I found myself completely unable to keep up with these reading logs once summer ended — on top of my usual work at a public school, I also returned to college after a 10 year break, and covid has not made either of these things less stressful. Below is most of what I read, with some trims made for sanity's sake; the prospect of compiling and linking to 100+ articles is what had kept me from this task for so long, so I elected not to do so.

I also read much less recreational fiction than usual because I took a Shakespeare class during the fall and spent that time reading (and writing about) four plays multiple times. The materials I read/watched for that class, some assigned and some not, are in their own category at the end of this post.

A ⌛︎ before a title indicates that I have not finished reading it.

Novels

• The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
• Non-Player Character by Victoria Corva
• Tales of Nevèryon by Samuel Delaney
• Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer (reread)
• ⌛︎ Lord of the Flies by William Golding (reread, for work)
• ⌛︎ Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov trans. Stephen Pearl
• ⌛︎ Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin trans. Henry Spalding
• ⌛︎ Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
• ⌛︎ Dracula by Bram Stoker (aloud)
• ⌛︎ The Secret Service by Wendy Walker

Short Stories

• The King in Yellow by R.W. Chambers (reread, 4 short stories)
• “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell (reread, for work)
• Human Domestication Guide (15 stories)
• “The Scruggsdale Organizer #5: Local Man Drives All The Way To Jackson For Grindr Hookup” by Natalie Ironside
• “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson (reread, for work)
• “The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie” by Kathleen Jennings (on Tor.com)
• “The Truth” by Stanisław Lem (in The MIT Press Reader)
• “An Explosion of A Pinch of Snuff” by Mordecai Martin (in Timber Journal)
• “Every Cat A Sphynx” by Mordecai Martin (in SORTES)
• “Mother Tongue” by Mordecai Martin (in The Bitchin' Kitsch)
• “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates (reread, for work)
• “Egg-Mouth” by Blake Planty (in Butter Magazine)
• “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe (reread, for work)
• “The Sphinx” by Edgar Allan Poe
• “Jack and Jesse” by Mads Viande
• “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut (reread, for work)
• “penny in a bed of flowers” by Sarah Zedig (Homestuck fanfiction)

Light Novels

• Konosuba: An Explosion on this Wonderful World vol. 1 by Akatsuki Natsume
• Invaders of the Rokujouma vols. 1-2 by Morgan Dreher
• A Sister's All You Need vol. 4 by Hirasaka Yomi & Kantoku
• ⌛︎ The Executioner and Her Way of Life vol. 1 by Mato Sato
• Yes, No, or Maybe? by Michi Ichiho
• Konosuba vol. 4 by Mishima Kurome
• Tearmoon Empire vol. 3 by Mochitsuki Nozomu
• The Ideal Sponger Life vol. 2 by Tess Nanavati

Comics

• Bocchama by Amandurr (ongoing, 7 webtoon chapters)
• Obnoxious Hero-kun by Amandurr (81 webtoon chapters)
• Plain Boy & Prince by Amandurr (ongoing, 64 webtoon chapters)
• Please be my GAL PAL by Amandurr (ongoing, 2 webtoon chapters)
• Kimi to Hamu Hamu shitai no da! by Machiko trans. No Pressure Scans (5 manga chapters)
• Tsubanakasu Haru by Migino Yagi trans. scan beans (5 manga chapters)
• Majo no Geboku to Maou no Tsuno by Mochi trans. Fanatic Scans (ongoing, 8 manga chapters)
• Issho ni Itadakimasu by Mike Nako trans. Pink Cherry Blossom Scans (ongoing, 2 manga chapters)
• 2DK, G-Pen, Alarm Clock by Ohsawa Yayoi trans. Sexy Akiba Detectives (ongoing, 1 manga chapter)
• Can I Get You To Go? by Ohsawa Yayoi trans. Sexy Akiba Detectives (manga one-shot)
• Idiots Don't Catch Colds by Aina Palm (ongoing, 190 webtoon chapters)
• Suitor Armor by Purpah (ongoing, 51 webtoon chapters)
• The Amazing Magic Only You Possess by sono trans. Sexy Akiba Detectives (manga one-shot)
• Gleipnir by Takeda Sun trans. Kirishima Fansub (ongoing, 36 manga chapters)
• An Undesirable Relationship by tmfly trans. Sexy Akiba Detectives (manga one-shot)
• So, Do You Want To Go Out, Or? by tmfly trans. Sexy Akiba Detectives (ongoing, 3 manga chapters)

Interactive & Gaming

• Bread Minus by Freya C. (interactive essay)
• Winter by Freya C. (interactive fiction)
• ⌛︎ Snow Sakura by D.O./G-Collections (visual novel, 2 routes)
• Logging Off by Celine Nguyen (interactive fiction)
• Lesbian Vampire Dating Online by Alison Tam (interactive fiction)
• witchcraft (TTRPG system write-up) by iolbs

Poetry

• “One Source of Bad Information” by Robert Bly (in Morning Poems)
• “Peaches—Six in a Tin Bowl, Sarajevo” by Sandra Cisneros (in My Wicked Wicked Ways)
• “Response, Years Later, to Two Male Poets I Overheard Discussing How Sick They Were of Women’s Poems about the Body” by Meghan Dunn
• “A Toast to the Alchemists” by Laura Gilpin (in The Hocus-Pocus of the Universe)
• “The Pilgrim Reaches Rome (1350 AD)” by A.J. Hammer
• “Binsey Poplars” by Gerard Manley Hopkins (poem)
• “Inversnaid” by Gerard Manley Hopkins (on sowe.li)
• Every Crayola Crayon Color (Past & Present) (Rob Keller/Wikipedia)
• “Hoar-Frost” by Amy Lowell (on Poets.org)
• “Áhàméfùla” by Uche Ogbuji (in Uncanny Magazine)
• “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe (reread, for work)
• Greek Anthology 5.135 by Anonymous trans. Sententiae Antiquae
• Greek Anthology 12.38 attributed to Rhianos trans. Sententiae Antiquae
• “Do You Ever Think About Leaving, My Mother Asks”by Angela María Spring (in Muzzle Magazine)

Misc.

• The Importance of Being Earnest bu Oscar Wilde (reread, play)
• bugwomb by Blake Planty and dev (short fiction/art)
• https://catboy.church/rx.html (zine)
• https://www.surfaces.cx/catboy-church (short stories)
• https://catboys.exposed/2.html (short fiction)
• https://elfboys.com/kiss.html (webpage)
• Elf 9/11 by Porpentine Charity Heartscape (zine/image)
• 102 Total Miscellaneous Articles

Shakespeare (and accompaniments)

• A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, New Cambridge Shakespeare edition (reread, aloud,)
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten (1960 opera, libretto and BBC recording)
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (2015 dir. Julie Taymor)
• Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, New Cambridge Shakespeare edition (reread, aloud)
  • Practice Pieces for Actors: Romeo and Juliet by Bertolt Brecht trans. George Tabori (1964 Creative Arts Television)
  • Romeo and Juliet (2009 dir. Dominic Dromgoole)
  • ”'To Free-Town, Our Common Judgement Place': Commoners in Romeo and Juliet” by Barbara Mather Cobb (academic paper)
• As You Like It by William Shakespeare, New Cambridge Shakespeare edition (aloud)
  • As You Like It (2009 dir. Thea Sharrock)
• Hamlet by William Shakespeare, New Cambridge Shakespeare edition (reread, aloud)
  • Practice Pieces for Actors: Hamlet by Bertolt Brecht trans. Michael Lebeck (1964 Creative Arts Television)
  • Hamlet (1996 dir. Kenneth Branagh)
  • Hamlet (2009 Royal Shakespeare Company/BBC)
  • “Shakespeare’s Early Gothic Hamlet” by Gary Taylor (academic paper
  • “More Than Kin, Less Than Kind: Similitude, Strangeness, and Early Modern English Homonationalisms” by Urvashi Chakravarty (academic paper)

Total: 4 completed and 6 partial novels; 34 short stories; 9 light novels; 5 plays; 395 webcomic chapters/updates and 63 manga chapters; 4 short text games/pieces of interactive fiction and 2 visual novel routes; 14 poems; 3 academic papers; and 108 articles, zines, and miscellanea.

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A ⌛︎ before a title indicates that I have not finished reading it.

Novels & Short Stories

• Dreadnought by April Daniels
• Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong
• Gaffe chapters 4 &5 by Casey Callich
• ⌛︎ Tales of Nevèryon by Samuel R. Delaney

Light Novels

• The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya vol. 1 by Tanigawa Nagaru
• Do You Love Your Mom and her Two-Hit Mulit-Target Attacks? vol. 1 by Dachima Inaka
• My Friend's Little Sister Has it in for Me vols. 1 &2 by Hendra Boerma
• I'm in Love with the Villainess vol. 2 by Inori
• The Hero is Overpowered but Overly Cautious vol. 1by Tuchihi Light & Toyota Saori
• The Apothecary Diaries vol. 1 by Sasha McGlynn

Comics

• Ai no su e Ochiro! by Higuchi Misao & Minamijuuji Asuna (chapters 2-4)
• Zettai BL ni Naru Sekai vs. Zettai BL ni Naritakunai Otoko by Konkichi (6 chapters)
• Atarashii Joushi wa Dotennen by Dan Ichikawa (13 chapters)
• Blades of Furry by Deya Muniz & Emily Erdos (37 chapters)
• Let's Play by Leeanne M. Krecic (135 chapters)
• Tricked into Becoming the Heroine's Step-Mother by Hariheen & Mokgamgi (8 chapters)
• Not So Shoujo Love Story by Curryuku (51 chapters)
• Comic on having long-COVID as a young person. by @vitariesocks@tumblr.com
• Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood by Araki Hirohiko (44 chapters)

Articles

• ‘You’re the Problem’: When They Spoke Up About Misconduct, They Were Offered Mental Health Services by Alisha Haridasani Gupta and Ruchika Tulshyan (in The New York Times)
• Why Cookbook Stores Are the Antidote We Need Right Now by Jessica Sulima (in Thrillist)
• England's Upper Classes: A Dangerous Cult by Otto English (in Byline Times)
• This Sweet White Flower Is Actually A Sneaky Carnivore, Scientists Discover by Nell Greenfieldboyce (in NPR)
• New Shape Opens ‘Wormhole’ Between Numbers and Geometry by Kevin Hartnett (in Quanta Magazine)
• Life in the Stacks: A Love Letter to Browsing by Jason Guriel (in The Walrus)
• The Case Against Reading Everything by Jason Guriel (in The Walrus)
• Archival Futures: The Archive as a Place and the Place of the Archive by Sarath Pillai (in Los Angeles Review of Books)
• use computers to store data by J.B. Crawford (in Computers are Bad)
• Book of Lamentations by Sam Kriss (reread, in The New Inquiry)
• The Stages of Not Going on T by Daniel M. Lavery (in The New Inquiry)
• An Accumulation of Nameless Energies by Rob Horning (in Real Life Magazine)
• Just a Girl: Being Briseis by anonymous (in Sententiae Antiquae)
• A history of Simlish, the language that defined The Sims by Brennan Kilbane (in The Verge)
• [The Jean-Paul Sartre Cookbook]()https://pvspade.com/Sartre/cookbook.html by Marty Smith (in The Free Agent, 1987)
• The Mulberry as Placemaker + Community Resource by Kirsten Bradley (on Milkwood.net)
• I Became A Pandemic ‘Wine Mom.’ Here’s What I Learned. by Amanda Montei (in the HuffPost)
• Grizzly bear DNA maps onto Indigenous language families by Rachel Fritts (in Science Magazine)
• Rain falls at Greenland ice summit for first time on record by Kate Abnett and Andrea Januta (in Reuters)
• The Inner Life of James Bond by James Parker (in The Atlantic)
• Safety of folk jamming techniques
• A Secret Spreadsheet Shows There Are No Raises In Coffee by Ashley Rodriguez (in Talk Poverty)
• Starbucks workers in New York are organizing to form first US union by Michael Sainato (in The Guardian)
• Giant bird-eating centipedes exist — and they’re surprisingly important for their ecosystem by Luka Halpin, Rohan Clarke, and Roiwan Mott (in The Conversation)
• Radioactivity May Fuel Life Deep Underground and Inside Other Worlds
• Kasagi: Gates Of Hope by Portland Japanese Garden
• In the Dead Archives by Max Abelson (in n+1 Magazine)
• My Disability Is Obvious In Job Interviews. Is That A Bad Thing? by Wendy Lu & Kelly Dawson (in Refinery29)
• Inside the Secretive, Semi-Illicit, High Stakes World of WhatsApp Mango Importing by Ali Akhbar (in Eater)

Misc.

