Budding Horse and Scarlet Moomin Culture
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maribouThe Budding Tree, by Aiko Kitahara
These vignettes of different women's lives in the Edo period are closely enough intertwined to not push my augh-short-stories button without being actually part of the same story. Very sad-sweet and elegant and restrained and full of informational detail. Not incredibly compelling, but quite pleasant.
(93/300)
A Horse and His Boy, by C. S. Lewis (reread)
This isn't the best book in the world, by a couple orders of magnitude, but it is my favorite. Only way I got to sleep, a couple nights last week. Truly comforting.
(94/300)
The Culture of Desire, by Frank Browning
I got to Montreal in 1998, and we all took the vibrant, cooperative queer culture in the city for granted, I think. It was interesting to read this book, published in 1993, and see in it the roots of what I came out into, those five years later (even though Browning focuses on the States). Also, it was well-written, interesting in its own right, and solidly informative while causing me to feel contentious *just* often enough to keep my attention, without making me grumpy. Very good.
(95/300)
Moomin: The Complete Comic Strip Book 2, by Tove Jansson
Dude, Moomin comics. Of course they're awesome! Esp. enjoyed the introduction of Mrs. Fillyjonk & Little My.
(96/300)
Scarlet, by Stephen R. Lawhead
Sequel to Hood, continuing a Robin Hood retelling set in 11th century Wales. Loads of fun, doesn't meet the Bechdel test, Scarlet's voice was not as compelling as Bran's was; keen storytelling & I am happily looking forward to the next one.
(97/300)
These vignettes of different women's lives in the Edo period are closely enough intertwined to not push my augh-short-stories button without being actually part of the same story. Very sad-sweet and elegant and restrained and full of informational detail. Not incredibly compelling, but quite pleasant.
(93/300)
A Horse and His Boy, by C. S. Lewis (reread)
This isn't the best book in the world, by a couple orders of magnitude, but it is my favorite. Only way I got to sleep, a couple nights last week. Truly comforting.
(94/300)
The Culture of Desire, by Frank Browning
I got to Montreal in 1998, and we all took the vibrant, cooperative queer culture in the city for granted, I think. It was interesting to read this book, published in 1993, and see in it the roots of what I came out into, those five years later (even though Browning focuses on the States). Also, it was well-written, interesting in its own right, and solidly informative while causing me to feel contentious *just* often enough to keep my attention, without making me grumpy. Very good.
(95/300)
Moomin: The Complete Comic Strip Book 2, by Tove Jansson
Dude, Moomin comics. Of course they're awesome! Esp. enjoyed the introduction of Mrs. Fillyjonk & Little My.
(96/300)
Scarlet, by Stephen R. Lawhead
Sequel to Hood, continuing a Robin Hood retelling set in 11th century Wales. Loads of fun, doesn't meet the Bechdel test, Scarlet's voice was not as compelling as Bran's was; keen storytelling & I am happily looking forward to the next one.
(97/300)
