Verglas finished reading Anarcho-Blackness by Marquis Bey
I recommend this book. Very insightful.
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Checking this out! I don't read fast but I am consistent :D
For work I read a lot of scientific papers so sadly I don't have too much energy to come home and read much of the political stuff that is still on my wish list. So there will probably be quite a lot of (science) fiction ...
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What are you looking for? So asks Tokyo''s most enigmatic librarian, Sayuri Komachi. But she …
Wholesome
5 stars
Just a very nice and easy to read short interwoven story collection.. No real hard edges. Recommending as a good read in these increasingly dark times.
Just a very nice and easy to read short interwoven story collection.. No real hard edges. Recommending as a good read in these increasingly dark times.
Verglas started reading What You Are Looking for Is in the Library by Alison Watts
What are you looking for? So asks Tokyo''s most enigmatic librarian, Sayuri Komachi. But she …
So far enjoying these. Several short stories about people profoundly changed by their interaction with a librarian. quite wholesome.
Verglas started reading Anarcho-Blackness by Marquis Bey
Just finished the Introduction. So far this book feels solid and well sourced. Looking forward to having this opportunity to further edit/hone editing my perspective.
Verglas finished reading Sweetness in the Skin by Ishi Robinson
Great book, really enjoyed it. Would love to hear from someone who actually knows Jamaica how they perceive it though. Of course since I have not been there I don't know the neighbourhoods described in the book or the culture it describes.
Definitely recommend this!
Great book, really enjoyed it. Would love to hear from someone who actually knows Jamaica how they perceive it though. Of course since I have not been there I don't know the neighbourhoods described in the book or the culture it describes.
Definitely recommend this!
Verglas started reading Sweetness in the Skin by Ishi Robinson
Read the first 60 pages in like an hour. Pretty dark but reads away easily so far.
Verglas finished reading The Vegetarian by Kang Han
Yeong-hye and her husband are ordinary people. He is an office worker with moderate ambitions …
Finished it. Not really my cup of tea. It reads like exploitation (as in the movie genre). I think I understand where the author is going in terms of the central point of the book, I just tend to think that using certain forms of shock and gore to get there is too easy, especially when much of it centres around sexual violence toward women (irrespective of the gender of the author).
Verglas started reading The Vegetarian by Kang Han
Yeong-hye and her husband are ordinary people. He is an office worker with moderate ambitions …
Two pages in, not a lot I can say yet!
Verglas finished reading Butter by Polly Barton
There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine.
Gourmet …
Very enjoyable. Recommend.
Verglas reviewed Butter by Polly Barton
There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine.
Gourmet …
Extremely pleasurable read
5 stars
Enjoyed every minute of this.
The author describes the world more sensually than most authors write eroticism.
If the translation is this good, I am very curious what got lost in it.
Verglas started reading Butter by Polly Barton
There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine.
Gourmet …
So far this is excellent. Highly recommend this multi-angled take on femininity and societal pressures to be a certain way (page 122/452)
Verglas rated The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi: 4 stars
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, …
Verglas rated Safety Through Solidarity: 5 stars
Safety Through Solidarity by Shane Burley, Ben Lorber
Two activist journalists present a progressive, intersectional approach to the vital question: What can we do about antisemitism?
Antisemitism …
Verglas finished reading Safety Through Solidarity by Shane Burley
Two activist journalists present a progressive, intersectional approach to the vital question: What can we …
The last three chapters took a while. I have been busy through December and January.
I highly recommend this book. I think it offers some crucial information regarding the current state of the Jewish left and antisemitism as part of the greater leftwing anticolonial antifascist, anti-racist, and anti-white-supremacist struggle, and how we can all work together the form a greater and more solidaritous left that respects our diversity while also respecting one another.
Verglas wants to read Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi
Spanning three continents, Butter Honey Pig Bread tells the interconnected stories of three Nigerian women: …
Recommended by a friend <3