• Higurashi no Koro ni: Minagoroshi-hen (sound novel arc)
• Earthly Delights ꙮdgo Issue 2A (zine)
• Essay On What I Think About Most by Anne Carson (poem)
• *A Field Guide to Roadside Wildflowers at Full Speed by Chris Helzer (on The Prairie Ecologist)

Total: 2 novels; 2 short story chapters; 8 light novels; 1 sound novel arc; 65 manga chapters, 231 webcomic chapters, 1 short comic; 29 articles; 2 zines; 1 poem

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• A Bait of Dreams by Jo Clayton (novel)
• A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab (novel)
• SCP-5254 (short story)
• “A Guide to Getting Wet in Toronto Hotels” by Ninjalicious (zine article in Infiltration)
• “How Twitter can ruin a life: Isabel Fall's Complicated Story” by Emily VanDerWerff (article on Vox)
• “1992: Silverwolf” by Aaron A. Reed (article in 50 Years of Text Games)
• The Forsaken Saintess and Her Foodie Roadtrip in Another World by Yoneori and Kogami Nana (4 manga chapters)
• I Am Their Catships' Catservant by Kitaguni Rato (2 manga chapters)
• “The Unleavening” by Brin Solomon (essay)
• “Until a Hundred Generations of People Have Departed” by E. Saxey (creative translation)
• “Jules Gill-Peterson reunites with Daniel Lavery in: The Case Of The Barely-There HRT” by Daniel Lavery and Jules Gill-Peterson (interview/discussion)
• “Daniel Lavery reunites with Jules Gill-Peterson in: The Case of the Barely-There HRT” by Jules Gill-Peterson and Daniel Lavery (interview/discussion)
• “Feds may investigate Chemawa Indian School in Salem after discovery of Canadian graves” by Natalie Pate (article)
• “The bison are back: Bison could appear in Glacier soon” by Keila Szpaller (article)
• Jeeves Stories by P. G. Wodehouse (22 short stories)
• The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc (9 short stories)
• Arsène Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes by Maurice Leblanc (2 novellas)
• Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Tsumihoroboshi-hen by 07th Expansion (visual novel arc)
• “Differentiating online variations of the Commonplace Book: Digital Gardens, Wikis, Zettlekasten, Waste Books, Florilegia, and Second Brains” by Chris Aldrich (article)
• “Temptation” by stupid (short story)
• “In Defense of Helga G. Patacki” by A. Tony Jerome/Alexis Smithers (poem)
• “I am reminded via email to resubmit my preferences for the schedule” by Chen Chen (poem)
• Fine Print extended preview by Shiniez (comic)
• “multi-species girl ricecorn grazing” by Porpentine Charity Heartscape (short story)
• Homestuck^2 (webcomic, chapters 10—16)
• “try to find your way out of my wizard maze” by wizardsanimal (uquiz/interactive fiction)
• “Myths About Testosterone and Fertility, Told Through Three Perspectives” by Will Betke-Brunswick (comic on Autostraddle)
• “It's Summer, And That Means The Mysterious Return Of Glacier Ice Worms” by Nell Greenfieldboyce (article on NPR)
• ” Estradiol Stickies: Preparation and Usage” by estradiol.stickies@protonmail.com (zine)
• ““No Way Out Except From External Intervention”: First-Hand Accounts of Autistic Inertia” by Karen Leneh Buckle, Kathy Leadbitter, Ellen Poliakoff, and Emma Gowen (scientific paper)
• “The Truth Behind the Amazon Mystery Seeds” by Chris Heath (article)
• Mage & Demon Queen by Color_LES (3 webcomic updates)
• Exiled From My Old Party For Being A Woman, Me And A Legendary Witch Formed The Ultimate Tag Team by Kaeruda Ameko and Seto Ririura (1 manga chapter)
• “The POC Guide to Writing Dialect In Fiction” by Kai Ashante Wilson (article on Tor.com)
• Seifuku no Vampiress Lord by Matsumoto Tomoki (27 manga chapters)
• “He invented karaoke, saw it take off, then walked away – Daisuke Inoue taught the world to sing, if not always in harmony “ by Julian Ryall (article)
• ⌛︎ Floornight by nostalgebraist (novel, reread)
• “When an Eel Climbs a Ramp to Eat Squid From a Clamp, That’s a Moray” by Sabrina Imbler (article)
• Epode III – Garlic! by Horace trans. by A. S. Kline (poem)
• “My Changes, Are They Reversible?” Yet More Chatting About HRT, With Lola Pellegrino by Daniel Lavery & Lola Pellegrino (interview)
• “Hospitable Takeover” by Wayril (short story)
• “A Rogue By Any Other Name” by Wayril (short story)
• “The case of the flaking floor and other tales of concrete forensics” by Mitch Jacoby (article)
• Haiti’s Creole: Language of Revolution by Dady Chery (article)
• Konya mo Kimi ni Gochisousama by Morishima peco (8 manga chapters)
• “The Queer Art of Fucking Your Friends” by Sophia Giovannitti (article)
• The Fashion Issue by River Furnace (zine)
• Sex Ed by River Furnace (zine)
• INTERNET MURDER REVENGE FANTASY by Merritt Kopas et al. (comic, reread)
• “How to Become a Really Really Not Famous Trans Lady Writer” by Torrey Peters (zine, reread)
• Of Grub & Grain by Maxwell Lander (TTRPG handbook)
• Fruit Picker by Chris Kettle-Frisby (game guide)
• Learning What Joy Is by Neen Lancaster (zine)
• Trusted with Its True Name by Victor A. Gonzalez (game guide)
• Throst Membrances by Charity (zine)
• Black Beauty by Anna Sewell (novel)
• ⌛︎ Nightmare Abbey by Thomas Love Peacock (novel)
• “My Best Friend Lost His Life to the Gig Economy” by George Ciccariello-Maher (article)
• ‘We don’t deserve this’: new app places US caregivers under digital surveillance by Virginia Eubanks and Alexandra Mateescu (article)
• Konosuba vol. 3 by Mishima Kurone (light novel)
• A Sister's All You Need vol. 3 by Hirasaka Yomi (light novel)

Total: 3 novels, 2 novellas, 2 light novels, 33 short stories, 1 visual novel arc, 1 IF game, 6 zines, 37 manga chapters, 8 webcomic chapters and 1 short comic, 3 poems, and 25 articles, papers, interviews, and misc.

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It's been a while! In 2020 I maintained the habit of posting these lists (almost) every month, but when my workplace returned to in-person in January all my project habits fell apart. I did, however, manage to keep records of what I read. Here is a big-ass list; because I wasn't able to reconstruct a nice chronological list like I usually do, everything is split into categories this time. Here's hoping for shorter lists posted more frequently in the coming months.

A ⌛︎ before a title indicates that I have not finished reading it.

Novels & Novellas

• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (reread for work)
• Merchanter's Luck by C.J. Cherryh
• The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (reread for work)
• Non-Player Character by Victoria Corva (3 chapters, pre-publishing preview)
• Zofloya; or, The Moor: A Romance of the Fifteenth Century by Charlotte Dacre
• Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
• ⌛︎ Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov
• Queen City Jazz by Kathleen Anne Goonan
• ⌛︎ With My Dog Eyes by Hilda Hilst
• Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
• Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
• The Giver by Lois Lowry
• City of Red Midnight: A Hikayat by Usman T. Malik
• Crystal Line by Anne McCaffrey
• In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
• Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire
• Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
• How to Murder Fate by Kimberly A. Riley (chapter 1, ongoing)
• Allegro by D. Moonfire (39 chapters, ongoing)
• Second-Hand Dresses by D. Moonfire
• Sand and Blood by D. Moonfire
• Sand and Ash by D. Moonfire
• Sand and Bone by D. Moonfire
• ⌛︎ Floornight by nostalgebraist (reread)
• The Longest Night by E.E. Ottoman
• Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
• Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin
• Night by Elie Wiesel (reread for work)
• ⌛︎ From the New World by Yusuke Kishi trans. eerabbit (reread)

Light Novels

• A Wild Last Boss Appeared! vol. 1 by Firehead
• A Wild Last Boss Appeared! vol. 2 by Firehead
• KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! vol. 1 by Akatsuki Natsume
• KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World! vol. 2 by Akatsuki Natsume
• A Lily Blooms in Another World by Ameko Kaeruda
• Sexiled: My Sexist Party Leader Kicked Me Out, So I Teamed Up With A Mythical Sorceress! vol. 1 by Ameko Kaeruda
• Sexiled: My Sexist Party Leader Kicked Me Out, So I Teamed Up With A Mythical Sorceress! vol. 2 by Ameko Kaeruda
• Roll Over and Die: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword! vol. 1 by kiki
• Roll Over and Die: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword! vol. 2 by kiki
• A Sister's All You Need vol. 1 by Hirasaka Yomi
• A Sister's All You Need vol. 2 by Hirasaka Yomi
• Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon vol. 1 by Hirukuma
• Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon vol. 2 by Hirukuma
• Otherside Picnic by Miyazawa Iori (1 arc/chapter in 2021)
• Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash vol. 2 by Jyumonji Ao
• Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash vol. 3 by Jyumonji Ao
• Tearmoon Empire vol. 1 by Mochitsuki Nozomu
• Tearmoon Empire vol. 2 by Mochitsuki Nozomu
• My Next Life as a Vilainess All Routes Lead to Doom! by Yamaguchi Satoru
• My Friends and I Were Granted Three Wishes by a Cat Goddess and I Swear I Got Distracted When My Turn Came Around by Alex Zandra (reread)
• My Friend Took Me To A Feline Therapy Place For My Anxiety And I’m Starting To Wonder Where The Cats Are? by Alex Zandra (reread)
• I Signed Up To Be The Substitute Familiar Of A Struggling Witch To Pay My Bills And I'm Just Now Realizing What I Got Myself Into by Alex Zandra (reread)

Short Stories

• “Champion of the World” by Maya Angelou (chapter excerpted from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings)
• “Gaffe” by Casey Callich (3 chapters, ongoing)
• “I'm Going to Kill You and Eat You for Food” by Henry Hoke
• “Nad and Dan adn Quaffy” by Diana Wynne Jones
• “So your grandmother is a starship now: a quick guide for the bewildered” by Marissa Lingen
• “Flight of the Scions 46: Celebrations” by D. Moonfire
• “A Friendly Game” by D. Moonfire
• U.N. Report On Magical Realism Warns Of Increased Incidences Of Women’s Tears Flooding The Entire World in The Onion
• SCP-4413
• “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan
• “Bisexual Unicorn Vampires Teach Me the Importance of the Vampire Cough” by Chuck Tingle
• “How to make an omelet” by Tricia (reread)
• “Kiss With a Fist” by Mads Viande
• “Jeeves and the Amatory Dilemma” by wholahoop (reread, fanfic, 23647 words)

Plays

• A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (reread for work)
• Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
• Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (reread for work)

Poetry

• “Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou (read for work)
• “the sonnet-ballad” by Gwendolyn Brooks (read for work)
• “I am reminded via email to resubmit my preferences for the schedule” by Chen Chen
• “I Invite My Parents to a Dinner Party” by Chen Chen
• “Flirtation” by Rita Dove (read for work)
• “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden
• “Dreams” by Langston Hughes (read for work)
• “Harlem” by Langston Hughes (read for work)
• “Let America Be America Again” by Langston Hughes (read for work)
• ” The Quangle Wangle's Hat” by Edward Lear
• “Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti
• “football dreams” by Jacquelie Woodson
• “genetics” by Jacqueline Woodson (read for work)

