I had in mind a new reading update rule for 2022 - I wasn’t going to post a reading update about any book (neither here nor on Goodreads) until I was at least 10-15% of the way into the book.
But I forgot my rule, and now the books I barely started and haven’t continued to read are hanging over my head, and I hate all you big invisible jerks for holding me silently accountable for every random thing I post here.
Turns out I can’t resist the re-read.
I finished reading Moon Witch Spider King yesterday evening.
Also started reading today A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib.
I’ve had this, and, actually, all of Abdurraqib’s other books on my to-read list for a while now – I took the occasion of Black History Month to move this one to the top of my list and start reading.
I started reading Moon Witch Spider King by Marlon James the other night. I’m currently at 21% completion.
I read A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger 📚
This site now aims to be the contemporary equivalent of enigmatic handmade publications hoarded in a drawer.
by Kaitlyn Tiffany in The Atlantic
It seems like not many people are talking about this aspect of why Facebook is so horrible because it is also horrible in so many other ways. This is actually one of the main reasons I finally deleted my Facebook account, though.
I didn’t have a ton of “friends” (230ish, which I’m sure is below average for someone on Facebook for over a decade) and most of them didn’t share much that was real (or if they did, the algorithm didn’t see fit to share it with me), so my feed was filled with so much inanity and corporate stuff, and I still just scrolled through it compulsively, hoping something interesting would happen.
by Karen Jensen of Teen Librian Toolbox
Loved this blog post that I happened upon today – being on School Library Journal’s network she’s kind of preaching to the choir, so I don’t know if this will convince or speak to anyone outside of libraries, but it’s honest and heartfelt and made me personally feel just a little bit better about my life.
Started reading Bewilderment by Richard Powers today - library book copy on my back porch. 📚
I posted a review of The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop, by Carole Boston Weatherford and Frank Morrison, on Goodreads, and I’m expanding on it slightly below.
I was excited about this book and assumed I would love it because of the subject matter, but I guess I’m a little disappointed and feel the need to talk about it.
I published a review of A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Perry on Granite Media and also posted it on Goodreads.
Enjoyed reading this one to my kids at bedtime.
I published a review of Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga on Granite Media and also posted it on Goodreads.
I really wanted to put screenshots of this entire poem in the review, but couldn’t justify it on Granite Media. But here, I get to do whatever I want, so…
Today I happened upon an excerpt from Tommy Pico’s forthcoming poem/book Feed, and I’m weirdly excited about it now.
I published a review of Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling on Granite Media and also posted it on Goodreads.
I published a review of Nightbooks by J.A. White on Granite Media and also posted it on Goodreads.
