Yes. That is an almost 6ft pile of books.
So I'm turning 30 soon. In about 2 weeks in fact. And I would like to mark the occasion. But only in the way I enjoy which is reading.
I don't particularly hold stock in the idea of aging or worry about anything to do with it. My existential crises tend to arrive when some tulip opens a tomb or something on the other side of the planet when there is absolutely no need to. But I do feel at this age, I'm more myself than I ever was at say 21 or 18. And that calls for something!
So I went among my shelves and picked 30 books of varying genre, length and format. Some a bit cut off in the picture but I will be listing them below. My aim is to get to the books I've put off for a bit for many reasons. Either things like mood or length of them. Or even in some cases, intimidation that I won't "get it". That's where things like Pride and Prejudice and Sapiens are fitting in my canon currently. Boyf chose 5 of these as well to make it even more varied so I've done my best there. The genres include SFF, manga, non fiction, classics and some horror.
Full list (going bottom to top in the photo):
- Babel by R.F Kuang
- The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
- Black Water Sister by Zen Cho ]
- Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May
- The Poppy War by R.F Kuang
- The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
- Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
- Uzumaki by Junji Ito
- Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty
- Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
- If We Were Villains by M.L Rio
- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, edited by Nicholas Frankel
- Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Suzanna Clarke
- Bowie's Books: The Hundred Literary Heroes who changed his Life by John O'Connell
- Ancillary Justice by Ann Lecke
- The Female Man by Joanna Russ
- This Much is True by Miriam Margolyes
- Dancing with the Octopus by Debora Harding
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
- Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee
- The Fifth Season by N.K Jemisin
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
- The Wolf and the Woodsmen by Ava Reid
- Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
- Unfinished Tales by J.R.R Tolkien
Is it ambitious? Absolutely. Have I started it yet? Actually yes! Specifically with this one. It's shaping to b e quite a read!
So from here I suppose I aim to do updates here where I can and maybe review most if not all of them. I will be reviewing The Female Man specifically from the perspective of my own opinions on a classic SF book like this. I also am posting regularly on my Instagram so feel free to check in there as well and let me know which of these you have read!
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