Manga & Manhwa

• Useless Princesses by Ajiichi (35 chapters)
• Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~ by Akahori Satoru and Katsura Yukimaru (2 chapters)
• A Meaningless Sunday by Akiyama Haru (manga one-shot)
• I Wouldn't Mind Being Loved by Amano Shuninta (4 chapters)
• I Favor the Villainess by Aono Sumire (10 chapters)
• Honjitsu wa Ohigara mo Yoku by Aoume Ao (7 chapters)
• A Classmate Who Recommends Crossdressing by Asazuki Norito (oneshot)
• Tonari ni by Basso (5 manga chapters)
• Mukuchi na Omoi wa Koi to Naru by Edanaka (4 chapters)
• VRMMO de Summoner Hajimemashita by Fujishima Shinnosuke (11 chapters)
• Sono Yo ni Tada Hitori by Fuji Tamaki (8 chapters)
• Otokonoko Doushi Renai Chuu by Fumiko Fumi and Kaoru Ooshima (4 chapters)
• Aoi Hitomi no Bakemono by Gamoko Tsuyu (5 chapters)
• Puberty, an All Boys School!? and Nakano-kun by Higashi 385 (5 chapters)
• Ai no su e Ochiro! by Higuchi Misao and Minamijuuji Asuna (1 chapter)
• Osananajimi (♂) to no Arekore by Hoshikura Zozo (1 chapter)
• Exiled From My Old Party For Being A Woman, Me And A Legendary Witch Formed The Ultimate Tag Team by Kaeruda Ameko and Seto Ririura (1 chapter)
• Apron Yankee by Katagiri Lyla (6 chapters)
• Aoi-kun is a Suicidal Girl (♂) by Kobayashi Kina (one-shot)
• The Four Best People in the World by Kobayashi Kina (one-shot)
• My Childhood Friend Changes Daily by Kobayashi Kina (one-shot)
• Genshiken Nidaime by Kio Shimoku (72 chapters)
• Can a Guy Like Me Be a Maid? by Koshou (14 chapters)
• Handsome Girl and Sheltered Girl by Majoccoid and Mochi Au Lait (14 chapters)
• The Small Sage Will Try Her Best In the Different World from Lv. 1! by Misaki Juri and Yume Ayato (22 chapters)
• Sakura-chan to Amane-kun by Norito Asazuki (7 chapters)
• 2DK, G-pen, Alarm clock by Ohsawa Yayoi (9 chapters)
• My Demon Secretary by Ontabahlul (7 chapters)
• For Your Love by Park Nodeok (85 chapters)
• *Form of Sympathy * by Park Nodeok (34 chapters)
• noe67 Warawanai Sekusaloid by Saku Hiro (1 chapter)
• Ichinose-kun wa Itsumo Iinari by Sakura Rico (9 chapters)
• Miss Sunflower by Sugano Manami (3 chapters)
• Ganbare! Nakamura-kun!! by Syundei (11 chapters)
• Kono Koi wa Kataranai by Tadano (2 chapters)
• Kanojo ni Naritai Kimi to Boku by Takase Umi (50 chapters)
• Asagao to Kase-san. by Takashima Hiromi (36 chapters)
• Yamada to Kase-san by Takashima Hiromi (20 chapters)
• Tadokoro-san by Tatsubon (81 webmanga chapters)
• So, Do You Want To Go Out, Or? by tmfly (28 chapters)
• Tatoe Todokanu Ito da to Shite mo by tMnR (38 chapters)
• Ise-san and Shima-san by Tokuwo Tsumu (3 chapters)
• Friday Night Cinema by Usui Shio (one-shot)
• Trying Out Marriage With My Female Friend by Usui Shio (6 chapters)
• Butter!!! by Yamashita Tomoko (34 chapters)
• Zombie Hide Sex by Yodogawa Yuo (15 chapters)
• Between Philia and Eros by Yorita Miyuki (15 chapters)
• Seibetsu “Mona Lisa” no Kimi he. by Yoshimura Tsumuji (6 chapters)
• Kinou Nani Tabeta? by Yoshinaga Fumi (24 chapters)
• Otoko no Ko Tsuma by Crystal no Yousuke (35 chapters)
• My Pure Boyfriend Has an Unusual Dog by yuuryuuuuu (one-shot)

Other Comics

• Witches' Forest by blop (short webcomic)
• Mage & Demon Queen by Color_LES (129 webcomic updates)
• fresh meat by gray Folie/Dupe (completed webcomic, reread)
• “Good ol' Charlie B” by Marina Kittana (short webcomic)
• “A Hole is A Hole” by null_backdoorhoe
• The Queen and the Woodborn Shiniez (webcomic, 4 chapters)
• The Tapestry by Monckat (Homestuck-like, archives start—July 5th 2021)
• Boyfriends. by refrainbow (39 webcomic updates)

Zines

• “I'm Worried About Wine Moms” by Moss B.
• “Grief” by Hanny Weddz

Text-based Games & Writing on Games

• A Shower Story by A. Tony Jerome
• “The Tragedy of GJ237b” by Ben Lehman
• Priority Realignment by Nyx Games
• Dead Wife Game by Em Reed
• Ear Canal Simulator 3000 by Em Reed
• The Iron Hand in the Velvet Glove by Em Reed
• “some game economics for the ancient world” by iolsb
• “d100 Merchants” by Nick LS Whelan

Essays, papers, articles, etc.

• “Tracing Paper” by Mitch Anzuoni
• “An Interview With the Man Who Keeps Uploading My Feet to WikiFeet” by Laura Bassett
• “Yeti Researcher Reconsidered, by a Smarty Pants English Student” by Joshuah Bearman
• ” Everyone Is Beautiful and No One Is Horny: Modern action and superhero films fetishize the body, even as they desexualize it” by RS Benedict
• “68 Slogans of '68” compiled by Casey Callich
• “On Recursive Islands” by Freya Campbell
• “Does yoga have a conspiracy theory problem?” by Joshua Cheetham
• “Distinguishing New York Mustard Weed Species” by Cornell Weed Identification
• “Figures, Doors and Passages” by Robin Evans
• “Web Conversations With the Year 2000” by Paul Ford
• “The Mysterious Case of the F*cking Good Pizza” by Emilie Friedlander
• “Yaoi Tropes: “A Gay Exclusive to You” by Fudanshi Essayist
• “How Did a Self-Taught Linguist Come to Own an Indigenous Language?” by Alice Gregory
• “Thriving Together: Salmon, Berries, and People” by ‘Cúagilákv (Jess Housty)
• “How to bring a language to the future” by Alizeh Kohari
• “A Sex Close to Noise: An Essay about Transgender Women and Music” by Leah
• “The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction” by Ursula K. Le Guin
• “Genre: A Word only a Frenchman Could Love” by Ursula K. Le Guin
• “SERF 'n' TERF: Notes on Some Bad Materialisms” by Sophie Lewis
• “Lebadeia & The Oracle Of Trophonius”, section from Description of Greece by Lucian of Samosata, trans. W.H.S. Jones
• “How the Web Became Unreadable” by Kevin Marks
• “Mushoku Tensei Is Not the Pioneer of Isekai Web Novels, But...” by Kim Morrissy
• “F*ggot As Gender Identity, Detransition As A Form Of Suicide.” by Rani (reread)
• “Post-Ownership” by Em Reed
• “Sexy Times with Wangxian: The internet’s most beloved fanfiction site is undergoing a reckoning” by Aja Romero
• ”'I am not who I was': Michael Rosen on surviving Covid” (excerpt from Many Different Kinds of Love by Michael Rosen)
• “lesbian fascism on TERF island” by Indiana Seresin
• “On Heteropessimism” by Indiana Seresin
• “The Men Who Eat Like Boys” by C. Brian Smith
• “Grunge at Ground Zero: The Story Of Bam Bam” by The Sonic Mosquito
• “Unlocking PinkRabbit” by Jessica Stokes
• ” The Anxiety of Influencers” by Barrett Swanson
• “Plant Flagging and the Queer Ecology Hanky Project” by Caroline Tracey
• “DNA of Giant ‘Corpse Flower’ Parasite Surprises Biologists” by Christie Wilcox
• “Where Do Butts Come From?” by Katherine J. Wu
• “I have one of the most advanced prosthetic arms in the world — and I hate it” by Britt H. Young

Total: 24 novels and novellas plus 43 chapters of novels currently being written; 22 light novels; 14 short stories; 3 plays; 14 poems; 716 manga chapters; 2 full webcomics, 3 short comics, 172 webcomic updates; 2 zines; 6 text games and 2 pieces of game writing; 36 essays, articles, and papers.

NOTE: “work”

I work at a school, so things that I read for work were often read multiple times and had some kind of deep reading/analysis/discussion/teaching component to them.

NOTE: things not included

I have of course read many more things than are on this list because as an online person I am constantly bombarded with text. Anything that made it to this list had some quality such as “good” or “interesting” or “left an impression on me” or “I didn't forget about it immediately” or “I wanted to remember it so I made a note for later”.

NOTE: where to find things

• I tried to link back to stuff that was hosted online, e.g. articles from online publications, works freely offered by the author, webcomics, etc. People are more likely to read something if there's an easy link!
• I would never recommend pirating books from websites like z-lib.org, especially if the book is out of print or the author is dead or the book is old enough that the copyright should be expired in any reasonable country or if you were just going to buy it used from am*zon anyway.
• I read most of my manga on dynasty-scans.com, which is focused on yuri, shoujo ai, and gender-y stuff. You can find almost everything on mangadex.org, but I used a variety of sites of varying qualities when that was down over the spring. If you can't find something feel free to ask me.
• Your websearch is a good as mine.

#ReadingLog

A best of/reflection piece for 2020 will come out when I've put more time into it... I ended up doing collages over my break instead of writing!

A ⌛︎ before a title indicates that I have not finished reading it.

• Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Márquez
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (novel, reread)
• The Lord of the Flies by William Golding (novel, reread)
• Opuntia, issues 56, 57, 61, 65, 65.5, 66A, 66B, 67.5, 68, 69.5, 70, 70.5A, 70.5B by Dale Speirs (13 zines)
• A Minecraft Fieldguide to Brazen Harlotry by Nat Quayle (zine)
• I'm in Love with the Villainess by Inori (light novel)
• Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire (novel)
• The Giver by Lois Lowry (novel)
• Adventure Time: Season 3 by canmom (liveread article)
• I Wouldn't Mind Being Loved chapter 3 by Amano Shuninta (manga chapter)
• “This Japanese Shop Is 1,020 Years Old. It Knows a Bit About Surviving Crises.” by Ben Dooley and Hisako Ueno (article, The New York Times)
• “Vicorva and the Handshake Coach” by Victoria Corva (essay)
• Grimgar of Fantasy And Ash Level 1: Whisper, Chant, Prayer, Awaken by Ao Jyumonji (light novel)
• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney case “Rise from the Ashes” (visual novel arc)
• Phoenix Wright: Justice for All case “The Lost Turnabout” (visual novel arc)
• Phoenix Wright: Justice for All case “Reunion, and Turnabout” (visual novel arc)
• ⌛︎ Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin (novel)
• ⌛︎ Otherside Picnic by Iori Miyazawa (light novel, 3 arcs finished)
• “The Old Man” by Mordecai Martin (short story)
• “What the Hole Is Going On? The very real, totally bizarre bucatini shortage of 2020.” by Rachel Handler (article)
• “The Hiveswap Fiasco” by Gio (article)

Total: 6 novels, 2 light novels (+ 3 short stories), 3 visual novel stories, 1 short story, 14 zines, 5 articles, 1 manga chapter

Notes

Opuntia zine

During the last week of November I started a zine binge. A last purchase from the Pioneers Press going-out-of-business sale included a freebie copy of Xerography Debt #20, a review zine; several of the reviewers covered circa-2006 issues of Opuntia. The topics mentioned (as well as the botanical Latin title) piqued my interest, so I did some online sleuthing.

