pick#bookspin A piece of literary analysis I read on her career as a whole got me thinking about how she uses form not just to serve the individual poem, but as another form of social and political commentary - and how that‘s different from poets writing today. Definitely something I need to keep contemplating in my subsequent reading, but it was an interesting lens. @TheAromaofBooks
29 trans and nonbinary comic artists share their personal coming out experiences in 2-4 page graphic spreads. I would definitely recommend this to queer youth or anyone who‘s questioning. They may find representation, the glimmer of answers, or a direction to look to next. I don‘t think any of these pieces are in depth enough that a straight audience looking for insight will understand them, or that an older queer audience will be deeply moved.
This is such fun! I‘m so glad I jumped on the bandwagon 😁
https://bridgertonportrait.com
so-soThis was a real page turner (or whatever the audio equivalent of that is) and I tore through it in 2 days. I definitely wasn‘t the target audience. I really couldn‘t handle the graphic nature of the violence or the sheer amount of it. Not all of the representation was positive, but I‘m still glad it was there, and the overall message was a positive one so I definitely appreciate getting that out there in the world. #authoramonth @Soubhiville
So far S. A. Cosby is gorier than I like, so I doubt he‘ll become one of my new go to authors, but there are a lot of things I do like about this including some incredible one-liners. #aam @Soubhiville
#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. First reading with my new deck of intuitive Tarot cards
2. Finding that my “new” used copy of Gwendolyn Brooks poems was actually signed by Gwendolyn Brooks in 1994!
3. Spin Day!
4. I got a new crystal healing necklace in the colors of the bi pride flag
5. A line in one of my books vividly brought back the taste of the best chai in the world, which I used to have the summer I lived on an Ashram
#TLT @dabbe I remember 80s movies super fondly considering that‘s when I was born so I‘m sure I didn‘t actually see any of them till the 90s 🤣!
pickI loved this! A bold look into a bold life. Taron Egerton does the most incredible job with the narration! Making it feel like Elton John is there in the room with you, making him constantly raw, vulnerable and likable even when describing his most egregious acts. I can‘t say if the print writing has the same magic without Taron to make it sparkle, but I know that the bonus chapter read by Elton himself didn‘t come through half so clearly.
#WondrousWednesday @Eggs
I. I finally watched the adaptation of Call Me By Your Name and hated it! but I loved the book so maybe it‘s time for a reread (though my copy seems to have grown legs and walked away🤨)
II. Just through literature. Maybe this is the summer I finally read Dandelion Wine or Madam Bovary and head to the Midwest or provincial France.
III. The sun shining, the breeze blowing, and the freezer making ice. ☀️🌬️🧊
Music is filled with words that evoke specific memories and emotions, but never having been trained in music I‘m only familiar with a few of them. I love that I run across new ones all the time as I read poetry. #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday @CBee
#tuesdaytunes #pride 🏳️🌈
https://open.spotify.com/track/0bPSRn4crnh5f1JhELPlyL?si=cba8MplES0q7Hk3rTsAgJA&...
Enjoying #hyggehour a little early this week with Frida and homemade ice pops to take my mind off the fact that it‘s about a bazillion degrees here. #litsolace
bailedI admit I at least 80% chose this for cover art. And there‘s nothing I specifically don‘t like about the book, it‘s just that halfway through I‘m still feeling super underwhelmed by everything except the cover art. Life‘s too short, I think I‘ll just keep looking at this picture and imagine what happens in the second half.
I didn‘t actually look at this too closely when it arrived with a ThriftBooks order a few months ago, so my mind was blown when I opened it just now to start reading and saw this! This slightly beat up looking paperback may have just become my new favorite volume on my shelves!
(The seller clearly didn‘t know what they had, it was free with my points, which means it must have been priced under $7)
Spin day is always so exciting! My #bookspin is a pick from my aqua bookshelf and I‘ve decided on this Gwendolyn Brooks collection. My #doublespin is a queer lit pick, and this is going to be the month I finally read Giovanni‘s Room! @TheAromaofBooks
I‘m so psyched to start our #hashtagbrigade read of this tonight! I have a copy of the Sterling hardcover somewhere that I read from the last few times I picked up Little Women but I always found it bulky and unpleasant, so this time I decided to try this Sea Wolf Press one which is larger than I‘d like for a paperback copy but has reproductions of the original illustrations which is a sure way to convince me to buy a book 🙃.
Happy Pride Littens!
🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🖤🤎
I‘m celebrating the first day of the month with a reread of this book which always brings me such joy!
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#ReadAway2024 Update
May saw me read 7 books off my own shelves which was 60% of my total reading! Definitely my best stats yet (though also more rereads and more short reads than usual, plus I‘ve been buying books at an alarming rate… can‘t have everything 🙃)
pickAn exploration of the idea that most of us at least of Jewish/Christian/Muslim backgrounds have come to think of god as a “big person” and why this is problematic for many in the modern world, but that there are many other metaphors for the divine. This explores some of them, primarily from the Torah, but also with a view to cultures around the world. And how they may apply to modern life.
#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. Starting to make (a little) progress on getting the house back under control
2. Chinese takeout feast inspired by the tagged book
3. Reading a book by someone I know
4. Reading time with the fur babies
5. Pride starts tomorrow!!! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
bailedI was having fun when I started out following the “choose your own adventure” style path through this, but when I actually to started go through the chapters in order to see what information was really contained here I started to get more and more irritated. I found the premise is almost laughably broad making it impossible to go into depth about anything, and in calling attention to numerous stereotypes the author also trips over quite a few.
