I highly recommend you to read So Late in the Day by Keegan! Just as Small Things Like These, the best is to dive into it without thinking, the experience will be even better :)
I loved the way you chose to format this! Keegan & Rooney on here is such a given I’m not even surprised! And I love the map! How fun - even privately it is such an interesting reflection on what novels we gravitate towards but more interesting the ones that are most reading available and easily accessible. I am frequently on the hunt for obscure translated books mainly for my own goals, but it is never lost on me how a) hard to find some books translated from some areas of the world are and b) how expensive they can be! It does take a significant amount of effort to be intentional with southern hemisphere translations (for example) - but it feels very gratifying when the effort pays off. I guess it’s all about making sure you’re not just a passive book consumer. You know this tho I’m just riffing. Appreciate your bravery in accepting you read less than last year but all is well - admirable and I am in the same boat!
I highly recommend you to read So Late in the Day by Keegan! Just as Small Things Like These, the best is to dive into it without thinking, the experience will be even better :)
I loved the way you chose to format this! Keegan & Rooney on here is such a given I’m not even surprised! And I love the map! How fun - even privately it is such an interesting reflection on what novels we gravitate towards but more interesting the ones that are most reading available and easily accessible. I am frequently on the hunt for obscure translated books mainly for my own goals, but it is never lost on me how a) hard to find some books translated from some areas of the world are and b) how expensive they can be! It does take a significant amount of effort to be intentional with southern hemisphere translations (for example) - but it feels very gratifying when the effort pays off. I guess it’s all about making sure you’re not just a passive book consumer. You know this tho I’m just riffing. Appreciate your bravery in accepting you read less than last year but all is well - admirable and I am in the same boat!
"Derry Girls meets Call Me By Your Name, if they were both Timothee Chalamet and also girls, meets Chappell Roan’s Good Luck, Babe."
I don't need to hear anymore--Sunburn is going on my TBR immediately!
Loveee all the Irish writers, I read a bunch of Irish lit this year as well, so good!!
Chain-Gang All-Stars is sooooo good! Agree that it needs a screen adaptation ASAP.