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New from Aidan Scott, on Anxiety Press,
‘The Fisherman’, coming in October. Review on #bookstagram @od1_40reads #aidanscott #anxietypress #newrelease

New review for Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group up at the @od140reads.bsky.social Insta! www.instagram.com/p/DN5BeaDDOQ...

For the curious, the book is available here: thetangerinepress.com/FICTION/RG-F...

Ooh! Good luck! It’s a phenomenal book.

Book shopping in London! (Can book shopping get out of hand?! 😂) #bookshopping #london #bookhaul #books #bookish

Something epic is starting tomorrow…! #jamesjoyce #ulysses #jamesjoyceulysses

Sunday… books in bed day! #sunday #sundaychill #books #booksinbed #gariellelutz #williamhgass #haroldbrodkey #rilke #alejandrapizarnik

August 19th… I know what I’m doing this summer! 🔥 #schattenfroh #maxlawton #deepvellum

Reading update:

#péternádas #abookofmemories - just finished!

#gariellelutz #thecompletegarylutz - ongoing

#williamhgass #thetunnel - starting today!

New Arrival - The Calculation Of Volume 1 - Solvej Balle
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Saw someone post this a little while back and I was intrigued by the cover and the synopsis. This may have to bumped up my TBR list.

Definitely! Reading & rum! 🥃 📚

Just in! Latest publication from #NewJuche and @gallowsfruit.bsky.social 🔥 If you haven’t read NJ yet, you really need to! 🖤

Thanks! I’ll look it up. 🫶

I’m loving it. But I’ve learnt that #Nádas is an acquired taste. #ParallelStories was one of my favourite reads last year, but I’m in the minority. Personally I think his work is misunderstood, and its extremely graphic nature is not for everyone. So far this one is an easier read than PS.

Friday night… 📚🥃
#fridaynight #booksky #rum #books #reading #reader #rumdrinker #péternádas #abookofmemories #bookshelves #chilltime 🖤

Loved it too! 🖤

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Mornings with the hubby… @modernlifeis.bsky.social ❤️ #almosttheweekend #hubby #loveislove #lgbtq+ #booksky

To keep me going in between Gasses… #péternádas #abookofmemories #gariellelutz #thecompletegarylutz #Williamhgass #Omenstettersluck #TheTunnel #booksky

Pleased to be here!

Made it to the end of #omensettersluck today. ‘Finished’ is definitely not the correct adjective, so much still to contemplate and consider. But needless to say, I loved it! 🖤 #Williamhgass

Epic choices! 🔥

I’ve almost given up on new books, lol… but two I can think of: ‘The Mysterious Disappearance of The Marquise of Loria’ (which is actually a new ed. rather than new book); and the English translation of ‘Schattenfroh’… which I think you’ve read in German?

Marie-Antoinette by Charles-Éloi Vial | Book review Though marred by heavy rainfall, the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics was a wide-ranging, often provocative celebration of high and low French culture. There were several allusions to films...

Interesting article and review of new bio on #marieantoinette. Sadly my French isn’t quite up to Charles-Éloi Vial’s new book just yet. Any plans for an English translation?!

www.the-tls.co.uk/lives/biogra...

A retrospective on his writing by #williamhgass himself. I’ve not read it properly yet; but posting here for my own reference whilst reading #omensettersluck and prepping for #thetunnel. Read on if you also enjoy his work…

www.triquarterly.org/issue-138/re...

Currently reading. Nearly finished. And I have to say, I’m hooked.

New year, new look.
Setting myself some reading challenges. What are your personal reading challenges?

Newest arrival. This is the American edition. So much prettier than the UK one. Looking forward to this one.

The Tunnel by William Gass: A Casebook This casebook investigates William H. Gass’s The Tunnel. H. L. Hix provides a topical overview as an introduction to the novel. Debra Di Blasi’s “Gass Pain” says The Tunnel suffocates in its similes a...

Preping up for #TheTunnel next month. #williamhgass dalkeyarchive.store/products/the...

Same! Big fan of #frenchliterature 🖤

Also really want to read #proust, #insearchoflosttime came up so much in #therememberedpart. #rodrigofresán 🖤