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deadpoetsmusings · 11 months

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“I care little for plot and prefer a lingering glow..”

#durga chew bose #too much and not the mood #books #booklr #book photos #my posts #book photography #litblr #essays #non fiction #read #reading #adult booklr #neutrals

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ninja-muse · 1 month

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I Love Russia by Elena Kostyuchenko is an incredible book about terrible things. It's devastatingly sad. It's traumatic. It's enraging. It's terrifying. It's thoroughly real and absolutely necessary.

Every chapter of this book looks at another aspect of Russian life that doesn't make the official news or at a segment of society that's marginalized. Often it's both. Most of this is portrayed in real-time, memoir-style recounting so you're right there with Kostyuchenko as she's going places and talking to people. There's relatively little factual research outside her experiences and relatively little opining, but also there doesn't need to be. This is plenty powerful without that and her points come across clearly.

And the point is that life is Russia is awful for a lot of people. Kostyuchenko talks to street kids casually discussing abortion options at 13, spends a shift with a shack of sex workers, visits a toxic dump site and an Indigenous Siberian community with a high suicide rate, lives two weeks in a facility housing the disabled and mentally ill, and that's just some of it. It probably goes without saying, but there are a lot of content warnings in this book. It took me two weeks to read because I could only manage 20-30 pages at a time.

The other point is Russia is a country we should be worried about. There's a real sense here of how tightly wound and corrupt and apathetic the government is, of the complete distrust so many people have in it, of the double-speak and cover-ups to maintain control, of the ways all of it dehumanizes and disenfranchises people, of how hard it is to fight back and do the right thing in the face of it all. It's not a country anyone should want to live in, and a system too many countries are sliding towards. This book is a warning.

I want to recommend this book to everyone because it's important and it's excellent, but it's too emotionally difficult for that. Instead, I'll simply say please read it if you're interested and think you're up for it, and recommend it to whoever you can. It's also a book I'm breaking my usual habits for: this is a 10 out of 10, no question.

#books #book reviews #read in 2024 #nonfiction #journalism #russia #I Love Russia #Elena Kostyuchenko #my photos #book recommendations #adult booklr

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j-ayne · 7 months

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"At all events October was before the door, it might enter any day."

#the magic mountain #thomas mann #classic books #reading #booklr #bookblr #currently reading #adult booklr #books and reading

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astreamoflight · 1 month

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Just finished Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner. The writing was compelling and I was really invested in the relationship between Michelle and her mom. I find it hard to give star ratings to memoirs, but this is a book I’d definitely recommend other people read!

#crying in h mart #michelle zauner #japanese breakfast #booklr #books #adult booklr #emma reads

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sawreadreviewed · 6 months

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Tatyana Tolstaya is up there with Agnes Varda, Katherine Mansfield, and Kanai Mieko for me (which tells you all you need to know about my taste). I really liked The Slynx - most especially because it brought me to White Walls, which I am in love with. That perfect balance of the mundane and the glorious. Watch out, though, because Tolstaya doesn’t mind breaking your heart. Pictured: White Walls with a yet more mate.

#adult booklr #tomes and tea #Tatyana Tolstaya #white walls #NYRB Classics #russian literature #literature in translation

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books-in-a-storm · 5 days

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Currently Reading 💛

Rogue & Secretly Yours

#currently reading #to read #read #reading #booklr #bookblr #books #michelle dups #rogue #secretly yours #mallory funk #adult booklr

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left-handlibrary · 2 years

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My latest library stack. Will I manage to get through any of them? Who knows, but they all sound brilliant, so fingers crossed 😂

I’ve just started The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara. I’m in the mood for literary SFF (what’s new?), so hoping this one hits the spot!

