Always a good day when my drink matches my book 🥂
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Latest read: a scintillating collection of interwoven meditations on life, death, and white things.
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If, like me, you've only ever eaten Chinese food in the West, this book will blow your mind. Fuchsia Dunlop does a brilliant job of explaining the exquisite intricacy of Chinese cuisine and its infinite declinations. An instant favourite, chuffed I could borrow this from my local library.
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Obviously the first thing I did after finishing the book was to go brave the crowds at the British Museum to see the lamassu. Worth it.

OMG this book 😭

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Currently reading & just finished. Both excellent.
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Unintended theme in the last 4 books I read: (too) bright things #booksky
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Recent #poetry #bookpost 😍
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So in this spirit I've just started reading Owen Hatherley's Artificial Islands (@repeaterbooks.bsky.social), received as part of the @lighthousebks.bsky.social Beacon (current affairs) subscription in... August 2022 😅
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I just started reading this in ebook format yesterday and found a physical copy while browsing at my local library today. Love the coincidence :)
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So maybe I write about books *because* the world is falling apart. Because with books we can make sense of this world and, crucially, imagine others (and for this I will refer you to one last book, Lola Olufemi's Experiments in Imagining Otherwise @hajarpress.bsky.social). (7/7)

Finally, Violent Phenomena, edited by Kavita Bhanot & Jeremy Tiang (@tiltedaxispress.bsky.social). I'd always loved languages and the idea of translation, but had never questioned it as a tool of imperialism, a re-enactment of colonial violence. I even took NOTES (which I never do).(6/7)

On a personal level, Susan Cain's Quiet made such a difference to my life when I first read it 12 years ago. It allowed me to consider that my way of being in the world was valid (hell, even valuable!) (5/7)

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Reni Eddo-Lodge)
Crippled (@francesryan.bsky.social @versobooks.bsky.social)
Women, Race & Class (Angela Davis)
Hostile Environment (Maya Goodfellow)
On Palestine (Noam Chomsky & Ilan Pappé)
The Uninhabitable Earth (David Wallace-Wells)
(3/7)

Also deeply enjoyed Tiny Moons, her essays around food which have the same delicate, evocative touch. Thanks to @lighthousebks.bsky.social for recommending it. @theemmapress.bsky.social

Part memoir, part nature writing, Nina Mingya Powles's contemplative writing is just a gorgeous thing. @canongate.co.uk #booksky

In "Divided", @sosowemimo.bsky.social exposes how structural racism pervades modern medicine. She goes back the colonial roots of medical sciences and shows how non-white people all over the world are still adversely affected both as patients and providers of healthcare services.
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Should I only read green books in 2025? 😅 My first three reads of 2025 were all incredibly good so it is tempting to follow this lead...

I was lucky to be gifted a 6-month poetry subscription from @lighthousebks.bsky.social last year. What a gorgeous treat that was.