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rebekka_m , to bookstodon group
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Just finished Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh and as the other books she'l has written that I already read it's amazing.

All the trigger warnings, and it contains all the different sparks of glittery darkness, lonely people that happen to be born under the wrong circumstances in the wrong environments.

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@rebekka_m @bookstodon I liked Year of Rest… but haven’t read Eileen. I did like the film version though.

pussreboots , to bookstodon group
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I have hit 10,000 things read. While they are mostly books there are some articles and short stories too. I now know that I reached 10,000 books on January 23, 2024 when I finished The Black Holes by Borja González (2018), a Spanish graphic novel. With my final book of this year, My last book was Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep Liz Kessler (2004), I'm at 10,097 things read since 1987. Most are books but there are some short stories and long academic articles in the list too.

https://pussreboots.com/blog/2024/comments_06/year_end.html

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@pussreboots @bookstodon I misread that as 10,000 TO read, and I thought, yeah, my to-be-read pile’s not too far off that. Well done, though.

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Since we are coming up on June, it seems like a good time to check in with everyone here on @bookstodon regarding favorite reads of 2024 so far. Whatcha got?

My top five reads of 2024 so far:

The Criminal series of graphic novels by Ed Brubaker (ten primary works)

James, Percival Everett

The Book of Love, Kelly Link

Poor Deer, Claire Oshetsky

Prequel, Rachel Maddow

arratoon ,
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon Every Man for Himself and God Against All - Werner Herzog

Dark Lustre series - Roy Wilkinson

Bee Gees: Children of the World – Bob Stanley

Requiem A Hallucination – Antonio Tabucchi

The South & Bene - Alicia Garcia Morales

The Governesses - Anne Serre (a reread)

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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon Well, that’s not for me to say, but very kind of you to think so.

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@peachfront @kimlockhartga @bookstodon It’s impossible to read it without hearing his voice in your head all the time. It’s a great read.

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Can you name a film that was adapted not from a novel, but from a short story?
Here's one:

The Illusionist (2006)

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@franciscawrites @bookstodon El Sur/ The South by Adelaida Garcia Morales was made into a film of the same name by her then husband, Victor Erice. OK, technically it’s a novella, but at 50 pages I’ve read longer short stories. I actually started reading the novella last night, because I love the film, but finances were pulled from the movie production before the final third could be made, and I’ve always longed to find out what happened.

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@franciscawrites @bookstodon Claire Keegan’s Foster was filmed as The Quiet Girl/An Cailín Ciúin (2022), and was a magnificent film. Her So Late in the Day is being filmed currently, I believe, and will star Cillian Murphy. Both novellas are less than 100 pages.

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"The pile beside my bed never shrinks; at the bottom of the stack are books I've been planning to crack open for months. My shelves remain full of lingering aspirations," writes the Walrus's Michelle Cyca. She looks at the problem of unread books, and the difficulty in offloading our libraries. What do you do with your unwanted books?

https://flip.it/aLVxC5

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@CultureDesk @bookstodon New hardbacks that I know I won’t read again I put on eBay. Other ones I give to friends or donate to a local book stall that sells them for charity. I have a cull once a year or so.

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