-01T23:27:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9al7cy5zq99u4lqnv8jazlu0r704q96wlrrwzku9tw7c6eqmw72gzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5ask0rrjg4 Eternal Summer (by Fransiska Gansler) is a short, precise, powerful novel about two women in a hotel on the edge of a wildfire zone. it reckons with loneliness, trauma, and trust. <br/><br/>Read if you like Boulder by Eva Baltasar.<br/><br/>#books<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-07-26T01:00:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvhpynh8ckd7plwnpyxpqnq6csjvmzhmdx3r2xk4fsn82p3228d5czyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askhgg87e “A haze of distrust clouded our wide view of sky, changing the way people looked at each other, the way arguments closed, even the way water tasted if someone else had poured it and handed you the cup.”<br/>—Nova Ren Suma<br/>Wake the Wild Creatures<br/><br/>#books <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-07-24T23:33:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsteh9xlztpry06t364k4wpsnvyxl4snt264kznjscvhwmwtejec3czyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askum889n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv6qt9jkllg7xk89thm9rkdspukqmun96k2dkqwetcr6zwmzek9rs40ysu8'>nevent1q…ysu8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>his annotated Alice in Wonderland was a formative text for me 2025-07-22T01:35:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswt8vqfuh2090mf8vfgd7wcw090psz3exc7ung4sfcua2mrlfpmsqzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5ask0v2gyk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdlvf4tr5wvry9hrpz5cf5mkt9a8h42aqdtt2t89qt9dqmlluhh9sj4syy6'>nevent1q…syy6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nobody tell Joyce Carol Oates I said this, I feel like she’d destroy me with a withering glance 2025-07-17T21:06:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9nlys9un7w7tvp7dmpn76qecsk8u48n6srdc6gpqyv6wmemyur0qzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5ask2we7et In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9s5k9peu6m5udfv749x5gqpjaacv7tkz5w2eghlrpaa9l6nckf3c3d68c9'>nevent1q…68c9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>she’s an author i will immediately read anything by. doesn’t miss. 2025-07-17T16:14:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdlvf4tr5wvry9hrpz5cf5mkt9a8h42aqdtt2t89qt9dqmlluhh9szyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5asktl6yd8 Reading Joyce Carol Oates’s latest and I think she’s gotten to that Stephen King point where no one’s editing her half as much as they should. <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/>#books 2025-07-17T16:00:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs09hx42fmxc46ptshdyylmnd5q0melp2tfl3e729u9xmgkgp2fnngzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askp3jlwx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspmkktn6mfc79hk56pks2ncxk368y7ql4muhr8vltleyyg3mqhrfsafwrwq'>nevent1q…wrwq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Emezi is insanely prolific. I think Vivek Oji is still their best. 2025-07-15T22:37:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsftuuj6lp3naly8wn7g8rm82eq6s9tkgl8ptk5h8se3958ve4j6aqzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askjvmn9v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszxkp92ltpxew0z6fnfs0gdupjqdmuvy6f89ghhjwtp7l8lwmap6ctvuq9m'>nevent1q…uq9m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it’s a common issue I have with multiple narrators, where i’m just much more interested in one POV and always kind of impatient with the others. Anyone else have this problem? Are there books that do it really well?<br/><br/>#books <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-07-14T16:47:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszxkp92ltpxew0z6fnfs0gdupjqdmuvy6f89ghhjwtp7l8lwmap6czyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5ask8kmx8d can’t sleep again, read all of Leila Mottley’s new book in one go. I had the problem where there are three POV characters and I only really cared about one of them. #books 2025-07-14T04:20:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvur5qzp34ndduudstv2dyn8hwx38ucvt95usaunesqc38hrcnkpszyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askvtwc9z “I have a guilt, and the boy from Shobrakheit has an anger. In his sleep, he taps his pointer and middle fingers to his lips. Dreaming of a cigarette…Tonight he made me a watch by biting gently down on the skin of my wrist and drawing numbers around the imprint of his teeth with a pen. It is a small apology, I know. It will be three o’clock all night.”