Stumbled across this while looking to use up an end of the month hoopla credit, and I can‘t decide if I feel really old or super excited that My Little Pony and I share a birthday?!
Hey #sundaybuddyread friends, Turns out the kindle version actually does have chapters, very convenient!
I went to bookmark these passages before I started reading and so case it helps anyone else…
June 2 we read through the end of chapter 8
June 9 we read through the end of chapter 21
June 16 we read through the end of chapter 33
(the page numbers in my version are the same as in @TheBookHippie ‘s if you want to go by those)
My favorite new word from this week‘s reading! #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday @CBee
pickI‘m so glad I decided to revisit this before diving into Malinda Lo‘s companion novel! It was just as moving and engrossing as I remember from my first reading a few years back. And the perfect thing to get me into the spirit for Pride!
You know summer has hit when #hyggehour switches over from tea and cocoa to lemonade and cocktails. I‘ve missed the past few weeks, so it‘s a relief to be able to take this time to relax with my kindle, my fizzy drink and my fellow #litsolace friends.
May was definitely one of those months that felt interminable and also passed in the blink of an eye! Maybe whatever I read in June will reorient me in space-time. #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks
A wonderful, intense, pounding rainshower this morning gave me my reading buddy back for a few minutes of my morning reading! They‘ve been avoiding me for days cause it‘s been too hot for pets and cuddles. Apparently the weather is personally my fault 😼🤦♀️ #catsoflitsy
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @dabbe @Cuilin I can‘t tell you what a joy it‘s been to read The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes with you both and the rest of the gang! Thank you for being such amazing fearless leaders! This book has had some real gems, this week‘s selection being no exception, and I‘m beyond excited to dive into the rest of the canon!
#bookmail ! A woman I work closely with has been writing this for a long time during her sabbaticals and was excited to finish and publish it 2 years ago, but I‘m only just now getting around to reading it. I tried to borrow the hoopla version but hearing someone else read the audio was causing major cognitive dissonance, so I figured I‘d support her and order my own copy.
panJUST, NO
The first 250 pages, a fun historical fiction story, lots of problematic pieces, but I was happily able to put aside my irritation with the author and enjoy the story for what it was.
Last 250 pages, my irritation redoubled and compounded and I can‘t remember the last time I‘ve finished a book quite this angry at the author.
#sundaybuddyread
#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. It rained yesterday! Which broke the heat a bit, bringing it back under 90 & it‘s supposed to return to normal May temps tomorrow 😅😁
2. I had my last day of work for the school-year & I‘m not returning in the fall so I can focus on my health for a while. I‘m nervous about the wide open time but also excited, plus imagine all the reading!
3. Brigerton S.3
4. I didn‘t wake up with last night‘s migraine✊🏼🪵
5. 🐈🐈⬛
“There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.” #firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl
Someone remind me to stop reading romance novels! They‘re clearly not my genre. Every so often they put me in the best mood ever, so I seem to keep trying, but most of the time have the opposite effect these days! I got all excited after watching the new Brigerton season and decided to reread this. This was better than some I‘ve tried recently, there were laugh out loud funny scenes, and Colin was surprisingly open minded for a man of his era,⬇️
pickMy #doublespin this month was so much fun! It‘s rare I find an Agatha Christie I don‘t enjoy, but that also makes it rare for one of her‘s to be especially standout. I can‘t say exactly what it is that makes this one join the ranks of my favorite Christie‘s any more than I could have solved the mystery ahead of Miss Marple, but it‘s definitely something I‘ll keep pondering. @TheAromaofBooks
#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. One of my favorite students stopped by my apartment with his mom to drop off gratitude salted fudge and chocolate chip blondie bars that he‘d baked himself!
2. Takeaway spicy dal soup made a perfect breakfast on a chilly morning
3. An especially pretty sunset
4. The selection of caffeinated teas I ordered for summer arrived!
5. After several weeks of exhaustion I‘m starting to feel more human again,🤞🏼!
Finally starting to get a little strength back after several crazy draining weeks causing a major flare. But I‘m still trying to spend most of my time in bed so I don‘t overdo it and end up right back where I started. Luckily kitty and Miss Marple are helping me out. This is one of the most all consuming stories I‘ve picked up in months! Just read 100 pages straight through without even noticing!
pickI connect to, and fall in love with, something different in each of Jane‘s books, but this is one of the few where I connect to the leading women in a way that I actually see whispers of myself in them and their actions. I know I always say I‘ve just read my favorite, but I actually think it may be true this time 😂 I‘m slowly rereading all her works so eventually I‘ll get back to you also on my favorite at 41.
pickI found this opened up even more with a second read. I get why this isn‘t a popular book on Litsy, but I like experimental fiction & poetic writing & I‘m so impressed by what Rhys was able to do with Antoinette & Rochester‘s characters. The way she was able to open up their backstories, make them each both sympathetic & callous, and leave you in sync with the source story but also have things still feel ambiguous. #hashtagbrigade @BarkingMadRead
@TieDyeDude #tuesdaytunes
I‘m voting for Barbie Girl by Aqua
One my baby sister played on repeat when she was in middle school and I was in high school and no inducement would get her to change the track 🤮
#TuesdayTunes @TieDyeDude
I‘ve been listening to Me all week, so this has pretty much been my playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/285EOSTB2SmIT1whQmMy8B?si=kucfv8AAQK2HM9wrK4Sd...
