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I recently read How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu, which I really liked. It is science fictional, though, but maybe not…maybe more surreal. Jorge Luis Borges, Italo Calvino, David Markson. I started Dictionary of the Khazars by Milorad Pavić many years ago, got interrupted, and haven’t got back to it, but I definitely need to because it was so intriguing in form.

Lord of the Rings just about saved my life in high school. Possession by A.S. Byatt. Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, though I’ve yet to read the sequels. Atonement by Ian McEwan. Just about anything by Geoff Ryman, Ali Smith, José Saramago, or Sheri Holman.

I recently discovered M.R. James and have his Collected Ghost Stories on my to-read list.

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This in on my TBR list. I had mixed feelings when I heard about it, but it gets great reviews. Glad to hear you enjoyed it.

I loved The Soul of an Octopus. It brought me to tears at places. And I read Her Body and Other Parties but wasn’t too impressed, but I’m not a big fan of short stories. I’ve never heard of the others, but I’ll probably be adding War with the Newts to my to-read list.

Hooker here! This is one of my many WIPs—a hoody using the Overcast Sweater pattern on Ravelry:

These are some of my favorites poems/poets:

“Having It Out with Melancholy” by Jane Kenyon

“Keeping Things Whole” by Mark Strand

“The Summer Day” by Mary Oliver

Another emigredditor here. I never posted much over there, I hope this platform stays cozy & welcoming after the inevitable influx!

I’m in Central Illinois, and I was very pleased to see there’s already a !cats@midwest.social community!