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Never was a big fan of classic literature (this may or may not have something to do with my parents giving me children's abridged versions of classic literature as a kid...), but in the last few years I started venturing out of my usual speculative fiction/weeb tastes. Started with Dracula and Frankenstein and the likes, was pleasantly surprised by how readable they were. In retrospect, of course they are very readable, that's why they endured so many years!

Finding Standard Ebooks exposed me to a whole new world though. Highly recommend for any book that's out of copyright.

( ramblings, feel free to ignore )

I didn't do much in November, since my wifi was knocked out for three weeks. Read a few books, but I mostly went out, except for the week I got sick.

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Current Mood: content

For 2023, I plan on reading more disability literature, whether they focus on the disability experience, written by a disabled author, or in another form.

In the last several years, I've noticed an improvement in diversity in publishing, but these are largely gender, sexual/romantic orientation, and racial diversity. Furthermore, I've noticed most of the disability representation I've read are solely mental illnesses/disorders, which does not always align with my disabled experiences. While mental illnesses/disorders are indeed disabilities, I find it concerning that physically disabled people are still ignored and marginalized, undesirable even in fiction. Furthermore, many physically disabled people suffer depression, anxiety, and other various mental illnesses, due to their physical disability. Disability is diversity!

Since I'm not a voracious reader (I read roughly 15 books in 2022), I plan for at least half of my books featuring prominent disability representation. I've found a few interesting fiction and nonfiction books that I'll be adding in my to-be-read list.

I also joined some disability-centric reading challenges on Storygraph, and started a disability focused book club on Literal, so hopefully that's enough motivation for me to stay on track for this year.

Anyway, here's to hoping for a better year!

It's already 2023... Time sure fly by fast.

2022 was full of ups and downs as usual, but somehow I feel a bit sad about it. I was in a great position at the beginning of 2022, and now I feel like a failure at the end of 2022. I took winter break as an opportunity to do a partial digital detox and just be a potato. It was really nice having some downtime to myself after an extremely stressful semester. Really could use a spa session, but alas, too expensive.

Since I started in a good place and ended in a bad place in 2022, here's to hoping I'll end in a good place in 2023.

Been doing my end of the year reading catchup. Finally read Babel by R.F. Kuang and Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao. Babel was fantastic right up to the 2/3 mark, and then it kind of fell off the cliff. Alright. R.F. Kuang at least improved her writing since The Poppy War, so there's that. Had anyone inform me that Iron Widow was nothing deep, I would have significantly enjoyed it knowing what to expect. Certainly looking forward to Heavenly Tyrant in August 2023.

Currently reading Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe, and I thought I couldn't hate the Sackler family more, but apparently my hatred is in fact indefinite. Incredible investigative work though. I think when I'll hit the 50% mark, I'll switch to a lighter book then finish Empire of Pain.

I'll be back to work next week, so I hope to knock out a couple more books by then. I also imported my Goodreads account to Storygraph, so I hope to be more active on Storygraph after cleaning up my lists.

And here's to posting more on here in 2023!

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