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Bookish and eternally curious with a passion for language learning, music, art and justice.
My January 2025 reads.
My reads this month find lots of people in claustrophobically inescapable circumstances for one reason or another. All - as human nature or literary device seems to dictate - find deep connections with other people. Human or no. Good or no. Happy ending or, no.
My reads this month find lots of people in claustrophobically inescapable circumstances for one reason or another. All - as human nature or literary device seems to dictate - find deep connections with other people. Human or no. Good or no. Happy ending or, no.
February 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
My January 2025 reads.
My reads this month find lots of people in claustrophobically inescapable circumstances for one reason or another. All - as human nature or literary device seems to dictate - find deep connections with other people. Human or no. Good or no. Happy ending or, no.
My reads this month find lots of people in claustrophobically inescapable circumstances for one reason or another. All - as human nature or literary device seems to dictate - find deep connections with other people. Human or no. Good or no. Happy ending or, no.
“Ghostbox” by Mike Carey
Issue 1
3.75/5
Cool story so far and the art is phenomenal.
11/80
Issue 1
3.75/5
Cool story so far and the art is phenomenal.
11/80
February 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“Ghostbox” by Mike Carey
Issue 1
3.75/5
Cool story so far and the art is phenomenal.
11/80
Issue 1
3.75/5
Cool story so far and the art is phenomenal.
11/80
Reading mood board update. Three down, one in progress.
So that is 30% of my predicted goal done!
Only one was not a great choice for me.
ONWARD!
So that is 30% of my predicted goal done!
Only one was not a great choice for me.
ONWARD!
February 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Reading mood board update. Three down, one in progress.
So that is 30% of my predicted goal done!
Only one was not a great choice for me.
ONWARD!
So that is 30% of my predicted goal done!
Only one was not a great choice for me.
ONWARD!
“We Had to Remove This Post” by Hanna Bervoets
3/5
I get what this was trying to do, but it didn’t quite get there for me.
A portrait of what damage can be done when you have to watch the worst of humanity as your job.
Told as an interview with an investigator for some reason.
10/80
3/5
I get what this was trying to do, but it didn’t quite get there for me.
A portrait of what damage can be done when you have to watch the worst of humanity as your job.
Told as an interview with an investigator for some reason.
10/80
February 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM
“We Had to Remove This Post” by Hanna Bervoets
3/5
I get what this was trying to do, but it didn’t quite get there for me.
A portrait of what damage can be done when you have to watch the worst of humanity as your job.
Told as an interview with an investigator for some reason.
10/80
3/5
I get what this was trying to do, but it didn’t quite get there for me.
A portrait of what damage can be done when you have to watch the worst of humanity as your job.
Told as an interview with an investigator for some reason.
10/80
“Misery” by Stephen King
5/5
Claustrophobic. Haunting.
I will be seeing Annie in the dark corners of my room and thinking of her when I smell lemon furniture polish.
*shudder*
9/80
5/5
Claustrophobic. Haunting.
I will be seeing Annie in the dark corners of my room and thinking of her when I smell lemon furniture polish.
*shudder*
9/80
February 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
“Misery” by Stephen King
5/5
Claustrophobic. Haunting.
I will be seeing Annie in the dark corners of my room and thinking of her when I smell lemon furniture polish.
*shudder*
9/80
5/5
Claustrophobic. Haunting.
I will be seeing Annie in the dark corners of my room and thinking of her when I smell lemon furniture polish.
*shudder*
9/80
“Kaiju Preservation Society” by John Scalzi
4/5
If there is a crew in jumpsuits, I’m in.
“Everyone needs a Pop song from time to time…” - John Scalzi
Here is The Best Song Ever: youtu.be/o_v9MY_FMcw?...
8/80
4/5
If there is a crew in jumpsuits, I’m in.
“Everyone needs a Pop song from time to time…” - John Scalzi
Here is The Best Song Ever: youtu.be/o_v9MY_FMcw?...
8/80
February 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM
“Kaiju Preservation Society” by John Scalzi
4/5
If there is a crew in jumpsuits, I’m in.
“Everyone needs a Pop song from time to time…” - John Scalzi
Here is The Best Song Ever: youtu.be/o_v9MY_FMcw?...
8/80
4/5
If there is a crew in jumpsuits, I’m in.
“Everyone needs a Pop song from time to time…” - John Scalzi
Here is The Best Song Ever: youtu.be/o_v9MY_FMcw?...
8/80
“Carl’s Doomsday Scenario” by Matt Dinniman
4/5
More horror. Bigger booms. Tons of heart.
Despite the depth of darkness, violence, and terror in Carl’s world, I’ve found enough comfort there to make me keep reading.
7/80
4/5
More horror. Bigger booms. Tons of heart.
Despite the depth of darkness, violence, and terror in Carl’s world, I’ve found enough comfort there to make me keep reading.