#booklr #studyblr #adult booklr #book haul #book stack #my books #my photos #library love #library haul #book photography

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thequietesthing · 10 months

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okay fine so maybe I've never been shitfaced drunk, but have you ever been word-wasted

(i.e. when you read so much that you feel drowsy, giddy and have trouble forming coherent thoughts; synonyms: readache, lit-lag; look up also: literary lethargy)

#am I the only one??#this is a serious condition #books #fantasy books #ya books #literature #quotes #booklr #fandoms #adult booklr #bookworm #reading #books and literature #txt #txt post #funny post #humor #lol

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leer-reading-lire · 10 months

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JOMP Book Photo Challenge || July || 8 || The Sky

#jompbpc #justonemorepage #book photo challenge #dracula #bram stoker #dracula daily #dracula daily 2023 #count dracula #books and reading #booklr #bookblr #adult booklr #leerreadinglire

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deadpoetsmusings · 2 years

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cover design [5/?]: birds

#-continues to be fascinated by the role of cover art in revealing things about books-#books #cover design #cd #birds #booklr #literary fiction #bookblr #book design #book art #cover art #book covers #book cover design #adult booklr

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sawthefaeriequeen · 28 days

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The knowledge that he couldn't possibly read all the books on offer put a peculiar pleasure on choosing his next read. There must be diamonds out there, the best book in a million, and surely he didn't want to waste his time reading one that was merely adequate when he could be reading one of those diamonds? So instead, he often wasted his time hunting for a read instead of reading.

The Book that Wouldn't Burn, Mark Lawrence

#mixed feelings about this book but it has some great quotes #book quotes #the book that wouldn't burn #mark lawrence #adult booklr

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ninja-muse · 6 months

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I waited ten years for Menewood and it was well worth it. The period details, the quiet moments, the portraits of daily life interspersed with epic moments, the way the politics and intrigue were portrayed, it was all as good as Hild, if not better.

Menewood picks up a few months after Hild ends and follows Hild's first few years of young womanhood. (So if you haven't read Hild, I suggest you do so. There's a lot of context and character you'll be missing otherwise.) Hild might have survived the politics and battles of her childhood, but that doesn't mean that the politics have ended, or that she'll survive the next peril. It's only a matter of time before there's another war, after all, and it's her responsibility to keep her and her own safe through it.

Griffith does a wonderful job balancing the tenseness of the greater story with the realities of daily life and personal lives. Food has to be harvested, buildings need repair, relationships need strengthening, travel often involves hours or days of horseback riding through countryside. It's rich and detailed (and makes for a slow read) but that also lends to the tenseness in its own way because you can see what's at stake and you know the sort of things that are likely coming.

Griffith also doesn't shy away from the fact that organizing an estate, navigating court politics, having a good marriage, and trying to avoid a war is a lot of pressure for an eighteen-year-old, especially one whose childhood was full of similar tensions. I was glad she made this part of Hild's story, because it lends another level to the character and makes explicit some things that often get glossed over both in the stories we tell of medieval life and those we tell about ourselves now. Seeing Hild grow into her own as an adult was marvellous.

Honestly, there's very little about this book I didn't like. The secondary characters are as vibrant and finely drawn as Hild herself. Griffith's writing is strong on a technical level and it's clear she's done an impressive amount of research. She's as good at a fight scene as she is at writing a feast or a forest walk. Watching Hild work out politics and what's coming is a lot like watching a master detective solve a mystery—you have all the clues too but she sees how they fit together.

I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed Hild until I started reading Menewood, actually. (Ten years will do that.) Then it was "yes, this book, this book is good, why am I the only person I know who's read it?" Please, I'm begging you, read these books if you like great historical fiction, if you like epic fantasy*, and especially if you enjoy both genres.

And if I have to wait another ten years for the end of the trilogy, it'll be worth it too.

* no, it's not fantasy, there's no magic, but it's not like Game of Thrones has a whole lot of that either.

#book reviews #book recommendations #historical fiction #menewood #nicola griffith #read in 2023 #my photos #book covers #adult booklr #booklr #bookblr

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scentedsstuff · 1 month

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Terms and Conditions

By Lauren Asher

Rating: 1/5⭐️

I had actually read this book a while back and forgot I had. It was seeing this cover which triggered memories I had previously tried to suppress to come flooding back .

Quick disclaimer: this book does include steamy/spicy scenes (a lot of them)

Quick Plot Summary:

This is the second installment in Lauren Asher's Dreamland Billionaires series which follows Declan Kane, the eldest of the Kane brothers who is set to become the next CEO of his family's media empire.

A workaholic through and through, on paper it seems as though he's got it all figured out but it turns out his journey to becoming CEO would face one last challenge; his grandfather's inheritance clause.

