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and some lamps. trying to bring back some of the cute 2021 book tags but no pressure. Anyway, here's one #lastbookstorevisit qotd: what books do you plan to read this weekend? I've completed Strange Pictures by @uketsu_ so I plan to complete A Kite of Farewells by @theactualojungio Hopefully, the work gods don't punish me with sudden new deadlines 🙏🏼🍃 goodnight, people on the internet.
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📚books from Kerala Much like a similar older post on Japanese literature, I'd taken these pictures between Autumn 2021_Summer 2024 but didn't know what to do with them so I'm turning them into a #xavirecommends post (or more accurately, 5 recommendations and one TBR as there's one among these six that I ghosted after a simple hello). So let's start with the ones I have read. This stack is made up of books from the Indian state of Kerala; four works translated from Malayalam and the other two are in English. Shihabuddin Poithumkadavu's Do Not Go to the Jungle is a collection of short stories translated by J. Devika and it's my favourite in this stack. (Yes, I am biased towards short story collections). The stories are described as social horror, seamlessly blending magical realism and the very real horrors of society. Among the novels, I loved K.R. Meera's Hangwoman: Everyone Loves a Good Hanging (translated by J. Devika again) the most. It focuses on Chetna, a woman who belongs to a family who comes from a long line of executioners. The novel explores themes of gender, violence, duty, societal expectations and morality as Chetna grapples with performing her inherited role of an executioner. Kamala Das' My Story is an interesting autobiography (which she translated herself from Malayalam) especially due to the way she herself changed her storytelling along with the language. A well known bilingual poet, Das' prose is lucid and playful but also unapologetic in its candid voice. Not going to say more about this or Benyamin's goat days because I've already posted about these books individually (which was the plan for the other books but time🥲...) Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things is perhaps the best known work in this stack globally. It is a masterful tale of caste, colonialism and the myriad contradictions of society. Although Roy has written far better books (both fiction & nonfiction), this novel remains an essential piece of literature from Kerala. Onam in a Nightie is the only book here that I haven't read yet. Someday soon? Tagging some of you to do a #sixbooksonestate challenge. I'm excited to see what y'all come up with but hey, no pressures.
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#xavirecommends #qotd What was your door to the world of Korean literature? Disclaimer: This list is by no means absolute. Think of this as more like an introductory compilation for the newly acquainted. These books were my own introduction to the world of South Korean fiction by women in translation. If you're one of those readers who wants to read Korean literature in translation but doesn't know where to start, maybe this may help you out? I absolutely adore these books, even the painful ones. I tried to include everything: a historical novel, a family saga, two explorations of patriarchal systematic oppression and mental illness, a speculative short story collection, a young adult book, a memoir and a meta narrative. (Read it as "I included books that I own a paperback of that luckily cover various different topics😆✌🏻) 🪼Authors listed: Han Kang, Kyung-sook Shin, Cho Nam-joo, Bora Chung, Won-pyung Sohn, Baek Sehee, Han Yujoo. 🎍Authors not-listed that you may try out later: Kim Hyesoon, Lee Hyemi, Min Jin Lee (KA), Juhea Kim, Kim Soom, Ha Seong-nan. 🎐Authors I started but didn't finish (shall go back to them later): Park Wan-suh, Frances Cha, Choi Eun-young, Bae Suah, Kim Sagwa. 📚Authors on my TBR: Hwang Jung-eun, Eun Heekyung, Yun Ko-eun, Kim Hye-jin, Kwon Yeo-sun, Hye-young Pyun, Sun-mi Hwang. Anyway, that's it for today. Take care, readers of the Internet. Happy reading, no matter what book you're floating through.🪻 P.S. can't believe I'm showing my face like this here but I'd like to think this is a trial lmao☠️💀 Thanks to @jenetic_alt for persuading me to make a reel🫂🐾
