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50 books in 2023 challenge. 2/50 ‘Dogs in Medieval Manuscripts’ by Kathleen Walker Meikle.
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Saw your ask about going to a bookshop, got any book recommendations for someone who hasn't read many books in a while? Which type of stories intrigue you the most? Do you like movies? If so, which genres, which flicks?
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My favourite fiction genre is fantasy, and I do so love @neil-gaiman's books; I've read 6 of his books so far this year. I've also read a few books from people here on Tumblr, such as Time to Orbit: Unknown and Curse Words by @derinthescarletpescatarian or Hunger Pangs by @thebibliosphere, or When The Angels Left The Old Country by @kuttithevangu. They're all lovely authors, and I think that Derin's books would be especially wondrous for someone who hasn't read in a while - they're tremendously engaging. I have also read a lot of other fiction this year, not by authors on Tumblr, but if we were to talk about all of the books I've read, we'd be here all day.
In terms of non-fiction, I tend to like books to do with religion, sociology, and anthropology. I've been reading a few books about the intersection of religion and queer identity lately, including the book I got yesterday. We also tried to look for Gathering Moss, which has been on my to read list for a while, as I loved Braiding Sweetgrass. Sadly, although Gathering Moss was meant to be on the shelf, it couldn't be found, so I couldn't get it yesterday.
Some other books I've got at that bookshop recently included the Wizard of Earthsea trilogy by Ursula K Le Guin, which I haven't read yet, and People Love Dead Jews, which was rather informative. It is a rather lovely bookshop; it's quite small, but it is an independent bookshop and publisher and tends to have books that the larger bookshops don't tend to have.
In terms of films, I tend to prefer either older films, odd films, or a mixture of the two.
#t#less#t ask#yes i love reading#I've read over 50 books in 2023 so far#I am inflicting my book essay upon ye#i am so normal about books
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top 10 books of 2023!!
thank you for tagging me, @elskanellis! i started drafting this right away, ran out of time to post it on 12/31, and am ~circling back now. i read 50 books in 2023, and these are my top 10 faves!
titles, brief #thoughts, etc. under the cut!
Himself, by Jess Kidd
this was so incredible and heart-wrenching and exciting to read. devastatingly beautiful/cheerful dirtbag lad busts into a small irish village to find out what happened to his mother, who was almost certainly murdered, and turns everything upside down. every character is so entertaining and funny and sharp, even the villains. the ending is incredible.
The Winners, by Fredrik Backman
i'd recommend this whole series, even if you don't care about hockey; it's so, so good and emotionally devastating. at its base, the series is about a hockey team in sweden, but really, this series belongs to the character of Benji Ovich, and it's a masterclass in building up a queer hero. it's unflinching in dealing with all that he goes through, and handles a lot of really difficult topics with deftness. the heart of his story, for me, is the question of what happens when you're in love with your best friend who is actually a despicable, evil person, and how can you ever forgive yourself for it?
The Iliad, translated by Emily Wilson
do i have to evangelize this one anymore? it's so fucking good. i've read it about 10 times at this point, i just couldn't bring myself to be finished with it. it's so refreshing and approachable and makes every single character leap off the page. it doesn't pull a single emotional punch (because homer doesn't! and wilson's like "don't look away!")
A Map for the Missing, by Belinda Huijuan Tang
this is one of those books that really comes together as a whole; i didn't know it was going to be a fave until i was finished with it. a chinese immigrant has to go back home to help search for his elderly father, who's gone missing. as he goes, every single thread of his past is tugged on and unravelled and the complexity and depth the narrative achieves is really astounding. the last few pages are an absolute gut-punch.
A Power Unbound, by Freya Marske
purely here for how it redeemed the entire series for me. i'm actually not a big romance person, though i did read more romance than ever this year; i just usually tend to get bored with the same sorts of romance tropes over and over (probably because that's what i read fic to get, not tradpub novels). this one doesn't do anything new or reinvent those tropes or anything, it's just really, really good and engaging and hot. the romance outshines the magic system/plot by far. i'd recommend the series overall, but this one has the best relationship in it AINEC.
Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries, by Heather Fawcett
why do i always like middle grade authors who pivot to adult books waaay more than YA authors who do the same? like how are they so much better? that's definitely the case here. this is really fun fairy book (i went through a fairy phase over the summer) and packed a surprising emotional punch and a really lovely romance. i think it helped that the main character have major howl and sophie vibes. i'm excited for the sequel to come out in a few weeks!
Slewfoot, by Brom
god this was absolutely horrifying and brutal and also incredible? i actually can't believe this is here because it lost me through some of the worst of the witch trial torture (it goes really hard on it, as a warning, and i almost stopped there. her poor cat :/ i can almost never handle it when a cat dies) but!! i'm glad i stuck through because of the ending, which is phenomenal and makes every other bit of it worth it. the mythology is terrific and terrifying, too.
Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan
possibly the best novella i've ever read? it just packs an incredible punch; it doesn't waste a single word, every square inch is a devastating look at the magdalene laundries and it doesn't hold back at all. so, so good.
Half a Soul, by Olivia Atwater
i'm so glad i discovered olivia atwater this year! this was during the Fairy Phase and it was just really fun and engaging. again, big howl and sophie vibes (this is such a high compliment from me) and i really love the second book in this series, too. it's just a really fun world to get lost in, and i'm excited to read more from this author this year.
He Who Drowned the World, by Shelley Parker-Chan
i had some problems with this, and i didn't love it as much as the first book, though i actually think most of those problems could've been solved with a third book and a longer runway. really wish this was a trilogy. that being said, this was still incredible. i loved every single narrative thread, there were zero emotional punches pulled, and i still think about these characters all the time. read this series if you haven't!!
#book talk#bookblr#2023 reads#book reviews#book recs#excited for 2024 already; i'm going back to 40 books lol#50 was too much pressure#40 is good because if i read more then it's just gravy!
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This is fun! Find it here: https://www.myyearinbooks.com/
Tagging @bloody-wonder @sixappleseeds @trixietricoter @doh-rae-me and @stripedroseandsketchpads if they want to see what their reading vibe is :))
#2023 in review#I'm going to do it again right at the end of the year to count the last few reads#you know#i know I read a lot of fantasy and romance#and I usually name these two genres as my faves#but didn't expect they'd be split as evenly as they are here#50/50 precisely#books
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Juking my goodreads stats by reading spy novels for teen boys that only take like 2 hours to finish
#2023 it was the work of various romantic poets that got me to my 50 book goal 2024 it will be alex rider’s poor orphaned ass#kennapost
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Book 38 of the 50 book challenge. Heartstopper vol 3 by Alice Oseman. This book is the Paris Trip only. Elle and Tao get together at the Louvre, Nick comes out as bi, Charlie tells Tao about him and Nick. The teachers get together. Good book.
