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In the interest of making myself leas anxious, I decided to limit my #septembertbr to three #scienceseptember reads: 🐙 SPINELESS by Juli Berwald 🦠 AN ELEGANT DEFENSE by Matt Richtel 🔎 AN ANTHROPOLOGIST ON MARS by Oliver Sacks . . Three books from South America for #readtheworld21: 🔥 THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE by Mariana Enriquez 👣HOPSCOTCH bu Julio Cortázar 💎 THE CHANDELIER by Clarice Lispector . . And one sci-fi pick: 🧜🏿‍♀️THE DEEP by Rivers Solomon, et.al. . . As usual, my monthly tbrs are aspirational, and are most just to inspire me as a choose new books to read during the month. I remain a mood reader. BUT, I am really hoping to get a few science books in this month, it’s been too long! . . What are you looking forward to this month? . . #tbr #hopscotch #juliocortázar #thedeep #riverssolomon #thechandelier #claricelispector #thingswelostinthefire #marianaenriquez #ananthropologistonmars #oliversacks #anelegantdefense #mattrichtel #spineless #juliberwald https://www.instagram.com/p/CEpUbGWgm-_/?igshid=139l6rmbu1a5c

So, I was planning to do a post today of books I had read and loved from South America (for next month’s #readtheworld21 challenge), but when I went to pull them I realized I had lent away too many of my faves. So instead, the stack of books I will be pulling from for my September TBR. Five books of fiction from South America, four of which are #womenintranslation! One book of Latin American history. Two from Chile, one from Brazil, two from Argentina (Cortázar spent a lot of time in Europe, as well). Two of these books are new to my shelves, the rest have been there for a while. Of course I want to read all of them! But I will probably be pleased if I finish even one. Which of these do you think should be at the top of my list? . . And yeah, I am too fond of a vignette filter, sorry. . . #tbr #theremainder #aliatrabucco #thechandelier #claricelispector #hopscotch #juliocortázar #thehouseofthespirits #isabelallende #thingswelostinthefire #marianaenriquez #thelastcolonialmassacre #greggrandin https://www.instagram.com/p/CEUYwOsgl2V/?igshid=1hjoo5u18cvtf

Today’s #scifijuly post is also appropriate for this month’s #readtheworld21 challenge — as Stanislaw Lem was Polish. . . As it says on the cover of PEACE ON EARTH, Lem is most well-known for SOLARIS, which was adapted into two movies. But he wrote A LOT of books — both novels and collections of short stories. Again, those pictured here represent only those I both own and have read. Though this time, all of my favorites are in the picture. . . SOLARIS is his most famous for a reason, a classic in the vein of exploring the furthest reaches of the universe only to be confronted with having to deal with your own mind. . . In PEACE ON EARTH, Lem’s unlucky cosmonaut Ijon Tichy, who appears in many of his books, has his corpus callosum severed, and his right and left brains can no longer talk to each other. This results in some amusing slapstick as the two sides of his brain literally fight each other while agents from East and West also fight to find out what only he knows but can’t remember about a possible threat on the moon. . . MEMOIRS OF A SPACE TRAVELER is my favorite collection(so far!) of Ijon Tichy stories. There are many such collections, some heavier on quantum physics and higher math humor, some exploring the line between reality and hallucination. In this one Tichy observes (and sometimes participates in) experiments in intelligence and consciousness — both organic and artificial. Some of the Tichy stories I find quite dry, but this collection has an enjoyable blend of the satirical, philosophical, and the absurd. . . So if you are into scifi and/or translated fiction, I think any of the three above would be good jumping in points. If you have read Lem before, what did you think? What were your faves? . . #scificlassics #stanislawlem #translatedscifi #thecyberiad #memoirsofaspacetraveler #peaceonearth #solaris #thefuturologicalcongress #ijontichy #scifi #sciencefiction https://www.instagram.com/p/CDAFbL3ggDv/?igshid=13pof2msqadt2