7/80
February 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
“Carl’s Doomsday Scenario” by Matt Dinniman
4/5
More horror. Bigger booms. Tons of heart.
Despite the depth of darkness, violence, and terror in Carl’s world, I’ve found enough comfort there to make me keep reading.
7/80
4/5
More horror. Bigger booms. Tons of heart.
Despite the depth of darkness, violence, and terror in Carl’s world, I’ve found enough comfort there to make me keep reading.
7/80
“Constituent Service” by John Scalzi
3.75/5
Shockingly accurate.
No matter where you are from or how you excrete your waste, people are people who do people-y things…and then other people complain about it to other people.
6/80
3.75/5
Shockingly accurate.
No matter where you are from or how you excrete your waste, people are people who do people-y things…and then other people complain about it to other people.
6/80
February 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“Constituent Service” by John Scalzi
3.75/5
Shockingly accurate.
No matter where you are from or how you excrete your waste, people are people who do people-y things…and then other people complain about it to other people.
6/80
3.75/5
Shockingly accurate.
No matter where you are from or how you excrete your waste, people are people who do people-y things…and then other people complain about it to other people.
6/80
“Only Dull People Are Brilliant At Breakfast” by Oscar Wilde
4/5
Words. Many of which are clever.
5/80
4/5
Words. Many of which are clever.
5/80
January 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
“Only Dull People Are Brilliant At Breakfast” by Oscar Wilde
4/5
Words. Many of which are clever.
5/80
4/5
Words. Many of which are clever.
5/80
“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain
5/5
On the one hand, I understand why this fell out of favor as required reading in the US. On the other hand, it was an overcorrection.
Includes one of the best depictions of privileged behavior I’ve ever read.
Effing Tom Sawyer…*sigh*
4/80
5/5
On the one hand, I understand why this fell out of favor as required reading in the US. On the other hand, it was an overcorrection.
Includes one of the best depictions of privileged behavior I’ve ever read.
Effing Tom Sawyer…*sigh*
4/80
January 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain
5/5
On the one hand, I understand why this fell out of favor as required reading in the US. On the other hand, it was an overcorrection.
Includes one of the best depictions of privileged behavior I’ve ever read.
Effing Tom Sawyer…*sigh*
4/80
5/5
On the one hand, I understand why this fell out of favor as required reading in the US. On the other hand, it was an overcorrection.
Includes one of the best depictions of privileged behavior I’ve ever read.
Effing Tom Sawyer…*sigh*
4/80
“Dungeon Crawler Carl” by Matt Dinniman
4/5
Fun, funny, deeply dark and covered in goo.
I am not the type of gamer who enjoys games where you have to grind, but I AM the type of reader who likes darkly funny SciFi fantasy horror that explores humanity and personhood.
And that’s Cats.
3/80
4/5
Fun, funny, deeply dark and covered in goo.
I am not the type of gamer who enjoys games where you have to grind, but I AM the type of reader who likes darkly funny SciFi fantasy horror that explores humanity and personhood.
And that’s Cats.
3/80
January 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“Dungeon Crawler Carl” by Matt Dinniman
4/5
Fun, funny, deeply dark and covered in goo.
I am not the type of gamer who enjoys games where you have to grind, but I AM the type of reader who likes darkly funny SciFi fantasy horror that explores humanity and personhood.
And that’s Cats.
3/80
4/5
Fun, funny, deeply dark and covered in goo.
I am not the type of gamer who enjoys games where you have to grind, but I AM the type of reader who likes darkly funny SciFi fantasy horror that explores humanity and personhood.
And that’s Cats.
3/80
“The Year of Magical Thinking” by Joan Didion
4/5
Beautifully written.
Grief spares no one, but some are privileged to experience it fully and that is a blessing.
I had a hard time personally connecting to many parts of this story, but it wasn’t written for me and that is OK.
2/80
4/5
Beautifully written.
Grief spares no one, but some are privileged to experience it fully and that is a blessing.
I had a hard time personally connecting to many parts of this story, but it wasn’t written for me and that is OK.
2/80
January 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“The Year of Magical Thinking” by Joan Didion
4/5
Beautifully written.
Grief spares no one, but some are privileged to experience it fully and that is a blessing.
I had a hard time personally connecting to many parts of this story, but it wasn’t written for me and that is OK.
2/80
4/5
Beautifully written.
Grief spares no one, but some are privileged to experience it fully and that is a blessing.
I had a hard time personally connecting to many parts of this story, but it wasn’t written for me and that is OK.
2/80
“This World is Full of Monsters” Jeff VanderMeer
4/5
Read driving north on New Year’s Day on DE Rt. 1, so no distractions. IYKYK.
This book is weird in the most surreal and profound way. It is also violent in the way that entropy is violent especially when the timescale is dissolved.
1/80
4/5
Read driving north on New Year’s Day on DE Rt. 1, so no distractions. IYKYK.
This book is weird in the most surreal and profound way. It is also violent in the way that entropy is violent especially when the timescale is dissolved.
