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I am an avid reader and live to share my favs of the year! I would safely say these books were as though provoking as they were beautiful!
Our Share of Night (Mariana Enríquez; translated by Megan McDowell)
The Passion (Jeanette Winterson)
Gifts of the Body (Rebecca Brown)
The Queer Art of Failure (J. Jack Halberstam)
Monstrilio (Gerado Sámano Córdova)
Our Share of Night (Mariana Enríquez; translated by Megan McDowell)
The Passion (Jeanette Winterson)
Gifts of the Body (Rebecca Brown)
The Queer Art of Failure (J. Jack Halberstam)
Monstrilio (Gerado Sámano Córdova)
Nov 9, 2024
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📚Joan Didion.
Camila Sosa Villada.
Mona Awad.
Ottessa Moshfegh.
Yukio Mishima.
Mary Gaitskill.
Books I'm currently reading and liking so far:
A Little Life-Hanya Yanagihara.
Carmilla-Sheridan Le Fanu.
Hunger-Martín Caparrós.
Books I've read in the past and liked:
Mist-Miguel de Unamuno.
Bad Girls-Camila Sosa Villada.
Bunny-Mona Awad.
Death In Her Hands-Ottessa Moshfegh.
My Year of Rest and Relaxation-Ottessa Moshfegh.
Animal-Lisa Taddeo.
This Is Pleasure-Mary Gaitskill.
Running With Scissors-Augusten Burroughs.
Cultish-Amanda Montell.
So You've Been Publicly Shamed-Jon Ronson.
Rosario Tijeras-Jorge Franco.
Educated-Tara Westover.
Maus-Art Spiegelman.
Books I'm currently reading and liking so far:
A Little Life-Hanya Yanagihara.
Carmilla-Sheridan Le Fanu.
Hunger-Martín Caparrós.
Books I've read in the past and liked:
Mist-Miguel de Unamuno.
Bad Girls-Camila Sosa Villada.
Bunny-Mona Awad.
Death In Her Hands-Ottessa Moshfegh.
My Year of Rest and Relaxation-Ottessa Moshfegh.
Animal-Lisa Taddeo.
This Is Pleasure-Mary Gaitskill.
Running With Scissors-Augusten Burroughs.
Cultish-Amanda Montell.
So You've Been Publicly Shamed-Jon Ronson.
Rosario Tijeras-Jorge Franco.
Educated-Tara Westover.
Maus-Art Spiegelman.
Sep 24, 2024
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📚This year I couldn't read that many books because of the thesis, but I read some, aside from everything I recommended under the section On Reading, from my profile in case you want to check it out.
· A Little Life- Hanya Yanagihara: my controversial opinion is that it was meh. I was expecting to have a divisive opinion like almost all of the people who read it but I thought the conversations were a bit monotonous and because there's a behavioral pattern that goes for 800 pages, I sort of already knew what to expect. Like every time Jude feels a little bit of happiness I would go in my head like all right, what's the other traumatic event that follows?😒 It didn't need to be 800 pages long but I still enjoyed the plot.
· Blindness-José Saramago: José Saramago is such a good writer for chaos. Loved Death with Interruptions as well. I think these are two of my favorite books.
· Carmilla-Sheridan Le Fanu. Loved it. I'm biased because I love vampires, but still. Now I want to read Carmen María Machado's edition I found out exists because someone commented it to me under their post.
· Cat Person-Kristen Roupenian. One of my favorite short stories.
· Heaven-Mieko Kawakami: the descriptions of bullying were pretty brutal but there's something about this book that made me go meh. Maybe it's because I thought it was so matter of fact that I didnt feel the prose was particularly moving.
· How To Win Friends And Influence People-Dale Carnegie. (My humiliation rituals are not for you to comment on). I've applied some of the advice and it works, who would've known?
· Soy Una Tonta por Quererte-Camila Sosa Villada. Read this collection of short stories after her book Bad Girls, which remains superior before my eyes, even though I enjoyed most of the stories.
· The Garden of Time-JG Ballard. Read this because I wanted to understand that MET Gala theme. Enjoyed it.
· The Yellow Wallpaper-Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Probably my favorite short story ever.
· A Little Life- Hanya Yanagihara: my controversial opinion is that it was meh. I was expecting to have a divisive opinion like almost all of the people who read it but I thought the conversations were a bit monotonous and because there's a behavioral pattern that goes for 800 pages, I sort of already knew what to expect. Like every time Jude feels a little bit of happiness I would go in my head like all right, what's the other traumatic event that follows?😒 It didn't need to be 800 pages long but I still enjoyed the plot.
· Blindness-José Saramago: José Saramago is such a good writer for chaos. Loved Death with Interruptions as well. I think these are two of my favorite books.
· Carmilla-Sheridan Le Fanu. Loved it. I'm biased because I love vampires, but still. Now I want to read Carmen María Machado's edition I found out exists because someone commented it to me under their post.
· Cat Person-Kristen Roupenian. One of my favorite short stories.
· Heaven-Mieko Kawakami: the descriptions of bullying were pretty brutal but there's something about this book that made me go meh. Maybe it's because I thought it was so matter of fact that I didnt feel the prose was particularly moving.
· How To Win Friends And Influence People-Dale Carnegie. (My humiliation rituals are not for you to comment on). I've applied some of the advice and it works, who would've known?
· Soy Una Tonta por Quererte-Camila Sosa Villada. Read this collection of short stories after her book Bad Girls, which remains superior before my eyes, even though I enjoyed most of the stories.
· The Garden of Time-JG Ballard. Read this because I wanted to understand that MET Gala theme. Enjoyed it.
· The Yellow Wallpaper-Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Probably my favorite short story ever.
Jan 1, 2025
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📖- Bliss Montage by Ling MA
(Compilations of short stories/ I read it in a day/ great weird shit)
- Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
(GOD IS CHANGE. and it changed my life)
- After Dark by Haruki Murakami
(jazz, voyeurism, and the meaning of it all)
- Woman Hollering Creek and Other Short Stories by Sandra Cisneros
(I really love short story compilations....i have attachment issues)
- Prokaryote Season by Leo Fox
(transgenderism comic. toxic love. aka. my idea of a good time)
Sep 26, 2024
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Watched this movie every single weekend at my nana’s house because she had it saved to her dvr. Gave me an extreme desire for independence at a very young age (it has carried me through to today!) and inspired me to make pancakes (waffles) on my own every week as a spry 6 year old.
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🌅I allow myself to move through ny life at breakneck speed in order to get to the next “thing”— whether thats a job, life stage, relationship, goal, etc.. i have been doing this since I was 15. It wasn’t until this last summer/fall that I stopped to look around at the life I had built and fully feel everything! I enrolled in a grad program 2 years ago, at the encouragement of my partner, and this past fall I really started to see myself in this career. I feel energized by my work and research, I feel cared for by my department. I feel like a fulfilling career is awaiting me, yet I am taking the time to feel settled in my current service job and internship, careful not to rush past the mundanity and sweetness of my life now. I have everything ahead of me, truly what is my hurry?