Last 10 Books I Read
1. Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
2. Candide, or, Optimism by Voltaire
3. Tenth of December by George Saunders
This is somewhat of an encyclopedia of male despair, so maybe it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but it’s definitely mine and I really liked reading it.
4. The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1) by T.J. Klune
5. Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
The cute part is that we all get to choose the size of our inner and outer world, and the stories we tell about them. The less cute part is that sometimes those stories are false and they hurt us. The other not cute part is the stories other people tell about us.
6. The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Non-stop thrill ride! The only way I could enjoy this book even more if it was summertime and I read it at the beach. Contains: Mad Men vibes, a game of cat-and-mouse but the mouse is actually another cat, tension between the French and the British, people figuring things out from subtext.
7. V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
8. The Book of George by Kate Greathead
In TV, movies, and books, “George” is usually the name of a boring man, or a large animal. I’m not bitter about that except that I am, so obviously I can’t resist a “The Book of George”. Anyway, this was a pretty fun book and only minor extra reputational damage was done to the proud name “George”.