TheNakedReader
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Gay, nudist, exhibitionist, literature nerd. Not always in that order
Gay, nudist, exhibitionist, literature nerd. Not always in that order
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Just figuring out what to read next
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Just figuring out what to read next
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Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Huw Lemmey & Ben Miller
We all know and love Oscar Wilde and Harvey Milk, but the past is filled with queers whose sexualities and / or dastardly deeds have been conveniently discarded. Emperor Hadrian was a motherfucker, and maybe my favorite (favorite?) chapter.
We all know and love Oscar Wilde and Harvey Milk, but the past is filled with queers whose sexualities and / or dastardly deeds have been conveniently discarded. Emperor Hadrian was a motherfucker, and maybe my favorite (favorite?) chapter.
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Huw Lemmey & Ben Miller
We all know and love Oscar Wilde and Harvey Milk, but the past is filled with queers whose sexualities and / or dastardly deeds have been conveniently discarded. Emperor Hadrian was a motherfucker, and maybe my favorite (favorite?) chapter.
We all know and love Oscar Wilde and Harvey Milk, but the past is filled with queers whose sexualities and / or dastardly deeds have been conveniently discarded. Emperor Hadrian was a motherfucker, and maybe my favorite (favorite?) chapter.
It’s been a long, exhausting week, and now all I want to do is have a naked coffee with naked friends. If only I had more naked friends in the area!
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It’s been a long, exhausting week, and now all I want to do is have a naked coffee with naked friends. If only I had more naked friends in the area!
I rarely read YA novels (and when I do, it’s usually for work), but this one was pretty banging. I’m looking forward to the TV series!
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I rarely read YA novels (and when I do, it’s usually for work), but this one was pretty banging. I’m looking forward to the TV series!
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November 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Easy like Sunday morning 📚 #bodieswithbooks
August 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Easy like Sunday morning 📚 #bodieswithbooks
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November 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
“The mind that can find little excitement in life is a dying one; the mind that cannot find something in the world that attracts it is dead, and the body housing it might as well be dead, for what are the uses of the five senses to a mind that takes no pleasure in them?”
November 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“The mind that can find little excitement in life is a dying one; the mind that cannot find something in the world that attracts it is dead, and the body housing it might as well be dead, for what are the uses of the five senses to a mind that takes no pleasure in them?”
"’We learn the classics for a reason…Because they are the best we have. The best of mankind.’
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‘They are what, England's best? This is not England. This is not where English words shape the land. English doesn't hold us. Here, we hold it, and that means it cannot hold our best’."
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‘They are what, England's best? This is not England. This is not where English words shape the land. English doesn't hold us. Here, we hold it, and that means it cannot hold our best’."
November 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"’We learn the classics for a reason…Because they are the best we have. The best of mankind.’
…
‘They are what, England's best? This is not England. This is not where English words shape the land. English doesn't hold us. Here, we hold it, and that means it cannot hold our best’."
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‘They are what, England's best? This is not England. This is not where English words shape the land. English doesn't hold us. Here, we hold it, and that means it cannot hold our best’."
Cold was the perfect book to read as the first snow falls. This mix of crime, mystery, and horror with elements of traditional Anishinaabe stories was unputdownable!
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Cold was the perfect book to read as the first snow falls. This mix of crime, mystery, and horror with elements of traditional Anishinaabe stories was unputdownable!
“‘When you ain't got somethin' it's a waste of time to try’n miss it is what I figure.’
‘Feels good to miss things.’
‘Oh yeah. Why would that be especially?’
‘Well, it makes you know you're livin'. That you touched something. That something touched you.’”
‘Feels good to miss things.’
‘Oh yeah. Why would that be especially?’
‘Well, it makes you know you're livin'. That you touched something. That something touched you.’”
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
“‘When you ain't got somethin' it's a waste of time to try’n miss it is what I figure.’
‘Feels good to miss things.’
‘Oh yeah. Why would that be especially?’
‘Well, it makes you know you're livin'. That you touched something. That something touched you.’”
‘Feels good to miss things.’
‘Oh yeah. Why would that be especially?’
‘Well, it makes you know you're livin'. That you touched something. That something touched you.’”
Happy fcf!
This hotel knows exactly what they’re doing placing a mirror there! I guess being in the gayborhood, they know their clientele 😂
This hotel knows exactly what they’re doing placing a mirror there! I guess being in the gayborhood, they know their clientele 😂
October 31, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Happy fcf!
This hotel knows exactly what they’re doing placing a mirror there! I guess being in the gayborhood, they know their clientele 😂
This hotel knows exactly what they’re doing placing a mirror there! I guess being in the gayborhood, they know their clientele 😂
Happy hump day!
There are two asses in “assassin”, so here’s a 3rd to complete the title. This was such a fun novel! I can’t wait for the event with the author and translator tomorrow!
There are two asses in “assassin”, so here’s a 3rd to complete the title. This was such a fun novel! I can’t wait for the event with the author and translator tomorrow!
October 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Happy hump day!
There are two asses in “assassin”, so here’s a 3rd to complete the title. This was such a fun novel! I can’t wait for the event with the author and translator tomorrow!
