"the way elena ferrante writes is very impersonal and emotionally distant" enough. stick to making shitty video essays and leave good literature for the rest of us
august wrap up
— a man called ove; 4.5/5
— a good man is hard to find; 3.5/5
— almond; 3.75/5
— madame bovary; 4.5/5
— normal people [rr]; 4.25/5
— you deserve each other; 4/5
— the dead cat tail assassins; 4/5
— the lost daughter [rr]; 4.5/5
— the grownup; 3.75/5
— happening
and it’s because people (men) are yet again saying she’s a man. imagine how tired we are. you don’t even need to read her entire bibliography to get she’s a woman, a chapter from ANY of her books, one of her articles or short assays are enough
I’m new on
#booktwt
and I’m looking for moots !! My favs are
Shadowhunters
Aristotle and Dante
Shadow and Bone
The Raven Cycle
PJO (and the others by Rick Riordan)
Circe
The Poppy War
The Secret History
Like/comment/rt if you want to be moots !! <3
heyy (with the intention of kiIIing your mom, changing your name and bringing you up as my own son but never letting you call me dad out of respect to your real father)
july wrap up
— persuasion; 3.5/5
— a memory called empire; 4.5/5
— salt to the sea; 4/5
— blood over bright haven; 4.5/5
— untamed shore; 3.5/5
— inferno: a memoir of motherhood and madness
june wrap up
— the story of the lost child [reread]; 5/5
— king of wrath; 2/5
— the lies of the ajungo; 4.25/5
— the surviving sky; 4.25/5
— the yellow wallpaper
— the daughters of madurai; 3.25/5
june wrap up
— the hunchback of notre-dame; 4/5
— a frozen woman;
— a man’s place;
— notes from underground; 3.5/5
— niente di nuovo sul fronte di rebibbia; 3/5
— accabadora; 4.25/5
+ half year 12 books challenge update!
may wrap up
— the lady of the camellias; 4/5
— my brilliant friend [reread]; 4.5/5
— the story of a new name [reread]; 5/5
— those who leave and those who stay [reread]; 4/5
authors i want to read before the year is over (impossible):
joan didion
cesare pavese
clarice lispector
ottessa moshfegh
nguyen phan que mai
gillian flynn
victor hugo
grazia deledda
virginia woolf
wajdi mouawad
mieko kawakami
friedrik backman
toni morrison
akwaeke emezi
authors i want to read before the year is over (unrealistic) :
joan didion
yuko tsushima
sarah waters
zadie smith
anne brontë
james baldwin
isabella hammad
kurt vonnegut
natalia ginzburg
dorothy l sayers
more of-
mieko kawakami
italo calvino
octavia e butler
clarice lispector
researched more and the author (woman, from the pseudonym) is unknown and the only article i found about her and the book says “she could be [names of diff male authors]” and “who knows if she’s gonna be as lucky as ferrante”
here we go again like
“I died knowing you'd hate me for dying; but Nonagesimus, you hating me always meant more than anyone else in this hot and stupid universe loving me. At least I'd had your full attention.”
august wrap up
— the book of lies
#1
-3; 2.25/5
— legends & lattes; 5/5
— childhood
— seven days in june; 3/5
— and then there were none; 4.5/5
— a desolation called peace; 4/5
— non è un lavoro per ragazze; 4/5