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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’m kinda grateful, actually. Even on really bad days. Hugs Alex.

graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#Book no. 13 - longlist complete Think feminism, Greek mythology, Ancient Greek religious ritual, Dante, Transcendentalism, male paternalism, and … an unreliable, or maybe more, an un-self-aware narrator. And an author having some fun. 🙂 🐕 www.librarything.com/work/3400122...

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#Booker no. 12 Surreal weirdness and illusion. Flora gets bitten. Twice. She’s spends time in a Mexican hospital with an old German lady who talks but doesn’t listen. And then in London with the lady’s son, and the book’s hero, a 🐁. Fun, weird, odd stuff. www.librarything.com/work/3586890...

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#Booker no. 11 You’re inside the head of someone with Alzheimers, with his own euthanasia scheduled. The entire way. His death flight. You may not like him. And anyway what does he remember or understand? What’s outside the text? I thought of Dante

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A book for Shakespeare lovers. And language lovers. On the intimacy with the language required for translation. Full of famous and obscure lines from almost every play - including Romeo and Juliet’s combined sonnet. Hahn reads it himself on audio. 🎧 www.librarything.com/work/3588426...

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#Booker no. 10 - my winner How to capture this 600-page thing? You have to experience it... and feel it. This a book of sustained discomfort. Violence - and the anticipation of it, and the shock of it. I felt my nerves try to hide in their protective sheaths as I worked through. It’s all necessary.

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#Booker no. 9 Not sure any readers understand this, or understand why it sits with us, making is think … and even maybe not know what we’re actually thinking about.

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I’m hoping to read To the Lighthouse next. Also a reread. I’ll get to Orlando

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I read it in January and then it was a kind of deep powerful experience. This was a reread. It wasn’t that same kind of experience for me. This time was more about taking in the info, taking in the wording and structure. Thinking about effect.

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

September Reading - finished the #Booker longlist 59. **** The End of Everything 60. ***** The Disappearers 61. ****½ If This Be Magic: The Unlikely Art of Shakespeare in Translation 🎧 62. ****½ Switzy 63. **** The Shadow of the Object 64. ****½ Helen of Nowhere 65. ***** Mrs. Dalloway (reread)

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I would gladly give my yard squirrels mini-aprons if i thought it would help them

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

In his defense, i don’t respect her either

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Thanks for highlighting this. It’s lovely

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

That’s really special. Glad to see it. I read TTL for the 1st time in Jan 2025. Now I’m reading through all Woolf’s works. I adored TTL. I adore Mrs. Dalloway. Special writer.

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I think you will find it very limiting

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

All Them Dogs was intense. Has some plot holes 🙂 MWFTK works for so many different readers. It has quiet depth, a poet’s feel. And it’s just a great look at history. Enjoy

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

56. **** All Them Dogs by Djamel White 57. ***** A Brief History of Seven Killingsby Marlon James, read by a cast 🎧 58. **** The Palm House by Gwendoline Riley Started: - The End of Everything by M. John Harrison - If This Be Magic: The Unlikely Art of Shakespeare in Translation by Daniel Hahn 🎧

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

August reading 50. **** Black Bag by Luke Kennard 51. ***** The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams 52. **** The Robber Bridegroom by Eudora Welty 53. **** The Renovation by Kenan Orhan 54. **** May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry 55. ****½ The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout …

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Still working my own way through, so i don’t know. But Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse are world changers. Maybe start with them. They were my 1st two. They are short but demand slower reading

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

That’s a big deal - reading To the Lighthouse 🙂

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#ThePalmHouse by #GwendolineRiley #bookreview #booksky #8 #BookerPrize longlist Laura Miller tells us of her friendship to an editor in a midlife crisis. And about herself. A book of reflection and none of it is directly spoken. I loved it. www.librarything.com/work/3582857...

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#ABriefHistoryofSevenKillings by #MarlonJames #bookreview #booksky Wow. The 2015 #BookerPrize winner is one of the best There are a lot more than 7 killings. And nothing is brief. A book of voices, and a dictionary of delightful curse words. Wonderful on audio www.librarything.com/work/1490390...

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#AllThemDogs by #DjamelWhite #bookreview #booksky #7 #BookerPrize longlist Tony Ward is self-destructive restless enforcer for West Dublin organized crime families. A book built on delayed intensity. Something is coming. Some flaws, but also feels. www.librarything.com/work/3498739...

