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olliethewobbly

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he/they! wobbly (IWW 620) , and anarchist. undergrad english major, library worker, and aspiring librarian/archivist. writer of poetry and prose. #1 blahaj enjoyer. coffee enthusiast and book lover. owner of Lottie, the best bichon on mastodon. all opinions my own!

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olliethewobbly , to bookstodon group
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finally getting around to fred moten and stefano harvey's the undercommons, a book i've had for over 3 years. also one that @plainreading recommended when we were recording my pod episode. @bookstodon

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@plainreading @bookstodon I really need to read way more Fred Moten.

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@plainreading @bookstodon benjamin's storyteller essays mind boggling and amazing scholarship. gonna find a way to argue his claim that no storytellers exist in novels past kipling to include maughams (thesis subject) as a storyteller

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@bookstodon anyone reading all fours by miranda july?

kimlockhartga , to bookstodon group
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Since we are coming up on June, it seems like a good time to check in with everyone here on @bookstodon regarding favorite reads of 2024 so far. Whatcha got?

My top five reads of 2024 so far:

The Criminal series of graphic novels by Ed Brubaker (ten primary works)

James, Percival Everett

The Book of Love, Kelly Link

Poor Deer, Claire Oshetsky

Prequel, Rachel Maddow

olliethewobbly ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon for me it is
James, Percival Everett
Paradise Lost, John Milton (read for a class and a banger)
The End of the World is a Cul de SacL Stories, by Louise Kennedy (I have read it like three times over and it gets better every time)
Listen to the Golden Boomerang Return, CA Conrad, tied with Modern Poetry, Diane Seuss
May Tomorrow Be Awake, Chris Martin
Tender is the Flesh, Agustina Bazterrica.

olliethewobbly , to bookstodon group
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@bookstodon @plainreading finally getting around to the storyteller essays by benjamin!

olliethewobbly , to bookstodon group
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@bookstodon just finished may tommorrow be awake by chris martin (no, not the guy from coldplay). an amazing look into nonspeaking autistic ways of thinking from a non pathologizing/fetishizing place--plus some amazing poetry from martin's students. he is a poetry teacher through a nonprofit he founded, called unrestricted interest (link is https://www.unrestrictedinterest.com/, they also have chapbooks of some of the students martin and other teachers have taught)

himantra , to bookstodon group
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I've got some audiobook credits before I cancel my account (just not worth it when the is there 🥰). Could someone recommend some good audiobooks?

What I am looking for:
✔️Cozy mysteries or cozy horror
✔️If romance, nothing 🌶️ because I can't listen to sex scenes being narrated to me without giggling like a middle schooler.
✔️Female main character = bonus
✔️POC protagonist = bonus
✔️YA or New Adult recs okay

Thanks! 🙏🏽

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olliethewobbly ,
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@drawnonglass @himantra @bookstodon @horror joe hill fave is the fireman.

olliethewobbly , to bookstodon group
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the other one i'm featured in: https://moonstone-arts-center.square.site/product/save-chinatown-a-poetry-anthology/474?cs=true&cst=custom @bookstodon

olliethewobbly , to bookstodon group
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another day, another anthology https://www.amazon.com/Bread-Poetry-Anthology-inspired-Diannely/dp/B0D2KSDJFR/ref=sr_1_3?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.BFxRpIF_pzKAncHDk4FR6D1L_KBqK0tex2Y088-fhTJ-gsmP0eE3BAP9NDYXTP3Z.9o8oRUMmqcdhVziv6xEMcwnpwW_I3NgbgthQvd2OXUk&dib_tag=se&qid=1715167554&refinements=p_27%3ADiannely+Antigua&s=books&sr=1-3&text=Diannely+Antigua @bookstodon

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Liz Truss, Ten Years To Save The West

I don't agree with banning books, but this is going to the top of my Never To Be Read list.

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olliethewobbly ,
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@chestas @bookstodon yeah i saw "the west" in the title, and i am like "i'm not reading that."

appassionato , to bookstodon group
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Remembrance: Selected Correspondence of Ray Bradbury, 2023

Iconic author of Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, and Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury believed that, someday, a collection of his letters could illuminate the story of his life in new ways. That story emerges across time and memory from the pages of Remembrance.

