Reading Wednesday
Sep. 16th, 2020 07:21 amJust finished: Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison. This is one of those "objectively good, not my thing" books. Lyrically written, great characters, there was a point to the misery porn, but I didn't really bond with it intensely. I'm glad I read it, though.
The Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse: A Nancy Clue and Cherry Aimless Mystery by Mabel Maney. I think I may have complained a bit too much about all the misery porn that my colleague keeps loaning me, because she loaned me this one as a distraction. It's pretty much what you'd expect from the cover; a queer parody of Nancy Drew. It's pretty cute. I didn't really grow up reading books like that—I aged out of the proto-YA genre pretty quickly—so the style doesn't resonate, but if you liked that kind of thing, I imagine it would. I find it kind of interesting stylistically; there is, weirdly, some overlap between that era of children's lit and erotica in terms of the breathless prose and ridiculous dialogue, which is not something that I would have otherwise noticed except that this book is both of these things.
( TW, spoilers )
Currently reading: Rebellious Mourning The Collective Work of Grief, edited by Cindy Milstein.![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
smilingslightly sent me this one after I said it sounded awesome, and it is so far. It's a collection of essays on loss, grief, and mourning from activists, how different communities experience death and the constant threat of it, whose deaths are considered worthy of collective grief. They're beautifully written, full of rage and empathy. I just started reading it last night but I feel it's going to be unfortunately useful.
The Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse: A Nancy Clue and Cherry Aimless Mystery by Mabel Maney. I think I may have complained a bit too much about all the misery porn that my colleague keeps loaning me, because she loaned me this one as a distraction. It's pretty much what you'd expect from the cover; a queer parody of Nancy Drew. It's pretty cute. I didn't really grow up reading books like that—I aged out of the proto-YA genre pretty quickly—so the style doesn't resonate, but if you liked that kind of thing, I imagine it would. I find it kind of interesting stylistically; there is, weirdly, some overlap between that era of children's lit and erotica in terms of the breathless prose and ridiculous dialogue, which is not something that I would have otherwise noticed except that this book is both of these things.
( TW, spoilers )
Currently reading: Rebellious Mourning The Collective Work of Grief, edited by Cindy Milstein.
smilingslightly sent me this one after I said it sounded awesome, and it is so far. It's a collection of essays on loss, grief, and mourning from activists, how different communities experience death and the constant threat of it, whose deaths are considered worthy of collective grief. They're beautifully written, full of rage and empathy. I just started reading it last night but I feel it's going to be unfortunately useful.