<br/>—Noor Naga,<br/>If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English<br/><br/>#books <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-07-12T04:52:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0qx0u5kfpdark9hcvpsua046lug9gp23arsh7c3ck253vdc85x0qzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askc7mjmt “I have a guilt, and the boy from Shobrakheit has an anger. In his sleep, he taps his pointer and middle fingers to his lips. Dreaming of a cigarette…Tonight he made me a watch by biting gently down on the skin of my wrist and drawing numbers around the imprint of his teeth with a pen. It is a small apology, I know. It will be three o’clock all night. I made you a watch, he says.”<br/>—Noor Naga,<br/>If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English<br/><br/>#books <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-07-11T22:21:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgxplcpkhwtw6rm7u98lm6y6lcht5tqg5qnvs9l4v3jva03xnwy6qzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5ask6yvs0r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0m3eecz53gacx3yhjw4nj473z8f59zn3956m6yx5j8w85suuh84q3xnx6p'>nevent1q…nx6p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Han Kang really doesn’t miss. 2025-07-03T23:35:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrfc7uufhrfyauxyq35ha70uap5z0vnap5myaau5vrtajsvph2rjczyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askmnfw7q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0gkwqakj8a3f8zlv7yf0gd4u4fx60r64jhcq8dauhr0v8kpflp4gntcqpq'>nevent1q…cqpq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I really liked The Strange Case of Jane O. (And American Daughters is one of the reasons I think I wasn’t as knocked out as some by James—but I read it last year) 2025-07-03T23:32:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswljgc8svzh26ynm3vm4an93sydadpw7rsnrgpccveh0h5hzv9jdqzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askyww20d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvcem20gvyejkjjwnkrmkvckuy9v9c9sng90cn8pg6qqlmlmdn7lqnf0mxv'>nevent1q…0mxv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The sequel to Tainted Cup would be in my top 10 books, it lived up to the first, and that NEVER happens with a series... 2025-07-03T20:21:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgjqwhafnnyx93dh7e99huugh6ge2v6p3jlywk20jd2ljq45y7h2szyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5ask4zp5u9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstat3dd7e3t66e4j6udj739yw5p7juqvcr78ldvdm4vl5a4x4j65qeekrqy'>nevent1q…krqy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The new Ocean Vuong is great, falls just outside my top 5 2025-07-03T20:17:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp43tu7szxexxcm4vxl6q65l5g7ud8vy9qc0tjwxtn2v9a4032wcgzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askv5z9f6 What are the best books you&#39;ve read in the first half of 2025 ? <br/><br/>I read over 100 books so far this year (because I&#39;m out of control) and here are my top 5!<br/><br/>Gliff -- Ali Smith<br/>Woodworking - Emily St James<br/>The Hymn to Dionysus -- Natasha Pulley<br/>One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This -- Omar El Akkad<br/>The Buffalo Hunter Hunter -- Stephen Graham Jones<br/><br/>#books <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-07-03T19:41:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs08pqffnyyf7tdsx27xpsa0k90ewj8u5ggffqlutdxsagy7ufklugzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5ask6gwmpx Books I read in June, favorites are starred. Tell me if you&#39;ve read any of these! <br/><br/>Fulgentius—César Aira<br/>The Starving Saints—Caitlin Starling*<br/>Where I End—Sophie White<br/>Copper Script—KJ Charles<br/>The Book of Disappearance—Ibtisam Azem<br/>Kill Creatures—Rory Power<br/>Under the Eye of the Big Bird—Hiromi Kawakami*<br/>Woodworking—Emily St. James*<br/>Meet Me at the Crossroads—Megan Giddings<br/>On the Calculation of Volume—Solvej Balle<br/>Twist—Colum McCann<br/>The Echoes—Evie Wyld*<br/>Harmattan Season—Tochi Onyebuchi<br/>The Glass Garden—Jessica Lévai<br/>Coup de Grâce—Sofia Ajram<br/>The Book of Records—Madeleine Thien*<br/>Eat the Ones You Love—Sarah Maria Griffin*<br/>What Kind of Paradise—Janelle Brown<br/>Sinkhole, and Other Inexplicable Voids—Leyna Krow*<br/>El Dorado Drive—Megan Abbott<br/><br/>...I need to get more sleep.