Opuntia is a zine written by Dale Speirs that has been running since 1991, with 488 total issues to date. The content is a diverse mix including history, economics, and science articles, zine, science fiction, and mystery reviews, write-ups of conventions and fan events, abstracts of academic articles-of-interest, editorial correspondence, and stories about the author's daily life in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

The older issues use a fractional numbering system to divide the content: “Whole-numbered OPUNTIAs are sercon, x.1 issues are reviewzines, x.2 issues are indexes, x.3 issues are apazines, and x.5 issues are perzines”, which for those unfamiliar with the jargon are serious-constructive, amateur press association , and personal zines. Beginning with issue #248 (April 2012) Speirs switched to a straight numbering scheme; after retirement, he no longer had as many work anecdotes to share, and the focus of his serious writing shifted to longer projects with the eventual goal of publishing a book. (I have no idea if he's succeeded — I haven't read more recent issues!) Two years later, Speirs distributed his final issue by mail and switched to online-only publishing, as he could no longer afford the increased postage rates. You can find all issues archived on efanzines.

I've found myself most interested in Speirs' sercon and perzine issues; Speirs is a philatelist, worked for over 30 years in the Calgary parks department, and has a love of science and the outdoors — all things that I enjoy reading about. I have also, as a non-Canadian, appreciated the insight into life and politics in a different country, and the little bits of local history.

After flipping through Opuntia issues from 2004—2012, here are my favorites:

• #56: A history of roadside memorials
• #57: A history of offprints (author copies of academic articles); a history of “mummy wheat”
• #58.5: Parks department stories, including historic floods
• #59: A history of postcard libel
• #60.5: Memories of the his last cattle drive as a teenager
• #61: An early history of envelopes
• #61.5: Memories of small-town churches; parks department stories
• #65: A history of Canadian WWII ration coupon books
• #65.6: Parks department stories, with chonky cat photo
• #66A: An article about Pronghorns (Antilocapra americana), illustrated by postage stamps
• #66B: A history of personalized postage stamps, with examples from his collection

If anyone out there can recommend their favorite issues, send them my way! 488 (and growing) issues is a lot to sift through and I doubt my attention will hold for long enough to get through the complete archives.

#ReadingLog

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2018

January

• “The Monkey's Paw” by W.W. Jacobs (short story)
• “Moon Spirit and Coyote Woman” by Clive Grace (short story)
• God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert (novel)
• The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (novel)
• The Vanishing Shadow, Judy Bolton Mystery Series #1 by Margaret Sutton (novel)
• Lieut. Gullivar Jones: His Vacation aka Gulliver of Mars by Edwin L. Arnold (novel)
• Fry Havoc Issue #1 (zine)
• The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (novel, reread)
• “Hours in a Library” by Virginia Woolf (essay)

Total: 5 novels, 2 short stories, 1 essay, 1 zine

February

• Satyrday by Steven Bauer (novel)
• Orion: The Myth of the Hunter and the Huntress by Joseph Fontenrose (academic book, Classical Studies Volume 23)
• Church Fathers, Independent Virgins by Joyce E. Salisbury, final chapter (book chapter)
• “Without Walls” by A. Gislebertus (short story, reread)
• The Eye of the Dragon by Stephen King (novel, reread)
• The New Atlantis ed. by Robert Silverberg: “Silhouette” by Gene Wolfe, “The New Atlantis” by Ursula K. Le Guin, and “A Momentary Taste of Being” by James Tiptree Jr. (three novellas)
• The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood (play, reread)
• Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks (novel)
• Jack of Kinrowan (Jack the Giant-Killer and Drink Down the Moon) by Charles de Lint (two novels)

Total: 5 novels, 3 novellas, 1 academic book, 1 play, 1 short story, 1 essay

March

• Today's OEA, Winter 2018 (magazine)
• The Glue Famine by Lee Bradford (novella)
• Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas by Tom Robbins (novel, reread)
• Oresteia by Aeschylus trans. Peter Meineck intro. by Helene P. Foley (three plays)
• The Haunted Attic (Judy Bolton Mystery Series #2) by Margaret Sutton (novel)
• The Invisible Chimes (Judy Bolton Mystery Series #3) by Margaret Sutton (novel)
• Hope for the Flowers by Trina Paulus (picture book)
• Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer (novel)
• The Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum (novel)
• Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum (novel)
• Seven Strange Clues (Judy Bolton Mystery Series #4) by Margaret Sutton (novel)
• Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky (novel)
• We by Yvgeny Zamyatin (novel)
• “The Ugly Chickens” by Howard Waldrop (novel)
• “The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees” by E. Lily Yu (short story)
• “Obscena Galli: Praesentia Dehumanizing Cybele’s Eunuch-Priests through Disgust” by Marika Rauhala (academic paper)
• “Eunuchizing Agamemnon: Clytemnestra, Agamemnon and maschalismos” by Ruth Bardel (academic paper)
• “Sacred Eunuchism in the Cult of the Syrian Goddess” by J.L. Lightfoot (academic paper)
• “Looking for Eunuchs: The galli and Attis in Roman art” by Shelley Hales (academic paper)
• “Karian, Greek or Roman? The layered identities of Stratonikeia at the sanctuary of Hekate at Lagina” by Christina Williamson (academic paper)

Total: 10 novels, 1 novella, 3 plays, 1 short story, 5 academic papers, 1 magazine, 1 picture book

May

• “Shibuya no Love” by Hannu Rajaniemi (short story)
• “His Master’s Voice” by Hannu Rajaniemi (short story)
• “Elegy for a Young Elk” by Hannu Rajaniemi (short story)
• “The Guile” by Ian McDonald (short story)
• “Yiwu” by Lavie Tidhar (short story)
• “Terminal” by Lavie Tidhar (short story)
• “Selfies” by Lavie Tidhar (short story)
• ⌛︎ Whipping Girl by Julia Serano (nonfiction book)

Total: 7 short stories

June

• “Dragonkin” by Lavie Tidhar (short story)

Total: 1 short story

2018 Total, for recorded months:

• 20 novels
• 4 novellas
• 3 short stories
• 1 play
• 1 academic book
• 5 academic papers
• 2 essays
• 1 magazine
• 1 zines
• 1 picture book

2019

January

• Armadale by Wilkie Collins (novel)
• A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab (novel)
• “The frames of comic 'freedom'” by Umberto Eco (essay)
• ⌛︎ Otome Danshi ni Koisuru Otome by Shimazaki Mujirushi (4 koma manga, 364 strips)
• Kimi Dake no Ponytail by Konayama Kata (manga, 3 chapters)
• ⌛︎ Bokura no Hentai by Fumiko Fumi (manga, 36 chapters)
• To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (novel, reread)
• ⌛︎ So, Do You Want To Go Out, Or? by tmfly. (manga, 1 chapter)
• EMERGENCE by ShindoLA (manga, 225 pages)
• “How to Bury A Gentile” by aerialsquid @ Tumblr (short story)
• ⌛︎ “We Went Hunting” part 1 by Natalie White (short story)
• ⌛︎ The Kif Strike Back by C.J. Cherryh (novel)
• Night by Elie Wiesel (novel, reread)
• Animorphs FanFic Word Count: 546,946

Total: 4 novels, 1 essay, 2 short stories, 40 chapters + 364 4-koma strips + 225 extra pages manga, 546964 words fanfiction

February

• The Intimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (11 short stories)
• The Kif Strike Back by C.J. Cherryh (novel)
• ⌛︎ The Graveyard of Empires, chapters 9 + 10 by Natalie White (novel chapters)
• “When I See The Skylark Rise” by A. J. Hammer (short story, in Big Echo critical sci-fi journal)
• “It Is a Rare Thing the Emperor Requireth” by Wm Henry Morris (short story, in Big Echo critical sci-fi journal)
• “Famous as the Moon” by Ethan Mills (short story, in Big Echo critical sci-fi journal)
• “The Robotic Poet Reads Basho” by Stewart C Baker (short story, in Big Echo critical sci-fi journal)
• “A Catalogue of Sunlight at the End of the World” by A.C. Wise (short story, in Clarkesworld magazine)
• “The Quantum Epidemic” by Jetse de Vries (short story, in Big Echo critical sci-fi journal)
• “The Last Brooder” by Lucy Mihajlich (short story, in Big Echo critical sci-fi journal)
• “What To Observe For” by Matt Rowan (short story, in Big Echo critical sci-fi journal)
• Rocannon's World by Urusla K. Le Guin (novella, reread, read outloud with partner)
• “How to make an omelette” by Tricia, write.as/tricia (short story)
• ⌛︎ Heartstopper by Alice Oseman (ongoing webcomic, backlog parts 1—4)
• Kurayami ni Strobe by Nojiko Hayakawa (completed manga, 9 chapters)
• ⌛︎ Utsusemi ni Akari by Nojiko Hayakawa (ongoing manga, 2 chapters)
• Still Sick by Akashi (ongoing manga, 1 chapter)
• Endou-kun no Kansatsu Nikki by Nojiko Hayakawa (completed manga, 6 chapters)
• The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket (novel, reread, read outloud)
• Imagined Corners by Willa Muir (novel)
• ⌛︎ Gokushufudo by Oono Kousuke (ongoing manga, 1 chapter)
• “Ad-Lib” by Ben Fitton (short story, in Big Echo critical sci-fi journal)
• “The Story of a Disappearance and a Reappearance” by M.R. James (short story)
• ⌛︎ The Story of the Amulet by Edith Nesbit (novel, 3 chapters)
• “Electric Geisha” by Duchy Man Valderá trans. Toshiya Kamei (short story, in Big Echo critical sci-fi journal)
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (novel, reread, read outloud)
• ⌛︎ Shishunki Bitter Change by Masayoshi (ongoing manga, 2 chapters)
• Planet of Exile by Ursula K. Le Guin (novella, read aloud)
• ⌛︎ Mrs. Ritchie by Willa Muir (novel)

Total: 4 novels, 2 novellas, 23 short stories, 5 ongoing novel chapters, 21 manga chapters, 1 ongoing webcomic backlog

March

• Mrs. Ritchie by Willa Muir (novel)
• The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket (novel, reread, read aloud)
• ⌛︎ Hamlet by William Shakespeare (play, reread, read aloud)
• ⌛︎ The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (novel, read aloud)
• “Women in Scotland” by Willa Muir (essay)
• ⌛︎ The Semi-Attached Couple by Emily Eden (novel)
• “The Perfect Match” by Ken Liu (short story, in Lightspeed Magazine)
• “How to Get Back to the Forest” by Sofia Samatar (short story, in Lightspeed Magazine)
• “Amaryllis” by Carrie Vaughn (short story, in Lightspeed Magazine)
• Yuki and the Authoress by Nagori Yu (ongoing manga, 1 chapter)
• Ore ga... Yuri?! by Satoru (ongoing manga, 1 chapter)
• Koukando ga Agaranai by Kanan (ongoing manga, 1 chapter)
• “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson (reread, short story)
• “El Cantar of Rising Sun” by Sabrina Vourvoulias (short story, in Uncanny Magazine)
• “Left Behind” by Cat Rambo (short story, in Clarkesworld Magazine)
• The Weight of Light: A Collection of Solar Futures ed. by Joey Eschrich & Clark A. Miller (4 short stories, 9 essays)
• ⌛︎ Kawaii Anata by Hiyori Otsu (manga, 2 chapters)
• Mermaid Line by Renjuro Kindaichi (manga, 8 chapters)
• Hen na Neesan by Akihito Yoshitomi (manga, 12 chapters)
• Balance Policy by Akihito Yoshitomi (manga, 15 chapters)
• ⌛︎ Alcohol is for Married Couples by Crystal na Yousuke (manga, ongoing, 36 chapters)
• ⌛︎ I Am My Wife by SF Light Novels (manga, 6 chapters)
• Nozomu Nozomi by Misoka Nagatsuki (manga, 15 chapters)
• Change H anthology (manga anthology, ongoing, 19 chapters)
• My Beloved Senpai by Ryuta Amazume (manga, 1 chapter)
• ⌛︎ Saitei Megami by Ei Imura (manga, 2 chapters)
• ⌛︎ Boy Skirt by Tomohiro Shinohara (manga, 4 chapters)
• Teiji ni Agararetara by Ayu Inui (manga, 1 chapter)
• ⌛︎ Touko-san Can't Take Care of the House by Haru Harukawa (manga, ongoing, 2 chapters)
• I Decided to Fake a Marriage with My Junior to Shut My Parents Up by Naoko Kodama (manga, 3 chapters)
• ⌛︎ Beauty and the Beast Girl by Neji (manga, ongoing, 40 chapters)
• ⌛︎ Cheerful Amnesia by Oku Tamamushi (manga, ongoing, 33 chapters)
• ⌛︎ Kiss and White Lily for My Dearest Girl by Canno (manga, 11 chapters)
• Winter Poem by Oku Tamamushi (manga, 1 chapter)
• Blooming Sequence by Lee Eul (manhwa, 79 chapters)

