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cock-holliday · 9 months

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sending this as an ask so that i can also rb it later (if you respond) but can you put together a list of some good queer books to read? (Stone Butch Blues is top of my list to read rn and I wanna get a good list of ones to read) if it's not too much. thank you!

Ohohoh Stone Butch Blues is very good, I would recommend it wholeheartedly. As well as other Leslie works:

—Transgender Warriors

—Drag King Dreams

—Hell, interviews and speeches!

For more butch/trans/nb content I’d recommend

—Butch is a Noun by S Bear Bergman

—Elliot Page’s book Page Boy that came out this summer is very good

—Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein. She also wrote Gender Outlaws which I haven’t read but sounds good (frankly a lot of her stuff is good and her interviews are very interesting)

If you want more theory/art to look into, works by:

—Ivan Cotote

—Emi Koyama

--Audre Lorde

--Alison Bechdel

--Danez Smith

A book that’s been on my shelf for ages that has been recommended to me is:

—Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine.

Books I’ve added to my list to read are

—The Freezer Door by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, and also frankly anything else by her

I haven't read much queer fiction but this list (including nonfiction), sounds appealing:

The list has some faves on it already.

Anyone else with recs please feel free to add.

#queer books #ask #queenofnowhereandnothing

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readsofawe · 8 months

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#readsofawe 2023 is over and I got a blackout! I read 16 books, met some incredible people, and had so much fun! Thank you to everyone who read, posted, came to a live, or liked any of my posts. I'm so happy to be going into a new year with all of you.

------- Wrap Up:

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon | 5 stars | Blue cover, Jews of Color, Adult, Disability/Neurodivergence Rep, LGBT Rep, Sci Fi/Fantasy

The Lost Ryū by Emi Watanabe Cohen | 5 stars | Blue cover, Themes of Renewal, MG/Children's, Non-Holocaust Historical, Jews of Color, Sci Fi/Fantasy

The Hotel Neversink by Adam O'Fallon Price | 3 stars | Out of my Comfort Zone, Non-Holocaust Historical, Adult

The Thick and the Lean by Chana Porter | 4 stars | 2023 release, Adult, Sci Fi/Fantasy

Maus I by Art Spiegelman | 5 stars | Published before 2000, Nonfiction, Comic/Graphic Novel, Adult

The Hardest Word by Jacqueline Jules | 5 Stars | Themes of Forgiveness, Fall Setting, Picture Book

What's the Buzz? by Allison Ofanansky | 4 stars | Fall Setting, Picture Book, Nonfiction, Blue cover

Other Covenants ed. Andrea D. Lobel | 4 stars | 2023 release, Poetry, Frum Rep, Blue Cover, Short story, Adult, Sci Fi/Fantasy

The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz | 4 stars | 2023 Release, Themes of Renewal, Adult, LGBT Rep, Sci Fi/Fantasy

Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker | 5 stars | Blue cover, Short Story, Adult, LGBT Rep, Sci Fi/Fantasy

The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R. M. Romero | BUDDY READ | 5 stars | Poetry, Jews of Color, YA, Romance, Sci Fi/Fantasy

Naomi Teitelbaum Ends the World by Samara Shanker | 5 stars | MG, Disability/Neurodivergence Rep, Contemporary, LGBT Rep, Sci Fi/Fantasy

The Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner | 3 stars | Poetry, Frum Rep, Themes of Renewal, Non-Holocaust Historical, YA, Sci Fi/Fantasy

Rebecca Reznik Reboots the Universe by Samara Shanker | 4 stars | 2023 Release, Themes of Renewal, MG, Disability/Neurodivergence Rep, Contemporary, LGBT Rep, Sci Fi/Fantasy

Unholy Land by Lavie Tidhar | 4 stars | Out of My Comfort Zone, Blue Cover, Adult, Sci Fi/Fantasy

The Chateau by Jaclyn Goldis | 3 stars | Out of My Comfort Zone, Blue Cover, Adult, Contemporary

Akedah | Translation, Published before 2000

#readsofawe #books #jewish #jewish books #judaism #rosh hashanah #yom kippur #days of awe #readathon #amreading

