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essays that deal with music in relation to death, racism, affection, sexism (particularly in punk spaces). one essay is about Abdurraquib visiting Michael Brown's grave and going to see Springsteen play The River the next day and the ways in which the experiences clash/don't. Essays about MCR, Carly Rae Jepsen, Fall Out Boy, Chance, etc. Personal, heavy pieces that feel so vital--the way he writes about music is just beautiful without being overly romantic. that's a messy summation because I'm only a third of the way through but yeah it's really good. there's an essay about The Wonder Years that hit me really really hard

 

Welp, guess I'm adding that to my list.

 

Currently reading Brands Win Championships by Jeremy Darlow. Going to be diving into a handful of social media, marketing, and branding books this year. This one is pretty good so far.

 

Cool, I'll definitely check it out. Music writing/criticism by more POC is something I'm definitely looking to experience more of

 

aaaand I just read the Fall out Boy essay. so amazing. hold your friends tight, everyone.

 

What if you don't have friends?

 

Looked that book up on both libraries I frequent and better had it but I ordered it through a different library to be sent to my library

 

Reading The Dead Zone by King. Real good so far. And two neat connections to other works - a reference to the name "Flagg" (a character lives on Flagg Street) and Jerusalem's Lot (outright stated). I really enjoy finding these things in King's work. Almost makes me want to go back and re-read what I read of his before I knew about him slipping these connections of sorts into his works.

 

Has anyone read “Conversations With God”? I was looking for something a little random to read and grabbed this at the library based on a suggestion. I’m not a religious person, although I grew up in very actively catholic family. I’m the black sheep of the family when it comes to religion.

I was told this book was less religious and more phisophical, but I think I’m having a hard time keeping an open mind based on my own biases. Just wondering if anyone else had any experience with it, and what their thoughts on the book were.

 

the top 200 daily deals from 2017 are on sale again for one week only on audible. quite a few great things sprinkled throughout.

 

Just finished a book called WaR: Wizards and Robots by will.i.am... it was as bizarre as it sounds but I actually enjoyed it by the end.

 

Ursula K Le Guin died.

:(

 

Anybody read Ruth Ware's books?

 

I just bought one of her books the other day and really liked some of her short stories I read. What a bummer :/

 

A short story of hers that I read in college was fairly instrumental in shaping some of my current tastes in writing.

And Earthsea is good.

 

Yeah, I actually just saw that she's been in a few anthologies I've read and enjoyed so she's played more of a role on me than I thought. Earthsea is next on my list, all her books are super cheap for whatever reason

 

So sad

 

I finished You Shall Know Our Velocity! by Dave Eggers and I don’t want to judge prematurely but it’s probably one of my all time favorites now. It’s been a long time since a book has hit me like this one did.

 

sorry super literary folks, but just finished Pride and Prejudice and that SUCKED. i hope to god i don't read anything less enjoyable in 2018 (or ever, really) because that would be brutal.

i've read a handful of works from this time period (Bleak House, Jane Eyre immediately come to mind) and found them surprisingly enjoyable but this. woof. this was not at all for me and got almost nothing out of it. definitely not going to read anything else by Austen, she is not my cup of tea.

 

I've definitely had similar experiences!

 

See, I was the opposite - I found Jane Eyre a lot less interesting than Pride & Prejudice. Bleak House was good but some parts dragged. I've been reading a lot of 'classics' and some of them are very dry. But then I got to Pride & Prejudice last year and thought it would be another dull read but I absolutely loved it. I was so surprised!

 

Jane Eyre is flawless. Austen made me want to rip out my hair.

 

20 Women in Horror: Recommended Reading

For the horror fans in the thread. @Vivatoto have you read any of these authors?

 

This is awesome I’ll have to check out some of these I don’t know, which is most. I mainly just have read the obvious ones, Shirley Jackson, Anne Rice, the “mystery Queens”, Mary Shelley...Gemma Files too. Off the top of my head Tananarive Due, Ania Ahblorn and Amy Cross are fantastic.

 

I honestly don’t think I’ve read any. But I do own books by some so it’s just a matter of me actually reading the books haha.