Strange Familiars by Keshe Chow
Oh my God. I need the sequel IMMEDIATELY. This was so good and so fun!! My god, I am enamored.
~ lem0mb0iii
Maggie Nelson "The Argonauts"
the “problem” with this book is that it’s incredibly theoretically dense but written in a way that makes you fly through. which, on one hand, makes the theory fun and accessible but i also probably missed a lot of it. you could spend a day meditating on every single paragraph. i think my favourite parts are the ones about art and about applying theoretical concepts to her own life, or choosing to reject or rework them based on her own experiences. overall, a really fun and thought-provoking book.
~ @florenceafter12.bsky.social
Francesco Petrarca "Die Besteigung des Mont Ventoux"
einer der schönsten texte der literaturgeschichte <3
~ florenceafter12.bsky.social
Phaswane Mpe "Welcome to our Hillbrow"
unfortunately i didn’t like this at all. more an outline instead of a book, very tell-don’t-show, superficial about all the big topics it attempts to talk about, confusing and somehow manages to be repetitive in under 150 pages.
~ @florenceafter12.bsky.social
John Berger "Ways of Seeing"
a bit too absolute at times, but offers fantastic ideas of thinking about art and images that will definitely shape my own perspective and research in the future.
~ @florenceafter12.bsky.social
"A Marriage At Sea" by Sophie Elmhirst
Great book, especially for fans of survival stories. My favorite part was that (unsurprisingly) the wife was the one never giving up and keeping them alive.
~ SpaceCadetGlow
"Captain's Dinner" by Adam Cohen
CW cannibalism
This book is about the wreck of the Mignonette, which is known as the case that put an end to the tacit condoning of "the custom of the sea" (i.e. drawing lots to determine which of a wrecked/stranded group would be killed to feed the others). Before this case it was understood that what happened on a ship was the captain's domain, and somewhat removed from laws on land. Authorities would generally turn a blind eye to people doing what they needed to do to survive, recognizing the extraordinary circumstances. However, documented cases of "the custom of the sea" often conveniently resulted in a person with the least power, or a person from an out-group, being chosen. Such was the case with the Mignonette crew too, and this time they were put on trial for murder. The book delves heavily into the legal and ethical battle, and how it related to Victorian reforms to protect the vulnerable. Highly recommended!
~ SpaceCadetGlow
A Parade of Horribles by Matt Dinniman
The latest in the series (2 books to go), I spent most of it like this: O_O
Everything has been building up to this and it didn’t disappoint.
~ killerweasel
Lies Sleeping - Ben Aaronovitch
The end of a multi story arc or at least a partial end. The death of the bad guy wasn’t a surprising conclusion, a bad guy with the ability to use magic to bring about chaos and harm greater than the London terror attacks is not the sort of person you can just throw into a cell.
The mix of history, mythology and author embellishments is enjoyable and sends me down various rabbit holes afterwards.
~ Robotpinemarten
Winters gifts - Ben Aaronovitch
I think the fact that I enjoyed this book less than the others in the series was more on me than the book. This is the first one see outside of London focussing on a side character rather than the main characters.
In this book the vengeful spirit of dead explorers creates adverse weather and more fucked up magical creatures, this time some kind of yeti type monsters. The book took a while to get to the ‘weird shit’ and was a little rushed towards the end.
~ Robotpinemarten
The Big Short by Michael Lewis
Held my attention surprisingly well for a book about economics and I do actually think I understand what happened in the 2008 crash (slightly) better now.
~ remreader (bluesky)
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