1/80
January 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“This World is Full of Monsters” Jeff VanderMeer
4/5
Read driving north on New Year’s Day on DE Rt. 1, so no distractions. IYKYK.
This book is weird in the most surreal and profound way. It is also violent in the way that entropy is violent especially when the timescale is dissolved.
1/80
4/5
Read driving north on New Year’s Day on DE Rt. 1, so no distractions. IYKYK.
This book is weird in the most surreal and profound way. It is also violent in the way that entropy is violent especially when the timescale is dissolved.
1/80
My 2025 reading mood board!
I predict I will read about 10 of these, hopefully more. Already working on three of them. Simultaneously.
Doing my first mostly immersive read with “Dungeon Crawler Carl” and am enjoying the experience. I do wish my car was more comfortable. #waitinginthecarforkids
I predict I will read about 10 of these, hopefully more. Already working on three of them. Simultaneously.
Doing my first mostly immersive read with “Dungeon Crawler Carl” and am enjoying the experience. I do wish my car was more comfortable. #waitinginthecarforkids
January 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
My 2025 reading mood board!
I predict I will read about 10 of these, hopefully more. Already working on three of them. Simultaneously.
Doing my first mostly immersive read with “Dungeon Crawler Carl” and am enjoying the experience. I do wish my car was more comfortable. #waitinginthecarforkids
I predict I will read about 10 of these, hopefully more. Already working on three of them. Simultaneously.
Doing my first mostly immersive read with “Dungeon Crawler Carl” and am enjoying the experience. I do wish my car was more comfortable. #waitinginthecarforkids
December reads!
I read so much in December (mostly comics and short stories) I forgot to include a couple in this graphic. Missing are “The Christmas Guest” by Peter Swanson (which I was lukewarm about anyway), and the short story “The Woods at Midwinter” by Susanna Clarke which I really enjoyed.
I read so much in December (mostly comics and short stories) I forgot to include a couple in this graphic. Missing are “The Christmas Guest” by Peter Swanson (which I was lukewarm about anyway), and the short story “The Woods at Midwinter” by Susanna Clarke which I really enjoyed.
January 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
December reads!
I read so much in December (mostly comics and short stories) I forgot to include a couple in this graphic. Missing are “The Christmas Guest” by Peter Swanson (which I was lukewarm about anyway), and the short story “The Woods at Midwinter” by Susanna Clarke which I really enjoyed.
I read so much in December (mostly comics and short stories) I forgot to include a couple in this graphic. Missing are “The Christmas Guest” by Peter Swanson (which I was lukewarm about anyway), and the short story “The Woods at Midwinter” by Susanna Clarke which I really enjoyed.
November reads!
I forgot I downloaded this app and had posted to it. Oops!
In November (2024) I took the long way through book one of Becky Chambers’s wayfarers series. I loved it.
Also read comic one of “When We Were Trekkies” and a Fredrik Bachman short story. Both of which I enjoyed.
I forgot I downloaded this app and had posted to it. Oops!
In November (2024) I took the long way through book one of Becky Chambers’s wayfarers series. I loved it.
Also read comic one of “When We Were Trekkies” and a Fredrik Bachman short story. Both of which I enjoyed.
January 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
November reads!
I forgot I downloaded this app and had posted to it. Oops!
In November (2024) I took the long way through book one of Becky Chambers’s wayfarers series. I loved it.
Also read comic one of “When We Were Trekkies” and a Fredrik Bachman short story. Both of which I enjoyed.
I forgot I downloaded this app and had posted to it. Oops!
In November (2024) I took the long way through book one of Becky Chambers’s wayfarers series. I loved it.
Also read comic one of “When We Were Trekkies” and a Fredrik Bachman short story. Both of which I enjoyed.
My October Reads
Does this come off as aggressive to non-avid readers? To read upwards of 20 books a month? It is not meant to be. It is not about you anyway. But I wonder sometimes…
Scariest read by far was “The Stepford Wives.”
Enjoyed all but the cozy mystery that didn’t even make the list.
Does this come off as aggressive to non-avid readers? To read upwards of 20 books a month? It is not meant to be. It is not about you anyway. But I wonder sometimes…
Scariest read by far was “The Stepford Wives.”
Enjoyed all but the cozy mystery that didn’t even make the list.
November 16, 2024 at 3:43 PM
My October Reads
Does this come off as aggressive to non-avid readers? To read upwards of 20 books a month? It is not meant to be. It is not about you anyway. But I wonder sometimes…
Scariest read by far was “The Stepford Wives.”
Enjoyed all but the cozy mystery that didn’t even make the list.
Does this come off as aggressive to non-avid readers? To read upwards of 20 books a month? It is not meant to be. It is not about you anyway. But I wonder sometimes…
Scariest read by far was “The Stepford Wives.”
Enjoyed all but the cozy mystery that didn’t even make the list.