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I've never attempted to read any of Homer's works before, but I recently read an article about Emily Wilson (on Savs' recommendation) and now I'm interested! I like how her translation aims to avoid gratuitous complexity and avoid making things archaic just for the sake of sounding archaic—as she says in the article, "he didn’t sound archaic to the Greeks"!
I suddenly got onto a (re)reading spree of Paul Graham's essays, so when I realised it was a book I decided to read them in that form! A blazing fast read, although I regret not looking up the endnotes till I found them at the end of the book. I somehow assumed I'd reach them at the end of every chapter, but didn't realise I wasn't till I found them all at the end of the book instead >.<
The summer of '28 was a vintage season for a growing boy. A summer of …
This was such an absorbing read! I want to maybe read it again when I have more time to soak it all in, but even this time was good. Thanks Savs for recommending!
Forgot to mention that it was recommended by Savitri (who was a guest illustrator for Snipette) and also that we do have a big collection of Ray Bradbury stories at home, which I'm very familiar with and we keep quoting or referencing every so often—kind of like family lore, I guess?
Feels good now to be reading new, unfamiliar work by a very familiar author!
The summer of '28 was a vintage season for a growing boy. A summer of …
Started this about six days ago and it's going well so far! Recommended side dish: this Cubbon Reads post that talks about going slow and appreciating descriptions rather than plot:
This was a nice read. It felt like I was poking my nose into other peoples' affairs and you don't know how good that feels 😈
Started reading this on the bus en route to Salem (to catch a Kodaikanal night/early morning train). This is the only one book I'm carrying, since I tend to not get much time to read there, so let's see how it goes...
The life of a traveling merchant is a lonely one, a fact with which Kraft …
Discovered this book when I was checking Bookwyrm moderation notifications! (I had to decide whether to approve the domain). Added to my e-reader, and now I'm reading it under the lamp at night. It's my first J-novel and I like it :)
My first and last reading sessions of this book were both after midnight which is weirdly appropriate :P
This story kind of reminded me of the true crime podcast Serial, which follows the conviction of Adnan Syed (who eventually got released, towards the end of the podcast or after it was released I think)
I haven't read any biographies or autobiographies in a while, and this was nice. I liked the fact that it's not linear; instead Nadja is actually taking us through her own process of discovering more about her family and collecting information for the book.
In some ways, this book is also its own "The Making Of __"!
A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens.
The House of …
I've seen it come up so many times, so at this point I can't not read The Priory of the Orange Tree!
@Smileybone did you end up reading this? I was tempted as well when I saw it in Book Home but I was konjum broke at that time :P
@smileybone@todon.eu actually it's the magical fantasy elements that hooked me first :P
I ended up buying the book! After having read all of it on the Kobo at that.
Samantha Heather Mackey is an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA programme at Warren …
Okay, this wasn't as weird as 'Cursed Bunny' (completely unrelated book), but it was weird in a nice way because that made it not a typical college drama! I'm not going to say what the weirdness was
@DerekCaelin@bookwyrm.social wow, one book a week huh? :O