Total: 2 novels, 10 short stories, 10 essays, 293 manga/manhwa chapters

April

• The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (novel)
• ⌛︎ The Arthurian Smut Cycle by Soren Häxan (webcomic, ongoing, 5 chapters)
• ⌛︎ Fu-Fu by Hisanari Minamoto (manga, ongoing, 7 chapters)
• Life Outside the Circle by H-P Lehkonen (webcomic, 44 chapters)
• ⌛︎ Banquet by A. Szabla (webcomic, ongoing, 89 pages)
• ⌛︎ Altar of Pine by c. Eason (webcomic, ongoing, 93 pages)
• ⌛︎ Obelisk by Ashley McCammon (webcomic, ongoing, 80 pages)
• ⌛︎ Ranma ½ by Rumiko Takahashi (manga, 4 volumes/36 chapters)
• The Mote in God's Eye (novel, reread)
• Goth Western by Livali (webcomic, 73 pages)
• “Foeman, Where Do You Flee?” by Ben Bova (novelette, in Galaxy Magazine Jan 1969)
• “The Thing-Of-The-Month Clubs” by John Brunner (short story, in Galaxy Magazine Jan 1969)
• ⌛︎ Acethexis by Florence Summers (webcomic, ongoing, 100 pages)
• ⌛︎ Agents of the Realm by Mildred Louis (webcomic, ongoing, 190 pages)
• ⌛︎ Shishunki Bitter Change by Masayoshi (manga, 1 chapter)
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding (novel, reread, 9 chapters)
• Moomin and the Martians by Tove Jansson (comic, 18 pages)
• Moomin and Family Life by Tove Jansson (comic, 40 pages)
• ⌛︎ The Elric Saga Part II, including The Vanishing Tower, The Bane of the Black Sword, and Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock (3 novels)
• ⌛︎ “Parimutuel Planet” by James Tiptree Jr. (novelette, in Galaxy Magazine Jan 1969)

Total: 3 novels, 1 novellette, 1 short story, 44 manga chapters, 49 chapters + 625 pages of webcomics, 58 pages print comics,

May—August (?)

• The Elric Saga Part II, including The Vanishing Tower, The Bane of the Black Sword, and Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock (3 novels)
• ⌛︎ Cross Channel by Flying Shine (visual novel)
• The Moomins and the Great Flood by Tove Jansson (novel)
• Comet in Moominland by Tove Jansson (novel)
• The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (novel, aloud, chapters)
• “Parimutuel Planet” by James Tiptree Jr. (novelette, in Galaxy Magazine Jan 1969)
• “The Thing-Of-The-Month Clubs” by John Brunner (reread, aloud, short story, in Galaxy Magazine Jan 1969)
• Heat Stroke by Christee Henry (poetry collection)

Total: 6 novels, 1 novellette, 1 short story, 1 poetry collection

2019 Total, for recorded months:

• 19 novels
• 5 novel chapters
• 2 novellas
• 2 novellettes
• 37 short stories
• 11 essays
• 1 poetry collection
• 398 chapters, +364 4-koma strips, +225 stray pages, of manga/manhwa
• 49 chapters, +625 pages of webcomics
• 58 pages print comics

#ReadingLog

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January

• “Hermes and the Creation of Space” by Murray Stein (academic paper)
• “Cypriot Pan at the Crossroads in Late Classical and Hellenistic Cyprus: The Evidence from Athienou-Malloura” by Clay M. Cofer (academic paper)
• The Bakkhai by Euripides trans. Robert Bagg (reread, from other translations)
• The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (reread)
• “Rushing and Falling into Milk: New Perspectives on the Orphic Gold Tablets from Thurii and Pelinna” by Christopher A. Faraone (academic paper, chapter in Further along the Path: Recent Studies in the Orphic Gold Leaves)
• “Redefining Dionysos in Athens from the written sources: The Lenaia, Iacchos and Attic women” by Miriam Valdés Guía (academic paper)
• Dionysos: Myth and Cult by Walter F. Otto
• “The Immortal Words of Paean” by Ian Rutherford (academic paper, chapter in The Getty Hexameters: Poetry, Magic, and Mystery in Ancient Selinous)
• “Snake-Limbed and Tendril-Limbed Goddesses in the Art and Mythology of the Mediterranean and Black Sea” by Yulia Ustinova (academic paper)
• “When In Greece, Do as the Persians Don’t: Defining the Identity of the Greeks Against the Persian Imperial ‘Other’” by Katrina Van Amsterdam (academic paper)
• “Extra‐Ordinary People: Mystai and Magoi , Magicians and Orphics in the Derveni Papyrus” by Radcliffe Edmonds (academic paper)
• “Magic and Theology in Ancient Egypt” by Jan Assmann (academic paper)
• “Household Religion in Rome: An Examination of Domestic Ritual and its Role in Shaping the Roman Family” by Kaitlyn Carlson (undergrad thesis)
• “Sending Dreams, Receiving Dreams: Oneiropompeia in Theory and in Practice” by Sarah Iles Johnston (academic paper, reread)
• The Pride of Chanur by C.J. Cherryh
• Animorphs: The Underground by K.A. Applegate
• ⌛︎ Animorphs: The Decision by K.A. Applegate
• “Trapezomata: A Neglected Aspect of Greek Sacrifice” by David Gill (academic paper)
• “Dionysus in the Greek Magical Papyri” by Eleni Pachoumi (academic paper)
• Chanur’s Venture by C.J. Cherryh
• ⌛︎ The Kif Strike Back by C.J. Cherryh

Total: 5 books, 1 play, 13 academic papers

February

• “The Bacchic-Orphic Hades” by Yannis Tzifopoulos (academic essay and exhibition catalogue entries, included in BEYOND: Death and Afterlife in Ancient Greece)
• ⌛︎ Greek Religion by Walter Burkert
• Priapea trans. by Leonard C. Smithers and Sir Richard Burton (reread, 95 poems)
• Elegies by Tibullus trans. Theodore C. Williams (poetry)
• ⌛︎ Deipnosophistae by Athenaeus trans. C.D. Yonge (books 1-4)
• “Athenaeus for Beginners” by Ben Cartlidge (academic talk)
• ⌛︎ “Honoring the Family Dead on the Parentalia: Ceremony, Spectacle, and Memory” by Fanny Dolansky (academic paper)
• “Bes” by Joshua J. Mark (Ancient History Encyclopedia article)
• “Magic in Ancient Egypt” by Joshua J. Mark (Ancient History Encyclopedia article)

Total: 4 short academic works, 2 long poems/poetry collections

March

• Pacific Agony by Bruce Benderson
• ⌛︎ Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood (9 short stories)
• De Dea Syria by Lucian trans. Herbert A. Strong and John Garstang (translation and notes only)
• “On Greek Ethnography of the Near East: The Case of Lucian’s De Dea Syria” by Jane L. Lightfoot (academic paper)
• “Beer in Ancient Egypt” by Joshua J. Mark (Ancient History Encyclopedia article)
• “Etruscan Pantheon” by Mark Cartwright (Ancient History Encyclopedia article)

Total: 2 books, 3 short academic works, 9 short stories

April—July (couldn’t keep updated)

• All My Friends Want to Be Castrated and Kill Their Family by porpentine (short story)
• “Lugalbanda and Hermes” by Jennifer Larson (academic paper)
• “Seized by the Nymphs: Nympholepsy and Symbolic Expression in Classical Greece by W. R. Connor (academic paper)
• “Gardens in the Desert” by Marjike van der Veen (academic paper, included in Life on the Fringe: Living in the Southern Egyptian Deserts During the Roman and Early-Byzantine Periods)
• “Religious Perceptions of the Mine in the Eastern Desert in Ptolemaic and Roman Times” by S.H. Aufrére (academic paper, reread, included in Life on the Fringe: Living in the Southern Egyptian Deserts During the Roman and Early-Byzantine Periods)
• “Minoan Animal-Human Hybridity” by Anna Simandiraki-Grimshaw (academic paper, included in The Master of Animals in Old World Iconography)
• Animorphs Book 18-54, *Megamorphs *1-4, the 3 Chronicles, & Visser by K.A. Applegate (45 books)
• Endometriosis: It’s the End of the World as We Know It (zine)
• Lady Parts: My Life with (and without) a Uterus by Dani Burlison (zine)
• Remnants Books 1-14 by K.A. Applegate (14 books)
• “The Wake” by Gretchen White (short story)
• “Back the Way You Came” by Gretchen White (short story)
• “The Widow” by Gretchen White (short story)
• “NEERS” by Elisa Mask (short story)
• “FB0T” by Elisa Mask (short story)
• “Mx” by Elisa Mask (short story)
• “Fasces” by Elisa Mask (short story)
• “Men of the Ashen Morrow” by Margaret Killjoy (short story)
• “The Comet” by W.E.B Du Bois (short story)
• “The Damnation of Women” by W.E.B. Du Bois (essay)
• “A Simple Spell and the Dangers of Online Dating” by Lee Bradford (short story)
• “The Page of Wands” by Lee Bradford (short story)
• “Killer Habit” by Lee Bradford (short story)
• “The Cold Snap” by Lee Bradford (short story)
• “Good, Clean Dirt” by Lee Bradford (short story)
• “INTERNET MURDER REVENGE FANTASY” by merritt k (comic)
• “Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones” by Torrey Peters (short story)
• “The Masker” by Torrey Peters (short story)
• “Gender Nihilism: An Anti-Manifesto” (+addendum) by Alyson Escalante (essay, reread)
• “The Wisdom of Direct Knowledge: A Rebirth of the Way to Gnostic Transsexuality” by Cathryn Platine (essay)
• “We Are an Old People, We Are a New People” by Cathryn Platine (4 essays)
• Hermaphrodeities by Raven Kaldera (sections, skimming, reread)

Total: 17 short stories, 5 academic papers, 7 other essays, 2 zines, 59 books, 1 comic

August—December (incomplete?)

• In Search of God the Mother: The Cult of Anatolian Cybele by Lynn E. Roller (academic book)
• ⌛︎ Miasma: Pollution and Purification in early Greek Religion by Robert Parker (academic book)
• Oregon Driver Manual 2016-2017 (pamphlet)
• Bertram: A Tragedy in Five Acts by Charles Maturin (play)
• Fatal Revenge; or, the Family of Montorio: A Romance (Volume 1) by Charles Maturin (novel)
• ⌛︎ Fatal Revenge; or, the Family of Montorio: A Romance (Volume 2) by Charles Maturin (novel)
• Tsukihime by Type-Moon (visual novel)
• Kanon by Key (visual novel)
• GLAMOUR BOUTIQUE by Torrey Peters (novella)
• Portland Diary: Short Stories 2016/2017 by Jamie Berrout (7 short stories)
• “Beating the bounds: how does ‘open source’ become a seed commons?” by Maywa Montenegro de Wit (academic paper)
• “Viruses as Living Processes” by John Dupré and Stephan Guttinger (academic paper)
• It by Stephen King (novel, reread)
• Number 9 Dream by David Mitchell (novel)
• Mistress Masham's Repose by T.H. White (novel)
• 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King (novel, reread)
• Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert (novel, reread)
• Children of Dune by Frank Herbert (novel, reread)

Total: 7 novels, 1 academic book, 2 visual novels, 1 novella, 1 play, 2 academic papers, 7 short stories, 1 pamphlet

Year Total, for recorded amounts:

• 71 novels
• 1 novella
• 5 nonfiction books
• 33 short stories
• 2 plays
• 24 academic papers
• 7 essays
• 3 zines and pamphlets
• 2 visual novels
• 1 comic
• 4 long poems/poetry collections

#ReadingLog

A ⌛︎ before a title indicates that I had not finished reading it.

