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Grief and desire: Maggie Nelson’s Bluets
“Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a color.” Maggie Nelson I don’t think so many friends have recommended me the same book which such vehemence in any other occasion. Before reading Bluets I was already hyped and I had never read anything by Maggie Nelson and I […]
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Ugly Truths: My Year of Rest and Relaxation
I first heard of Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation it on Instagram. Everybody was talking about it, I saw pictures of the book everywhere. The reviews, however, were not all good: a masterpiece, a cheap piece of shock literature, a groundbreaking story, an immensely boring book… everybody had a different opinion […]
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The Newness of Hermann Hesse’s Steppenwolf
I just read one of those books everybody reads in high school. Since I can remember being a reader and making reading lists, Steppenwolf has been on my radar; many people in several different places and contexts had recommended the book to me, and I can’t really say why it took me so long to […]
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Lana Del Rey’s Poetry: Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass
Reading Lana Del Rey’s new poetry book.
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My Favourite Books of 2020
2020 was a terrible year for almost everyone and everything. However, books were a silver lining for many of us and confinement is definitely an excuse for reading through the day.
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The Darkness Within: Shirley Jackson’s Tales
For my last spooky read of the year (it’s almost Christmas!) I chose an author I’m familiar with. I’ve been a fan of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle because they really scared me, although not in a way that most horror books do. Shirley Jackson’s […]
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Spooky Reads for October
Basically a list of the scariest things I have read so far. Happy reading! Ghost Story, Peter Straub I devoured this disturbing book in like two days. It is a real page turner that manages to keep the tension for almost 500 pages. Stephen King has co-writen a book with Peter Straub and generally praises […]
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What I’ve Been Reading
Ghosts and spirits, basically.
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Why Do We Remember?: Svetlana Alexievich’s History of the Soul
War’s Unwomanly Face and Voices from Chernobyl
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Flickers of Light: The Goldfinch
“A self one does not want. A heart one cannot help”
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Best Reads of 2019
Quite late for this but…
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Embracing Uncertainty: Rebecca Solnit’s Field Guide to Getting Lost
“It’s not about being lost but about trying to lose yourself”
flowers in the library 