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#TheThingsWeNeverSay by #ElizabethStrout #bookreview #booksky #6 #BookerPrize longlist Man, this hit my outlook anxiety. I’m still feeling it. Strout’s layering. Artie Dam finds his safest assumptions undermined - by maga and by personal secrets. www.librarything.com/work/3497759...

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#MayWeFeedtheKing by #RebeccaPerry #bookreview #booksky #5 #BookerPrize longlist The one book every Booker reader seems to like! It’s a mulling on the recreation of history I must highlight the short chapters imitating prose poems, and how human our MC is. www.librarything.com/work/3559118...

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#TheRenovation by #KenanOrhan #bookreview #booksky #4 #BookerPrize longlist Dilara’s bathroom is a portal to a prison in Turkey. This layers loss of memory through dementia with loss of democracy in Turkey. Nostalgia and anxiety. A terrific novel. www.librarything.com/work/3470441...

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#TheRobberBridegroom by #EudoraWelty #bookreview #booksky My 1st Welty Her 1st novel is a retelling of a Grimm fairytale - expanded and relocated to Mississippi River of the 1700s surrounded by wilderness full of “Indians” and smiling bandits all ready to cut your throat. Gory with wry humor.

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#TheVivisectors by #MissouriWilliams #bookreview #booksky #3 #BookerPrize longlist My absolute favorite on this list so far. Ominous, obscure, philosophical, with parables. I adored everything and only understood a little. Review is on the feels: www.librarything.com/work/3514007...

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#BlackBag by #LukeKennard #bookreview #booksky #2 of #BookerPrize longlist A book about "the coming meaninglessness”, an oddly dark things to say about a funny novel, narrated by the nicest person ever. But under the humor this book is dark dark. www.librarything.com/work/3512656...

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#Intimacies by #KatieKitamura #bookreview #booksky (10 reviews coming) Kitamura is a wonderful prose writer, working her ideas into language and its textures. It’s a special book for those who love language. I adore what she does. Five stars from me. www.librarything.com/work/2592835...

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Definitely one i want to read. Love your post

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Booker prize longlist readers will enjoy spending two minutes here.

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Bummer. Probably a really nice edition.

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Enjoyed your whole thread. Quite a reading year. Love the geology you add in.

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I’m looking forward to this. But after i finish The Booker Prize longlist 🙂

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Thanks. I think i will read MD again, once i get over my Booker longlist obsession. Orlando soonish.

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

#TheHours #MichaelCunningham #VirginiaWoolf #BookReview #Booksky My pan of a beloved book, a novel exploring #MrsDalloway My problem is I would much rather spend my time reading Mrs. Dalloway. Of course this book is not actually bad at all. My pan: www.librarything.com/topic/385423...

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Definitely. I mean, I got something of it. Gliff slipped by me, I couldn’t pull anything out.

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

#JohnofJohn #DouglasStuart #Booker2026 #BookReview #Booksky I was mixed on this, I found it too slow. But it’s tough to criticize. I tried to explain why here: The Literary Protective Armor of John of John www.librarything.com/topic/385423...

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

#gliff #glyph #AliSmith I read these back to back. Both are fun to read, but dystopian Gliff didn’t do much for me, while contemporary storytelling exploring Glyph gave me a lot to think about. #BookReview #Booksky www.librarything.com/topic/385423... www.librarything.com/topic/385423...

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

He’s charming! He has the author-sense of a really nice kind person. His humor can be pornographic, especially one wall that is something. But it’s never mean. Pentagreul was very fun. Gargantua is a little all over the place so far.

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

July’s reading. Lots of books, lots of audio time. But oddly i put in less reading time. Highlight: #Intimacies by #KatieKitamura Also I Am Sovereign , Whistler, Glyph (but not Gliff ☺️)

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Unique unexpected list that’s way different from every prediction. So looking forward to these

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

#whistler #annpatchett #booksky We're in good hands with Ann. Especially on audio where she reads it herself. I can forget the awful world and everything else and just be here with this reader of this story. #bookreview : www.librarything.com/topic/385423...

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graywacke.bsky.social @graywacke.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

These essays, from several years but published in 1925, were way more difficult to read. I struggled. Review: www.librarything.com/topic/385423...

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