<br/><br/>#books <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-07-01T23:42:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx5ugfd5hpxjzzfxazvts8zq44y6ep05y2z59dh9k8h5ekfk8073qzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5ask2l35uc couldn’t sleep, so i read the entirety of Megan Abbott’s latest, El Dorado Drive, in one sitting. very few authors are as unputdownable for me. #books <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-07-01T02:16:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxy4smt7uwpllgz2ha2z0k8ztefgc4hwmr42v4l7dj79yd2rwv30gzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5ask0slzu9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszz69wln9mcsmjvszkc9854xd02jgm2yd385c58952cf6mpnn5cms0kzak0'>nevent1q…zak0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Abigail Dean’s novel Girl A was a smart, extremely gut-wrenching thriller. excited for the new one! 2025-06-28T22:51:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs99u5exqc9s72jmcv9aczxsw3l9f46fk5zdp4n8pldfk54j7zh63czyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askhrhuct In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfc3n9fzvmq0c09yhuu2nam28mqkx384nfwu9nms4slqnpdt5jy6cg7yadw'>nevent1q…yadw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is an extremely divisive book! personally, i loved the setting and vibes enough to overlook what didn’t work for me 2025-06-28T22:50:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd0eqxdkdrj8wwhdrptqlhlcyv2s66r6nghlexfr0w6twkjq3p42qzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5asky7dfuk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyreg0ndrxqm7qg2dhqczl8syezxqgp8s2a2q7mvfey85pgteyd0s7zpdpq'>nevent1q…pdpq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i loved this book, it was so generous 2025-06-27T00:23:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8lzhu072ax8aa82t5tq9939ulkhmutzmpam9syhk0dny4qemfjzczyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askzluwg6 “In times like these, friendship is one of the only certainties people can give each other. People are obliged to rescue one another.”<br/><br/>—Madeleine Thien, The Book of Records<br/><br/>#books<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-06-26T15:03:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvsmpkscwc8ex3lprkmvh4d4c5sknaze3r6yngxxqrmk63p4ruftczyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5asktduaks In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxt92y4evjcrgnrx25k8ymye5veesd44spv53qzxcctdqxq9kva9c5ylz5k'>nevent1q…lz5k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Personallty, i think naming characters is one of the most fun things to do! 2025-06-23T02:15:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszy5cet3n2y7x7wcpa3954w0eet44reql7m79vdyd8ez2pcq6d89czyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askw5p2ag In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszfltlnwmncj54jkq53r0999qnr47mnjq3nr87qh6pkglqhfkeyyq84gf2x'>nevent1q…gf2x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i noped out about 10 pages into Gideon…just not my vibe. Does Harrow work as a stand-alone? 2025-06-23T02:11:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfr5cvkc8nf6d63k60vljk4e2t9ejmlfg7ehwsnej5mt3cfgjzrdqzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5ask49cszj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrfeqkc29c9e3a0wvufyh8wdhhydewe20wfx40d0780zqg5evcn2gqylaz3'>nevent1q…laz3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>self insert is more like you, the reader, are supposed to imagine yourself as the protagonist. second person works for me when either the “you” is a character in itself or the it’s the protagonist mentally addressing themselves. 2025-06-23T02:10:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxe7ffdjdym6nsk43x0xyjr3f69t2t8fjfd7ceqwaweqn2xv6mmyczyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askmksw33 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs08we88ch8ltg5gah0lc3vtwg5qd0k06a88gtezqjqwv4vk84nasskkds5j'>nevent1q…ds5j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I love second person, when it&#39;s done well, but I totally get that it&#39;s a barrier to entry for many readers! (I do not love self-insert second person.) 2025-06-22T20:17:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs99z8mrw22hveyg4lcz9v5mgvyn0gn05f0junqu2p965f0anvjjwgzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5asksgf7dv Tell me your book pet peeves! <br/><br/>currently i’m getting tired of extremely similar cartoon covers on romance, and also of unnamed narrators in literary fiction. <br/><br/>#books<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-06-22T14:51:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvf29ymau36jz8jn4w08qtp8wu6aqjkxgvda3nmluweuq269wa35czyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askmh3n5w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr4uj5pdx52pthcmv3vf9angk3zpyrnadnwq0xmejrvxfsl732fzcmwg6a5'>nevent1q…g6a5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that’s an incredible cover, too 2025-06-20T23:09:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs07x484hqz4ya3afer00hndj2rg0pvdxghadxrd7mt3uzhsczzhrgzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askr005py In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxtdvjlgpcmgp62tqvpfq4vyz8s9q026mzf8f6rnffvkhke4glgxqscn376'>nevent1q…n376</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>we were clearly reading this at the same time 2025-06-20T23:08:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrvkqqx6dhuhea0m9l8nnj2f95dgda9m52csyj3ptejmwq2c3mnmgzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askhfkgps “A petal drops, moves through the air, lands. Perhaps it is in response to me. I am only a baby ghost; if I can make the petal of a flower wilt, maybe with work I can poke Hannah in the boob.”