tagged by @trans-lunar-injection thank you! this was fun :D
the last book i read: sordidez by e.g. condé; this came up on a trans-themed list from the queer liberation library and it was not very trans-themed but i didn’t mind since i found the other themes more interesting anyway. unsubtle and oddly paced in very debut-novella ways but it was an enjoyable read and i’ll be looking out for more of his work
a book i'd recommend: recommended extremely loud and incredibly close by jonathan safran foer to a friend of mine after spotting it in a bookshop yesterday, so you get that one too :)
a book i couldn't put down: most recently martyr by kaveh akbar; i am not immune to navel-gazing litfic
a book i've read twice or more: i don’t reread much but i have read anna karenina at least five times maybe more?
a book on my tbr: have been allowing this to expand unchecked lately but one that’s been on there for a while and i’m very excited for is l’absence de l’auteur by miriam vieitez!
a book i've put down: fellow travelers by thomas mallon; started reading this after loving the show and just didn't get into it at all :(
a book on my wishlist: i don’t buy books very often these days but i have been meaning to read house of leaves and suspect given the format that my usual pdf solutions won’t do it justice!
a favourite book from childhood: if you asked 12-year-old me what my favourite book was i would probably say we by yevgeny zamyatin… the children yearn for primitivist dystopia
a book i'd give to a friend: seconding poetry depending on the friend; the book i’ve given away the most often is probably dog songs by mary oliver, it’s not one of my personal favourites but i’ve known a lot of people i thought would appreciate it!
a book of poetry or lyrics that i own: i’m very proud of my collection of unobtainable chapbooks written and distributed by friends and acquaintances; particularly fond of le dernier iceberg by cozette de charmoy (and have been considering asking for permission to scan it and pass it around online, so watch this space!)
a non-fiction book that i own: la fin de l’homme rouge/secondhand time by svetlana alexievich (i own it in french but have also listened to it as an audiobook in english). so so awesome everyone read it right now
what i’m currently reading: blessings by chukwuebuka ibeh in audio; testo junkie by paul b. preciado in paper; and a pdf of shadi bartsch’s translation of the aeneid a chapter a week for classics book club
what i’m planning on reading next: my library hold on glyph by ali smith just came in as i was writing this and i'm excited to start on that; otherwise i think i’d like to escape the frenglish nexus for a bit, maybe las malas by camila sosa villada (recommendation courtesy of lu narratorstragedy, thank you!) or verwirrung der gefühle by stefan zweig (inspired by the post i was tagged in!)
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