Reading Log

Ever since I added the “currently reading” section to my front page, I figured I should probably start actually writing down the books I’ve read. At times I miss having Goodreads and such, but it’s also just a lot of work and too fancy for me. I am happy with just a plain list. I’ll try to remember to enter books chronologically by year, but it’ll be a very loose chronology. I should’ve been doing this all year, but oh well. More to come.

2024

• Heather Radke, Butts: a Backstory (2022): What an absolute joy to read! All you ever wanted to know about butts throughout history!
• Kathleen Riley, Imagining Ithaca: nostos and nostalgia since the Great War (2021): An interesting book on the theme of nostos (“homecoming”) in literature since World War I, and more modern media’s engagement with the classics.
• J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales (1980): A deep dive into paths not taken in Tolkien’s sprawling legendarium. It’s not a quick read, and is very dense, but is very good.
• Michel Chion, David Lynch (2005): An interesting look at David Lynch’s films (and of course, TV, including Twin Peaks and On the Air).
• Homer, Emily Wilson (trans.), The Iliad (2023): A heartbreakingly lovely translation of a brutal, grueling, intense epic, and the first translation (AFAIK) by a woman. Wilson’s earlier translation of The Odyssey is also amazing.
• C.M. Mayo (ed.), Tameme: New Writing from North America (“Sun and Moon”) 1.2 (2001): This is an issue of a bilingual literary magazine with contributions from the USA, Canada, and Mexico. It was an interesting read, but I’m going to donate it for someone else to enjoy.
• L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Overcaptain (2024): I’ve read all of the other Saga of Recluce books and they’re great. I’m excited for the next one to come out in August 2025!

I can’t think of any others at the moment from 2024, but I will add them if I do. Thanks!!