#paul harding

[novlr]

“Write as precisely and as lucidly and as richly as you can about what you find truly mysterious and irreducible about human experience.” — Paul Harding

[quotespile]

My mind blazed with ravishing lies. I thought, I cannot accept this gift of myself, myself as a gift, of my person, of having this mind that does not stop burning, that deceives itself and consumes itself and immolates itself and believes its own lies and chokes on plain fact.

Paul Harding, Enon

[proto-language]

you can tell my thesis is due soon because i have been reading

[avianandloaded]

Hasbro Marvel Legends 80 Years of Marvel (2019), Marvel Legends Series One 20th Anniversary (2022) and Secret Wars 40th Anniversary (2025) Captain America.

[imlivingmylife]

Gratitude

[thepastisneverdead1966]

I read 22 books in 2025. Here’s my year in review!

Favourite book: The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott

Least favorite book: The Riders by Tim Winton

A book I thought about a lot: Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer

Favourite character(s):

Yeva from Endling by Maria Reva

Iris Renshaw from Dusk by Robbie Arnott

Lieutenant Zoe Harker from The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott

(I like complicated female characters can you tell?)

Least favourite character(s):

Angela Crossby and Martin Hallam from The Well of Loneliness by Radcylffe Hall

The sheriff from This Other Eden by Paul Harding

(And I fucking hate evil white people.)

A book that almost made me cry: When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzén

(Honourable mention: Dusk by Robbie Arnott! I ❤️ the Renshaw twins)

I was pleasantly surprised by: The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro

I was disappointed by: Authority by Jeff Vandermeer <- weakest book of the trilogy imo

Longest book I read: The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro (I think it’s this? I’m not sure)

Shortest book I read: I who have never known men by Jacqueline Harpman

A book I would recommend to people: Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

That’s it!!

[mirthofbooks]

Currently reading: historical fiction about one of the first racially integrated towns in the U.S., this one was also up for the Booker Prize and the National Book Award in 2023

[bookcoversonly]

Title: This Other Eden | Author: Paul Harding | Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (2023)