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Ray Bradbury was one of the best-known writers and creative dreamers of our time. The many honors he received, which included an Emmy and an Academy Award nomination for adaptations of his work, culminated in the 2000 National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, a 2004 National Medal of Arts, and a 2007 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation. For many years NASA and the Disney Studio felt the impact of Ray Bradbury's creativity, and his fiction has found its way into hundreds of anthologies, textbooks, and the National Endowment for the Arts' Big Read program.
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    @appassionato @bookstodon AHHHHHHHHH

    olliethewobbly ,
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    @appassionato @bookstodon I HAD NO IDEA THIS EXISTED OMG

    olliethewobbly , to bookstodon group
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    oh btw @bookstodon thoughts on Earthlings? I just finished it and found it a thrill ride discussing compulsory heterosexuality and asexuality

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    From the Guardian...

    “Are young people poised to slam the brake on endless economic growth?”

    The terms degrowth and post-growth are used increasingly to popularise the idea that in the 21st century, capitalism is no longer the best allocator of scarce resources.

    Proponents of post-growth policies say they are not a recipe for inaction, or a return to a horse-and-cart, pre-industrial age; rather they are a means of redirecting resources into investments that result in people living happier, more sustainable lives.

    See -- https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/02/are-young-people-poised-to-slam-the-brake-on-endless-economic-growth

    olliethewobbly ,
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    @breadandcircuses YES WE ARE

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    @bookstodon My of The Apothecary Diaries Vol. 2 by Natsu Hyuuga, Kevin Steinbach (trans.) and Touko Shino (illust.) is now live! This was enjoyable as the first volume, not least because the setting and mysteries expand.

    Full review here: https://kamreadsandrecs.tumblr.com/post/742898021990301696/title-the-apothecary-diaries-vol-2-light

    The cover of The Apothecary Diaries Vol. 2 (Light Novel). Features the main character, Maomao, dressed in a green outfit and sitting somewhere with her right leg pulled up, her head and arms resting on her knee. In her left hand she is holding two blue roses, and in the right she is holding some leaves. She is looking off to the left of the page with an expression that could either be forlorn, or intrigued.
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    @MickeyMaousse @kamreadsandrecs @bookstodon @brenticus HAVE PITY ON THE FROG

    olliethewobbly ,
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    @MickeyMaousse @kamreadsandrecs @bookstodon @brenticus saw frog and was like YESS

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    News from scandal:
    "WIP officials announced that director Dave McCarty and board chair Kevin Standlee have resigned " The linked article also gives an overview on the developments that led to the resignation.


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    https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/94229-resignations-censures-follow-in-wake-of-hugo-awards-controversy.html

    olliethewobbly ,
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    @Tinido @bookstodon of course this happened!

    olliethewobbly ,
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    @Tinido @bookstodon not trying to state obvious, but after both xiran AND RF came forward, of course people were gonna resign

    olliethewobbly , to bookstodon group
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    about to tell everyone abouthow alternative history novels don't have to be about ww2. sometimes they're about lgbtq history/futures or imaginative epics about the curse of maggie
    (all from sealion press https://www.sealionpress.co.uk/)
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    Hello. Did you know there's a fourth Starship Teapot book in the works? Because there is…

    Henry, the unswearing robot, has a lot to say.

    @lgbtqbookstodon @bookstodon

    olliethewobbly ,
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    @clacksee @lgbtqbookstodon @bookstodon okay that sounds SO COOL

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    My friend Anne Corlett has a new book coming out!

    The Theatre of Glass and Shadows takes you to a secretive theatre district in post-war London.

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    olliethewobbly ,
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    @clacksee @bookstodon okay THAT sounds amazing

    beecycling , to bookstodon group
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    After enjoying R.F. Kuang's Yellowface so much, I'm now reading Babel - which I got from the library. It's a 500+ page honker, and the library copy is a hardback so I can't exactly slip it in my pocket to carry around. It's definitely an at home read. Enjoying it so far. She has a very readable style. @bookstodon

    olliethewobbly ,
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    @beecycling @bookstodon reminds me i really need to read it. fuck thehugo awards for excluding it and xiran jay's

    olliethewobbly ,
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    @beecycling @bookstodon seconded.

    olliethewobbly ,
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    @Jennifer @beecycling @bookstodon tbh i understand that. she is supposed to be that way but also i get where you're going with that

    olliethewobbly ,
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    @Jennifer @beecycling @bookstodon i also unfortunately am not as far in yellowface (this is also because i gave it to my dad because i have other books i'm reading) but theres a line where she's like "im not racist, i voted for biden and would again"

    olliethewobbly ,
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    @beecycling @Jennifer @bookstodon YUP

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    @bookstodon I am on a graphic novel kick, continuing from last year. What are you reading this month, to kick off 2024?

    olliethewobbly ,
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    @book @kimlockhartga @bookstodon that and also flamer by mike curato. my library has it and i perused through it. amazing art and story

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