Reading Wednesday

Just finished: Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera. Hoooooooly crap this book is a RIDE. I still can't tell you what it's about, beyond a whole list of things that will make more sense if you read it (love, justice, being, colonialism, resistance) but it manages the trick of being a highly experimental and literary novel that is also a joy to read and that I immediately wanted to quote/read to people. One chapter in particular because both the structure and the voice are just so brilliant and funny. I find with a lot of conceptual books, and especially books where reincarnation is a plot point, the characters end up being kind of ciphers. This is not the case here. It's kind of a masterpiece.

Currently reading: Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind by Molly McGhee. This was another one that had me from the first page. It's about a guy in his 20s who's amounted to nothing, is deeply in debt, and unemployable. He is recruited by a company that audits dreams, removing unpleasant elements from the nightmares of workers so that they're more productive during the day. It's funny and dark as shit and incredibly compelling and again, I want to quote it at people. Read it so I can shout about it with you.

Moby Dick by Herman Melville. *hitting refresh on my email* where is whale