Wednesday Reading Meme September 25 2024
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kitewithfishWhat I’ve Read:
Yakuza’s Bias – Vol 2 – fun little goofy manga about a mafioso who loves a K pop band. The first volume of the manga was very much about said yakuza trying to square his very ‘girly’ fandom with his very masculine and tough guy career, which was kind of fun! This second volume is more straightforwardly about being yakuza and being a fan – neither are of particular innate interest to me. I’m getting some anthropologically interesting cultural notes! But I think this is my last volume of this manga that I’ll read.
She Who Became the Sun – Xing book club – Really enjoyed this book on the re-read. I definitely feel fresher about it and it’s very possible I remember more about it overall? Zhu’s intense desire for power at all costs is engaging and a bit scary to those around her, and I have started the sequel. There’s a lot of really compelling stuff about gender and outsider status and revenge and drive.
Howl’s Moving Castle – Diana Wynne Jones - Wow, this was great AND really different from the movie. This Sophie feels like a person who is stubborn and capable and yet still completely unable to see her own value until it’s pointed out to her. I kind of adore her approach to magic. I had some spoilers but not nearly as many as I thought, and overall, I think this is a better piece of art than the movie would have suggested.
What I’m Reading
Flowers in the Attic by VC Andrews – I started reading this because I wanted to watch a deep dive into VC Andrews on Youtube and the artist implored people to read the book before watching the series. She specifically took the stance that the gap between reading this book and the pop cultural knowledge of this book is vast and weird – a very compelling argument to me! The book is very melodramatic and has some fascinatingly screwed up ideas about God and propriety. It feels very much “going to the garden to eat worms” as a lifestyle.
Back Burner
He Who Drowned the World
Conflict is Not Abuse
Ash: A Secret History –
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The Two Towers
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Lottery and Other Stories
The Power Broken – Audiobook #2
Mo Dao Zu Shi vol 5
It Came from the Closet
What I’ll Read Next
Murderbot #5 -Network Event – Xing Book Club
Yakuza’s Bias – Vol 2 – fun little goofy manga about a mafioso who loves a K pop band. The first volume of the manga was very much about said yakuza trying to square his very ‘girly’ fandom with his very masculine and tough guy career, which was kind of fun! This second volume is more straightforwardly about being yakuza and being a fan – neither are of particular innate interest to me. I’m getting some anthropologically interesting cultural notes! But I think this is my last volume of this manga that I’ll read.
She Who Became the Sun – Xing book club – Really enjoyed this book on the re-read. I definitely feel fresher about it and it’s very possible I remember more about it overall? Zhu’s intense desire for power at all costs is engaging and a bit scary to those around her, and I have started the sequel. There’s a lot of really compelling stuff about gender and outsider status and revenge and drive.
Howl’s Moving Castle – Diana Wynne Jones - Wow, this was great AND really different from the movie. This Sophie feels like a person who is stubborn and capable and yet still completely unable to see her own value until it’s pointed out to her. I kind of adore her approach to magic. I had some spoilers but not nearly as many as I thought, and overall, I think this is a better piece of art than the movie would have suggested.
What I’m Reading
Flowers in the Attic by VC Andrews – I started reading this because I wanted to watch a deep dive into VC Andrews on Youtube and the artist implored people to read the book before watching the series. She specifically took the stance that the gap between reading this book and the pop cultural knowledge of this book is vast and weird – a very compelling argument to me! The book is very melodramatic and has some fascinatingly screwed up ideas about God and propriety. It feels very much “going to the garden to eat worms” as a lifestyle.
Back Burner
He Who Drowned the World
Conflict is Not Abuse
Ash: A Secret History –
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The Two Towers
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Lottery and Other Stories
The Power Broken – Audiobook #2
Mo Dao Zu Shi vol 5
It Came from the Closet
What I’ll Read Next
Murderbot #5 -Network Event – Xing Book Club
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Date: 2024-09-25 08:43 pm (UTC)That said, I really enjoyed my read of it a couple of years ago, and really ought to pick up the sequels like I intended.
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Date: 2024-10-04 12:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-10-04 03:53 pm (UTC)Adaptations can really be a way of expanding and reimagining a story, and sometimes that's amazing!