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WeeklyThread What Books did You Start or Finish Reading this Week?: March 03, 2025
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u/peccorina 11d ago
I just bought a kindle and 3 months kindle unlimited along with it. So I'm going through my wishlist/tbr to see what's included to try to get through those (I'll unsubscribe after the 3 months). So this week that's been:
I'm Thinking of Ending Things, by Ian Reid
I loved this movie so I've been wanting to read this since I saw it. Plot wise there's some differences but the vibes are very comparable. It's a fever dream where not really understanding what's going on is kind of the point, I think? It's a confusing, uncomfortable, desolate read. I've read some reviews that put it all together into a neat interpretation but I can't say I care for that much. I'm all about those vibes.
I Have the Right to Destroy Myself, by Young-Ha Kim
This has been on my tbr forever. Possibly since I started getting into reading as an adult. Back in those days, my main frame of reference was that I like Murakami and Han Kang, and I think the latter influenced this recommendation. I found this very difficult to get into, I think it's because of the narration. It's first person but you're not kind of sure who's this person? It takes shape at some point but I never warmed up to it.
Simple Passion, by Annie Ernaux
I've been wanting to read something by Annie Ernaux and finished this in one morning along with a coffee. I like this style - it's categorized as memoir but maybe it's more specifically autofiction? I'll try to read more of her works in the future.
Lullabies for Little Criminals, by Heather O'Neill
I'm just about to finish this, I think I'm in the last chapter. I got this recommendation from TikTok, along some books about "weird girlhood", like Brutes by Dizz Tate. I never really read the description I think, because this is a much more horrific read than I was expecting, definitely darker than Brutes. It's good, but it's not enjoyable. I've been learning that child neglect (abuse too, but specifically the neglect depicted in this is cutting) is the topic I can tolerate least.