#book 38#50 book challenge#2023#heartstopper volume 3#alice oseman#comic#charlie spring#nick nelson#heartstopper#book#me
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2023 reads // twitter thread
This Doesn’t Mean Anything
NA contemporary romance about a sex-repulsed girl starting uni and meeting an upperclassman who hangs out in the same study room and coffeeshop as she does
struggling with her asexuality, new friendships, and harassment
#This Doesn’t Mean Anything#aroaessidhe 2023 reads#well.#I was overall enjoying the first half of this! then it went to shit lol#for one. WAY TOO LONG. but also feels like scenes would be very short then skip to the next day#I liked how the first half of the book was just developing the relationship as a friendship.#there’s a conflict at 50% and they literally are terrible to each other for almost the entire rest of the book#also the conflict of why they can’t get together feels manufacured.#he feels like he (21) is too old for her (18) and while i’m like…yeah I understand that im iffy about it too;#as the reader we know they’re going to get together anyway. so it just feels stupid. and made that way just to cause a conflict. which lasts#too long.#2)#then men are SO overprotective to the point it’s kinda. not creepy exactly but like why the fuck can none of these women go anywhere without#a dude accompanying them? the MMC even. when she tells him to leave her alone (because he rejected her) he’s still being all protective and#and calling her sweetheart like I started to actively dislike him. it’s like. borderline manipulative ‘nice guy’#THEN it threw in a SA at 80% or whatever which. a) can we not SA our ace characters and b) is just not handled well. it feels like an excuse#to make them hurt/comfort and then get together aka end their conflict. which. oof.#3)#‘i was looking up why i dont want sex and i saw the word asexuality but couldn’t find much else maybe the GSA could help’#you can’t use info-not-on-the-internet as a plot excuse when. there is endless info about that on the internet? I don’t think this is set in#2005? also she doesnt even go ask the gsa#while her sex repulsion is a significant part of the book actual references to asexuality are extremely brief and half of it is shoved into#the last chapters. and it’s almost entirely her being self hating and the LI affirming her#anyway I can see the INTENTION is good here; the quality of writing just makes it all bad#like maybe these things are the author's experience and that's fine. the way it's written is uncomfortable.#i can tell all the 5* reviews are people who have never read an ace book before. i promise there is better#i think there’s gonna be a companion sequel about her roommate being aroace which. I don’t have super high hopes for writing-wise but I gues#guess I'm interested
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Books, March - April 2023
Masters in This Hall - KJ Charles
Little Eyes - Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell
Siren Queen - Nghi Vo
Everything is Okay - Debbie Tung [okay. so. this is, in the larger sense, a book about living with depression and anxiety, and there were absolutely multiple pages that I read and immediately said, “oh no, that’s too real,” (and then immediately photographed for future use), but in practice it’s as much or more a book about cognitive behavioral therapy, and while I don’t want to deny the utility of therapy exercises or the practice of learning to care for oneself, my god is it difficult to write about them without sounding eye-rollingly vapid]
She Who Became the Sun - Shelley Parker-Chan
The English Understand Wool - Helen DeWitt *
#books 2023#books practical and pleasurable#look friends! 50 percent more books than last time#...because two of these are novellas and one is a graphic novel
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✨️January Reads✨️
Completed 1 series
8 books
3 Novellas
and 3 short stories
#look how neat it is#its been a shitty month all around#but the books have been good at least#mostly#couldve done with knowing that both mistborn and malice were YA tho#just saying#january 2023#booklr#book recs#the goal this year is to read less in general#but mostly page count#im looking forward to digging into more short stories#like#hellmouth#by#giles kristian#who knew 50 pages of 14th century bohemia medievil horror was something i needed in my life#definitely a standout#as well as#mistborn#nona the ninth#finna#lure#and#murderbot#ofc#brandon sanderson#tamsyn muir#nino cipri
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i LOVE being a lover i LOVE meeting films where they're at i LOVE not forcing a fandomised narrative
#if you've seen my other posts no you haven't this is about renfield 2023 ginger snaps and american werewolf#held off on doing cringe fandom shit with those last two because i respect them as films and how the metaphor works#AFTER they end#whereas with renfield i'm not demanding narrative consistency i wanted it to be fun and it was#the ableism was bad definitely but as someone who's never read the book or seen the 30s/50s films i had fun#he was just a guy! this is the hotel transylvania thing all over again he's not MEANT to be accurate to anything he just IS
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50 books in 2023 challenge. 13/50 ‘Heartstopper Vol. 5’ by Alice Oseman.
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Full disclosure, I could not finish this book, but I did take this aesthetically pleasing photo of my breakfast, lol
#but GOD the book was miserable and i couldn't get past the first 50 or so pages#it read like Lena Dunham trying to do The Secret History and it just was not for me#august 2023
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"I'm very scared, Buster. Yes, at last. Because it could go on forever. Not knowing what's yours until you've thrown it away."