There are two asses in “assassin”, so here’s a 3rd to complete the title. This was such a fun novel! I can’t wait for the event with the author and translator tomorrow!
"Capitalism is the ultimate cause of climate breakdown.”
Do your part and become a nudist: minimal laundry and no fast fashion.
Also, staying home and masturbating means minimizing consumption 😜
Do your part and become a nudist: minimal laundry and no fast fashion.
Also, staying home and masturbating means minimizing consumption 😜
October 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"Capitalism is the ultimate cause of climate breakdown.”
Do your part and become a nudist: minimal laundry and no fast fashion.
Also, staying home and masturbating means minimizing consumption 😜
Do your part and become a nudist: minimal laundry and no fast fashion.
Also, staying home and masturbating means minimizing consumption 😜
“Were writers who embodied and illuminated their times eventually condemned by the more enlightened future they themselves helped bring into being?”
Give Kiran Desai her 2nd Booker already! And if I have to wait another 19 years for her next book knowing it will be this spectacular, I will!
Give Kiran Desai her 2nd Booker already! And if I have to wait another 19 years for her next book knowing it will be this spectacular, I will!
October 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“Were writers who embodied and illuminated their times eventually condemned by the more enlightened future they themselves helped bring into being?”
Give Kiran Desai her 2nd Booker already! And if I have to wait another 19 years for her next book knowing it will be this spectacular, I will!
Give Kiran Desai her 2nd Booker already! And if I have to wait another 19 years for her next book knowing it will be this spectacular, I will!
Happy long weekend!
I don’t think I can get enough of Norwegian autofiction. Also, Martin Aitken might be my favourite Norwegian-to-English translator (even though Tiina Nunnally is pretty awesome as well!)
I don’t think I can get enough of Norwegian autofiction. Also, Martin Aitken might be my favourite Norwegian-to-English translator (even though Tiina Nunnally is pretty awesome as well!)
October 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Happy long weekend!
I don’t think I can get enough of Norwegian autofiction. Also, Martin Aitken might be my favourite Norwegian-to-English translator (even though Tiina Nunnally is pretty awesome as well!)
I don’t think I can get enough of Norwegian autofiction. Also, Martin Aitken might be my favourite Norwegian-to-English translator (even though Tiina Nunnally is pretty awesome as well!)
When I read The God of Small Things at 18, I thought it was the perfect novel, and it changed the way I engaged with literature. So whenever Arundhati Roy publishes a new book, it’s a literary event for me!
October 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
When I read The God of Small Things at 18, I thought it was the perfect novel, and it changed the way I engaged with literature. So whenever Arundhati Roy publishes a new book, it’s a literary event for me!
“The pair of them lie panting together, curled like commas, naked in the nest they've rolled in the high golden grass. They've never done it outside before but today is different - today is their last day.”
I love a good opening (sentence) 😜. Happy fcf, everyone!
I love a good opening (sentence) 😜. Happy fcf, everyone!
October 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
“The pair of them lie panting together, curled like commas, naked in the nest they've rolled in the high golden grass. They've never done it outside before but today is different - today is their last day.”
I love a good opening (sentence) 😜. Happy fcf, everyone!
I love a good opening (sentence) 😜. Happy fcf, everyone!
“Times are always strange. Art is always out of place. Always unnecessary when it's made. And later, when you look back, it's the only thing that mattered.”
September 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
“Times are always strange. Art is always out of place. Always unnecessary when it's made. And later, when you look back, it's the only thing that mattered.”
There just aren’t enough gay novels exploring nonmonogamy out there! This would be the perfect pick for a naked bookclub meeting 😋
September 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
There just aren’t enough gay novels exploring nonmonogamy out there! This would be the perfect pick for a naked bookclub meeting 😋
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It’s a naked reading kind of Sunday morning.
September 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
It’s a naked reading kind of Sunday morning.
This was so full of charm and whimsy it *almost* made me miss living in Montreal ☺️
September 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This was so full of charm and whimsy it *almost* made me miss living in Montreal ☺️
“We should go where our instinct takes us, if no harm is involved. Instinct is spiritual…”
Happy FCF, everyone! Only one to go, then I’ll be done with the Booker longlist!
Happy FCF, everyone! Only one to go, then I’ll be done with the Booker longlist!
September 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
“We should go where our instinct takes us, if no harm is involved. Instinct is spiritual…”
Happy FCF, everyone! Only one to go, then I’ll be done with the Booker longlist!
Happy FCF, everyone! Only one to go, then I’ll be done with the Booker longlist!
I’m starting the week on a high. I may also be referring to the edible I will have later tonight. Despite everything, have a good week everyone!
September 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I’m starting the week on a high. I may also be referring to the edible I will have later tonight. Despite everything, have a good week everyone!
I love translators so much
I see this Bashō poem around a lot, but it's always quoted leaving the last five syllables off -- which changes the whole poem. It's about the encroaching cold driving you into the comforts of the interior (the four-mat room). Kokoro no yoru is more like "yearn" or "be drawn to," not "have a dream"
September 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I love translators so much