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"the following chapters were started in mexico city and finished in new york city in …
Beautiful and thoughtful zine about colonialism and the american project, wrapping together struggles of the past and present with a sprinkle of David Wojnarowicz, duh I loved it
interviews au format long sur les pratiques de la scène punk do it yourself des …
I'm normally really unmotivated to read in French (and I'm sure I missed a lot of nuance cause I kinda suck at it) but this was pretty up my alley and I chomped it up. If you love being punished by gen x dudes about the hardcore punk scene in the 90s and why corporate social media is problématique, this book is for you!! But actually, cool initiative and beautiful book, its cool to learn about how people are wrestling with and talking about the same things that my friends and I are (how punks relate to politics, capitalism, technological alienation, etc) in different places and contexts in the last few years.
Heralded as the most important Brazilian novel of the century so far, this bestseller's unique …
This was incredibly good. I was totally transported into a time and place that I know very little about, and feel changed by the experience, which is pretty much the crux of why I like reading.
Learning more about the author, his perspective on writing the book and how it intervenes in contemporary Brazilian politics has also been cool (one of many interesting interviews/articles: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2023-09/reading-to-coexist-a-conversation-with-itamar-vieira-junior-ana-laura-malmaceda/)
Heralded as the most important Brazilian novel of the century so far, this bestseller's unique …
The End, the sixth and final book, reflects back on the personal fallout from the …
This book is so much harder than the other ones. And soo much longer. Also the first half is translated by a different person? I am struggling a bit.
The Crying of Lot 49 is a 1966 novel by American author Thomas Pynchon. The …
Last time I read this was at least 15 years ago, its weirder and even more fun than I remembered.
The End, the sixth and final book, reflects back on the personal fallout from the …
LFG
A new novel about a seductive and cunning American woman who infiltrates an anarchist collective …
That's right, finished the book at the gig
A new novel about a seductive and cunning American woman who infiltrates an anarchist collective …
Content warning Plot details but no big spoilers
Was prepared to hate-read this but halfway through I'm surprised at how little I'm cringeing at the plot, which is basically every undercover-cop-infiltrates-anarchists shitshow of the last 25 years mushed together in thinly-veiled-Tarnac... I could imagine many different directions for this book that would fucking enrage me and very few that I would find satisfying, but Kushner is a good and understated writer so I'm curious to see where it goes.
A team of astronauts in the International Space Station collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments …
Didn't love this but at least it was short. Beautifully written but probably more interesting for someone who isn't totally obsessed with space/the ISS. Kind of expected more, I picked it cause it was shortlisted for Booker. That said it was a pretty relaxing read as someone who like, rewatches Cosmos to stave off panic attacks.
When Wendy is nominated for the coveted National FoodHut Contemporary Art Prize alongside her friend …
WENDY IS PERFECT
The first book in Bernard Cornwell's number one bestselling series The Warrior Chronicles, on the …
Didn't quite fill the Kristin Lavrandsdattir-sized hole in my heart but i binged this audiobook in a day while repainting my room and it was a certain type of fun
This book fucks
Poet Akbar (Calling a Wolf a Wolf) explores the allure of martyrdom in this electrifying …
It was good! There was a plot point early on that kind of fucked with my suspension of disbelief and bugged me like a splinter the whole rest of the read, and some neatness in the plot that I wasn't totally buying/in the mood for. But I'm a sucker for expert prose, subtly handled subject matter, and readability so it won me over.
Read this because I wanted to recommend it to a few people (based on some interviews I heard while she was doing press for the book). A surprisingly enjoyable read, even if I don't align with her politically in a lot of ways and find her a bit insufferable, I do think she lays out a lot of stuff about what's weird about the present moment quite well. Would give to my mom