January

• Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde
• A Scanner Darkly by Phillip K. Dick
• A Mercy by Toni Morrison
• Home by Toni Morrison
• beloved hero cheats death by Julia Eff (zine)
• The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (reread)
• ⌛︎ Robot Visions by Issac Asimov (18 short stories; skipped the 18 essays)
• Pebble in the Sky by Issac Asimov
• Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt by Barbara Mertz
• The Cult of Pan in Ancient Greece by Philippe Borgeaud
• “Narrating Religion” by Sarah Iles Johnson (academic paper / book chapter)
• “Sending Dreams, Receiving Dreams: Oneiropompeia in Theory and in Practice” by Sarah Iles Johnson (academic paper)
• “Whose Gods Are These? A Classicist Looks at NeoPaganism” by Sarah Iles Johnson (academic paper / book chapter)
• “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury (short story, reread)
• “Moe and the Potential of Fantasy in Post-Millennial Japan” by Patrick W. Gilbraith (academic paper)
• Generation: Fuck You by AMN Collective (zine)
• “The Arrival of Egyptian Tawaret and Bes[et] on Minoan Crete: Contact and Choice” by Judith Weingarten (academic paper)
• “The Arrival of Bes[et] on Middle Minoan Crete” by Judith Weingarten (academic paper)
• “Convivencia (Co-Existence) in Medieval Spain: Exploring Spain’s Identity and History Through the Work of Américo Castro” by Roger L. Martínez-Dávila (academic paper)
• “At the Crossroads of Civilization” by Thomas F. Glick (book chapter from Islamic and Christian Spain in the Early Middle Ages)
• “Sephardic Origins and Jewish-Converso Identities in the Early Modern Era” by Roger L. Martínez-Dávila, Ph.D. (academic paper)
• ⌛︎ Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter by Carl Kerényi
• “Greek and Comparatist Reflexions on Food Prohibitions” by Philippe Borgeaud (book chapter from Purity and the Forming of Religious Traditions in the Ancient Mediterranean World and Ancient Judaism)
• “Bes: Development of a Deity” by Carl Graves & Sarah Chapman (academic paper)

Total: 7 books, 19 short stories, 11 academic essays, 1 play, 2 zines, 292,093 words of fanfiction

February

• Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter by Carl Kerényi
• The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (reread)
• “Sight and the Gods: On the Desire to See Naked Nymphs” by Verity Platt (academic paper)
• “The Lupercalia: A Roman Rite of Passage” by Siobhan Hanley (academic paper)
• “More Than a Manor House: Roles and Representations of the Villa in Republican Rome” by Sophie Gould (academic paper)
• “When Cursing Becomes Literature: The Roman defixio against Caecilia Prima” by Sara Chiarini (academic paper)
• “Love and Reciprocity in Ovid’s Metamorphoses” by Will Theiss (academic paper)
• “Translations: Eclogues IV.31-45” by Connie Cheung, Peter Dewire, and Sarah Norvell
• “Where Tyche and Fortuna Diverge” by Hannah Worscheh (academic paper)
• “Evolving Theological Needs in the Roman Republic: Haruspicy and Augury” by Max Ritvo (academic paper)
• “Personal Religion: A Productive Category for the Study of Ancient Greek Religion?” by Julia Kindt (academic paper)
• “Greek Civilization: From Shame to Guilt” by Anthony Bellitti (academic paper)
• “Without Walls” by A. Gislebertus (short story)
• “The Squeaky Wheel” by Sara Kate Ellis (short story)
• “Out of the Storm” by Ian O'Reilly (short story)
• Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
• Ender’s Shadow by Orson Scott Card (reread)
• Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire (reread)
• Pan & Glahn’s Death: A Document of 1861 by Knut Hamsun
• The Language of the Night by Ursula K. Le Guin (24 essays)
• ⌛︎ Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins (reread)
• “The Origin of the Cult of the Lares” by Gordon Laing (academic paper)
• “The Nature of the Lares and Their Representation in Roman Art” by Margaret C. Waites (academic paper)
• Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe

Total: 7 books, 36 papers and essays, 3 short stories, 82348 words of fanfiction

March

• Soldier of Arete by Gene Wolfe
• “Gordon’s Story” by Tiina Raevaara (short story)
• “Flow My Tears, Fall from Your Springs!” by Jenny Kangasvuo (short story)
• “Dragonfly” by Tiina Raevaara (short story)
• “The Matchbox God” by Anne Leinonen (short story)
• “Woven Flight” by Maria Turtschaninoff (short story)
• “The Coins of Morpheus” by Pasi Jääskeläinen (short story)
• Ancient Mystery Cults by Walter Burkert
• “Contribution to the Study of the Danubian Horsemen Cult: Iconographic Syncretism of the Danubian Goddess and Celtic Fertility Deities” by Bojana Plemic (academic paper)
• ⌛︎ De Agricultura by Cato (selections for research)
• “Theology and Religion in the Homeric Hymns” by Jenny Strauss Clay (academic paper)
• “Cicero’s Minerva, Penates, and the Mother of the Lares: An Outline of Roman Domestic Religion” by John Bodel (academic paper)
• “Myth and Ritual in Ancient Greece: Observations on a Difficult Relationship” by Jan Bremmer (academic paper)
• “Divinities in the Orphic Gold Leaves: Euklês, Eubouleus, Brimo, Kybele, Kore and Persephone” by Jan Bremmer (academic paper)
• “What Did the Ancient Greeks Mean by Oikonomia?” by Dotan Leshem (academic paper)
• Cyclops by Euripides trans. David Kovacs (play)
• Tracking Satyrs by Sophocles trans. Anne Mahoney (play, fragmentary)
• Frogs by Aristophanes trans. Matthew Dillon (play)
• ⌛︎ Satyricon by Petronius trans. Sebastian Melmoth/Oscar Wilde/Alfred R. Allinson/? (reread)
• ⌛︎ Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins (reread)
• “A Non-Euclidean View of California as a Cold Place to Be” by Ursula K. Le Guin (essay, reread)
• A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller
• “The Machine Stops” by E.M. Forster (short story)
• “Divinities of Roman Liberalia ” by Danuta Musiał (academic paper)
• Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins (reread)
• “The Problem of the Greek Cult Epithet” by Robert Parker (academic paper)
• Under the Radar: Notes from the Wild Mushroom Trade by Olivier Matthon
• “Food and Funerals: Sustaining the Dead for Eternity” by Salima Ikram (academic paper)
• “Religious Prospects of the Mine in the Eastern Desert in Ptolemaic and Roman Times” by S.H. Aufrère (academic paper)
• “The Transformation of the Initiation Language of Mystery Religions into Philosophical Terminology” by Francesc Casadesús (academic paper, as published in Greek Philosophy and Mystery Cults)

Total: 3 books, 7 short stories, 3 plays, 1 zine, 12 academic papers

April

• Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins (reread)
• Satyricon by Petronius trans. Sebastian Melmoth/Oscar Wilde/Alfred R. Allinson/? (reread)
• “Polis Religion: A Critical Appreciation” by Julia Kindt (academic paper)
• Hayduke Lives! by Edward Abbey
• “Blurring the line: animal gods and human beasts in Arcadia” by Julie Baleriaux (academic talk)
• “Terracotta Figurines and the Archaeology of Ritual: Domestic Cult in Greco-Roman Egypt” by Caitlín E. Barrett (academic paper)
• The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie
• The Pothunters and Other School Stories by P.G. Wodehouse (2 novels, 12 short stories, 4 essays)
• Devotion by Botho Strauß
• Fermentation by Angelica J. (reread)
• The Secret Twin by Denise Gosliner Orenstein
• Small Beer by Ludwig Bemelmans (10 short stories)
• Justin Hubbell’s comic archives (3 longer comics)
• Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book One (comic)
• Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book Two (comic)
• War Dances by Sherman Alexie (12 poems, 11 short works)
• Crimson Moon by Lucha Corpi
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
• Maggie-Now by Betty Smith
• Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples

Total: 13 books, 33 short stories, 16 other short works, 5 comics, 3 academic papers.

May

• Count Karlstein by Philip Pullman
• The Island by Gary Paulsen
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick
• Call for the Dead by John le Carré
• “Material Evidence for Ancient Greek Religion” by Caitlín E. Barrett (academic paper, book chapter)
• Macbeth by William Shakespeare (play)
• Library Open Hours by Susan Welty (play)
• The Third Plate by May Emery Hall (play)
• The City on the Edge of Forever by Harlan Ellison (teleplay)
• Sting! by Tom Reamy (screenplay)
• Contact Point by Theodore R. Cogswell & George Rae Cogswell (play)
• Stranger with Roses by John Jakes (play)
• The Mechanical Bride by Fritz Leiber (teleplay)
• Let Me Hear You Whisper by Paul Zindel (play)
• “Gender Labor: Transmen, Femmes, and Collective Work of Transgression” by Jane Ward (academic paper, book chapter)
• Paradise by Toni Morrison
• Kafka on the Shore by Murakami Haruki
• ⌛︎ Pharmako/poeia by Dale Pendell (reread)

Total: 7 books, 9 plays, 2 academic papers.

June

• “Carna, Proca and the Strix on the Kalends of June” by Christopher Michael McDonough (academic paper)
• “Pursuing the Salmon of Wisdom: The Sacred in Folk Botanical * Knowledge Revival among Modem Druids” by Kimberly D. Kirner (academic paper)
• Pharmako/poeia by Dale Pendell (reread)
• ⌛︎ Pharmako/dynamis by Dale Pendell (reread)
• “Ancient Necromancy: Fact or Fiction?” by Jan Bremmer (academic paper)
• “Virtual unrolling and deciphering of Herculaneum papyri by X-ray phase-contrast tomography” by many (academic paper)

Total: 1 book, 4 academic papers, ~600000 words fanction

July

• ⌛︎ The Transition Handbook by Rob Hopkins
• “Women Making Bees in Public” by Alexandra Erin (short story)
• “Walk Briskly” by Alexandra Erin (short story)
• “The Love Song of Laura Morrison” by Jerry Oltion (short story)
• “Last Day” by Brandon Crilly (short story)
• “Looking Across the Riverfrom Two Directions” by Scott Szpisjak (short story)
• The Hammer of God by Arthur C. Clarke
• ⌛︎ The Russia House by John Le Carré
• Floornight by nostalgebraist
• ⌛︎ The Northern Caves by nostalgebraist

Total: 3 books, 5 short stories

August

• Georgics by Vergil trans. J. B. Greenough (long poem)
• The Russia House by John Le Carré
• Crossing the Mangrove by Maryse Condé
• Metamorphoses (section “Picus and Canens”) by Ovid (long poem)
• “Balanophagy in the Pacific Northwest: the Acorn-leaching Pits at the Sunken Village Wetsite and Comparative Ethnographic Acorn Use” by Bethany Mathews (academic paper)
• ⌛︎ A Pattern Language: Towns, Building, Construction by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King and Shlomo Angel
• Dyskolos by Menander trans. Vincent J. Rosivach (play)

