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▲ 418 r/bookhaul+1 crossposts

Is it even a birthday if you don't spend $200 on books?

My 36th birthday haul

u/TrashGourmand — 1 day ago
▲ 113 r/weirdgirlliterature

Just finished Immaculate Conception by Ling Ling Huang

Her writing is spectacular. She touches on so many poignant subjects in this one and they're all explored really well. I liked Natural Beauty just a smidge more than this one but they're both fantastic books.

u/TrashGourmand — 7 days ago
▲ 47 r/weirdgirlliterature

Classic 1960s unlikeable narrator, Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker ~ looking for similar proto-weird girl books

I'm 2 chapters into this one and I feel like this is definitely a predecessor to weird girl lit books with unlikeable messy narrators like MYORR or Jillian. It's about an extremely neurotic gay woman who returns home for her twin sister's wedding and acts terribly. Published in 1962.

I'm also looking for suggestions of other less well-known weird girl lit predecessors! (Like, other than The Bell Jar)

u/TrashGourmand — 12 days ago
▲ 13 r/52book

35/53 Confessions by Kanae Minato

Spending my Friday evening with this one, how did you all like it?

u/TrashGourmand — 14 days ago
▲ 156 r/52book

34/52 Circe by Madeline Miller

Absolutely loving this one so far. I decided to branch out from my usual genres and I'm so glad I did. Just finished chapter 9.

u/TrashGourmand — 15 days ago
▲ 2 r/suggestmeabook

I keep bouncing off things that should be a "hit" for me, based on other things I've enjoyed. I'll list what I liked/ didn't like.

5 stars:

Earthlings - Sayaka Murata (and everything else she's written)

Boy Parts - Eliza Clark

Paradise Rot - Jenny Hval

Hunchback - Saou Ichikawa

The Vegetarian - Han Kang

Hooked & Butter - Asako Yuzuki

Natural Beauty - Ling Ling Huang

Sky Daddy - Kate Folk

Jillian - Halle Butler

Heaven - Mieko Kawakami

Severance - Ling Ma

DNF

A Good Person - Kirsten King

Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke

I Who Have Never Known Men - Jaqueline Harpman

Chlorine - Jade Song

Cursed Bunny - Bora Chung

Hurricane Season - Fernanda Melchor

Finished but didn't like:

The Coin - Yasmin Zaher

Diary of a Void - Emi Yagi

Assembly - Natasha Brown

Pick a Colour - Souvankham Thammavongsa

Eileen & MYORR by Ottessa Moshfegh

Molka - Monika Kim

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u/TrashGourmand — 17 days ago