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To say I'm participating in #witmonth2024 feels almost redundant at this point because every month is #witmonth for me and a lot of my personal favourite bookstagrammers. Still, I have a few books in mind because I want to read them before the end of Summer. Here's wishing I find the time, strength and grace to read those August hopefuls. Anyway on with the challenge #mybookishfetishes tagged by @pathbetweentrees 🪻the smell of books. new and fresh, old and crinkly 🪻the combination of gentle rain, a cup of tea and books (cozy-core basic) 🪻when books are stacked, whether intentionally or unintentionally, in accordance to the color theory chart 🪻 Titles that ruffle feathers - the more unusual, the better. 🪻When I pick up a book that isn't doing it for me and just when I'm about to dnf, it suddenly gets better as if it found the spark it's been missing. 🪻I like to take at least one book with me when I go out so I prefer paperbacks as they're easier to carry 🪻When cover arts have the right amount of whimsy and style that it makes me want to wear tshirts with those designs  🪻Books with lilac or purple cover art always make me so giddy, irrespective of the content and nature of the book 🪻I love passing on my books to other readers and write short notes on them 🪻When the book I'm reading also has a screen adaptation that doesn't disappoint. 🪻I always keep an eye out for book dedications. I don't fully understand why I do this with each book I pick up 🪻I set out to annotate but eventually settle for highlighting the lines that speak to me 🪻I love reading pre-loved books with annotations. It's like I'm peeking into their mind as they went through the book if I remember more, I'll add them here later ☠️😂. Take care, stay hydrated, people of the internet. Summer's almost ending. For a season that I don't even like that much, there's a weird tinge of melancholy and the feeling of waiting.🍃🪼
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I like making a late entry. The New York Times released their list of 100 best books of the 21st century and no surprise, there’s little to no diversity. They did not ask for our choices but we’re submitting anyway. In no particular order, these are what I think are the best books of this century. I could have added more but I decided to do that after I’ve read more. These happened to be my personal favourites but I tried my best to be objective. I selected these mainly based on the uniqueness of the voice or story but also considered the substance, impact, and boldness. Thank you for tagging me @circesreadingtrove 💗 Tagging some friends but no pressure 🌸 Template from @ktlee.writes #newyorktimes #nytbooks #bookrecommendations
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Mid-year reading wrap-up 🫧 books read: 30 five-star reads: 0 (Small Things Like These came close though) dnf: 1 favourite genres: literary & contemporary fiction, short stories, middle grade, and thriller. longest read: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn shortest read: White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 🍄‍🟫favourite books small things like these by Claire Keegan laburnum for my head by Temsula Ao the memory thieves by Dhonielle Clayton demon in the wood by Leigh Bardugo & Dani Pendergast stone cold fox by Rachel Koller Croft days at the morisaki bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa hijab butch blues by Lamya H white nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 🍄‍🟫honorary mentions city of ghosts by V.E. Schwab the very secret society of irregular witches by Sangu Mandanna immortality by Dana Schwartz 🍄‍🟫biggest disappointment i want to die but i want to eat tteokbokki by Baek Sehee 🍄‍🟫biggest surprise the wisteria society of lady scoundrels by India Holton (at least the 80% of it that I got to listen to before the library due date) 🍄‍🟫most anticipated release I have a thing for waiting for the hype and the price to come down so I don’t anticipate 😂 🍄‍🟫new favourite authors Claire Keegan, Temsula Ao, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Alka Joshi. Each of them has a unique writing style but what they all have in common is their vivid way of describing things and emotions. 🍄‍🟫books that made you happy the wisteria society of lady scoundrels by India Holton (I had the time of my life when Lady Armitage killed 3 of her husbands and misplaced the fourth 😂) Thank you @ifbutnotif Ifrah, love, for the tag. 🌺 Tagging some friends whose mid-year wrap-ups I’d like to see. 🫧🍀 I hope we keep learning to be gentle and keep giving ourselves and others chances to be better.
