Rec | BOOKS I'M READING :)

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hii!⭐️ these are the books i'm currently reading: - crime and punishment (fyodor dostoevsky) - less is more: how degrowth will save the world (jason hickel) - history (elsa morante) - the copenhagen trilogy: childhood, youth, dependency (tove ditlevsen) - beloved (toni morrison) - pedagogy of the oppressed (paulo freire) i like reading multiple books at a time depending on how i feel, but when i'm about to finish one i usually focus on it until the end. up next: - intermezzo (sally rooney) - the seven moons of maali almeida (shehan karunatilaka) - an autobiography (angela y. davis) - the light years (elizabeth jane howard) - the forbidden notebook (alba de céspedes)

@burrita

Feb 7, 2025

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@slowlytyped

c&p, Beloved, and Freire are all bangers. enjoy!!

Feb 7, 2025

@softshelled

Howdy! Thanks for sharing (: (gotta say, I dig your reading and to-read list) lately I’ve been trying to fit more nonfiction and books in general into my brain and reading time slots I’m currently going through Aimé Césaire’s works. If you’re vibing with Pedagogy of the Oppressed, I’d highly recommend him. also, The Shock Doctrine and This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein are both critiques of capitalism (yay), exploring how our systems and the people they benefit exploit and exacerbate climate change and disasters. I really enjoyed The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida! I don’t want to inadvertently spoil anything for you, but the person the main character is inspired by is definitely worth researching in his own right. The history is a really interesting side (or post) read to dive into researching. Happy reading out there 🫡

Feb 7, 2025

@burrita

softshelled thank you so much! i'm going to put those books in my tbr :) and now i'm even more curious to read "the seven moons of maali almeida"!! i had no idea the main character was inspired by a real person😮

Feb 7, 2025

@softshelled

burrita I should qualify not directly inspired by him! Richard de Zoysa. There’s a collection of his poems called This Other Eden that I’ve been trying to find a copy of!! Karunatilaka’s Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew is also on my list to check out

Feb 7, 2025

@danielalala

these are great choices - I’ve read and loved s lot of these ❤️

Feb 7, 2025

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i have a ton

i’m currently reading one million books: the only child by andrew pyper (spooky crime?) weaveworld by clive barker (fantasy/horror adventure) the idiot by fyodor dostoevsky (classic russian lit, sort of comedy?) and i have just finished a few as well: where the crawdads sing by delia owens (romantic crime fiction?? slice of life?) the bone mother by david demchuk (short slavic folktales) year of wonders by geraldine brooks (medieval slice of life)