What Am I Reading Wednesday - January 27

What I Finished Reading This Week

Secrets of Tarot – Amanda Hall
Hoo boy, the glorified LWB for this was horrendous. That said, I’ll save my thoughts on the book and deck for a Tarot Tuesday.

More Than A Woman – Caitlin Moran
The opening chapters are hands down some of the funniest writing I’ve read in memory. We are “talking tears streaming down my face” funny. More Than A Woman is the best nonfiction Moran’s written since How To Be A Woman on the strength of the humor alone.

But this book is so much more than that. For one, Moran is unafraid to revisit her earlier views and openly admit that they’ve changed in the face of a decade of additional life experience. It’s a breath of fresh air given how altering one’s stance, let alone openly acknowledging it, is often treated as a deadly sin in modern media.

Moran’s humor is so enticing, you won’t immediately realize that she has serious things to say. And they are heavy. The chapter on her daughter’s eating disorder was a gut punch: literally physically difficult to read in its unflinching recounting of events. Moran tackles a host of other difficult topics: aging, watching your parents age, divorce, society’s unwillingness to tackle the work/family care burden that falls disproportionately on women, and more, with unstinting intelligence and a gimlet eye. This is just an all around fabulous book.

Naomi Novik – A Deadly Education
( So I had thoughts. )

Cul De Sac – Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson’s Cul De Sac is a national treasure and my love for this strip is entire and undying. Petey and his neurosis (and oboe). Mr. Danders’ pompous cluelessness. Alice’s everything. Dill. It is a consistent delight in every respect.


What I Am Currently Reading

The Angel Of The Crows – Katherine Addison
It took me about a year and 100 pages to get into this one, but I'm full speed ahead now and should finish it tonight.

[Title] – [Author]
For reasons.

片づける 禅の作法 – 枡野俊明 (Katazukeru Zen no Houhou – Makino Shunmyo)
This week, I read the chapters on how to clean various areas of the home, and how to retrofit them with traditional Japanese elements such as a toko no ma.


What I'm Reading Next

Aside from the Moran, I picked up Robert Jones’ The Prophets and Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon The Ninth, which I am a bit skeptical of, but which a trusted bookfriend assures me is excellent.

これで以上です。