<br/><br/>- Evie Wyld<br/>The Echoes<br/><br/>#books<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-06-20T23:07:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd9t25dp4lc4e746eun7u3m2pvrjcq2r33m8zc30wg79tjnknghzszyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askvkk62q “I am not saying I have lost hope. It just doesn’t come by so often any more. It has moved away. It was quite undramatic, it did not slam the door behind it, it is more as if, like an animal, it has found new hunting grounds, like a cat that has moved next door or a plant that has scattered its seeds where they are more likely to grow.”<br/><br/>—Solvej Balle<br/>On the Calculation of Volume (Book I)<br/><br/>#books<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-06-17T01:03:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqqkpchynvatzmt29yw039tap749fkvuumj76tavtkph36rf4xacszyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askey6jkm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgffyxf0fzl3p2j2tu0t06mf6wfkssazvy7t93r6typ9aq6z4ayesndymfv'>nevent1q…ymfv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>OH, and somehow i left out The Hymn to Dionysus by Natasha Pulley, which i adored! 2025-06-01T17:56:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgffyxf0fzl3p2j2tu0t06mf6wfkssazvy7t93r6typ9aq6z4ayeszyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askhhc5s5 May #books read, asterisks for favorites in a loaded month:<br/><br/>Mothers and Sons--Adam Haslett*<br/>Nesting--Roisin O&#39;Donell<br/>Ring Shout--P. Djèlí Clark<br/>The Bog Wife--Kay Chronister<br/>The Three Lives of Cate Kay--Kate Fagan<br/>Black Sheep--Rachel Harrison<br/>The Dissenters--Youssef Rakha<br/>Sour Cherry--Natalia Theodoridou*<br/>Death Takes Me--Cristina Rivera Garza<br/>Atavists--Lydia Millet<br/>The Emperor of Gladness--Ocean Vuong*<br/>The Incandescent--Emily Tesh*<br/>Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng-Kylie Lee Baker*<br/>Swim Home to the Vanished--Brendan Shay Basham<br/>Cold Eternity--S.A. Barnes<br/>Hunchback--Saou Ichikawa<br/>Say Hello to My Little Friend--Jennine Capó Crucet*<br/>On Such a Full Sea - Chang-rae Lee<br/><br/>Thoughts on any of these? <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-06-01T17:09:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0e9u5kf8la8r93g0k7jaf77ntyvgw8fnxpvme2tl643hhsaq7lxszyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askzqfzzj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgm4jj04rhqanxa4wgr8nc6c7lm9ywsfx6wpm7vxdw6jsc0ks9vccmu9z40'>nevent1q…9z40</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng—pandemic-era social horror with very very hungry ghosts 2025-05-31T16:06:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2mgre83jgj4rwce5u8pg0wf89kud2zeqqaapvpd5qz4ply0wjszqzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5ask2em226 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqvuygsmmaudzple0w9yrr3pzxjaslf567t5ujhasjvjxj4ud4elsnngh0e'>nevent1q…gh0e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I love the world of Perdido Street Station, but the ending made me throw the book at a wall 2025-05-31T16:02:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr934u26qjykykhw6httq8qkq7n93qte0yd7hr4m003fz6xrfa77qzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askzs9njg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv8fecvhc85rzvxmgvg952wtdkly7u92j84zh6hexfcqql22w3mdcnhk2gu'>nevent1q…k2gu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>man, do they ever sleep??? 2025-05-29T23:42:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg9tttu642jxvppypy5u52kvw02mf54m65c6nvnud4kvl3kw5aklczyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askhwc6fs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswfxjupkflgeya3z35yfru4fx0qnhw6zyhwzg5ynlh4d4h0njc6nqxwjzqd'>nevent1q…jzqd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i did read this! i loved the world but struggled to connect with some of the characters. 2025-05-29T23:38:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9qc5m4088p28xv9zt269xluhy9vascrplrnuycnu92uvla2zysfszyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askkmu9ck <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> What’s the book you desperately want to make someone else read so you can talk about it?