The inheritance clause stated that in order to assume this position Declan needed to be married and have an heir to the family business. Such a predicament felt impossible to overcome until his assistant Iris volunteers for the job. And that's exactly what it was supposed to be, a job, a means to an end so that Declan could fulfill his grandfather's dying wish and assume the role of CEO. But what happens when this act starts to blur the lines between reality and make-believe?

Thoughts:

This book happened….that’s all I can think to say.

Listen every book has its audience and in this case it definitely wasn’t me. This was something I read when I was trying to find out what genres I could branch out to besides fantasy. So it was more along the lines of me thinking if you never try you never know…………and now I know.

From my perspective and what I remember, it was a whole lot of spice and steamy scenes with a dash of plot thrown in there for the sake of it so that there would be a plot in the first place.

I honestly couldn't bring myself to like any of the characters except maybe Cal but that's about it. Declan is rude and unlikeable to the end, Iris annoyed me and everyone else simply ceased to exist to me once I turned the page.

The main conflict occurs much later on in the book, maybe the 80% mark and the rest of the book after that is just Declan scrambling to make things right with Iris. Did I think he could’ve grovelled a lot more? Yes, absolutely, but that’s just me.

Not exactly my kind of thing but that’s not to say it can’t be someone else’s. All I can say is I’m glad she at least got her green house in the end.

#book thoughts #terms and conditions #lauren asher #dreamland billionaires #bookish #books #book review #booklr #iris and Declan #romance novels #romance #romance books #contemporary romance #book reviews #bookblr #book blog #adult booklr #adult books #spicy books

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writerly-ramblings · 11 months

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Books Read in May:

1). Charming Billy (Alice McDermott)

2). The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Baby Problem (Julie Phillips)

3). The Dressmaker (Beryl Bainbridge)

4). The Pleasing Hour (Lily King)

5). Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the Table (ed. Amanda Hesser)

6). The Mirror & the Light (Hilary Mantel)

7). Disappearing Earth (Julia Phillips)

8). A Life of One’s Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again (Joanna Biggs)

9). Kitchen Bliss: Musings on Food and Happiness (Laura Calder)

10). A Month in the Country (J.L. Carr)

11). Dinner in Rome: A History of the World in One Meal (Andreas Viestad)

12). Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader (Anne Fadiman)

#my literary life #booklr #book list #writing an absolutely deranged Substack wrap up because that’s how May went #alice mcdermott #julie phillips #beryl bainbridge #lily king #amanda hesser #hilary mantel #laura calder #julia phillips #joanna biggs #j.l. carr #andreas viestad #anne fadiman #adult booklr

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books-in-a-storm · 2 months

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Book Of The Week

Title: Axel

Author: Charlotte McGinlay

Pages: 342

Synopsis:Axel

I’m the president of our club, making my father proud every day. I love my life of freedom, booze, girls, brothers, and family. Nothing else mattered to me. But then she walks into my world. She takes my breath away and she’s all I see. But she’s in danger and I’ll do anything to save her. Even take a life if I have too. Because she’s mine. And I protect what is mine.

Annalise

I haven’t had an easy start to life. But with help of the people who love me, I managed to get to where I want to be. I live for baking and had opened my own bakery. I didn’t want a relationship or the hassle of heartbreak I’d rather just settle. I didn’t count on him though or how he makes me feel. I fall for him without realizing. He’s all I want; all I think about. But then I’m in danger and I can’t let him get hurt because of me. I try to push him away, but it doesn’t work. Because he’s mine as much as I’m his.

#book of the week #book of week #book week #booklr #bookblr #axel #charlotte mcginlay #adult booklr #bookworm #recommendations

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left-handlibrary · 2 years

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Went to treat myself to a Maccas hot chocolate this morning and, realising too late, I had ended up with someone else’s oat milk latte. Still, I’m not one to neglect a coffee 🤷🏼‍♀️⁣

These are the two books occupying my attention right now - though I have plenty of others calling out to me. Currently studying a long-form short story from Ellen van Neerven, a First Nations poet and fiction writer I really enjoy. I’m reading this alongside WOMAN, EATING by Claire Kohda which is basically attached to my hip at the moment. I keep hoping I’ll have a chance to get more pages in - alas, time is actually a menace and continues to allude me.

#studyblr #study #English major #booklr #adult booklr #aesthetic #light academia #currently reading #studyspo

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