I have a few favourites that it’s impossible to choose one of all time, BUT this is the favourite that i’ve convinced the most people to read and been most successful in their responses to it. Just a perfect little experience of a book.
Six deaths of the saint by Alix E Harrow-Really short, awesome storytelling and characters.
Open water by Caleb A Nelson- beautiful prose and writing flow is seamless, best love story I ever read.
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke- Main character is reminiscent of Aang trom
Avatar the last airbender lol, his optimism and joyous perspective made me so happy.
Would suggest to not read the synopsis and go in blind.
This applies to popular works that are often recommended by others (for me: bell hooks’s work, Man’s Search for Meaning, Braiding Sweetgrass) but it also applies to the classics that people don’t necessarily recommend because they’re difficult— often assigned instead of recommended because they’re important— but their significance and perceived difficulty often overshadows the fact that yes, they’re actually really that fucking good. The works in this category that come to mind for me are Moby Dick and Le Samouraï. What are yours?
surprised no one else has mentioned her! Florence Welch has the voice, looks, and passion of a pre-raphaelite siren luring you into the ocean to drown because that’s how much she loves you.
if you don’t feel like a dancer, try martial arts! It gave me better balance, control, and flexibility, and the dojo I was at was very welcoming. I’m getting clumsy again after moving and I really need to start again!