<br/><br/>#books 2025-05-28T00:14:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs86vp2qs8v82kru0fa8z4vrpe53pazx7rv0uetqm2cq5s2vvczh8qzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askrgsmvs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2cujnxlqhas2jka4m3u0966n6q8fy055m2m3fnt2v5rleufq4wxs8n9aln'>nevent1q…9aln</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We had A Tale of Two Cities and I still don’t like Dickens. 2025-05-25T22:13:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswfyhvqclsx24822qf4cku3m72m7pcn9g438q4deuh2v3x020l8tczyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askxfgar3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0ck76jq3syd0hmncptw4tn0fmz4yzr2nprkcpp2fgkl066952nvcgwtfhd'>nevent1q…tfhd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Howard’s End is one of those novels I was assigned in school, thought were boring, and then rediscovered that they were great. See also To the Lighthouse. 2025-05-25T18:16:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswz9egxxtchaegchx7q02fr6e3hkds57528rwjrskvtd4jv9ye03szyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5ask5t6v5y “I come from far away and I am not here. I will never be all here. Because that is, at the end of the day, the weight of an accent, isn’t it? The weight of an accent that only emerges, when it emerges, on the shores of sleep.”<br/>—Cristina Rivera Garza, “Death Takes Me”<br/><br/>#books<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-05-20T23:19:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqj858vttkhm7qe9fv7xnwa4872lv3echkmz3x5gtqu78n2m42afczyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askqgm26r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstw27tucq9vvufv6g6u3ncvlvwemafqpmdflvf3w8g7e5clwjhf4gmvhxxt'>nevent1q…hxxt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s at least as old as Paradise Lost. 2025-05-18T23:28:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsryvfnjxag3ezqtc953pkt3t07ferwhayj0rlfvutqarvycmw7lngzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5ask8l8kh0 “Some people thought he must be simple because he was so peaceful. I didn’t think so. When someone is that calm in a crisis, either they don’t know what’s happening, or you don’t.”<br/>—Natasha Pulley, “The Hymn to Dionysus”<br/><br/>#books<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-05-14T23:25:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq5qy3v08ppdd5aedfyh4znhpt8jk3h95ll5j89j54j3lq0r59jkczyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5ask8wjefg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstka4tmwgphddsjtx497np4htr64wkxld22u2hnsaw7asyz3xa5wc8v8ars'>nevent1q…8ars</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>do the books each stand alone at all, or do they need to be read back to back? 2025-05-04T23:09:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgu67m4w2lxh8yllh7xhl847g5twgkzetn42hmy8hpy69nsy94ddgzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5asku9fkny In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0pp7wgpfe2jnxj0mtexu7suxfh4a9sa60vsl8gu5mn7jfjuzzvjq305fnw'>nevent1q…5fnw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it’s so good! Between TBHH and Sinners, it’s a golden time for alternative vampire lore! 2025-05-02T12:07:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspprc7c6xls29n2573zm22ku89ajn5vcrrjmqujfx2fy3y4d59gyczyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askkafz9t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw2j7qkkg93ccv0yh5up2n7wp4h3n28h20wsjlu68752tnnx74vqg5xsylr'>nevent1q…sylr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What I read in April, part two (tell me if you read any of these!)<br/><br/>The Sleeping Land—Ella Alexander<br/>My Lesbian Novel—Renee Gladman*<br/>The Antidote—Karen Russell*<br/>The Colony—Annika Norlin*<br/>The Strange Case of Jane O—Karen Thompson Walker<br/>Hombrecito—Santiago Jose Sanchez<br/>The Goblin Emperor—Katherine Addison<br/>Full Speed to a Crash Landing—Beth Revis<br/>Somadina—Akwaeke Emeki<br/>Sharks in the Time of Saviors—Kawai Strong Washburn<br/>The Lamb—Lucy Rose*<br/><br/>#books #bookstodon<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-05-02T11:51:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw2j7qkkg93ccv0yh5up2n7wp4h3n28h20wsjlu68752tnnx74vqgzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5ask97f78x What I read in April, part one, asterisks for my favorite of a wild month:<br/><br/>Beta Vulgaris—Margie Sarsfield<br/>Rose/House—Arkady Martine<br/>A Leopard-Skin Hat—Anne Serre<br/>When Crack Was King—Donovan X. Ramsey<br/>Trouble Island—Sharon Short<br/>The