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farsouthproject · 5 months

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Books of the Year 2023

Strange, but as usual, I didn’t think I’d read so many books this year. Then I count them up and get to thirty-eight. Not bad. Jon Fosse novels were a stand-out at the beginning of the year.. At the end of 2022 I’d read the first two volumes of Septology and was then was gifted the one volume version. Trilogy and Aliss at the Fire followed. Interesting how trends in my reading continued from the previous year: a couple of Denis Johnson books, one a reread, the other one I’d missed when it came out. Reread Mary Gaitskill. Spent less time with the Beat Reading Group but I joined in with Interzone and Kerouac’s Doctor Sax; in addition I reread Burroughs’ Last Words. Dipped into Tanizaki again with Seven Japanese Tales that had some great stories – notably The Bridge of Dreams. Pushkin Press put out a short story collection - The Siren’s Song – that showcases three of Tanizaki’s early works. A little poetry in troubled times was welcome in Philip Gross’s Deep Field. On the noir front, The Cage by Kenzo Kitakata gave me a lot of insight into ordinary Japanese supermarket business and a parallel insight into the Yakuza world. I followed up with Ashes, his Yakuza story of a ‘dog’ rising through the ranks of a crime family. Andrew Nette’s Orphan Road was trip into the past with reverberations in the present: an unsolved heist story with a gothic twist. Gary Chance, the main character from his previous novel Gunshine Coast goes on a dangerous peregrination through the Melbourne underworld and beyond.

O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker was a delight recommended by Val in Seattle. I was deeply impressed by the ambition and prose style of When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut. I was a bit disappointed by his follow-up The Maniac. The final section on AI was excellent, so no complaints. Whenever a Pascal Quignard volume comes out, I’m excited: The Fount of Time was no exception. I was completely absorbed by Jeremy Cooper’s Brian that delved into the mind of a lonely bookkeeper who becomes a film-buff. Cooper has an unsentimental compassion for Brian’s social awkwardness, his ordinariness and a deep respect for his knowledge of Cinema. A masterpiece even? Maybe so.

Septology – Jon Fosse (trans. Damion Searls)

Trilogy – Jon Fosse (trans. May-Brit Akerholt)

Aliss at the Fire – Jon Fosse (trans. Damion Searls)

Interzone – William Burroughs (reread)

Doctor Sax – Jack Kerouac (reread)

Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs

Deep Field – Philip Gross reread

Bad Behaviour – Mary Gaitskill reread

The Name of the World – Denis Johnson reread

Angels – Denis Johnson

The Kingdom of this World – Alejo Carpentier (trans. Harriet De Onis)

The Year of Living Dangerously – Christopher Koch – more depth after seeing the movie.

Brian – Jeremy Cooper

When We Cease to Understand the World – Benjamin Labatut (trans. Adrian Nathan West)

The Maniac – Benjamin Labatut

O Caledonia – Elspeth Barker

Selected Poems – George Barker

By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept – Elizabeth Smart

Seven Japanese Tales – Junichiro Tanizaki (trans. Howard Hibbert)

The Siren’s Lament – Junichiro Tanizaki (trans. Bryan Karetnyk)

Noir

The Cage – Kenzo Kitakata (trans. Paul Warham) – chance find on the library shelves

Ashes – Kenzo Kitakata (trans. Emi Shimokawa)

The Dark Room – Junnosuke Yoshiyuki (trans. John Bester) – following on from Japanese Film Festival showings of the films of Ko Nakahira.

The Strangers in the House – Georges Simenon (trans. Robert Baldick)

Black Wings has my Angel – Elliot Chaze – chance find on the library shelves

He Died With His Eyes Open – Derek Raymond – recommended by John L Williams

How the Dead Live – Derek Raymond– recommended by my mate John L Williams

Orphan Road – Andrew Nette – a great heist story set in Melbourne

Nonfiction

Kazuo Ohno’s World from Within and Without – Kazuo Ohno and Yoshito Ohno (trans. John Barret with Toshio Mizohata)

Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh: Dancing in a Pool of Grey Grits – Bruce Baird

Antonin Artaud: Selected Writings – Susan Sontag ed. – (trans. Helen Weaver)

Maya Deren: Choreography for Cinema – Mark Alice Durant – an excellent biography

Getting Carter – Nick Triplow – a great biography of Ted Lewis and the Birth of British Noir

Time Within Time – Andrey Tarkovsky (trans. Kitty Hunter-Blair)

Fassbinder: Thousands of Mirrors – Ian Penman – personal essays time and cinema

Unclassifiable

The Fount of Time – Pascal Quignard (trans. Chris Turner) – Inimitable and Brilliant.

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ambientwitch · 1 year

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1 2 5 6 :-))

Thank you!! Ok I already did 1 5 and 6 but more already published fiction books I want to read: the sluts by dennis cooper, diary of a void by emi yagi, oreo by fran ross. And problems by jade sharma. And mcglue...

