tagged by @chesthighwaterβthank you so much!! i always love chatting about books π₯°
the last book I read: okay it's actually really cruel of you to have tagged me in this game RIGHT NOW because the last book i read was outlander π book that could've been so good if it was good... i did enjoy the ride but i also don't want to know what faces i was making throughout that journey
a book I'd recommend: bit of an assortment here but let's go with gathering moss by robin wall kimmerer, madonna in a fur coat by sabahattin ali, the marriage portrait by maggie o'farrell, the girl with all the gifts by mike carey
a book I couldn't put down: burial rites by hannah kentβstarted listening to this one on a long drive and it made the time fly. i also got super swept up in gideon the ninth by tamsyn muir (especially the audiobook version!! the narrator is phenomenal) and picked up the spirit bares its teeth by andrew joseph white one afternoon and didn't put it down until i'd finished
a book I've read twice or more: there are so many but i do do a yearly reread of in the dream house by carmen maria machadoβmy go-to when i need to feel something!!! i also whip out rebecca by daphne du maurier frequently during spooky season. and the cruel prince by holly black when i need some delicious brain junk food
a book on my tbr: picking randomly from the approximately 2k books on my goodreads want-to-read shelf... in praise of the whip: a cultural history of arousal by niklaus largier, you weren't meant to be human by andrew joseph white, maurice by e m forster
a book I've put down: for whatever reason i do EVERYTHING i can to not dnf a book but i will admit that i picked up the neuromancer by william gibson about a decade ago, cracked it open at a laundromat, and made it a couple pages before my brain gave up. it's sitting on my shelf somewhere and i might give it another try, but...
a book on my wishlist: arctic: the north pole and the northwest passage edited by fergus fleming, the invisible harvest: a microhistory of heretical herbs by bethany van rijswijk, any and all editions of cake zine
a favourite book from childhood: i was a MASSIVE chronicles of narnia fan. coraline was a longtime favorite, and i also really loved heir apparent by vivian vande velde and avalon high by meg cabot, both of which i also reread pretty much yearly through high school for nostalgia purposes
a book I'd give to a friend: just based on vibes and what i think my friends would probably like, i'm gonna say the old ways by robert macfarlane, whale fall by elizabeth o'connor, and all the living and the dead by hayley campbell
a book of poetry or lyrics that I own: oh gosh i have so many! bury it by sam sax, winter recipes from the collective by louise glΓΌck, crush and war of the foxes by richard siken, great tales and poems of edgar allan poe... emily wilson's translation of the odyssey, caroline alexander's translation of the iliad
a non-fiction book that I own: again too many to list so let's go with this body i wore by diana goetsch, nose dive: a field guide to the world's smells by harold mcgee (a Commitment but SO worth it), speak, okinawa by elizabeth miki brina, and constructing medieval sexuality volume 11
what I'm currently reading: currently listening to dragonfly in amber (the second outlander book lol) and reading stag dance by torrey peters and a history of my brief body by billy-ray belcourt
what I'm planning on reading next: i won't really know until i finish one and see what i'm in the mood for but audiobook-wise, i'll either continue my outlander journey to voyager (i REALLY need to meet john grey before i decide to just skim lol) or pause to listen to notes on an execution by danya kukafka, the light eaters by zoΓ« schlanger, or maybe project hail mary by andy weir. physical book-wise, i'll be pulling something off my shelving unit of books i have yet to read (lol). right now i'm thinking this thing between us by gus moreno, the great shadow: a history of how sickness shapes what we do, think, believe, and buy by susan wise bauer, or the white darkness by david grann
andddd i'm gonna tag @onthearrow @acephalouscreature @malicious-compliance-esq @valentinsylve and anyone else interested in doing this! no pressure though π₯°