Total: 2 books, 1 play, 1 longform poem, 1 academic paper

September

• Anthologia Graeca (Book VI, Votive Inscriptions) trans. W. R. Paton
• Surfacing by Margaret Atwood
• Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show Part Two: The Revenge of the Old Queen by Richard O’Brian? (screenplay draft)
• “Jeeves in the Springtime” by P.G. Wodehouse (short story)
• “Jeeves and the Chump Cyril” by P.G. Wodehouse (short story)
• “The Secret Pleasures of Reginald” by P.G. Wodehouse (short story)
• “When Papa Swore in Hindustani” by P.G. Wodehouse (short story)
• “My Battle With Drink” by P.G. Wodehouse (short story)
• “Disentangling Old Duggie” by P.G. Wodehouse (short story)
• “Legumes in Ancient Greece and Rome: Food, Medicine, or Poison?” by Kimberly B. Flint-Hamilton (academic paper)
• “The Bean and Indo-European Totemism” by Alfred C. Andrews (academic paper, reread)
• Islamicates Volume I: Anthology of Science Fiction short stories inspired from Muslim Cultures ed. by Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad (12 short stories)
• “Hades and Dionysos: The Poetry of Soul” by David L. Miller (academic paper)
• Shin Sekai Yori by Kishi Yusuke (fan translation: http://shinsekai.cadet-nine.org/about/ )
• “The Hag and the Household Gods: Silence, Speech, and the Family in Mid‐February (Ovid Fasti 2.533–638)” by Christopher Michael McDonough (academic paper)
• “On Ritual Pollution by Seeing: I.Lindos II 487.1-3 and Hdt. 2.37.5” by Andrej Petrovic & Ivana Petrovic (academic paper)
• “‘Religion’, ‘Ritual’ and the Opposition ‘Sacred vs. Profane’: Notes Towards a Terminological ‘Genealogy’” by Jan Bremmer (academic paper)
• “Skin” by Samantha L. Davidson (short story)
• “Girl Detective & The Mystery of the Sap-Stained Skirt” by Porpentine (short story)
• ⌛︎ “Animal Girlfriends” (chps 1-3, updating) by Valerie Halla (short story)
• Short Stories by E. F. Benson — “A Tale of an Empty House,” “And No Bird Sings”, “And the Dead Spake”, “At Abdul Ali's Grave”, “At the Farmhouse”, “Bagnell Terrace”, “Between the Lights”, “Caterpillars”, “Christopher Comes Back”, “Corstophine”, “Expiation”, “Gavon's Eve”, “Home, Sweet Home”, “How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery”, “In the Tube”, “Inscrutable Decrees”, “James Lamp”, “Machaon”, “Monkeys”, “Mr. Tilly's Séance”, “Mrs Amworth”, “Naboth's Vineyard”, “Negotium Perambulans”, “Outside the Door”, “Pirates”, “Reconciliation”, “Roderick's Story”, “Spinach”, “The Bath-Chair”, “The Man Who Went Too Far”

Total: 3 books, 49 short stories, 6 academic papers, 1 screenplay, 1 inscription collection

October

• Otoyomegatari by Kaoru Mori (manga, 7+ volumes, 59 chapters)
• “The Flying Camel Goes to Tigerwood” by Lisa M. Bradley (short story)
• “Teen Lunatics” by Cat Darensbourg (short story)
• “Untethered” by Andy Crawford (short story)
• “The Changing Female-To-Male (FTM) Voice” by Alexandros N. Constansis (academic paper)
• “Self-Identification with Deity and Voces Magicae in Ancient Egyptian and Greek Magic” by Laurel Holmstrom (academic paper, reread)
• “The Vanishing Gardens of Priapus” by James Uden (academic paper, reread)
• ⌛︎ The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin (reread)
• “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe (short story, reread)
• Short Stories by E. F. Benson — “The Bus-Conductor”, “The Cat”, “The China Bowl”, “The Confession of Charles Linksworth”, “The Corner House”, “The Dance”, “The Dust-Cloud”, “The Face”, “The Gardener”, “The Hanging of Alfred Wadham”, “The Horror-Horn”, “The House with the Brick-Kiln”, “The Other Bed”, “The Psychical Mallards”, “The Room in the Tower”, “The Sanctuary”, “The Shootings of Achnaleish”, “The Step”, “The Temple”, “The Terror by Night”, “The Thing in the Hall”, “The Wishing-Well”, “Thursday Evenings”
• Short Stories by Margaret Killjoy — “Everything That Isn’t Winter”, “Imagine a World So Forgiving”, “The Name of the Forest”, “One Star”, “Beyond Sapphire Glass”, “The Fall of Ekset City”, “Wardens”
• A Country of Ghosts by Margaret Killjoy (zine version of novel)
• Short Stories by Zen Cho — “Prudence and the Dragon”, “The Perseverance of Angela’s Past Life”
• The Flintstones (2016) (comic issues #1-5)
• Deadpool (2016) (comic issue #20)

Total: 36 short stories, 65 comic & manga chapters, 3 academic papers, 1 book

November

• The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin (reread)
• Old Stones, New Temples by Drew Campbell
• “Shall I Throw it Down?” by Boggy (short story)
• “Space Pirates with Mohawks and Shit: Number One: Life On Other Planets Is Difficult” by Margaret Killjoy (short story zine)
• We Fight: Ideas on Facing the Dread and Anxiety of a Trump Presidency by Adam Gnade (e- zine)
• ⌛︎ Dionysos: Myth and Cult by Walter F. Otto
• ⌛︎ Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson
• Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response Guide by Southern Poverty Law Center (short publication)
• ⌛︎ The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (reread)
• “Reading for Revolution” by Mamos Rotnelli / Black Orchid Collective (zine)
• “Small Town Organizing for Anarchists” reprinted by Sprout Anarchist Collective (zine)
• ⌛︎ The End of Protest: A New Playbook for Revolution by Micah White (chapters 1-2)
• “How To: Form an Affinity Group” by Activate Grand Rapids SDS (zine)
• “How to Promote Events” by Beehive Design Collective (zine)
• “Organizing Social Spaces As If Social Relations Matter” by Cindy Milstein (zine)
• “Anarchism” (Lexicon Series) by Cindy Milstein (pamphlet)
• “Power” (Lexicon Series) by Todd May (pamphlet)
• “Colonialism” (Lexicon Series) by Maia Ramnath (pamphlet)
• “White Supremacy” (Lexicon Series) by Joel Olson (pamphlet)
• “Gender” (Lexicon Series) by Jamie Heckert (pamphlet)
• “The Really Really Free Market*: Instituting the Gift Economy” by Irvine Radical InfoShop / Crimethinc. Ex-Workers’ Collective (zine)
• ⌛︎ Aoi Hana by Shimura Takako (manga, 7 chapters)

Total: 2 completed books, 4 in-progress books, 2 short stories, 13 zines/pamphlets/short publications, 7 manga chapters

December

• ⌛︎ The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (reread)
• “Interpretatio Romana of the forest deities in the Central Balkan area” by Bojana Plemić (academic paper)
• “The Cult of Silvanus: Rethinking provincial identities in Roman Dalmatia” by Danijel Dzino (academic paper)
• ⌛︎ The Cult of Silvanus: A Study in Roman Folk Religion by Peter F. Dorcey (Intro & Chapter 1, Google Books preview)
• “Religion in the Roman Provinces” by James Rives (academic paper, book chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy)
• Written historical materials for Deciphering Secrets: The Illuminated Manuscripts of Medieval Europe on Coursera, Week 1
• Animorphs: The Invasion by K. A. Applegate
• Animorphs: The Visitor by K. A. Applegate
• Animorphs: The Encounter by K. A. Applegate
• Animorphs: The Message by K. A. Applegate
• Animorphs: The Predator by K. A. Applegate
• Animorphs: The Capture by K. A. Applegate
• Animorphs: The Stranger by K. A. Applegate
• Animorphs: The Alien by K. A. Applegate
• Animorphs: The Secret by K. A. Applegate
• Animorphs: The Android by K. A. Applegate
• Executive Summary of the Report of the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey by James, S. E., Herman, J. L., Rankin, S., Keisling, M., Mottet, L., & Anafi, M. of the National Center for Transgender Equality
• Angel Catbird by Margaret Atwood & Johnnie Christmas (graphic novel)
• Animorphs: The Forgotten by K. A. Applegate
• Animorphs: The Reaction by K. A. Applegate
• Animorphs: The Change by K. A. Applegate
• Animorphs: The Unknown by K. A. Applegate
• Animorphs: The Escape by K. A. Applegate
• Animorphs: The Warning by K. A. Applegate
• ⌛︎ Animorphs: The Underground by K. A. Applegate
• ⌛︎ Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou by Hitoshi Ashinano (manga, 3 volumes/23 chapters)
• ⌛︎ Heracles Knot by Sid Hargrave (webcomic, ongoing)

Total: 16 books, 6 academic papers/book chapters, 1 graphic novel, 1 other short publication, 23 manga chapters, 1 webcomic

Year Totals:

• Books: 65
• Short Stories: 154
• Academic Papers: 84
• Plays: 15
• Longform Poems: 1
• Zines/Pamphlets/Other Short Pubs.: 34
• Graphic Novels/Comic Collections: 7
• Comic/Manga Chapters: 95
• Fanfiction (word count): ~3 million

#ReadingLog

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I’d always wanted to keep track of my reading habits, ever since I was a kid; 2015 was the first year I actually did it. The full list includes 62 books and story or essay collections; 3 plays; and 24 zines, standalone short stories, and other short works. Splitting them up into those categories was rough, so I’ll just go with the total of 89.

…Wow. I feel like recording what I read made me read more overall, and this was a fun experience, so I’ll be continuing the habit in 2016. I’m considering keeping track of articles and fanfiction next year, since that adds up to a significant amount of reading – like the Due South trilogy that would make the standard top 10 list of longest English works if it were published conventionally – but I’m not sure if I want to advertise those habits.

In selecting works for this list I tried to keep a balance between those absolute favorite, life changing books and the ones that aren’t well known and deserve a wider audience. The list below is part memories related to the books and part review, and is mostly sci-fi, fantasy, and speculative fiction. At the end I’ve selected one work that I read in each month that didn’t appear elsewhere in the lists.

Fiction

Against the Fall of Night & The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke

Clarke published versions of Against the Fall of Night in 1948 and 1953 and then completely rewrote it as The City and the Stars in 1956. They’re both short, enjoyable pieces of dystopian sci-fi with Clarke’s usual ponderings on humanity’s drives and potential evolutions, and make for a fun look at the writing process. I’d previously read Childhood’s End and the entire 2001 series so it was great to get more insights into how his ideas develop. On that note, this month I finally watched the 2001: A Space Odyssey film and I’m eager to reread the book and compare them.

Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delaney

Dhalgren is hard to describe, and saying that it’s a stream of consciousness story about a guy with memory loss living in a newly anarchist city doesn’t quite catch the vibe. It’s worth a read if you want to immerse yourself in a spontaneously-created community and if you’re crusty or grungey in any way.

Seven Gothic Tales by Isak Dinesen (pen name of Karen Blixen)

This was a chance find at a library book sale that caught my eye because it had been covered in ridiculous 1970′s wrapping paper. I’m so glad I bought it, because Dinesen/Blixen’s style and tone are amazing. The stories have freaky twists that don’t feel out of place, the characters are actually interesting, and reading them makes you feel cold and isolated. I read her Winter’s Tales in November and they’re just as captivating. If you see any Dinesen at a used book store or sale, grab it.

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

This historical novel follows the lives of clergy, stonemasons, and minor lords and ladies while a priory struggles to construct a new cathedral. While not perfectly historically accurate, the book was still engaging, entertaining, and highly enjoyable. Perfect for when you want to curl up and devour something that’s long yet easy to read.

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

I feel like I hardly need to recommend The Dispossessed, since it’s already a favorite of so many anarchists, but I’ll add my voice to the deluge: read this. I read several of Le Guin’s novels and short story collections this year and this (along with the collection below) is one that I recommend most. My copy moved to college with my younger sibling later in the year, and was read twice for a class on anti-capitalism and post-colonialist literature, along with “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”.

Four Ways to Forgiveness by Ursula K. Le Guin

Part of Le Guin’s Hainish Cycle, this set of four novellas takes place on two planets with histories of slavery and colonialism, and explores how their cultures have changed after the revolution and emancipation of the slaves on the colony planet. The different viewpoints illuminate how factors such as status, age, gender, and sexuality interact within these societies. Besides the social and historical interest, the stories are deeply emotional and leave you feeling different afterwards.

Songs from the Seashell Archives Vol. 1-4 by Elizabeth Scarborough

My mom spotted these at a thrift store and remembered reading them in high school, and the price was right at less that $2, so of course we got them. I went into the first book expecting cheesy fantasy, and was completely satisfied on that front – they have pretty much every fantasy creature you can imagine – but I wasn’t expecting it to actually be well written and engaging. The main character, Maggie, is a great example of an author using fantasy tropes but then taking them in a different direction, or using them in interesting ways. And the love interest isn’t a total dick, for once. (The cover art doesn’t reflect this, but Maggie is described as having coppery skin and dark hair, for those of you who want more POC fantasy heroines! Please draw fanart, I would love that.)

Various “Jeeves” Stories by P.G. Wodehouse

I’m slightly ashamed that I only got around to reading some of the Jeeves stories this year: I’ve been a fan of the show since I was in middle school, and after rewatching it both last year and this year I’ve read an embarrassing amount of fanfiction for the series. The stories were everything I wanted.