2. What are 2-5 already published nonfiction books you think you want to read in 2023?

If you refer to my previous answer you will see that I never read nonfiction no matter what even though I have no reason for this to be the case. I honestly feel embarrassed even trying to come up with things to put here . You read nonfiction what do you think I should read

#Shoutout to Chell who basically sent me the same questions. Please also give me nonfiction suggestions

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wherethehellisderrymaine · 2 years

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December Wrap Up

Books: TBR

la patagonia rebelde (argentina - history)

more than two (relationships - nonfiction)

detransition, baby (lgbt - fiction) OR she who became the sun (lgbt - fantasy)

the push (thriller)

klara and the sun (science fiction - japanese) OR never let me go

billy summers - STEPHEN KING

Games People Play

Songs:

batmovil - hens

nieve - aron

amor de verbena - pole

stay with me, mix - night tempo

mon amour - zzoilo, aitana

2011 - 5sos

Events:

date - fer - cinema

spotify wrapped

i miss being artistic - i wanna have more time to enjoy that

03: Fo and Flor’s wedding

04: date - fer - dogs - antares - el salmon - make out - emi y vane - clip - depto costa - house - seks

06: completed Caroline’s 50 day Epic program :’) -- great body image // neutral -- caring more about what I can do with my body (progressive overload) than what it looks like.

08: tree decor, chill family time, fo’s cake

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kv9wtEJkLYBMj4cmigPkm9ujS4ceJZRxWeXTSG272Bc/edit wrnrs card game for Cati

a lot of things happened the rest of the month but now it’s february and I didn’t close this wrap up. here we go:

other dates with fer - i really like him but I don’t want to. I don’t understand him. He say he’s asexual bc he’s traumaticed for his previous toxic relatioship, but when we go out he ends up inviting me over to his house and he ends up fucking me. Which I love but I feel awkward. Is he usign me? bc he knows I don’t want a relatioship, so why would he like about his sexual orientation? if not, I feel like he is doing something he does not want to do... I don’t know. He said he likes me but that i am “too good for him” and that I should be with someone like his best friend???? what the hell? while his friends talks to me (more than he does) and tells me that I have to be patient with him and that he really likes me ?????? This is a mess and I hate it because I know I’m gonna end up wanting to see him after my trip and he will be MIA (which is exactly what happened and I’m still trying to find someone who makes out as good as him)

dates with other guys, none of them worked for me (obviously, bc i’m fixated with fer, shit).

fiesta de la serpiente with palito and car - fer said he wasn’t going and when I told him I was there, EMO TEXTED ME AT 3 AM ASKING ME WHERE I WAS BC THEY COULD NOT FIND ME. excuse me??? i looked for them for like LITERALLY 5 minutes and then they told me they’d left bc they were not having fun. I was ANGRY AF so I did not care about looking ridiculous dancing. I guy approached me and started talking to me. We made out, I liked it, I wanted to go to his apartment but I couldn’t so he gave me his number and I went a few days later. He introduced me to wie and I introduced him to Doja Cat. We had sex, it was great, chill and great. That was it. I thibk about texting him to fuck again somedays but I am not crazy about him and that’s great.

christmas. it rained and i went to take pictures of the sunset at the beach. fer saw my story and WENT OVER TO MEET ME AND GIVE A KISS FOR CHIRSTMAS... why? what? why do you keep feeding my addiction and WHY DO I ALLOW IT? i’m the worse.

palito’s birthday. had fun, played with benji (i love that he loves dinosaurs and wanted to show me his toy’s collection, he’s the best kid ever) --- emo texted me telling me where he was with fer and that “they wanted to see me” ????? they went OVER TO PALO’S HOUSE TO PICK ME UP, but i was too nervous and I asked flor to go with me (i owe her big time for that). ended up, again, at fer’s house. classic

dinner at emo’s apartment. he talked to me more than fer, so i paid more attnetion to him bc if not, i was going to kill that little hot piece of ass. emo lended me a book to read on the trip and he wrote on the inside “LAS COSAS QUE NO SUCEDEN EN LA VIDA ES POR DOS MOTIVOS: 1) NO TENIAN QUE SUCEDER. 2) NO ERA EL MOMENTO” ok. i got the message. I have to let go of your friend bc CLEARLY he is not going to talk to me anymore and this is your way of giving me the heads up. Thansk Emo. I’m not blaming Fer. He has his own stuff going on and he did nothing wrong. I just hate myself for allowing all of this to happen. I should have said no many dates ago. But here we are.

i feel sick bc of missing him. i’m stupid. why do i care about this much? it’s nothing. I have to stop being so intense and dramatic.

new years eve. sad. binged. felt like shit. almost purged but I didn’t. i forced myself to go to sleep and think only about the trip.

aaaaand that was the end of 2021. a heel of an year. lots of thign happened. I’m ending it on a minor low, because my brain is making me think dark shit like no one wants me, no matter how nice / good / atractive / interesting /patiente I am. I just want someone to give my attention to every now and then, and to have that in return. I don’t want a boyfriend /girlfriend; I just want friends who want to make out with me and occasionally have sex. why is it that hard to find?

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