Books Read or Re-read in 2023;
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
#books 2023#litedit#bookedit#breakfast at tiffany's#if you haven't read this and want to please keep in mind it was written in the 50s and set in the 40s#meaning it throws around the d slur for lesbians and the n word for black people all over the place#also it's a lot more melancholy than the movie#file under my collages aren't good but I'm having fun anyway
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Franca Bettoja Tognazzi
La moda di un attrice
a cura di Mariastella Margozzi con Laura Salerno
De Luca Editori d'Arte, Roma 2023, 128 pagine , 24,8 x 29,8 cm, ISBN: 978-88-6557-558-1
euro 26,00
email if you want to buy [email protected]
Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo, Roma 2023
Franca Bettoja, attrice, apprezzata interprete de “L’uomo di Paglia” di Pietro Germi nel 1958, moglie di Ugo Tognazzi, uno degli attori più amati dal grande pubblico, viene raccontata attraverso un cospicuo numero di abiti da sera, che segnano gli eventi mondani di Roma e i red carpet dei festival cinematografici, in un periodo di grande rinascita e affermazione del Cinema italiano dagli anni ’50 agli anni ’70, gli stessi che l’hanno vista più volte partecipare a film sia in Italia che all’estero, a fianco di famosissimi attori e registi dell’epoca. Il suo gusto, sempre elegante e insieme personalissimo e fuori dal coro, si esprime sia attraverso la scelta di stilisti famosissimi quali Schuberth e la Sorelle Fontana, sia attraverso la predilezione di tessuti preziosamente ricamati e modelli personalizzati fatti realizzare da famose sartorie romane, ultime eredi di un mestiere di alto e raffinato artigianato. Il guardaroba di gala di Franca Bettoja, oltre a sottolineare la sua riservata, ma nello stesso tempo istrionica personalità, testimonia il gusto di un’epoca in cui si può affermare senz’altro che “l’abito faceva il monaco”, soprattutto nel mondo del Cinema.
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Book 26 of the 50 book challenge. The Last Secret of the Secret Annex by Joop Van Wijk- Voskuijl and Jeroen De Bruyn. The authors were mainly writing about Bep Voskuijl who was one of the helpers for the Secret Annex but they also talked about the other helpers, plus Anne, Margot, Edith and Otto Frank and some about the other family and the dentist who were hidden in the building. It’s a very good book and one of Bep’s sisters was involved with Nazis during the war and may have been the one who turned them in, but nobody knows for certain who are still alive. It’s a really good book. Joop is the youngest son of Bep born in 1949. If you’re interested at all in the Frank family or read Anne’s diary, you may like this book.
#book 26#50 book challenge#2023#the last secret of the secret annex#Joop van wijk Voskuijl#Holocaust#wwii#the Netherlands#the secret annex#antisemitism#the diary of anne frank#Otto Frank#miep gies#Bep Voskuijl#book#me
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2023 reads // twitter thread
Fragments of a Fallen Star
NA sapphic fantasy romance
a grieving young woman who runs away from her island home to search for a spell to help her turn back time
when she crosses paths with a mysterious ship captain with a quest of her own, they realise they might be able to help each other
Black cast, demisexual love interest
#Fragments of a Fallen Star#aroaessidhe 2023 reads#this is fine! a bit too much of a romance focus for me - but I knew that going in#the last like 15% is cool I feel like it could have been 50% of the book…….#most of what happened before that was random and weird pacing. could have been cut down more#there’s very clearly a lot of thought put into the world and worldbuilding - I feel like we just didn’t see quite enough of it as a whole?#also the LI is def demisexual not demiromantic djfghfjd they start dating after knowing each other like 2 days.#their whole relationship goes very fast sdgjhsf#(it's definitely something only mentioned briefly; if you're going into it for that)#but the world also has its own words for sexualities which is interesting#demisexual books
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