My possibility pile for my #julytbr. I expect these may change a bit since my BIRTHDAY is in four days and I expect new books will be involved in some way. But for now, I have three books for #readtheworld21, which is in Eastern Europe this month: 🇭🇺A BOOK OF MEMORIES (Hungary) 🇭🇺SUNFLOWER (Hungary) 🇵🇱WHO WAS DAVID WEISER? (Poland) . . Three books for #scifijuly: 🚀THE CRACK IN SPACE 👽 DAWN 🤖 THE PREY OF GODS . . And I’ve only decided on one poetry book so far: 🌱LEAVES OF GRASS . . Every single one of these has been on my shelves for WAY too long, some for years and years. If I get half of these read, I will be delighted. . . #bookstack #allthebooks #tbr #backlistbooks #thecrackinspace #philipkdick #octaviaebutler #dawn #thepreyofgods #nickydrayden #whowasdavidweiser #pawelhuelle #gyulakrúdy #sunflower #péternádas #abookofmemories #waltwhitman #leavesofgrass https://www.instagram.com/p/CCKKMr1AhJA/?igshid=12xyxv8sjqnls

My #junewrapup! I have felt constantly bad this month about the amount of time I have spent reading this month, mostly because I still feel so behind on everything from the massive adjustment of suddenly having the kids at home way back in March. But this week I finished two of the biggest boulders that have been weighing me down, and I immediately celebrated by finishing the book I had been in the middle of for weeks and reading another cover to cover. I am still behind on many, many things, but I am also going ON VACATION next week, so maybe I will give myself permission to spend more time reading this month. . . In the middle of the month I committed to Day One of the #juneteenthreadathon and read: ❤️FREEDOM IS A CONSTANT STRUGGLE ❤️OUR NIG ❤️SULA All were from the #zoracanon, all were excellent. I posted about them all earlier this month. . . This month was also #readcaribbean, and the Caribbean was the focus for #readtheworld21 as well. So the two books I finished this week were: 🧡MADE IN SATURN 🧡WIDE SARGASSO SEA And I posted mini-reviews of both yesterday. . . In #familyreadaloud time this month we finished: 💚THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING 💚SAL & GABI FIX THE UNIVERSE Chances are, you already have an opinion about Tolkien, and I know I already spend a lot of time flailing enthusiastically about Sal & Gabi & Carlos Hernandez, but... FLAIL. There are a rare number of books that, if you read them aloud to your family, will make you feel clever, hilarious, and kind, all at the same time. Off of the top of my head that list is: The Sal & Gabi books by Carlos Hernandez The Tiffany Aching books by Terry Pratchett Tristan Strong by Kwame Mbalia There are other books that I have loved reading to my family for a wide variety of reasons, but these win the trifecta. . . No poetry last month, which I feel bad about. Try again this month! . . #angelaydavis #freedomisaconstantstruggle #tonimorrison #sula #ournig #harrietewilson #madeinsaturn #ritaindiana #wisesargassosea #jeanrhys #thefellowshipofthering #jrrtolkien #salandgabifixtheuniverse #carloshernandez #booknerd #bookstack https://www.instagram.com/p/CCG0SEHgwBt/?igshid=1qi10zdlrzyvn

My over-ambitious-as-usual #junetbr. . . FREEDOM IS A CONSTANT STRUGGLE and OUR NIG are for a Juneteenth readathon I will participate in. I am sure I will make a longer readathon TBR later, but these two I for sure want to get to. . . MADE IN SATURN, REASONS OF STATE, and WIDE SARGASSO SEA are for #readtheworld21. I can’t believe I haven’t read SARGASSO yet, and I am so excited for SATURN, the next book by the author of TENTACLE, which I shouted about for months last year. . . AN ELEGANT DEFENSE is a holdover from last month. I am interested, I just haven’t been in the headspace for a massive nonfiction tome. . . WEST FROM APPOMATTOX is a buddy read with my dad! He finally got his copy and we are having our first chat this weekend, so I’d better get started! . . #tbr #freedomisaconstantstruggle #angelaydavis #ournig #harrietewilson #madeinsaturn #ritaindiana #reasonsofstate #alejocarpentier #widesargassosea #jeanrhys #anelegantdefense #mattrichtel #westfromappomattox #heathercoxrichardson https://www.instagram.com/p/CBBpWhDAk4c/?igshid=144sp3rv6vqud