books i've read & stuff
currently reading
- The More Than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide by Douglas Adams (A.K.A. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but it's multi-part and I have the omnibus edition.)
- The Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris
- The World Set Free by H.G. Wells
stuff i've already read
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka || 10/10, no notes; one of my all-time favorites.
|| Recommend?: ✔️
Animal Farm by George Orwell || 8/10, would read to my theoretical kids. Some loose ends felt like they were tied up too quickly.
|| Recommend?: ✔️
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells || 7.5/10, great but a little underwhelming.
|| Recommend?: ✔️
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque || ♾️/10, my favorite of all time.
|| Recommend?: ✔️✔️✔️
Anthem by Ayn Rand || 8/10, I liked it but it was slightly confusing.
|| Recommend?: ✔️
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley || 8/10, again a bit confusing but it was a good read. A little racist and a lot weird but that's to be expected.
|| Recommend?: ✔️
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman || 9/10, good representation of "female hysteria" and interesting.
|| Recommend?: ✔️ (But mostly if you're a woman/AFAB.)
The Art of War by Sun Tzu || 3/10, not really my thing and I was just thinking "no shit" the whole time.
|| Recommend?: ✖️
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson || 9/10, as a "mentally ill" person I found it relatable. Also a little hard to follow; it's one of those books you have to read multiple times to get a decent understanding of it.
|| Recommend?: ✔️
A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Smith || 6/10, not my style. I know it's meant to be very unserious and a parody/satire, but it could've been better.
|| Recommend?: ✖️
1984 by George Orwell || 15/10, everyone should read it.
|| Recommend?: ✔️✔️✔️
The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft || 3/10, racist.
|| Recommend?: ➖
Puella Magi Madoka Magica by Magica Quartet || 8/10, I liked it a lot. Might re-read at some point.
|| Recommend?: ✔️
No Longer Human by Junji Ito (original novel by Osamu Dazai) || ♾️/10, another one of my favorites.
|| Recommend?: ✔️✔️✔️ (If you can handle very heavy stuff.)
Tomie by Junji Ito || 8/10, the art is beautiful and I like the way the characters are written
|| Recommend?: ✔️
Uzumaki by Junji Ito || 100/10, an underrated masterpiece.
|| Recommend?: ✔️✔️✔️
(untilted right now) by ....me || 6/10, work in progress.
|| Recommend?: ✔️, read it here