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June recap with #20obsessions tagged by @lunarlitarchive 🐚🌸💛🫧 Silpi, love, thank you. Get comfortable bc I’m not going to just list things. 🫧books but when they smell and look like biteable bars of woody vanilla chocolate (angg annggg) 🫧the mundane but inspiring beauty of human strive (slide 2) 🫧people watching but seeing what they're seeing through their eyes- sonder. 🫧Beauty in the mundane. Not “going to a cafe” mundane but actual mundanity like grass growing between concrete, lights in houses in the hills looking like stars in a starless night, dew drops, algae on bricks. 🫧observing contradictions and juxtapositions: flowers growing beside a smelly ditch, drug addicts lying unconscious in front of a boutique, better-off people wearing clothes with a type of manual labour as their brand name and logo 🫧Girlhood. Playing fairies with ribbons in our hair and running across a meadow taking a spin in turn (slide 3), applying lipgloss on each other's lips and agreeing that we look pretty while simultaneously being scared of the local rapist who is yet to be arrested. 🫧Animals and birds (slide 4). When they behave and sound like humans. I saw a chicken getting stuck inside a rice jar, sparrows hopping, and a calf approached me to bump his nose on mine 🫧the sky and celestial bodies, fluffy and storm-carrying clouds, colours of sunsets (slide 6) 🫧human connections & human joy/wonder (slides 8 & 5): the hold of a loved one, shared smiles, a boy looking at a flower with joy and amusement. Witnessing it, knowing it. 🫧Nature: the hills (slide 10), an open field, pine trees, wildflowers, mist after rain, the shadows of clouds on the hills, and fog between hill ranges 🫧water bodies 🫧having dance and karaoke sessions with my sisters 🫧making my parents laugh unexpectedly 🫧calling my mother beautiful 🫧biting my Sarah’s face without hurting her 🫧my friends and raising their romantic standards 🫧capturing moments. Capture. Capture. And let them go. 🫧the thought of death and taboos and the phantom limb 🫧sleeping on stormy nights and hugging Sarah through it 🫧healing inner child by being present and touching colours and spending time with kids Contd ⬇️
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@annsannotations had tagged me in this more than a year ago so here's me finally getting around to it and also finding an excuse to drop these pictures here. Here goes, a list of things I like currently (at least ones that I can think of at the drop of a hat right now) let's start with the obvious- books📚, soup🍲, bamboo shoot with na🎍🍥, singju🥗, handwritten notes/letters💌, brown paper packages tied up with strings, roselle leaves, na with mustard leaves🥬, fern curry, KENTO NANAMI, black currant flavour, wildflowers🪻, lavender curtains, anything in purple💟, Ghibli tote bags, speculative, weird and horror in media, cake and maybe the whole damn bakery🍰 *wink wink*, khangkhrai bathwn🦀, lemonade🥤, tshirts that are too big for me👕, baggy jeans, skinny jeans, new jeans, old jeans👖, free membership libraries, Andrew Garfield, Andrew Scott, the sound of rain☔, sleeping🛌🏽 (big fan), clean towels, mangas about food, love and being queer🍜, when friends listen to my recommendations and tell me about their experiences with it, friendly cats🐈‍⬛, when my friends call me babygurl🐱, wide open green fields with not a single ugly concrete building in sight, the distant hills⛰️, Google maps (shut up), fruit salad🍉, my notes app (nobody knows me like it does), unfinished poems, untold tales, watercolour paintings🎨, colorful beads📿, the moon🌘, Loona, 80s synthpop🎧, calming cooking and eating videos on YouTube🍛, Cindy and Elias' videos, Benjiplant's YouTube🪴, movie soundtracks📀, quotes about love and grief, Shion&Nezumi, the place where lost stories go, being allowed to ramble without inhibition, when my friends put their arms around my shoulder, rice🍚 idk. Okay I'll stop. Mm but you know what? I think I'll use this point as a checklist for future reference. Maybe I'll keep on adding more things as time goes by. Tagged some but no pressure (it's a lie, I want to know what y'all like (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)⁠❤). Goodnight (or Good morning, wherever you are), may the rest of the week be a pleasant one. 🪼🫂☔🪻🎋💜
