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My slowest reading month of the year unfortunately, largely due to work issues. I still managed to read some real gems. I wanted to read at least 1 book of poetry this month & met that goal w/ the excellent “Diaspora Sonnets“ by Oliver De La Paz. Best reads of the month: Bora Chung's “Cursed Bunny,“ Witch Hat Atelier Vol 2 & 3, Kelly Link's “Magic For Beginners,“ Margaret Millar's “The Fiend“. Onwards to May!
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sarahbarnes I know how those months go! Here‘s to more reading time in May! 7h

vivastory @sarahbarnes Fingers crossed! I hope you read some good books this month 7h

Reggie I want there to be a picture where these books are fighting in the swimming pool where they‘re stacked on top of each other like the 2 on the left. 60m

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A slight bump up this month over last month in terms of books read, which is surprising as I had some minor health issues which are now resolved. As far as currently reading, I recently had to winnow my stack as I had too many books going. The books that I am currently actively reading are: Riker's: An Oral History, McCullers' Member of the Wedding, Lost Films ed. by Max Booth & Lori Michelle, Frederic Dard's “Crush.“ The latter book is the (CONT)

vivastory only one that I have no opinion on as it is too early but it is published by Pushkin Veritgo & Dard has been favorably compared to Simenon. All of the other current reads are fantastic & are scratching different itches. '
Best books of March, in no order: Blakemore's “The Glutton“ (I have a review on this one, but I just know this will be a fave of the yr); Tevis' “The Queen's Gambit“ (I read this in one sitting. Beth Harmon is one of my (CONT) 1mo

vivastory favorite characters of the year & this is def a new favorite coming-of age story. I loved this one so very much); Junji Ito's “Soichi“ (Soichi is such an absurd character & in many ways this is a different book for Ito but I really liked the absurdist horror of it); Mosley “Devil In a Blue Dress“ (Fantastic mystery w/ great setting & characters); Deadly Class (I read most of this in February but I finished the beginning of March & know that CONT 1mo

vivastory these characters will stick with me for awhile); Essential Ruth Stone (I was absolutely riveted by this volume of poetry & will def be revisiting in the future.)
That's March, that's the #monthinbooks Onwards! (edited) 1mo

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Suet624 That‘s a lot! You‘ve seen the miniseries of The Queens Gambit, right? 1mo

vivastory @Suet624 I haven't. I am so far behind on tv. Just last night I started watching the hbo watchmen miniseries. I did watch the trailer for Queen's Gambit & from what I saw it appeared very faithful. 1mo

Suet624 It‘s really good. I‘ve actually watched it twice. 1mo

AmyG @vivastory Queens Gambit is fabulous. I second @Suet624 1mo

vivastory @Suet624 @AmyG Thanks! I will def check it out. 1mo

RohitSawant I haven‘t read anything by Junji Ito yet and I really need to correct that soon. The fact that you found The Queen‘s Gambit riveting enough to read in one sitting bumps it up my TBR. Also, I almost made it into the Lost Films anthology! My piece was short listed, but they‘d received around 400 subs or so, and eventually they passed, I was told, owing to budgetary reasons. I‘m glad, however, as I revised it after and the story shortly found a home. 1mo

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I didn't read quite as many books this month as January, but there were some gems nonetheless. Favorites of the month: Kuang's “Yellowface.“ I have read only one other book by Kuang before (The Poppy Wars) & still don't know how I feel about it, however YF was a car wreck in slow motion that I couldn't turn my eyes away from full of both scorn & sympathy & nuanced discussions of digital bookish spaces & their issues. Then there was (CONT)

vivastory brilliant haunted house story by Ocker “Twelve Nights at Rotter House.“ Would rec. for fans of Arnopp's “Last Days of Jack Sparks. I completed “Everyday Mojo: Selected Poems“ by Yusef Komunyakaa after making my way through it since the start of the year. Few other living American poets have written so devotedly to war & desire as Komunyakaa. One of the greats. Then was Kadrey's brilliant horror novella “Pale House Devil.“ I read a few books (CONT) (edited) 2mo

vivastory this month where I had issues with the editing or the ending. This was def not the case with Kadrey's work which puts all 128 pages to imaginative use. Finally are the two mysteries translated into English: Jónasson's “Snowblind“ & “Master Key“ by Togawa. Both books reminded me not only of my love for a cleverly constructed mystery, but ones told from a non-english perspective. This is something that I will def. be reading more of. Onwards! (edited) 2mo

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TheBookHippie This month went so quickly!! On to March we go! I read more in January as well. 2mo

keithmalek Interesting picture. 2mo

BarbaraBB I think you‘ll like this one as well

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of The Oxford Translators' Revolution

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vivastory @BarbaraBB Thanks for the recommendation. I was on the fence about that one. There was a lot that I loved about Poppy Wars. The main character was not one of them lol 2mo

batsy Love the image! The Pale House Devil sounds great... Someday I'll have the courage to read it 😆 2mo

Reggie lol, love the pic. Also, I love Kadrey. He was in Body Shocks and has that 5 page story where someone climbs out of that dead body. I should look this one up. 2mo

vivastory @batsy @reggie Here's a bunch more artwork by the same guy, if interested:
https://lithub.com/i-cant-look-away-from-these-delirious-paintings-of-anthropomo... 2mo

vivastory @batsy @reggie Although I felt like I just used spoilers bc I was planning on using Wolstenholme's paintings as the image for my #monthinbooks posts until I ran out lol 2mo

Reggie Well then, I will not peek. 2mo

batsy @vivastory Thanks for the link; these are all brilliant. 2mo

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Crinoline_Laphroaig

Sword Catcher | Cassandra Clare

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Not bad for setting up house, getting ready to entertain, and hosting Thanksgiving.

Lots of Readalongs:
#NorthangerinNovember #Pemberlittens #HashtagBrigade #JaneAdjacant and the #Chunkster the was Sword Catcher.

I get that it's the first book, so there's a lot of world building. It took about 180 pages for something to finally happen. But then I really like it. So I'm giving a Pick rather than So-So.

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Mitch

Manhattan Beach: A Novel | Jennifer Egan

Great reads this month - all hugely atmospheric and with a powerful sense of place, be that the NJ pine forests, the streets in Paris during the French Revolution or from inside a diving suit, eyes shut exploring the sea bed of the Hudson. I‘ve travelled back and forward in time and across lands (real & imagined) and planets. Love reading ❤️#monthinbooks

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The Gunslinger | Stephen King

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