Hi everyone. I think I am fairly picky when it comes to books. It often has to be something I relate to or the style of the writing has to captivate me. I often choose to read fanfics bc i can easily screen 100s of works before finding something I like.
Books I have liked in the past:
Stone Butch Blues: relatable, written well, summer storm motif
Song of Achilles: written very well, prose
We Both Laughed In Pleasure: Loved this
Turtles All The Way Down: extremely relatable, familiar with the setting
I absolutely hate when books reference something modern like TikTok, dating apps, bath bombs, etc. Earliest time period I would be okay with is early 2000s. I know “turtles” is set in this time period but I have OCD and know Indy very well. I like things that relate to LGBTQ+ issues and relationships, mental health, animals/environment. Some books that I have tried to read recently but didn’t capture my attention:
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai. It was okay. I didn’t hate it.
Lord of the Rings: I think I will get around to reading it again, just not really into fantasy at the moment.
The Dog Stars: I hated how it was written.
I think I want something that has beautiful imagery and something I can relate to. Prefer not to read YA but I’m not against it. Let me know if I need to include any more details.
by OneZombie3258
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If you liked Song of Achilles then you might like Circe by the same author.
Okay, something completely different. Read Addie Pray, or could be retitled as Paper Moon, the book the movie was based on. It’s great. And You can picture Ryan O’Neil at his best and cute Tatem O’Neil in your head while you read it.
If you like LGBTQ+ protags and enjoy beautiful poetic prose then you might like On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. It is such an emotive piece of literature and his writing is just sublime. You could look up some of his poems to get a feel for his style before taking the plunge as well – this is one of my favourites: https://poetryarchive.org/poem/someday-ill-love-ocean-vuong/
Curious incident of the dog in the nighttime. Mark Haddon unreliable narrator in a very unique way.
Left hand of darkness. Ursula Le Guin great final third. Great worldbuilding