Buffalo Hunter Hunter—Stephen Graham Jones*<br/>Universality—Natasha Brown<br/>In Universes—Emet North*<br/>Tooth And Claw—Jo Walton<br/>A Drop of Corruption—Robert Jackson Bennett*<br/>Audition—Katie Kitamura<br/><br/>#books #bookstodon<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-05-02T11:49:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0cjz07j2jnqujvlg0x85ft96c3evquxs3wwhqfwlcmul9hfu5tqqzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askpw9d3s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8xlsmt4yfhlw74qrcnxjns970tdh4k5yzrqcqpyjvlt4hdv8pj0qr7jh3w'>nevent1q…jh3w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>to me the best titles either imply something interesting, or have a rhythm or poetry to them, or both. this one doesn’t give me anything to latch onto, sorry! 2025-04-26T01:01:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg6vtz3hzu80aa89myf6md9vaach6j6fkmqk7q2v9zhxhe0mht9kczyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askt3x9aw “Anything that is yours alone can become a curse, even good fortune.”<br/>—Karen Russell<br/>The Antidote<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> #books 2025-04-19T23:24:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsymkw45wflxg6ruq3984lrrkseepq8mpx9fp02wak857amt8wa8lczyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askhfet5m “When people start acting stupid I usually stop reading. Those people aren’t ready to be characters yet. You can’t have just any figment be a character. They should have to pass a test. “<br/>- Renee Gladman<br/>My Lesbian Novel<br/><br/>#books<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-04-18T21:53:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2ncl0v8ze8tmc2cz9fzzlxtyegxs8ayswwcjazuksfwa7dajltkgzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askheacyn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv6rev3e7q3wxwuq7nr3eu5a67gu8xt37uhgn0vwc043m5ptf5vtgexg38n'>nevent1q…g38n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>i miss livejournal for this, to date myself precisely 2025-04-08T22:40:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswu2l6t0fdj0zq3fprwpvl38majnka6a3sqqvhduse52eqadln9yszyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askx93pwd How do you feel about negative book reviews on social media? I’ve definitely read books that make me want to rant a lot, but i’m never sure if it’s a good idea to sort of ‘ name and shame’…<br/><br/>#books #bookstodon<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-04-08T00:10:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf52r7v5ptjcn20tgjncvlfuxa3lmamppl7yhaveewr68m33aumhgzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askcgw4x9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswaj0egvhtf78see2sjmyuh3e3pjjnqa6ug0576y2dmhu5lsezgkgrvmrsm'>nevent1q…mrsm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>March #books part 2:<br/>Your Absence Is Darkness—Jón Kalman Steffánson<br/>Wild Dark Shore—Charlotte McConaghy<br/>The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain—Sofia Samatar*<br/>Prophet—Helen MacDonald &amp; Sin Blaché*<br/>Medusa of the Roses—Navid Sinaki<br/>One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This—Omar El-Akkad*<br/>They Bloom at Night—Trang Thanh Tran<br/>The Tomb of Dragons—Katherine Addison<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-04-05T14:18:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswaj0egvhtf78see2sjmyuh3e3pjjnqa6ug0576y2dmhu5lsezgkgzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askdgfv59 March #books, starred favorites (part 1)<br/>The Woods All Black—Lee Mandelo<br/>House of Bone and Rain—Gabino Iglesias<br/>Sister Snake—Amanda Lee Koe<br/>Blob—Maggie Su<br/>Quarterlife—Devika Rege<br/>Reservoir Bitches—Dahlia de la Cerda<br/>Elegy, Southwest—Madeleine Watts<br/>Wolf at the Table—Adam Rapp<br/>The Incendiaries—R.O. Kwon<br/>Daughter of Mine—Megan Miranda<br/>The Night of Baba Yaga—Akita Otani<br/>Shred Sisters—Betsy Lerner<br/>The Coast Road—Alan Murrin<br/>Multiple Choice—Alejandro Zambra<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-04-05T14:10:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsderm2wc0ru8lqxqs572uzt064keqmgf8ajlzcxrh07x035xzfg5gzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5ask43lepa <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> do you ever get so annoyed with a book that you have to read the worst bits out loud to your friends so you can explain what’s driving you crazy?