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You recommended I bought them 🥹💖 Books mentioned in the video: The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo, rec by @_nandhiniravi_ ✨ Rebirth @pretty_little_bibliophile 🌷 The Hojin Murders @nerdyvogue96 🌻 The bell jar @frommylibrary__ 💌 Nails and eyes @booktographer 🔆 Butter @bookwormbindz 💖
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I used to be a pencil girl but now I'm an ink girl because I don't fear regrets and cringe. Mwahaha If I am to get deeper, I just like making them MINE just like they've made me theirs :') Are you still a pencil person or you just don't care anymore? 😂 #bookannotations #bookannotating
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dorian gray annotating commission / bookish dump + soulmate searcher tag - comparing book taste thank you @writersquarter for tagging me <3 ! compare your reads to this list of 10 books that i've read, you get: 10 points - you've read it 5 points - currently reading 2 points - on your tbr 1 point - you nf-ed it for a max win of 100 points! my list of some favs! ✧ the picture of dorian gray ✧ a little life ✧ normal people ✧ the seven husbands of evelyn hugo ✧ the secret history ✧ jane eyre ✧ the invisible life of addie larue ✧ little women ✧ just kids ✧ my dark vanessa comment how many post you get !! tagged a few of my moots <3 but if you see this, consider yourself tagged 🤍 🏷️ #books #thepictureofdoriangray #bookannotations #bookstagram #booklifeupdate #bibliophile #artofannotating #annotations #bookrecommendations art of annotations
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Help, I have a problem. (⁠〃ﾟ⁠3ﾟ⁠〃⁠) I started with the small box and walked out with the medium box (18 books for myself & one for a classmate). It would easily have been the large box if I didn't exercise some last minute self-control and a little reminder from my wallet but hey, like the meme I regret nothing. Andrea Levy - Small Island Loung Ung - Lulu in the Sky Zoe Heller - Notes on a Scandal Joanne Harris - Chocolat Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Of Love and Other Demons Kathryn Stockett - The Help James Herbert - Creed Anne Rice - The Vampire Armand Karen Joy Fowler - We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Emma Donoghue - Room J.R.R. Tolkien - The Return of the King Hilary Mantel - Wolf Hall Christos Tsiolkas - The Slap Now let me do the #whatthisweek tag. (⁠*⁠˘⁠︶⁠˘⁠*⁠) #whatamireading I recently started Idol, Burning. I had to keep it on hold due to course work but can't wait to get back to it. #whatamiwatching my dark circles in the mirror 🪞 (I wish I were kidding) The last movie I watched was The Menu. As for shows, the last show I watched was The White Lotus, season 2. Damn, that was months ago. I'm keeping up with the latest arc of Kimetsu no Yaiba's anime adaptation since I need some fun in my life. #whatamilisteningto Super - Seventeen Matsuri - Fujii Kaze Blue Wings - Wild Nothing #whatamilookingforwardto Cherishing the last few days I'll be spending on the campus before Summer break and perhaps make my friends laugh and record it. This'll also be the first time I'll be home since November last year. I know people say we take too many pictures and forget to "live in the moment" but I'm gonna fill up my galleries taking enough photographs so I'll never forget the good stuff, the places and the people and also the trials that made me grow. I will however gladly say bye-bye to the troubles that served zero purpose except being troubling XD. I have no idea what this Summer holds or where it'll take me, but I can tell that no matter what it would be, I'll always have a book around so cheers to that! Happy reading 📚🪄🌌 thank you for tagging me @merseaofbooks @athoughtfulrecord @acreedoutworn ⊂(•‿•⊂ )*.✧
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