Shin Sekai Yori / From the New World by Kishi Yusuke

I watched the anime adaptation of this novel and immediately sought out the book, only to find that it hasn’t been published in English. Luckily, there’s an ongoing fan translation that’s quite good and I’ve been chipping away at it periodically. The anime and the novel are fairly similar and excellent complements to each other, so take a look at one or both if you’re into sci-fi with telekinesis, eugenics, revolution, moral ambiguity, and canon queer relationships.

Non-Fiction

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I enjoyed this zine while it lasted: it had a nice little selection of visual and written art on topics such as anti-capitalism, large dogs, and aprons. I was sad to see it end but happy that I caught it in time to get every issue.

Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici

I probably won’t finish Caliban and the Witch until I get a print copy, but it’s been illuminating so far. My sibling’s quarter program at TESC was named after this book and I managed to keep up with the assigned readings long-distance for a few weeks. This book fills in some of the gaps in previous writings about primitive accumulation by discussing the social lives and statuses of women within the context of the enclosure movement. It still has gaps that the above-mentioned class attempted to fill with content about trans and queer issues, the environment and the antropocene, objectivity, and colonialism. Do the same with your own reading of the book and you’ll develop some good, well-rounded ideas.

The Road to Either Or by Jimmy T. Hand

My sibling brought back a stack of zines from Olympia, and this was a highlight. The Road the Either Or is a novella about a complicated relationship at a time when the author was working with a forest defense group. Interesting if you’re invested in polyamory or antagonizing logging projects – or both. After reading this I discovered that I’d read another piece of short fiction by Hand, which came as a freebie with the no-longer-available Steamypunk zines I’d ordered from Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness back when I was in high school.

To Our Friends by the Invisible Committee

Like essays about insurrection and revolutionary possibilities in our world as it exists now, from the points of view of those in the middle of the struggles? Definitely read this.

Greek Folk Religion by Martin P. Nilsson

Greek Folk Religion was everything I wanted: Hellenic polytheism as practiced by actual people, written in an easily-digestible format. At this point I already knew most of what Nilsson discussed, but there were a few details I’m happy to have learned about and I can vouch that most of the information is good. A bonus: I got one of my partner’s relatives interested at a family gathering and he actually wrote down the title for later. Score!

No Gods. No Dungeon Masters. by Ion O'Clast & Rachel Dukes

A short, funny comic with thoughts about the intersections between geek and anti-capitalist subcultures. The illustrations are lovely, and this was a hit with my household: we’ve finally gotten our shit together enough to play D&D, rather than waiting around for someone more experienced to guide us. I used it as a holiday present for my whole household, along with the rest of an order from Pioneers Press.

Thinking in an Emergency by Elaine Scarry

This book discusses how different mutual aid societies (and even whole countries) have addressed the need for emergency preparedness, and has plenty of takeaway ideas and places to look for more information. It also reveals the dangerous lack thereof in the USA: read it and get pumped up to start your own community organization.

Rereads / Revisits

Lost Years of Merlin Series by T. A. Barron

I got these from my middle school’s library and read them all, but had completely forgotten about the series until my partner mentioned that they had copies at their mom’s house – we somehow jammed all five of them into our cramped luggage and I’m in love with the series again. These are so good. Read them if you have a thing for Merlin stories and well-written fantasy.

The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner

I read The Sheep Look Up once in middle school and once in high school, so it was time for another reread. This is one of the 60′s books that’s had enough of its predictions come true that it’s scary. Super fucking depressing speculative fiction about an environmentally degraded future where everything is so bad that the people on a organic farming commune can barely survive. (Inspo for activists!) Also interesting are the outdated slang and pre-AIDS conceptions of how STIs might escalate.

Xenogenesis Trilogy by Octavia Butler

One of my absolute favorite sci-fi series: I finally bought a copy this year. For the fans of transhumanism, telepathy, interspecies love, and black woman protagonists.

A Handmade Life by William Coperthwaite

Beautiful essays and beautiful photos for philosophical DIYers. This book is more aesthetically approachable for a general audience than most zines, so if you’re wanting to open an already thoughtful person’s mind this is a good pick.

Wabi Sabi by Mark Reibstein & Ed Young

This picture book follows a cat named Wabi Sabi as he tries to discover the meaning behind his name. Haiku are found throughout in both English and Japanese and the back has a brief introduction to Japanese poetry. The collages in the book incorporate worn paper and natural objects and really get the wabi-sabi aesthetic down. Excellent for both kids and artistic adults.

Top Monthly Picks, excluding the above:

• Jan: People & Permaculture by Looby Macnamara
• Feb: Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
• Mar: The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
• Apr: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
• May: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
• Jun: The Hours by Michael Cunningham
• July: Hyperion by Dan Simmons
• Aug: The Confusion by Neal Stephenson
• Sept: “The Day Before the Revolution” by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Oct: Exit the King by Eugène Ionesco
• Nov: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• Dec: I Sing the Body Electric by Ray Bradbury

#ReadingLog

A ⌛︎ before a title indicates that I have not finished reading it.

January

• Friday Night in West Ealing #22 (zine)
• Needful Creatures (zine)
• ⌛︎ Greek Folk Religion by Martin P. Nilsson (academic book)
• The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (novel)
• The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner (reread)
• Xenogenesis / Lilith's Brood trilogy (Dawn, Adulthood Rites, Imago) by Octavia Butler (reread, 3 novels)
• ⌛︎ People & Permaculture by Looby Macnamara (nonfiction book)
• Paper Teeth #5 (zine)
• Balm Digest Issue 1: Mushrooms (zine)
• Balm Digest Issue 2: Anti-Capitalism (zine)
• Sliver by Ira Levine (novel)
• ⌛︎ Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delaney (novel)
• Slingshot #117 (quarterly newspaper)
• New Hearts New Bones #17 (zine)

Total finished: 6 books, 7 other

February

• Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delaney (novel)
• Balm Digest Issue 3: Medium-Sized Dogs (zine)
• ⌛︎ Shin Sekai Yori by Kishi Yusuke (novel, ongoing fan translation)
• ⌛︎ Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (novel)

Total Finished: 1 book, 1 other

March

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (novel)
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (novel)
• The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer (reread)
• Balm Digest Issue 4: Aprons (zine)
• White Teeth by Zadie Smith (novel)
• The Dead Zone by Stephen King (novel)
• Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (novel)
• ⌛︎ Shin Sekai Yori by Kishi Yusuke (novel, ongoing fan translation)
• The Neverending Story* by Michael Ende (novel)
• The World of Bruegel, c. 1525-1569 by Timothy Foote (nonfiction book)

Total finished: 8 books, 1 other

April

• ⌛︎ Shin Sekai Yori by Kishi Yusuke (novel, ongoing fan translation)
• The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie (22 short stories)
• The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (reread)
• Four Ways to Forgiveness by Ursula K. Le Guin (short stories/novellas/story-suite: “Betrayals”, “Forgiveness Day”, “A Man of the People”, “A Woman's Liberation”.)
• A Fisherman of the Inland Sea by Ursula K. Le Guin (short stories/novellas: “The First Contact with the Gorgonids”, “Newton's Sleep”, “The Ascent of the North Face”, “The Rock That Changed Things”, “The Kerastion”, The Shobies' Story, “Dancing to Ganam”, “Another Story OR A Fisherman of the Inland Sea”.)
• Nibbled to Death by Ducks by Robert Campbell (novel)
• The Book of Light by Chaim Potok (novel)
• Gulliver's Travels by Johnathan Swift (novel)

Total Finished: 7 books (including 34 short stories/novellas)

May

• Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (novel)
• ⌛︎ The Hours by Michael Cunningham (novel)

Total Finished: 1 book

June

• The Hours by Michael Cunningham (novel)
• Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt (novel)
• 'Tis by Frank McCourt (novel)
• Teacher Man by Frank McCourt (novel)
• Against the Fall of Night by Arthur C. Clarke (novel)
• The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke (novel)
• The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (novel)
• Hickory Dickory Dock by Agatha Christie (novel)
• ⌛︎ Seven Gothic Tales by Karen Blixen as Isak Dinesen (7 short stories)

Total Finished: 7 books

July

• Seven Gothic Tales by Karen Blixen as Isak Dinesen (7 short stories)
• Hyperion by Dan Simmons (novel)
• The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons (novel)
• ⌛︎ A Handmade Life by William Coperthwaite (reread, essays)
• ⌛︎ Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson (novel)

Total Finished: 3 books (includ. 7 novellas)

August

• Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson (novel)
• ⌛︎ Shin Sekai Yori by Kishi Yusuke (novel, ongoing fan translation)
• The Confusion by Neal Stephenson (novel)
• The Hollow Man by Dan Simmons (novel)
• ⌛︎ The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye (novel)
• Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (novel)

Total Finished: 4 books

September

• Jeeves and the Tie That Binds / Much Obliged, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (novel)
• Thinking in an Emergency by Elaine Scarry (nonfiction book)
• The Cat-nappers / Aunts Aren't Gentlemen by P.G. Wodehouse (novel)
• Summer Lightning by P.G Wodehouse (novel)
• Song of Sorcery by Elizabeth Scarborough (novel)
• The Unicorn Creed by Elizabeth Scarborough (novel)
• Browyn's Bane by Elizabeth Scarborough (novel)
• ⌛︎ The Christening Quest by Elizabeth Scarborough (novel)
• “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin (short story)
• “Climate Change Is a Crisis We Can Only Solve Together” by Naomi Klein (speech)
• “The Day Before the Revolution” by Ursula K. Le Guin (short story)
• “Objections to Objectivity” by Howard Zinn (essay from Failure to Quit: Reflections of an Optimistic Historian)

Total Finished: 7 books, 4 short works

October

• The Christening Quest by Elizabeth Scarborough (novel)
• “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare (play)
• ⌛︎ Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano (academic book)
• ⌛︎ Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici (academic book)
• “Exit the King” by Eugène Ionesco (play)
• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (novel)
• ⌛︎ Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture by Arthur Scott Evans (academic book)
• ⌛︎ Winter's Tales by Isak Denisen / Karen Blixen (short stories)

Total Finished: 2 books, 2 plays, 1 short story

November

• Winter's Tales by Isak Denisen / Karen Blixen (short stories)
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (novel)
• Greek Folk Religion by Martin P. Nilsson (academic book)
• Rocannon's World by Ursula K. Le Guin (novel)
• ⌛︎ Eye in the Sky by Philip K. Dick (novel)

Total Finished: 5 books (includ. 16 short stories)

December

• Eye in the Sky by Philip K. Dick (novel)
• Foundation by Issac Asimov (novel)
• The Lost Years of Merlin by T. A. Barron (novel, reread)
• The Seven Songs of Merlin by T. A. Barron (novel, reread)
• The Fires of Merlin by T. A. Barron (novel, reread)
• The Mirror of Merlin by T. A. Barron (novel, reread)
• The Wings of Merlin by T. A. Barron (novel, reread)
• I Sing the Body Electric by Ray Bradbury (14 short stories)
• “The Coalition Against Sexual Violence Zine”, Spring 2015 by TESC CASV (zine)
• [Disorientation], TESC 2015 by The Black Cottonwood Collective (zine)
• “The Road to Either Or” by Jimmy T. Hand (zine)
• The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming: A Christmas Story by Lemony Snicket (reread, kids book)
• “Self As Other: Reflections on Self-Care” by CrimethInc. (zine)
• “The Art of Politics (A Primer for Community Self-Defense)” by CrimethInc. (zine)
• “Yuppies With Spears” (originally “Beating Around the Blackbush”) by Gerald Edmonson / Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness (zine)
• “Lawful Ain't Good” by Anonymous & Anarcho-Geek Review (zine)
• “To Our Friends” by the Invisible Committee (zine)
• Wabi Sabi by Mark Reibstein & Ed Young (reread, kids book)
• “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde (reread)
• Just After Sunset by Stephen King (13 short stories)
• “No Gods. No Dungeon Masters.” by Ion O'Clast & Rachel Dukes (comic zine)
• “Salomé” by Oscar Wilde (play)
• ⌛︎ “Lady Windermere's Fan” by Oscar Wilde (play)

Total: 11 books, 2 plays, 9 zines

Year Total:

• 89 books
• 4 plays
• 23 other

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