<br/><br/>i’ve done this twice this week. 2025-03-15T03:14:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf04kvnvq5zd2qmqlppexj85wm5aryrcwxuy2pzdu8vua025rzs6szyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askmm8z37 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0w3xr9ru4x0xj6uexc5j2njqshgzklc07uypnh9p30fyaful898qsahpue'>nevent1q…hpue</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ooh, this sounds right up my alley 2025-03-10T02:12:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrlxt35y2v8ffglx36200kg20eggh7mlp7krey8ut506vmwp2ca6czyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askvewvku In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrth73qgn3fp8px7jw2yhlyea3zu6hfdqfdtwg6sqgqzzttfjej5g55wvxh'>nevent1q…wvxh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What I read in February, part two (the first book is my favorite of the year so far):<br/>Gliff—Ali Smith**<br/>All the Sinners Bleed—S.A. Cosby<br/>Stone Yard Devotional—Charlotte Wood*<br/>Jackal—Erin E. Adams<br/>Taiwan Travelogue—Shuang-zi Yang (tr. Lin King)*<br/>Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light—Joy Harjo<br/>Feast While You Can—Mikaella Clements, Onjuli Datta*<br/>Metal From Heaven—August Clarke*<br/>Social Creature—Tara Isabella Burton<br/><br/>#books<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-01T14:04:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrth73qgn3fp8px7jw2yhlyea3zu6hfdqfdtwg6sqgqzzttfjej5gzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askcyw7em What I read in February, part one (stars for favorites, love to hear your thoughts):<br/><br/>Rakesfall—Vajra Chandrasekera<br/>Ghostroots—‘Pemi Aguda*<br/>The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands—Sarah Brooks<br/>Sand-Catcher—Omar Khalifah<br/>Mystery Lights—Lena Valencia*<br/>And He Shall Appear—Kate van der Borg<br/>Death of the Author—Nnedi Okorafor*<br/>What the Woods Took—Courtney Gould<br/><br/>#books<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-03-01T14:02:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf3aeaq8mcpg9y5edttcudwxy8e8tq3nt69v3z2lwgewhdg2xsqsgzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askra6maa “Rubbish? or keepsake? the thought of my sister shaking me awake in an empty house to come with her and help check for and clear a field of any flowers we’d missed, any flowers newly opening overnight, that might be harmful to horses, horses she didn’t yet know were only there to be butchered, so that those horses wouldn’t eat them by mistake and do damage to their soft mouths.”<br/><br/>—Ali Smith, Gliff<br/><br/>#books <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-16T18:32:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswewp4r6te9xkpdt4nn9d3cq6y9tjkys092c98lxh03nahxg2068qzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5ask6jz4am In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgyw4y5h7dryzhlvzekqr50kxxz7wrthah7w6y8yw0my78gyw0lfc8zmwz0'>nevent1q…mwz0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ducks is incredible. 2025-02-07T01:07:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9vy0hjfj49lhftkssq3v3zk6s59x04v7pvtew6j3hkca82p8ck8szyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5ask9c6luh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8zqp55qy52d9mlc0eusclnrg3l9gtn4fcsn05xd8l2y54fc5p8jqsx5v72'>nevent1q…5v72</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t normally read quite so many short stories, but the collections I read this month were banging (and some great titles--The Hive and the Honey; Every Drop is a Man&#39;s Nightmare). Anyone else got favorite recent short story collections? #books 2025-02-06T01:25:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8zqp55qy52d9mlc0eusclnrg3l9gtn4fcsn05xd8l2y54fc5p8jqzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askl49h80 #Books I read in January, insomniac style:<br/><br/>Anyone&#39;s Ghost - August Thompson<br/>Craft - Ananda Lima<br/>A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing - Eimear McBride<br/>City of Night Birds - Juhea Kim<br/>My Darling Dreadful Thing - Johanna Van Veen<br/>Catalina - Karla Corejo Villavicencio<br/>Liquid, Fragile, Perishable - Carolyn Kuebler<br/>Blood Over Bright Haven - M.L. Wang*<br/>The Night Guest - Hildur Knutsdottir<br/>The Fishermen - Chigozie Obioma<br/>The Hive and the Honey - Paul Yoon*<br/>Our Hideous Progeny - C.E. McGill<br/>Auē - Becky Manawatu<br/>Glorious Exploits - Ferdia Lennon*<br/>North Continent Ribbon - Ursula Whitcher*<br/>My Good Bright Wolf - Sarah Moss*<br/>The Perfect World of Minako Sumida - Clarissa Goenawan<br/>She&#39;s Always Hungry - Eliza Clark*<br/>Good Girl - Aria Aber<br/>Hammajang Luck - Makana Yamamoto<br/>We Do Not Part - Han Kang<br/>Every Drop Is a Man&#39;s Nightmare - Megan Kamalei Kakimoto*<br/>Confrontations - Simone Atangana Bekono*<br/>Insurrecto - Gina Apostol<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-06T01:13:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw2t9r02ynvxq28awug9rvqgfh52asl6gxknl54r27z3prvjacvnczyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askmpreth “Please, I would pray, I want to be good, though in the mornings, the yearning for God, like every true thing I had ever felt, embarrassed me, and I knew to whittle it down, until it paled in the back of my mind, like a pebble filed by the sea.”