| date |
book |
review |
thoughts |
| january 2, 2026 |
there is no antimemetics division - qntm |
meh |
i think maybe i don't like science fiction? the ideas in this book were interesting, but it felt more like a creature feature featuring various ~*spooooooky creatures*~ than a complete work of fiction. i'm not entirely sure why this needed to be a novel rather than a series of (excellent!) SCP foundation wiki entries. and the creatures ARE good! the idea of a monster that starts hunting you once you become aware of it is actually existentially chilling. the character writing is shallow and all over the place, the themes are muddled and unclear (except for that part in the prologue where the book just tells you exactly what it's about) and why is somebody's random husband the main character all of a sudden? also this is a personal gripe but the classical music vocabulary is all over the place in terms of accuracy. |
| october 2025 |
no one is talking about this - patricia lockwood |
loved |
my friend catherine gave me this book while i was visiting her in dc, explaining that it was one of the "most keely things" she's ever read. the first half is a neurotic, harrowing look at what the internet is doing to our brains. i laughed out loud many times at "CAN A DOG BE TWINS." the second half of this book absolutely slam dunked me with how poignant and emotional it became. i loved the fragmented writing style and found a lot of the main character's thoughts and antics very relatable. i, like thom yorke, was born with the internet inside me. |
| september 24, 2025 |
sky daddy - kate folk |
loved |
i devoured this in one sitting while my train to dc was delayed. this was such a delightfully weird read, equal parts big hearted and grotesque. it follows linda, a woman who is only sexually attracted to planes and who desperately longs to "marry" a plane (read: die in a plane crash). while i don't share the narrator's affection for planes (i lowkey hate flying, which is why i was totally fine with waiting 6 hours for an 18 hour train ride), i have a soft spot for characters who feel like they cannot at any cost reveal their true selves to the people around them. at no point did i know what was going to happen next, but this turned out to be a surprisingly sweet story. |
| september 2025 |
audition - katie kitatmura |
in progress |
this caught my attention in a tiktok (i know) about novels longlisted for the 2025 booker prize. i was drawn to this one because the reviewer mentioned how form is integral to this book's storytelling. it's been slow going since reading isn't a huge hobby of mine these days, but the plot has hooked me and i find a lot of the themes super relatable. |