<br/><br/>—Aria Aber, Good Girl<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> #books 2025-01-23T13:59:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2mcxga29c634zwzk3zs2wh32xq39ysd5qkgjf8dwdhttt6wc793qzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askn487fh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstf5nxv5xex7p4256ft94w6gkxkj3k2yv33rg2pcrflpty6le2awc8nm6h3'>nevent1q…m6h3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Glorious Exploits would have made my “best books of 2024” list if i’d read it in time. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-01-16T23:12:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstf5nxv5xex7p4256ft94w6gkxkj3k2yv33rg2pcrflpty6le2awczyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askzn4tc6 “Those rats are the worst of everything under an indifferent sky, but the sound coming from the aulos, frail as it might be…that&#39;s us giving it a go, it&#39;s us building shit, and singing songs, and cooking food, it&#39;s kisses, and stories told over a winter fire, it&#39;s decency, and all we&#39;ll ever have to give, I say to myself, as my lungs burn and my eyes water, &#39;cause I don&#39;t have much left, but I keep blowing away at the aulos, playing my song.” <br/><br/>-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits<br/><br/>#books 2025-01-16T23:02:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfcjs3wxn46t0wfstfw26ax0sey7zr2eqsvprx64vj9gc5scgnrlqzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5ask042lmc My favorite books published in 2024: <br/>You Dreamed of Empires - Álvaro Enrigue (tr Natasha Wimmer)<br/>Ordinary Human Failings - Megan Nolan<br/>Margo&#39;s Got Money Troubles - Rufi Thorpe<br/>The Tainted Cup - Robert Jackson Bennett<br/>The Silence of the Choir - Mohamed Mbougar Sarr (tr. Alison Anderson)<br/>The Blue Maiden - Anna Noyes<br/>The Mighty Red - Louise Erdrich<br/>My Friends - Hisham Matar<br/>Held - Anne Michaels<br/>Orbital - Samantha Harvey<br/>Rainbow Black - Maggie Thrash<br/>I Was A Teenage Slasher - Stephen Graham Jones<br/>The Morningside - Téa Obreht<br/>Not A River - Selva Almada (tr. Annie McDermott)<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> what do you reckon?<br/><br/>#books 2024-12-30T21:36:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfr207fr46qasvnf8g5tc6qul3ny7jvw8urmagd6y63dlx4u6m72gzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5ask0tah60 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszveeuc3m8vfcfrlejdmxl47lnge25a43ks53tm5y59atyxw5j5sgqmrut2'>nevent1q…rut2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>your sweater though! 2024-10-05T17:26:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspta5nc3dmw8px7z49sj3pxqx93jrxg0afh7th9gg7gmd4pw9927qzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askhqg3p6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8ncf53uewf6a8h5l4edyl5f27mn4mrvpmd4pa2sjf4cv9ssyr27ghc83yu'>nevent1q…83yu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yes, beautiful writing, and keeping its focus tight on the family rather than trying to be panoramic. 2024-10-04T08:02:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy5jf6x5fgdw2635vl7lgpcvetafp92t4gplh96trq6syx3ydhsnszyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5asksjrgd0 Book roundup (ever so slightly belated) for September, asterisks for the best of the best.<br/><br/>Breasts and Eggs - Mieko Kawakami<br/>Liars - Sarah Manguso<br/>Ammonite - Nicola Griffith<br/>Time of the Flies - Claudia Piñeiro*<br/>Creation Lake - Rachel Kushner<br/>The Coin - Yasmin Zaher*<br/>Smothermoss - Alisa Alering<br/>The Safekeep - Yael van der Wouden<br/>Lady Macbeth - Ava Reid<br/>Guide Me Home - Attica Locke<br/>Toward Eternity - Anton Hur<br/>Bright I Burn - Molly Aitken*<br/>Living Things - Munir Hachemi <br/>The Blue Maiden - Anna Noyes*<br/>Mister Magic - Kiersten White<br/>Blue Sisters - Coco Mellors<br/>Real Americans - Rachel Khong<br/>Madwoman - Chelsea Bieker<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> <br/>#books 2024-10-03T23:37:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy0t3eca3m3r0n43s7lth268pwhrxw7hvp09p3s6n35l3qjug6cxqzyrcc4hkkh4fdkrvzkvn4908ed3wx30rvse8lnp5jmrx6hg64n5askau3kvn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0qrdkysuaw90vjwf328rx29cc03ugn23dzepq2n2vu4s9haj4uusvs3dv7'>nevent1q…3dv7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>that was a very calming listen! 2024-08-07T12:00:14Z